Verizon Business to acquire Cybertrust, ICSA Labs

Verizon Business agreed to acquire Cybertrust, a privately held provider of global information security services. Financial terms were not disclosed. Cybertrust provides identity management, managed security services, vulnerability/threat management, security certification programs and a full range of professional services including enterprise-wide quantified risk analysis, individual application assessments, and forensics and incident response...

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ONEMAX Selects Veraz for IMS/WiMAX in Dominican Republic

ONEMAX, which is deploying a commercial WiMAX network in the Dominican Republic, selected Veraz Networks for its IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) solution. ONEMAX chose Veraz's User Services Core to offer its subscribers VoIP and IP-based multimedia services while Veraz's ControlSwitch and I-Gate 4000 series of media gateways will enable ONEMAX to connect to other operators. In more technical terms, the solution that Veraz has delivered to ONEMAX is based upon 3GPP IMS release 7. It includes core IMS functionalities, for routing (Call Session &...

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Sales of Cisco 12000 Routers Top $10 Billion

Sales of the Cisco 12000 Series Router have surpassed the $10 billion mark. Cisco said that more than 35,000 systems have been installed globally since the 12000 introduction in September 1997. http://www.cisco....

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MEF Approves Three New Specifications

The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) approved three new specifications, addressING the areas of service operations, administration and maintenance - OAM (MEF17), conformance testing for circuit emulation over Ethernet (MEF 18) and testing the UNI Type 1 (MEF 19). MEF 17 "Service OAM Framework and Requirements" addresses issues including fault management, performance monitoring, auto-discovery and both intra- and inter-provider service OAM -- an increasingly...

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California's Coaster Rail Installs Strix

The North County Transit District (NCTD) of San Diego has installed Strix's Access/One Network Outdoor Wireless Systems (OWS) and Indoor Wireless System (IWS) to provide real-time mobile communications for its Coaster rail line. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) paid for the Strix OWS/IWS network, which currently extends 10 miles along the Coaster rail line in San Diego. Coaster uses Strix OWS and IWS to implement mission critical railway applications:Remote video surveillance provides 24x7 monitoring inside the trains and the surrounding...

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ScanScout Secures $7 Million for Video Monitoring

ScanScout, a start-up based in Cambridge, Mass., closed $7 million in its first round of institutional funding for its work in digital video delivery. ScanScout technology helps advertisers and publishers by providing brand protection to ensure that advertisers' brand messages will only be seen adjacent to the most appropriate content.The funding was led by General Catalyst Partners with participation from existing angel investors, Ron Conway and First Round Capital. http://www.scanscout....

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Force10 Unveils C-Series Resilient Switch for Midsize Data Centers

Force10 Networks introduced its C300 resilient switch for midsize data centers and enterprise wiring closets. The platform combines Force10 Operating System (FTOS) modular software for reliability with full hardware resiliency with redundant components and hot insertion technologies to ensure maximum network uptime. The modular FTOS includes an industry standard command line interface (CLI) that simplifies management and leverages the installed...

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GENBAND to Spin Out Taqua for Class 5 Replacement Switch

GENBAND will spin out its "Taqua" T7000 product family to the leadership team responsible for developing and managing the product, Many of the new management and employees have been affiliated with Taqua since its inception in 1999."We are confident that the Taqua management team and its employees have the sufficient depth to effectively operate and grow the Taqua business, which has been our primary focus for this transaction," said Charles Vogt, president and CEO of GENBAND.GENBAND will focus on its IP gateway and application solutions.Founded...

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Alcatel-Lucent to Acquire NetDevices for Branch Office Service Gateway

Alcatel-Lucent agreed to acquire privately held NetDevices, a developer of services gateway products for enterprise branch networks, for an undisclosed sum.NetDevices, which is based in Sunnyvale, California with R&D in Bangalore, India, offers a Unified Service Gateway which is designed to reduce the cost and complexity of managing branch office networks. NetDevices' products unify all services required at the branch--including perimeter and...

