Alcatel-Lucent to Leverage Intel Xeon Processors in ATCA Platforms

Alcatel-Lucent will use the new, six-core Intel Xeon processor 5600 series in a wide variety of future products. Alcatel-Lucent reported that the new processor boosts performance by a factor of 15 over single-core servers and a 40 percent performance improvement over the previous generation four-core Intel Xeon processer 5500 series. This new processor series also will provide a significantly improved performance/power dissipation, and by doing...

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Broadband Forum Elects Tom Starr as President

The Broadband Forum announced its new board as well as it new President and Chairman.The officers include President and Chairman Tom Starr (AT&T), Marcin Drzymala (Telekomunikacja Polska) and Andrew G. Malis (Verizon) holding the positions of Vice Presidents and David Sinicrope (Ericsson) elected as Secretary. Frank Van der Putten (Alcatel-Lucent) remains Treasurer.Elected to the board were: Peter Adams (ADTRAN), Christophe Alter (France Telecom),...

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Netflix Picks Akamai for CDN -- Triple Digit Traffic Growth as Videos Move to HD

Netflix has selected Akamai as the primary content delivery network for movies and TV episodes streamed instantly over the Internet. The companies noted that already almost half of the 12.3 million Netflix members had instantly watched a movie or TV episode on either a computer or TV via a Netflix ready device as of the end of 2009.. Separately, Akamai reported that traffic across its global network associated with the delivery of full-length feature...

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McAfee Debuts Cloud Secure Program for SaaS Providers

McAfee announced a new Cloud Secure program for helping Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers add security to their cloud deployments. The program combines cloud security certification services with automated auditing, remediation and reporting capabilities provided by McAfee. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and SuccessFactors, a leading SaaS provider are expected be amongst the first providers to leverage the new program.The McAfee Cloud Secure program...

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Sequans Readies its First LTE Chip

Sequans will soon begin sampling its first LTE chip. The SQN3010 is a baseband SOC, designed to comply with the 3GPP R8 standard, supporting UE category 3 throughput of 100 Mbps in a 20 MHz channel, and LTE band classes 38 and 40. The SQN3010 is integrated with RF provided by Sequans' partners. The device, which has been in development for many months, will be delivered first to China Mobile, the leading proponent of TD-LTE technology. China Mobile selected Sequans to provide TD-LTE chips and USB dongles for the world's first TD-LTE demonstration...

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Level 3 to Expand its Switched Ethernet Footprint by 400%

Level 3 Communications announced plans to expand the number of Ethernet switches on its U.S. network by almost 400 percent. By expanding the switching footprint, Level 3 is eliminating the need for backhaul of switched metro Ethernet applications and also providing a more efficient backhaul mechanism for higher layer services, such as Internet or voice. The carrier said this will drive network efficiency, scalability and flexibility."This expanded...

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Tinet Adds More TransAtlantic 10G Wavelengths with Hibernia

Tinet, formerly the carrier arm of Tiscali Group, has turned to Hibernia Atlantic to deliver multiple 10 Gbps wavelengths of capacity to and from Toronto, New York, Dublin, London, Frankfurt and other major metro areas on Hibernia's private network. Tinet cited rising customer demand for wholesale services, such as Ethernet Private Lines, VPLS and IP Transit. This increase is also in line with Tinet's previously announced expansion plans, whereas...

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Continuous Computing Shows Internet Offload Box using Intel Xeon 5600

Continuous Computing has developed an Internet Offload reference platform that leverages its recently upgraded FlexTCA 40G platforms. The Continuous Computing AdvancedTCA platform includes a new high-performance Intel Xeon processor 5600 series-based single board computer (SBC), Trillium protocol software and core reference application functions to create radio access network (RAN) and core-based Internet Offload equipment. The target application is mobile data traffic offload. This can be accomplished by offloading high-bandwidth, non-revenue-generating...

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NETGEAR OEMs Firetide WLAN Controller Software

NETGEAR is licensing Firetide's WLAN controller software for the company's recently announced Pro-Safe 16-AP Wireless Management System (WMS5316). Firetide said its expertise in wireless mesh infrastructure has enabled it to build controllers with better channel allocation and radio power control mechanisms to combat interferences and optimize network performance, eliminating deployment restrictions and allowing users to have greater flexibility...

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Network Test Automation Forum (NTAF) Promotes Open Lab Framework

A new Network Test Automation Forum (NTAF) has launched with the goal to promote interoperability between test tools and to simplify lab automation efforts. Founding members include BreakingPoint Systems, BT, Cisco, Empirix, Ericsson, EXFO, Fanfare Software, Ixia, JDSU, Spirent Communications, and Verizon.NTAF advocates a fundamental shift from the stand-alone and proprietary approaches to an open lab automation approach to reduce the time, complexity,...

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MRV's LambdaDriver Gains MEF Certifications

MRV Communications' LambdaDriver optical transport system has demonstrated compliance with two key Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) standards that help prove the product's ability to integrate optical transport with Carrier Ethernet services. Specifically, the company's LambdaDriver series participated in testing conducted by Iometrix, MEF's authorized testing and certification lab, and successfully passed MEF 9 and MEF 14 certifications.MEF 9 defines the test suite when LambdaDriver is used as a user-network interface for setting up Ethernet virtual...

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MRV Posts Q4 Revenue of $124 Million, Sees Markets Recovering

MRV Communications reported Q4 2009 revenue of $124.4 million, compared with revenue of $115.1 million in the preceding quarter and $118.1 million in the fourth quarter of the prior year. All three business segments contributed to the sequential growth. Fourth quarter 2009 gross margin was 33 percent, compared with 30 percent in the prior quarter and 25 percent reported in the fourth quarter of 2008.The Network Equipment group reported revenue of $29.7 million, compared with $26.6 million in the prior quarter and $29.8 million in the fourth quarter...

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