Vyatta Releases Open Source Routing Solution

Vyatta, a start-up based in San Mateo, California, released its open source routing solution running on a Dell PowerEdge 850. The 1U rack-mounted package serves as a mid-range access router, delivering two gigabits of throughput at a fraction of the cost of typical enterprise routers. For users interested in a software-only solution, a freely downloadable version of the OFR is available from the Vyatta web site, as well as software subscriptions which include maintenance, upgrades, and software support services.



"For too long the networking giants have perpetuated the myth that only expensive, proprietary hardware was sufficient to run networks. As a result, customers have been prevented from leveraging the economic advantages of industry standard hardware," said Kelly Herrell, CEO of Vyatta.

http://www.vyatta.com

• Vyatta is headed by Kelly Herrell, who previously was the SVP of Strategic Operations at MontaVista Software, an embedded Linux supplier. Its technical team is headed by Robert Bays, who previously was the CTO at Infiniroute Networks.

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Sigma Designs Develop Ultra Wideband (UWB) Chips for Home Networking

Sigma Designs announced the formation of its Wireless Products Division with an initial focus on Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology and products targeted for high definition audio/video streaming between consumer products.



Sigma's new Wireless Products Division was largely formed around acquired elements of Blue7 Communications, a start-up company focused on the development of UWB semiconductor products for the consumer electronics market. The new Wireless Products Division is headed by Hung Nguyen, Vice President & General Manager, also the founder of Blue7 Communications.



The Wireless Products Division is located at Sigma's headquarters in Milpitas and includes over 30 engineers dedicated to the development of all-CMOS baseband and RF components designed around the UWB standard.



The company is pursuing an all-CMOS product strategy. Engineering samples are currently available and the company expects to enter production at the end of this fiscal year.

http://www.sigmadesigns.com

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Broadlight Releases GPON PHY Chip for Lower Cost Deployments

BroadLight announced commercial availability of a new GPON PHY (GPHY) ASIC aimed at lower-cost ONTs. The new device (BL2901) integrates the GPON ONT transceiver's functions of PMD, control and diagnostic functions into a single ASIC. Together with BroadLight's BL2000 ONT System on Chip (SoC), makers of GPON ONTs can now eliminate the traditional costly transceiver module and replace it with lower cost Bidirectional (BiDi) or Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) optical devices.

"ONT cost is the number one feature in the PON market and the BL2901 will enable BroadLight's customers to be successful with the major GPON rollouts," said Andrew Vought, CEO of BroadLight.

The BL2901 is an analog front-end for the BL2000 ONT SoC for interfacing with and controlling Bidirectional (BiDi) and Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) optical devices. The BL2901's functions includes a limiting amplifier supporting a choice of PIN or APD diodes and burst-mode laser driver for FP or DFB lasers. The control through BroadLight's GPHY application software enables compensation for aging, temperature and tracking variations during operation. In manufacturing test, the large variance in optical device parameters is compensated automatically tuning the optics for optimum performance thus cutting down the testing time and labor cost.

http://www.broadlight.com

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Juniper Expands UTM Appliance Line

Juniper Networks added three new appliance lines to its Secure Services Gateway (SSG) portfolio.



The new SSG 5, SSG 20 and SSG 140, which collectively bring nine new SSG models, combine firewall/virtual private networking (FW/VPN) and routing with a set of Unified Threat Management (UTM) security features to protect traffic as it flows in and out of the branch office. The SSG 5, and SSG 20 are targeted at small branch offices and telecommuter environments while the SSG 140 is suited for medium-sized branch offices, and stand alone businesses.



The SSG 5 and 20 platforms deliver 160 Mbps of Stateful FW traffic and 40 Mbps of IPSec VPN throughput. The new SSG 140 platforms deliver more than 350 Mbps of FW traffic and 100 Mbps of IPSec VPN.



Integrated UTM security features include Intrusion Prevention, Antivirus (includes Anti-Spyware, Anti-Adware, Anti-Phishing), Anti-Spam, and Web Filtering to protect traffic flowing in and out of the branch office from worms, spyware, trojans, and malware. http://www.juniper.net

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Force10 Awarded Two Patents for 100 Gigabit Ethernet-Ready Backplane

Force10 Networks was awarded two patents for its 100 Gigabit Ethernet-ready backplane, which has been tested at up to five Terabits per second, delivering 330 Gbps to each slot.



