Ixia Tests 100 Gbps Ethernet

Ixia's higher speed Ethernet (HSE) IEEE 802.3ba-compliant test equipment was used to successfully transmit and receive Ethernet traffic at 100 Gbps through a CFP Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) compatible optical module. The HSE load module, known as K2 by industry insiders, is capable of transmitting and receiving full line-rate 100 Gbps Ethernet traffic. The CFP MSA is the first industry standard to support next generation Ethernet optical transceiver interfaces for both 100 Gbps Ethernet (100GbE) and 40Gb/s (40GbE). The CFP MSA defines the form...

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Ixia Introduces Low-Cost Appliance for Verifying IP/MPLS Networks

Ixia introduced its XR1000 integrated hardware appliance for end-to-end active monitoring and analysis of multiplay networks.The new device, which is part of the company's IxRave service verification solution, is a Gigabit Ethernet probe that extends IxRave's ability to deliver multi-service testing, quality of experience (QoE) performance monitoring and fault isolation across different technology domains -- from subscriber multiplay to higher bandwidth...

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Sprint Nextel Loses Subscribers in Q1 but Sees Progress in Goals

Sprint lost approximately 182,000 wireless customers in Q1, giving it a total subscriber base of 49.1 million customers at the end of the quarter, compared to 49.3 million at the end of 2008. The company reported consolidated net operating revenues of $8.2 billion and a diluted loss per share of 21 cents. Consolidated net operating revenues were 12% lower than in the first quarter of 2008 and 3% lower than the fourth quarter of 2008. Both the year-over-year...

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Telco Systems Intros Ethernet Demarcation Box

Telco Systems introduced a low-cost Carrier Ethernet demarcation device designed to address provisioning and management capabilities of an Ethernet service in the first mile.The T-Marc 280 is the newest member of the company's T-Marc family of intelligent, remotely-managed demarcation devices which are purpose-built to integrate networking, testing and assurance capabilities. Like other members of the T-Marc family, T-Marc 280 supports advanced Layer 2 networking using Telco Systems' AccessEthernet technology to allow total flexibility in deployment,...

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Voltaire Leverages InfiniBand to Reinvent Ethernet

Voltaire, which supplies high-performance InfiniBand fabrics for supercomputers, unveiled a 10 Gigabit Ethernet Layer 2 core switching strategy based on Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) technology. Voltaire's CEE leverages many of the characteristics inherent in InfiniBand to create a more scalable, lower latency, and virtualized 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric, with lower costs, power consumption and simplified management.Voltaire said its new 10 Gigabit...

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IBM Resells Mellanox 40 Gbps InfiniBand Adapters

IBM is reselling Mellanox Technologies' single-port and dual-port ConnectX 40 Gbps (QDR) InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters (HCAs) as part of the IBM System Cluster 1350 and iDataPlex systems. The companies said a broad range of application environments will benefit from Mellanox 40Gb/s InfiniBand-connected IBM System Cluster solutions, including applications optimized for industrial design and manufacturing, financial services, life sciences, government and education. They are also an excellent choice for applications that require horizontal scaling...

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Apparent Networks Introduces NGN Mgt Tool

Apparent Networks introduced its new PathView tool for assuring application delivery over distributed, multi-party network environments. The software provides troubleshooting, monitoring, assessing and reporting on network performance, covering network segments owned or managed by third parties.Uses of PathView include the following:Pre-assess network readiness for new application deployments such as VoIP, video and other latency-sensitive applicationsTroubleshoot performance problems -- quickly and accurately determine the location and cause of...

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Global Crossing Reports Q1 Revenue of $609 Million

Global Crossing generated consolidated revenue of $609 million for the first quarter of 2009, representing a year-over-year decrease of 4 percent as reported and an increase of 6 percent in constant currency terms. Revenue from the company's "invest and grow" category -- that part of the business focused on serving global enterprises and carrier customers, excluding wholesale voice -- was $510 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 2 percent as reported and an increase of 10 percent in constant currency terms. http://www.globalcros...

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Harmonic Posts Q1 Revenues of $68 Million, Down 22%

Harmonic reported Q1 net sales of $67.8 million, down 22% compared to $87.3 million in the first quarter of 2008. The lower than anticipated net sales were the result of continuing weakness in the customer order rate across many different markets throughout most of the first quarter. There was a GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2009 of $18.8 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to net income of $13.4 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, for the same period of 2008. Harmonic said bookings for the first quarter were approximately $57...

