Nokeena Optimizes CDN Video Servers for Scalability and QoE

Nokeena Networks, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, unveiled its "Media Flow Director" software appliance for enabling massive stream scalability and television-like quality of experience (QoE) via standard Internet video servers.Nokeena's Media Flow Director supports up to 40,000 streams and 10Gbps per rack unit while supporting online media's unique characteristics in the areas of multiple encodings, bit-rates, file sizes, viewing platforms,...

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Zarlink Announces Low Power VoIP Chipsets

Zarlink Semiconductor introduced a new VoIP chipset that it says consumes 50 percent less power than competing devices, enabling manufacturers more easily comply with emerging "green" environmental standards, such as strict energy consumption limits for broadband equipment outlined in the European Code of Conduct. In addition, the VE8820 chipset's low power performance ensures uninterrupted voice service in battery-backed systems in the event of a power outage.Target applications for the VE8820 dual channel FXS chipset include a range of voice-over-broadband...

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Intel Sees PC Market Bottoming Out

Intel reported better than expected first-quarter revenue of $7.1 billion, operating income of $670 million, net income of $647 million and earnings per share (EPS) of 11 cents. 'We believe PC sales bottomed out during the first quarter and that the industry is returning to normal seasonal patterns," said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO. 'Intel has adapted well to the current economic environment and we're benefiting from disciplined execution...

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Telenor and Tele2 Announce LTE Network Sharing Deal in Sweden

Telenor Sweden and Tele2 Sweden announced an agreement to build a joint 4G network in Sweden. The companies will be equal partners in LTE network construction and sharing of spectrum. The roll-out of what will be Sweden's most extensive 4G network will start this year with the intent of launching high-speed mobile broadband services based on LTE-technology in the end of 2010, while at the same time improving voice coverage (GSM) for all customers."This...

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Cavium Unveils OCTEON Processors with 1 to 32 Cores

Cavium Networks introduced its next generation OCTEON II Internet Application Processor (IAP) family of multi-core MIPS64 processors designed to fuel the voice, video and data convergence driven by cloud computing, virtualization, HD video over IP, Web 2.0 and mobile 3G/4G applications. The OCTEON II IAP offers up to 4x performance over the existing and widely deployed OCTEON Plus processor family, with more than twice the performance/watt and performance/dollar....

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BT Launches "Onevoice" Unified Communications SIP Enhancements

BT launched three new key unified communications and collaboration (UCC) enhancements to its "OneVoice" converged communications platform. Available in over 60 countries, BT Onevoice builds on its end-to-end, global virtual private network (VPN) service for all voice communications with the addition of session initiation protocol (SIP) connectivity, BT Onevoice Conferencing services and integrated 'on net" mobile phone access for international calls....

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LSI Introduces Four New Families of Tarari DPI Solutions

LSI announced four new families of Tarari Content and Security "plug-and-play" processor boards for deep packet inspection (DPI) applications. The new series of Tarari Content and Security Processor board solutions complements the previously announced 8300 series, which provides standard PCI Express connectivity at speeds from 250 Mbps to 3 Gbps. All Tarari Content Processor board and chip solutions employ a common set of regular expression rules...

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eBay Plans 2010 Initial Public Offering for Skype

eBay announced plans to separate Skype from the company, beginning with an initial public offering that is intended to be completed in the first half of 2010. Specific timing of the IPO will be based on market conditions.'Skype is a great stand-alone business with strong fundamentals and accelerating momentum," said eBay Inc.'s President and CEO, John Donahoe. 'But it's clear that Skype has limited synergies with eBay and PayPal. We believe operating...

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IDEA Cellular Selects Veraz's Media Gateway for MSC Interconnection

IDEA Cellular, a GSM operator with over 41 million users in India, has deployed a range of Veraz Networks' I-Gate 4000 EDGE systems in its network to provide cost-optimized, high-quality transmission links between selected nodes. Financial terms were not disclosed.'Veraz's I-Gate 4000 EDGE media gateway provides IDEA with a highly reliable, cost-efficient interconnection solution," said Anil Tandan, Group CTO, IDEA Cellular. 'The unique features of the product help minimize network costs in selected areas while maintaining the high quality voice...

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Sun Unveils Flash-Ready x64 Blade Servers Based on Intel Nehalem Processors

Sun Microsystems announced a line of Flash-ready x64 blade servers, rack servers and workstations powered by the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series. The dual-node Sun Blade X6275 server module is the first blade server to support onboard IB QDR for extreme network performance, power efficiency and ease of use. Each Sun Blade X6275 server module has two full-function compute nodes, each with two Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, up to 96GB of high-speed...

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Meru Delivers Video-over-Wireless Optimized for 802.11n Networks

Meru Networks has introduced a wireless LAN solution optimized for delivering high-quality video over 802.11n networks. Specifically, the company introduced a Video Services Module (ViSM) designed to address video-delivery issues specific to 802.11n networks, which are susceptible to unpredictable loss rates that can negatively impact video quality. The module applies application-aware optimization techniques to web streaming and real-time multicast...

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Glimmerglass Cites Energy Benefits of All-Optical Switches

Glimmerglass, a supplier of intelligent optical switching systems, announced that its all-photonic switches score 10 or better using the methodology of Verizon's Telecommunications Equipment Energy Efficiency Ratings (TEEER) for calculating the energy efficiency of transmission or switching equipment when carrying 10 Gbps traffic. This score translates to being at least 1,000 times more energy efficient than the industry average for traditional telecom equipment.The TEEER metrics were established by Verizon to measure and compare the energy consumption...

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ADTRAN Posts Q1 Sales of $110 Million

ADTRAN Q1 sales of $110,364,000 compared to $119,885,000 for the first quarter of 2008. Net income was $15,184,000 for the quarter, compared to $17,047,000 for the first quarter of 2008. Earnings per share, assuming dilution, were $0.24 for the quarter, compared to $0.26 for the first quarter of 2008.ADTRAN Chief Executive Officer Tom Stanton stated, "Our results for the quarter reflect improved operating efficiencies as gross margins achieved another record high and total operating expenses decreased. Most notable during the quarter was the acceleration...

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