The company said both patents protect the unique design of its TeraScale E-Series backplane, which employs a low noise power distribution and high speed signal routing in a common backplane.
While today's typical high performance backplanes support traces that can only reach 6.25 Gbps, the Force10 backplane traces can scale up to 25 Gbps across multiple layers. Additionally, thick power distribution layers are embedded within the backplane and shielded from the signaling layers to achieve the high performance and scalability required to support the move from 10 Gigabit to 100 Gigabit Ethernet.



Force10 now holds 15 patents with 45 patents pending.

http://www.force10networks.com

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O2 Germany Chooses Spirent for GSM/UMTS & HSDPA Testing

O2 Germany has chosen SwissQual's "Diversity" platform to conduct GSM/UMTS & HSDPA wireless benchmarking. The Diversity platform allows network operators to continuously test the quality of service, as well as benchmark their network's performance against those of their competitors. Unlike other platforms, Diversity provides simultaneous, end-to-end testing for voice, data and video.



SwissQual, which was acquired by Spirent Communications in January of 2006.



Spirent said the contract marks a significant step in its growth in the wireless market.

http://www.spirentcom.com

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3Com Debuts New SMB Unified Switch

3Com introduced its latest, convergence-ready, "Unified Switch" for organizations with 5 to 250 users. The 3Com Unified Switch combines wired and wireless functionality. Key features include:

• Full, Layer 2 line rate gigabit speeds with zero packet loss across all 24 ports;


• Full 802.3af Power over Ethernet support available on each of its 24 ports;


• Auto-voice VLAN capability;


• 802.1X authentication;


• Wireless WPA2 security and AES encryption;


• Rogue wireless access point detection and mitigation;


• Wireless fast roaming and automatic load balancing across managed APs; and


• Support for 802.11n

The list price is US$2,750. 3Com will also offer matching Wireless PoE Access Points.

http://www.3com.com

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BelAir Raises $21.4 Million for Mobile Broadband Mesh

BelAir Networks, a start-up based in Kanata, Ontario, raised $21.4 million in venture funding for its mobile wireless broadband mesh network solutions.



BelAir said it has landed top-tier customers in each of its target markets -- municipal, cable, and cellular. The company recently won competitive bids for citywide wireless networks in Minneapolis, City of London, UK and Toronto, Canada.



BelAir Networks' product portfolio supports Wi-Fi, 4.9 GHz Public Safety, and WiMAX mesh. The portfolio includes its flagship four-radio BelAir200 Wireless Multi-service Switch Router, the dual-radio BelAir100 Multi-service Node, the BelAir100C Multi-service Node featuring point-to-multipoint backhaul, the BelAir100S, the single-radio BelAir50C and BelAir50S, and the six-radio BelAir300 Converged Multi-service Wireless Node, all seamlessly managed by the BelAir BelView Network Management System.



The funding round was led by Ventures West Management Inc. Trilogy Equity Partners, co-founded by former T-Mobile USA and Western Wireless Chief Executive John Stanton, also participated in the round. Existing investors Comcast Interactive Capital, T-Mobile Venture Fund, Panorama Capital (formerly JPMorgan Partners), VenGrowth Capital Partners Inc., BDC Venture Capital, and MMV Financial also participated. In addition to the equity financing, MMV Financial also provided a $5 million venture loan.



The Series D financing brings the total investment in BelAir Networks to US $65.4 million.

http://www.belairnetworks.com

• In June 2006, Fujitsu Network Communications announced plans to offer a metro wireless mesh solution for North American telecom carriers, cable/MSO operators, utilities and municipalities, based on BelAir Networks' platform.

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Mintera Raises $10 Million for 40 Gbps Optical Systems

Mintera, a start-up based in Acton, Mass., raised $10 million in venture funding for its 40 Gbps optical transmission systems.



Mintera offers optical transport sub-systems for metro-core, regional, long-haul and ultra long-haul optical networks.