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XO to Supply 10G Wavelength Service to PCCW Global

XO Communications announced a contract to provide multiple wavelength circuits to PCCW Global, supplementing existing connectivity across PCCW Global's network in the United States. PCCW Global will use the XO wavelength services to expand the capacity of its network and the services it currently provides to its customers in Asia and the United States. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.xo....

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Broadcom Unleashes Single-Chip, Dual-Port 10GbE C-NIC

Broadcom introduced a single-chip, dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) converged network interface controller (C-NIC) specifically developed for high volume server designs. Current servers typically are equipped with Gigabit Ethernet ports and upgrading to 10 Gbps could mean additional support from the host CPU to process the data.Broadcom said its new 10GbE C-NIC enables simultaneous processing of network, storage, processor clustering and management...

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Colubris Launches Enterprise-Class 802.11n Access Point

Colubris Networks introduced an intelligent enterprise-class 802.11n access point (MAP-625) as part of its802.11n-ready Colubris Intelligent Mobility Solution, which gives organizations a centrally managed WLAN networking solution.Colubris said its MAP-625 uses dual radios to provide 802.11n clients with more than four times the performance of current generation WLANs, while simultaneously supporting legacy 802.11a/b/g devices at their full speeds. The MAP-625's dual-radio design features an 802.11n radio with 3x3 MIMO (multiple input, multiple...

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Nokia Boosts Q2 Device Market Share Outlook

Nokia expects its share of the global device market to increase sequentially in the second quarter 2007, from its estimated 36% share at the end of the first quarter. Previously, Nokia said it expected its device market share in the second quarter 2007 to be approximately at the same level sequentially.Nokia said it believes that its device shipments in the second quarter 2007 will be positively impacted, as excess device inventory in the market has sufficiently cleared. http://www.nokia....

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Huawei-3Com to Resell eIQnetworks' Enterprise Security Analyzer

Huawei-3Com (H3C), a wholly-owned subsidiary of 3Com, agreed to resell eIQnetworks' Enterprise Security Analyzer (ESA) as its exclusive security information management (SIM) appliance solution. H3C will market eIQ's ESA as SecCenter to a broad range of customers in mainland China and Hong Kong. http://www.eIQnetworks....

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Gear6 Unveils Terabyte-Scale Caching Appliances

Gear6, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, unveiled its "CACHEfx" line of scalable caching appliances designed to accelerate response times and throughput for a wide variety of demanding, cross-industry enterprise applications. Gear6's CACHEfx appliances complement existing network attached storage (NAS) by centralizing a massive pool of coherent memory that serves data 10-to-50 times faster than mechanical disks, eliminating I/O bottlenecks...

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Microsoft and Partners Show Devices for MS Office Communicator

Microsoft and nine partners (ASUSTek Computer, GN, LG-Nortel, NEC, Plantronics, Polycom, SAMSUNG, Tatung Co. and ViTELiX) are showcasing a new generation of office devices designed for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007. Microsoft is providing the device manufacturers with design specifications, helping to assure that these new phones and devices will work easily with its unified communications platform.Microsoft...

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Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park Selects Alvarion's Mobile WiMAX

Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has selected Alvarion's 16e-based all-IP 4Motion OPEN WiMAX solution to provide Mobile WiMAX services across the campus in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The mobile WiMAX network will co-exist with the current Wi-Fi network. The deployment will serve two purposes on the campus, both providing wireless services over WiMAX and allowing the institute to conduct Mobile WiMAX research. After the network is deployed, Alvarion will provide professional technical assistance to aid the research and development...

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Nokia Strengthens Ties with China's Largest Mobile Phone Distributor

Nokia signed a strategic partnership agreement with China Postel Mobile Communication Equipment Co., Ltd. (China Postel), China's largest mobile phone distributor. China Postel is expected to purchase mobile devices from Nokia to the value of approximately USD 2.5 billion in 2007. In addition, both parties have agreed to deepen strategic ties, especially with regard to network channel development, as the two companies make significant bilateral resource investments.China Postel has been the leading distributor on the China mobile phone market...

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