SUPERCOMM 2005 Attracted 28,000 Attendees

SUPERCOMM, which was held June 6-9 at Chicago's McCormick Place, was attended by nearly 28,000 industry professionals, which reflects an approximate 10% increase over SUPERCOMM 2004, according to audited figures from the organizers. There were 3,317 international attendees from 100 countries, for a 19 percent increase in global participation over SUPERCOMM 2004. Additionally, the event's regional Chicago attendance experienced a double-digit increase, with many buyers coming from the city's Fortune 500 companies and multi-national corporations....

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Cavalier Telephone Deploys MPEG4 IPTV with Tut Systems

Cavalier Telephone, a facilities-based local telephone company based in Virginia, selected Tut Systems' Astria content processor video headend and edge-processing solutions for delivering IPTV services over DSL. Tut's Astria CP platform will serve as the core video processing system for Cavalier's all-MPEG-4 AVC digital headend. To distribute high-quality video reliably and cost-effectively over a large multi-state region, Cavalier can also deploy Astria CP systems for remote content processing solutions in regional cities. Tut Systems is also...

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Avaya Surpasses Seven Million IP Telephony Line Shipments

Avaya has passed the seven million line milestone for IP telephony shipments. The recipient of the seven millionth line is ING Vysya Bank, one of India's leading private sector banks. Avaya also noted that its IP line shipments surpassed traditional line shipments this year.Avaya claims to be the worldwide leader in IP telephony line shipments for first quarter 2005 with a 21% share, maintaining that position for the sixth consecutive quarter, according to figures from Synergy Research Group.In 2004, IP telephony accounted for 8% of the 423 million...

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Redback Signs Dynavar Networking, an Integrator

Redback Networks signed a reseller agreement with systems integrator Dynavar Networking, of Bellevue, Washington. The agreement covers the resale of, and associated support services for, Redback's SmartEdge Service Gateway and Router platforms as well as the NetOp Element and Policy Manager suite.http://www.redback....

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General Bandwidth Appoints CFO

General Bandwidth named Jan E. Gaulding as its new chief financial officer reporting directly to Charles Vogt, General Bandwidth's president and CEO. Most recently, she was the chief financial officer of Sevin Rosen Funds, a venture capital firm with $1.6 billion under management and investments in over 70 portfolio companies. Prior to Sevin Rosen Funds, Gaulding served as the chief financial officer of ProNet Inc. for 14 years. http://www.genband....

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Sandvine Chooses Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches

Sandvine will use a Glimmerglass intelligent optical switch for its advanced broadband network optimization product testing operations. The Glimmerglass switches automate much of the testing process by enabling test engineers to instantly change or "re-fiber" a network, virtually eliminating the need for manual fiber connection. In this way, different network configurations can be quickly simulated, saved and then tested quickly and repeatedly. Sandvine purchased a Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switch configured with 288 fiber interfaces to...

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NetDevices Secures $25 Million for Unified Services Gateway

NetDevices, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, closed $25 million in Series B financing for its services gateway products for enterprise branch networks.NetDevices has developed a "Unified Services Gateway" aimed at consolidating and simplifying the multiple network appliances currently being deployed by enterprises at the edge of their networks. NetDevices is using a "OnePass" architecture for packet classification and inspection from which multiple advanced services -- such as firewalls, intrusion detection, VoIP gateway and VPN gateway...

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Citrix Acquires NetScaler for $300 Million -- Application Appliances

Citrix Systems has acquired NetScaler, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, for its application networking appliances. The transaction is valued at approximately $300 million in cash and stock and includes the assumption of approximately $23 million in unvested stock options.NetScaler developed a line of Secure Application Accelerator platforms for enterprises. The platforms combine the features and functions of traditional data center point products - load balancing, caching, compression, SSL acceleration, attack defense, SSL VPN - into...

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Cable & Wireless to Acquire Energis

Cable & Wireless confirmed plans to acquire Energis, the number-three fixed line operator in the UK, for £674 million. The deal will create a larger competitor to incumbent BT.Cable & Wireless said the merger would result in OPEX and CAPEX synergies of £55 million in 2006/7 and £80 million in 2008. An estimated 700 jobs are expected to be lost in the restructuring. Over 75% of Energis stakeholders have approved the deal. Regulatory approvals are still required."The acquisition of Energis is a further step in the development of Cable &...

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Comcast Enhances Broadband Security with McAfee

Comcast, the leading U.S. broadband provider with 7.7 million High-Speed Internet customers, is expanding its online security solution. For no additional charge, customers can receive the following products:McAfee VirusScanMcAfee Personal Firewall PlusMcAfee Privacy ServiceComcast is also providing a free browser toolbar that features spyware detection and removal, a pop-up blocker, as well as integrated search functionality. Early this Fall, Comcast plans to introduce an anti-phishing security solution within the Comcast Toolbar, which will help...

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Peleton releases Laser Generating 96 Wavelengths

Peleton, a start-up based in Ottawa, Canada, announced commercial availability of its multi-wavelength laser source (TM3050C).The compact, flat-spectrum, high-power laser source generates 96 wavelengths simultaneously on a single output fiber. All of the wavelengths produced by the device are internally locked to the IUT-T grid at a variety of channel spacings. The Peleton multi-wavelength technology is capable of providing wavelength channels in all the L, C and S bands, and it offers locking to specific channel spacings, such as 100GHz or 50GHz....

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AT&T Builds 130-site MPLS VPN for Tata

AT&T has rolled a 130-site MPLS-based global network for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global information technology consulting services organization. AT&T will provide an MPLS-based IP VPN integrating more than 130 TCS locations across North America, South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific -- including more than ten Global Delivery Centers that will be connected over the new network. The Asia- Pacific portion of the network includes Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney in Australia; Hangzhou in China; Yokohama in Japan; and Mumbai...

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MCI Signs DSL Partners in China, Israel, Thailand

MCI is expanding Internet DSL access services in Asia Pac and into the Middle East through its agreements with several regional providers, including Pacific Internet Ltd for connectivity in Thailand, the Philippines, and Hong Kong; China NetCom for the People's Republic of China and Golden Lines for connectivity in Israel.MCI now offers DSL service in 14 countries across the world and IP access in 65 countries spanning six continents including North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa. http://www.mci....

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Speakeasy Deploys Juniper Routers for Bonded T1 Service

Speakeasy, an independent broadband services company, has deployed Juniper Networks E- and M-series routing platforms to introduce a new, market leading Bonded T1 service and to support its entire portfolio of broadband services.Speakeasy operates a private, national fiber optic network -- based on Juniper Networks routing platforms -- to provide high bandwidth, low latency connections with an unparalleled degree of security protection. Speakeasy's new Bonded T1 service enables business customers to combine multiple T1s and add or remove circuits...

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