Marvell Launches ARMADA Application Processors for Mobiles

Marvell introduced its ARMADA family of processors designed specifically for next generation ARM instruction set smartphones, smartbooks, consumer and embedded devices, and displays. The company said its ARMADA family of application processors sets a new standard by offering CPU cores with PC-class performance, support for Adobe Flash technology and Blu-ray functionality. To date, the new Marvell ARMADA application processors have already won more than 50 design wins.The ARMADA family includes several versions:The ARMADA 100 series delivers high...

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ADVA Enhances its FSP Service Manager

ADVA Optical Networking introduced a new FSP Service Manager that provides network operators with service-level provisioning and control across the entire network. The tool provides a high-level view of available paths through the network, which means that operators no longer need to configure individual network elements. And, by applying service templates for provisioning, the selection of many parameters and configurations becomes redundant. Plus, the FSP Service Manager ensures service setup according to the network operator's standards, meaning...

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Equinix to Acquire Switch and Data for $689 Million

Equinix has agreed to acquire Switch & Data Facilities Company (Nasdaq:SDXC) approximately $689 million in cash and stock. Both companies provide colocation, data center and Internet exchange services.With the merger, Equinix will integrate Switch and Data's data center business and operations, including the company's 34 data centers in 22 markets in the U.S. and Canada. The acquisition will add more than one million gross square feet of data...

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Canada Sets Rules for Internet Traffic Management

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) set new traffic management rules for Internet Service Providers. Under the framework, ISPs should give preference to Internet traffic management practices based on economic measures whenever possible. This could mean charging more for bandwidth usuage over a certain threshold or offer discounts for big downloads during off-peak hours. The practices must be transparent and clearly...

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Ixia to acquire Agilent's N2X product line for $44 Million

Ixia agreed to acquire Agilent's N2X Data Networks Product Line for $44 million in cash. The deal is expected to close at the end of this month. The Agilent N2X is a multiservices test solution for validating the performance and scalability characteristics of next-generation network equipment. The platform offers a range of testing scenarios across broadband access, carrier edge and IP/MPLS core. Several N2X 2-slot and 4-slot chassis models are...

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Cisco Visual Networking: 11.4 GB / Month Average for Broadband Users

Globally, the average broadband connection (primarily residential subscribers and some business users) generates approximately 11.4 gigabytes of Internet traffic per month, according to the latest Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Usage statistics released this week. The top 1 percent of global subscribers generated more than 20 percent of all traffic, while the top 10 percent of global subscribers generated more than 60 percent of all traffic....

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Verizon Business Unveils Cloud-Based Application-Monitoring Tools

Verizon Business is preparing to launch a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-basedApplication Assurance service to help business customers keep their network-based business processes running smoothly and reliably. The service provides an enterprisewide view of how applications such as e-commerce Web sites, voice-over-IP and CRM (customer relationship management) software are performing and how that performance is affecting end-users. As a result, customers can quantify the effect of performance problems.The new service -- powered by Fluke Networks'...

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Verizon Pushing Ahead With Integrated Transcoding in IP Core

Verizon has begun integrating multimedia transcoding capabilities into the core of its NGN infrastructure, targeting commercial service in the second half of 2010. The project is aimed at facilitating the convergence of wireless and landline services."Working with our next-generation network infrastructure suppliers, Verizon has designed a transcoding architecture for our packet-based core network that supports Verizon's direction toward open networks...

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SUPERCOMM Keynote: Verizon's Seidenberg Challenges FCC on Net Neutrality

One day before the FCC plans to release its order on network neutrality, Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg warned government regulators against "pitting network providers and applications developers against each other in a zero-sum game, when the real promise of broadband is an expanding pie for everybody." In an opening keynote address at Supercomm in Chicago, Seidenberg said continued investment in network infrastructure are clearly required...

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