Aruba's Revenues Rise to $63 Million, up 31%

Aruba Networks reported revenues of $62.7 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2010, an increase of approximately 31% over the $47.7 million reported in the fiscal second quarter of 2009. GAAP net loss for the fiscal second quarter of 2010 was $4.4 million, or $0.05 per share, compared to a net loss of $6.8 million, or $0.08 per share, in the fiscal second quarter of 2009. GAAP results for the fiscal second quarter of 2010 also included $9.0 million of non-cash stock-based expenses, $1.2 million of amortization expenses of acquired intangible...

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Infonetics: Carrier Switch and Router Market up 17% in Q4, Tellabs Gains

Worldwide revenue from service provider IP edge routers, IP core routers, carrier Ethernet switches, and multiservice ATM switches jumped 17% in 4Q09, led by strong IP edge router sales, according to a newly released "Service Provider Routers and Switches" forecast from Infonetics Research.Asia Pacific is the only region to post year-over-year growth in IP edge and core router revenue, up 19% in 2009 from 2008, pushed in no small part by the Chinese...

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Comcast Launches Online Back-up with EMC's Mozy

Comcast is launching a Secure Backup & Share service for its high-speed Internet customers. The service is offered in partnership with Mozy, an online backup service from EMC. http://www.Comcast.net/backuphttp...

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Cloud Security Alliance Partners with IEEE

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced a partnership with IEEE to ensure that best practices and standards are developed and available to provide security assurance for cloud computing. The first step is a survey to identify and define the most critical security concerns surrounding enterprise cloud computing.Results will be announced at the Cloud Security Alliance Summit, a half-day event being held at the RSA conference in San Francisco...

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Ixia Reports Q4 Revenue of $56 Million

Ixia reported Q4 2009 revenues of $56.1 million, an increase of 37% over $41.0 million reported in the 2008 fourth quarter and an increase of 21% over the $46.4 million reported for the immediately preceding third quarter. Revenues for the 2009 fourth quarter include $6.9 million attributable to the acquisition of Agilent Technologies' N2X Data Network Testing Product line on October 30, 2009 and $6.9 million related to the acquisition of Catapult Communications in June 2009. On a GAAP basis, Ixia recorded a net loss for the 2009 fourth quarter...

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AT&T Activates 1,000th Alternative Fuel Corporate Fleet Vehicle

AT&T has deployed the 1,000th alternative-fuel vehicle in its corporate fleet. The deployment is part of a $565 million commitment announced in March 2009 to replace more than 15,000 fleet vehicles with more fuel-efficient models through 2018. AT&T currently operates a fleet of more than 77,000 vehicles. The most recent vehicle is a van that uses compressed natural gas (CNG). http://www.att.com/sustainabilityhttp...

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Verizon Turns Android Phone into FiOS Remote

Verizon introduced a FiOS Mobile Remote application that enables a Motorola Droid or HTC Imagio mobile phone to be used as a television remote control. The mobile remote has virtually the same functionality as the standard FiOS remote, plus additional features including instantly transferring photos from the handset to the TV screen. Verizon will expand this service, Verizon FiOS Mobile Remote, to additional mobile phones in the coming months."With...

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Aircel Awards $300 Million Contract to NSN for GSM in Northern India

Aircel has awarded a contract valued in excess of US$300 million to Nokia Siemens Networks to roll out, manage radio and core network and services in three Indian states.Aircel, which is the Indian subsidiary of Malaysia's Maxis Group, plans to roll out services in Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan in April and has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to supply the GSM network and manage it for four years.As part of the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will...

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AT&T to Open Innovation Centers Supporting LTE Trials

AT&T will open at least three Innovation Centers later this year to drive development of next-generation devices, applications and equipment that expand the capabilities of mobile and wired broadband. Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson plan to participate in the AT&T Innovation Centers.Initial plans call for the opening of two AT&T Innovation Centers in the U.S. and one international facility. AT&T said it will work directly with device...

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Brocade Debuts Top-of-rack Data Center Switch

Brocade introduced a top-of-the-rack data center switch with a base price starting at $4,945. The new Brocade FCX series of 10/100/1000 Mbps with 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) uplink top-of-rack (ToR) switches are designed for data center performance and simplified management in virtualized server environments. To address the growing need to scale and support highly virtualized data centers, customers can stack the Brocade FCX switches horizontally...

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NEC Supplies Microwave Backhaul for O2's LTE Trial

NEC has supplied its flagship microwave backhaul solution, PASOLINK, to Telefonica O2 for its trial of LTE network in the UK. The equipment links to one of O2's key LTE trial sites in the Slough area, Berkshire, UK. NEC's PASOLINK is used to carry high-definition video streaming, mobile gaming, high-speed file transfer and video conferencing. http://www.nec.co...

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NEC Simulates LTE Self Organizing Networks (SON)

NEC introduced a 3-dimensional Self Organizing Network (SON) simulator that checks and optimizes an LTE network. The system can be used to verify the effectiveness of SON in urban settings by evaluating LTE system performance amid 3-dimensional radio propagation. Self Organizing Networks (SON) networks collect and analyze data from operational base stations and user terminals in order to measure the quality of network data, such as radio signal...

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Telefónica Selects NEC for Cloud Computing in Latin America

Telefónica has selected NEC as a strategic partner to promote Cloud Computing in Latin America. The deal will enhance NEC's position as a partner of Telefonica in the major service areas of applications. These include software as a service (SaaS), Desktop/Virtual PC as a service (access to PC over a network) and other on-demand services and applications ("everything as a service" or XaaS).NEC said it will deploy platforms and applicationss necessary...

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