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Juniper Expands Enterprise Portfolio

Juniper Networks introduced new additions to its line of SRX Series Services Gateways and a new line of EX Series Ethernet switches. The four new additions to the SRX Series family are based on the industry's first Dynamic Services Architecture, an extensible approach that simultaneously scales integrated services and network capacity to reduce the escalating demands and risks placed on the network. These new products can support a complete suite...

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Dune Networks Raises New Funding for Switching Silicon

Dune Networks, a developer of switching fabrics for Metro Ethernet, enterprise and data center networks, raised an additional $8.3 million in series B funding.Dune Network, which is based in Sunnyvale, California with R&D in Yakum, Israel, said it now has over 100 different product adoptions and recently reached profitability. Dune provides a switching solution that scales in capacity, port rate, and service scheme. The new funding was led by Evergreen Venture Partners. Evergreen joins existing series B investors USVP, Pitango, Aurum, JVP...

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JDSU Introduces High Power Pump Laser for Undersea Networks

JDSU announced availability of its 450mW 5100 Series pump laser, the highest 980nm power available to the undersea optical networking industry so far. The 5100 Series will power undersea optical amplifiers that are needed to transmit fiber optic signals along cables that span thousands of kilometers along the ocean floor, acting as critical trans-continental links for broadband communications. The new pump helps network equipment manufacturers (NEMs)...

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Emulex Rejects Unsolicited Acquisition Proposal from Broadcom

The Board of Directors of Emulex Corporation rejected the unsolicited acquisition proposal received on April 21, 2009 from Broadcom for $9.25 per share in cash. Emulex said the bid significantly undervalues the company. In a letter to Broadcom, the Emulex Board of Directors stated that Broadcom's unsolicited proposal is not in the best interests of Emulex stockholders because it:Significantly undervalues Emulex's long-term prospects, particularly with respect to our opportunities in network convergence, which are more than doubling Emulex's addressable...

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Nortel Enhances its MG 3600 VoIP Gateway

Nortel released an upgrade to its MG 3600 carrier-grade, medium density VoIP trunk gateway with enhancements that can reduce security threats for service providers and help ensure their communications systems perform uninterrupted. The MG 3600 monitors voice performance and identifies problems in the voice path to ensure high quality voice communication. Nortel said its MG 3600 also allows for capacity to be added in smaller increments than a gateway made to serve a large, densely populated region so it scales at the right ratio and cost for smaller...

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Ericsson Meets 2008 Energy Efficiency Targets

Ericsson exceeded its targets for cutting energy use in 2008, according to a newly published Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report from the company. In 2008, Ericsson set its first Group-level carbon footprint target, aiming for a 40 percent reduction over five years, and starting with a 10 percent reduction in 2009. Initiatives include reducing its own energy-consumption, improving the energy efficiency of both GSM and WCDMA radio...

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IEEE to Launch of Smart Grid Project P2030

The IEEE is launching a smart grid initiative with the aim of establishing interoperability between the electric power system and end-user applications and loads.A new project, called the IEEE 2030 Guide for Smart Grid Interoperability of Energy Technology and Information Technology Operation with the Electric Power System (EPS) and End-Use Applications and Loads (P2030), has been approved within the IEEE and Intel has agreed to host the first P2030...

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Ciena Builds 100G Network for NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext has selected Ciena to supply its 100Gbps technology for its state-of-the-art data centers in the greater New York and London metropolitan areas. These facilities are expected to be operational in 2010 and are designed to serve as the company's operational hubs for more than one billion daily transactions comprising petabytes of information. Financial terms were not disclosed.Specifically, NYSE Euronext's communications backbone --...

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HP and RIM Announce Strategic Alliance for BlackBerry

HP and Research In Motion (RIM) announced a strategic alliance to deliver a portfolio of solutions for business mobility on the BlackBerry platform. The companies are demonstrating two new solutions:HP CloudPrint for BlackBerry Smartphones -- a web services based solution that allows users to print emails, documents, photos and web pages using a BlackBerry smartphone, wherever they are -- in the office, at home or on the road. The CloudPrint service enables mobile users to print to the nearest printer. The service is printer-agnostic and driverless...

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