Solarflare Ships its Dual-port 10GBASE-T

Solarflare Communications has begun shipping its latest dual-port 10GBASE-T server adapter based on its 65 nm SFT9001 transceiver. The company also confirmed that it has multiple design wins underway for its upcoming 40 nm SFT9104 transceiver, which enables higher-density switches and adapters, and possesses a latency specification and a thermal footprint competitive with SFP+.Solarflare's SFN5121T 10GBASE-T dual-port server adapter, announced in...

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California Launches Nation's Largest Telehealth Network

The California Telehealth Network (CTN), which will be the largest dedicated telehealth network in the country, made its official launch. The network will connect devices in medical facilities from all corners of the state. The project aims to expand health care access while providing significant security and performance improvements over existing telehealth networks, including the ability for time-sensitive or emergency transmissions to receive...

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Procera Cites More University Customers for DPI Platform

Procera Networks, which supplies an Evolved Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) platform for providing traffic awareness, control and protection for complex networks, reported new customer wins with 31 universities in the second quarter of 2010. These new university customers include Bowling Green University, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Keene State University and Union University in the US, along with Chosun University...

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Congressional Leaders Warn Against Google/Verizon Pact

Paid prioritization of traffic, such as outlined in the Google/Verizon agreement announced last week, would close the open Internet, warned four Congressional in an open letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.The letter, signed by Representatives Edward Markey, Anna Eschoo, Mike Doyle and Jay Inslee, argues that the FCC must push ahead to resolve the current proceedings on broadband regulation and Net Neutrality. The following fundamental principles are stated: 1. The FCC must have oversight authority for broadband access services.2. Paid...

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Force10 Powers Los Alamos National Lab, Germany's Forschungszentrum Juelich

Force10 Networks' Ethernet switch/router solutions are powering two of the world's top five most powerful supercomputers, according to the most recent Top500.org list. The third-ranked supercomputer worldwide, Roadrunner, at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Germany's Forschungszentrum Juelich, ranked fifth, both deploy the Force10 E-Series switch/router to provide dynamic connectivity to the supercomputer's high-speed Ethernet networks.In Germany,...

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EXFO Adds Tunable DPSK Testing to its 40G/43G Solution

EXFO has added a tunable DPSK testing capability on its 40G/43G Transport Blazer modules, enabling field engineers to verify the individual line-side channels of 40G DPSK DWDM networks. The solution is complemented by OTN Intrusive Through mode capability for monitoring individual DWDM channels at ROADM sites. http://www.exfo....

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Korea's CJ HelloVision Picks Arris for DOCSIS 3.0

CJ HelloVision, a Korean cable operators, has purchased ARRIS C4 CMTS' to deploy DOCSIS 3.0 High Speed Data and VoIP service to its customers. CJ HelloVision is a part of the CJ group of companies, and serves nearly three million cable homes.http://www.arrisi....

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Global Crossing Signs Railcar Provider for EtherSphere

TTX, which is North America's leading provider of railcars and related freight car management services, is using Global Crossing's new EtherSphere service to support its data center back-ups and for business operations at seven U.S. locations. TTX also purchased Global Crossing's IP VPN Service and Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) service. Global Crossing has interconnected TTX Company's data center to its MPLS backbone, replacing circuits from multiple providers and by converging access to Global Crossing's private and public IP backbone. "By...

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Motorola Completes TD-LTE Lab Trial

Motorola has passed China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) 2.3 GHz full feature set lab trial with a 100 percent pass rate. The tests measured key TD-LTE functionalities; radio frequency (RF) performance; operation, administration and management (OAM) capabilities; interface conformity; hardware readiness and backhaul capability.The TD-LTE lab trial utilized Motorola's latest commercial LTE hardware platform, including its...

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Panasonic Activates Twitter on its VIERA CAST Plasma HDTVs

Panasonic has activated Twitter on its VIERA CAST enabled HDTVs and plans to add the capability to its VIERA CAST-enabled Blu-ray Disc Players at a later date. Earlier this year, Panasonic added Skype voice and video calling, Netflix, Pandora, and Fox Sports. It also supports Amazon Video-on-Demand, YouTube, Google's Picassa Web Album, Bloomberg and a weather service.http...

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Dell to Offer Aruba's WLAN Solutions under its PowerConnect W-Series

Dell and Aruba Networks signed a multi-year agreement under which Dell will deliver Aruba's wireless solutions under its PowerConnect W-Series networking portfolio. The PowerConnect W-3000 Series Controllers enable businesses to manage up to thousands of wireless access points while ensuring security for data, voice, and video applications. The deal also includes Aruba's AirWave Wireless Management Suite for multi-vendor wired, wireless, and mobile...

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