ARRIS was awarded EUR-DOCSIS 2.0 qualification for its Cadant C4 CMTS in tComLabs' European Certification Wave 18. http://www.arrisi....
Sunday, March 27, 2005
Force10 Debuts Fixed Configuration Data Center Switches
Force10 Networks ntroduced its fixed configuration S50 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet data center switch. The Force10 S50 delivers line-rate high density Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet to the server edge of high performance data centers. The one rack unit S50 supports 48 line-rate 10/100/1000 ports and two optional 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks.The S50 features 192 Gbps of switching capacity. Network operators can stack up to eight Force10 S50s...
Pure Networks Enhances its Home Networking OS
Pure Networks, a start-up based in Seattle, released a new version of its Network Magic all-in-one home networking software. Network Magic is software for consumers that resides on each computer within a home network, connecting and unifying the many different PCs, routers, gateways, and networked devices into a seamless home network. To manage and repair the home network, Network Magic shows a visual Network Map of all computers and devices on the home network, making it easy for the average PC user to understand and run his or her own home network....
Cavium Announces Certification of FIPS 140-2 SSL and IPsec Cards
Cavium Networks' NITROX XL NFB Acceleration cards received the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) FIPS 140-2 Level 2 and 3 certification. The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 is the U.S. government's stringent security standard for cryptographic modules. Cavium said its accelerator cards are being integrated into a broad range of networking products including SSL enabled L4-L7 switches, SSL VPNs, application aware gateways and integrated security appliances. Cavium Networks' NITROX XL NFB FIPS 140-2 family...
Wave7 Announces Single Fiber FTTP Network in Japan
Wave7 Optics announced the completion a "single-fiber" FTTP network in Japan providing the triple play of voice, RF video and data services. Single-fiber systems are less expensive to deploy and maintain than dual-fiber systems, which load upstream and downstream traffic onto separate fibers. Undertaken as a joint project between the municipality of Taki-Cho (Shimane prefecture) and Izumo Cable Vision in October 2004, the $6.2 million project covers a region of 44 sq. km and now connects more than 1,300 homes. This figure represents more than...
BellSouth Offers $9.95 DSL Promotion
BellSouth announced a special three-month promotion whereby months new customers can get 1.5 Mbps DSL service for an introductory price as low as $9.95 per month with purchase of the BellSouth Complete Choice plan and the BellSouth Unlimited long distance plan. All new FastAccess DSL customers receive a free modem or home networking gateway and free activation after rebate and with a 12-month commitment, and customers who order online get a $50 rebate.BellSouth ended 2004 with two million DSL customers and experienced its largest DSL growth quarter...
UNH-IOL Completes Enterprise LAN Triple Play Tests
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) completed a multi-vendor interoperability test of voice, video and data technology for corporate LANs. A total of 13 companies participated in the week-long event, which tested VoIP, VoIP-over-wireless, voice clients (software and hardware), session initiation protocol (SIP) proxies, PDAs, bridging protocols, call generation/termination, voice quality analysis, routers, multiple wireless access points, laptop, streaming media servers and a mix of security protocols.The test...
Tellabs to Resell Occam's Broadband Loop Carrier Products
Tellabs and Occam Networks announced a strategic alliance giving Tellabs exclusive rights to market, sell, and support Occam Networks' Broadband Loop Carrier products to select large North American local exchange carriers. Specifically, Tellabs has licensed Occam's Ethernet transport technologies for integration into its FiberDirect portfolio. Occam gains access to Tellabs' cabinet products, enabling the company to provide new and existing IOC customers with more deployment options for delivering services over copper access networks and to evolve...
FCC Rules States Cannot Force Bells to Provide Standalone DSL
The FCC ruled that Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Georgia and other state telephone commissions cannot require incumbent carriers to sell DSL service to consumers who have opted to purchase traditional voice service from a CLEC.For several years, BellSouth has implemented throughout its operating region a policy not to sell DSL service to end user customers purchasing voice services from competitive LECs utilizing UNE loops. The FCC ruled that a state commission may not require an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC) to provide DSL over the...
Extreme Networks Offers Switches for IP Telephony
Extreme Networks introduced a new family of Layer 3 fixed Gigabit Ethernet switches designed for IP telephony, wireless and converged applications. The new Summit 400-24 family of switches delivers chassis-like availability with new "UniStack" stacking technology that incorporates Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for simplifying device discovery and Extreme's "AccessAdapt" technologies to deliver native wireless LAN and IP telephony support.The UniStack technology allows for up to eight Summit switches to be managed as one device, with throughput...
VoIP Security Alliance Elects Board
The Voice over IP Security Alliance (VOIPSA) elected the following officers for its Board of Directors.Chairman, David Endler, TippingPointTreasurer, Anne L. Coulombe, Enterasys NetworksSecretary and Education/Outreach Chair, Jonathan Zar, SonicWALLBest Practices Committee Chair, Jeffrey Stutzman, PricewaterhouseCoopersSecurity Requirements Committee Chair, Andrew Graydon, BorderWare TechnologiesSecurity Research Committee Chair, Ofir Arkin, InsightixTesting Committee Chair, Brian Tolly, Spirent CommunicationsVOIPSA is an open group with the purpose...
Juniper Partners with Exent Tech. on Broadband Games
Juniper Networks and Exent Technologies have teamed up to deliver an integrated service infrastructure that enables broadband service providers (BSPs) to offer premium high-speed games delivery. The combined solution provides dynamic, application-driven service quality upgrades to generate compelling experiences for BSP game subscribers with an efficient, intelligent allocation of network resources. Exent provides secure streaming of gaming and application software. The application streaming technology allows users to enjoy quick time-to-play...
Ikanos Exceeds 5 Million Port Shipments
Ikanos Communications announced that shipments of its Fiber-Fast Broadband chipsets have exceeded 5 million ports worldwide since volume production began in 2002. Carriers in Korea and Japan are now deploying equipment based on the fourth-generation Ikanos solutions, and carriers in Europe and North America are evaluating Ikanos chipsets as they plan deployment of new broadband services. http://www.ikanos.comIn February 2005, Ikanos Communications announced a programmable chipset capable of delivering speeds of up to 100 Mbps in both upstream...
State University of NY Deploys 4,000 Cisco IP Phones
The State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland has deployed more than 4,000 Cisco Unity unified messaging voice-mail boxes and more than 4,000 Cisco IP phones as part of a complete network overhaul undertaken by Ronco Communications, a Cisco Silver Certified channel partner. Ronco Communications recommended that SUNY Cortland replace its existing PBX with a complete Cisco IP Communications (IPC) system, including replacement of their current data infrastructure with a redesigned Cisco Catalyst switching infrastructure. Financial terms were...