The company said it will use the financing to complete the commercial launch of its new, 40 Gbps product platform, the MI 40000XS. This new platform, based on the emerging ATCA 300 standard, enables 40 Gbps DWDM transport up to 2500 km without regeneration and increases carrier capacity without the need to change existing infrastructure. The MI 40000XS, which is already being integrated into partners' DWDM transport systems, is scheduled to begin shipping during Q4 2006.



The funding was co-led by investors Polaris Venture Partners and RRE Ventures. Also participating in the round are existing investors including Court Square Ventures, Star Ventures and Portview Communications Partners. This financing brings the total amount raised by Mintera to more than $54 Million.

http://www.mintera.com

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Alloptic Developing 10G EPON OLT

Alloptic disclosed details of its forthcoming 10 Gigabit capable Ethernet-based Passive Optical Network (10G EPON) system. Supporting both 10G EPON and IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile, the Edge 10 provides industry leading bandwidth with per-flow based Quality of Service (QoS).



Alloptic said its "Edge 10" will be a modular, redundant OLT chassis featuring an 800 Gbps backplane, advanced packet processing and per flow QoS, 8 port GE-PON and 2 port 10G EPON line cards and multiport 10 GE uplink cards.



Alloptic plans to begin shipping the Edge 10 to customers mid 2007.



"By supporting both GE-PON and 10G EPON on a 'blade by blade' basis, the Edge 10 extends our market leadership position by ensuring our customers can cost effectively deliver both high densities of Fast Ethernet and fractional Gigabit Ethernet services for business applications, while supporting the multiple simultaneous streams of High Definition time-shifted IPTV - crucial for future residential deployments," said Shane Eleniak, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Alloptic.

http://www.alloptic.com

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Nominum Announces Free Diagnostic Tools to Measure DNS Performance

Nominum is offering free diagnostic tools to deliver accurate performance metrics of Domain Name Services (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services. These include:

• DNSPerf measures Authoritative Domain Name services and is designed to simulate network conditions by "self-pacing" the query load. Caching services performance and workload profile differ significantly from Authoritative Domain services; therefore a different tool is needed.



• ResPerf is designed specifically to simulate Caching Domain Name services. To test a caching server, ResPerf systematically increases the query rate and monitors the response rate.



• DHCPerf measures the DHCP lease assignments to client computers by ramping up lease assignment over time to determine the maximum performance profile.

http://www.nominum.com/testing_tools.php

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Nokia Licenses Trimble's Global Navigation Satellite System Patents

Nokia signed a cooperative licensing deal on Trimble's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) patents related to designated wireless products and services involving location technologies, such as GPS, assisted GPS or Galileo. The licensing agreement is exclusive to Nokia for the wireless consumer product and service domain and includes sublicensing rights. In return, Trimble receives a non-exclusive license to Nokia's location-based patents for use in Trimble's commercial products and services. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.



"We strongly believe that location-based capabilities and services will be an important element of future mobile communications devices," said Kai Oistamo, executive vice president and general manager of Mobile Phones, Nokia.

http://www.nokia.com

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AboveNet Sells Data Centers in NYC and No. Virginia

AboveNet sold its interests in three data center facilities located in New York City and Northern Virginia to Digital Realty Trust for $40,075,000.



"From a strategic perspective, this transaction is consistent with the continuing evolution of AboveNet as a company with a laser focus on fiber-based connectivity solutions. This includes our new data center to data center service, dcXchange, that delivers high performance connections between prime data center locations in both these markets. This transaction allows us to continue investing in our customers and the infrastructure they need to be successful in today's bandwidth intensive marketplace," said Bill LaPerch, President and CEO of AboveNet.

http://www.above.nethttp://www.digitalrealtytrust.com

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Marvell Trims Q3 Fiscal 2007 Guidance

Marvell Technology Group trimmed its financial guidance, saying that it now anticipates that its net revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2007 will be down approximately 10% from the $574.0 million of net revenue reported for second quarter of fiscal 2007.



The anticipated decline in net revenue is largely due to lower than expected demand from a number of the company's hard disk drive customers. The company cited weaker than normal seasonal shipments in the personal computer market as well as excess inventory held by some of significant storage customers.



Additionally, the Marvell expects a significant increase in its general and administrative expenses in its third quarter of fiscal 2007 due to higher than expected costs related to its ongoing internal review into historical stock option practices and related accounting matters.

http://www.marvell.com

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