Motorola Mobility Acquires SunUp Digital Systems

Motorola Mobility has acquired SunUp Digital Systems, a software provider based in Santa Clara, California, for an undisclosed sum. SunUp Digital Systems develops and markets high performance, operating software for IPTV, DTH, Digital Cable, and content distribution networks. The SunUp software will enhance the Motorola Medios software platform, providing the ability, for example, to enforce content rights and to manage live content across multiple screens. "Consumers are increasingly using companion devices to augment and personalize their entertainment...

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NYC to be First with Personal Localized Alerting Network

New York City will be the first in the nation to activate the Personal Localized Alerting Network, which is the new public safety system that allows customers who own an enabled mobile device to receive geographically-targeted, text-like messages alerting them of imminent threats to safety in their area. The NYC network is expected to come online by the end of 2011, at least two calendar quarters before the rest of the nation.The network is being...

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Golden Gate Capital Buys Out Tollgrade Communications

Golden Gate Capital, a global private equity firm, completed its previous announced buy out of Tollgrade Communications, a provider of network assurance solutions. Tollgrade's smart grid solutions for the utilities industry enable electric utilities to provide real-time grid intelligence and immediate fault detection, which helps to minimize the impact of outages and optimize utilization of assets.Tollgrade is based in Cranberry Township, Pa., and has about 112 employees around the globe. http://www.tollgrade.comEarlier this year, Gold Holdings,...

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Skype Acquisition Brings 170M Users, New Carrier Relationship to MS

Microsoft's planned acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion in cash -- its biggest acquisition to date -- is driven by real-time communications over the Web and the popularity of the Skype brand, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Skype currently claims 170 million users and its service delivered over 207 billion minutes of voice and video conversations in 2010. The companies said Skype continues to add about 600,000 users per day -- and has...

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Marvell Introduces OpenFlow-enabled Switches

Marvell has introduced an OpenFlow-enabled, fully featured switching solution based on its networking control stack and Prestera family of packet processors. Marvell's new OpenFlow switches support 1GbE, 10GbE and 40GbE port configurations.The goal of OpenFlow is to enable software-defined networks optimized for specific applications and services. OpenFlow seeks to enable dynamic re-configuration of the network in-situ without a tear-down and new...

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Extreme Networks Debuts its Open Fabric Data Center Switches

Extreme Networks unveiled an Open Fabric data center architecture along with two new Ethernet switches designed for cloud-scale deployments requiring low latency and energy efficiency. The Extreme Networks Open Fabric data center architecture incorporates standards-based OpenFlow technology to simplify network provisioning and supports Data Center Bridging (DCB) to provide consolidation of LAN and storage fabrics in the data center, including iSCSI...

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AT&T to Invest $1 Billion in Cloud and Mobility Solutions for Businesses

AT&T will invest nearly $1 billion in 2011 to deploy global network-based cloud, mobility and network sourcing solutions for business customers. The spending, which is part of AT&T's previously announced $19 billion CAPEX budget for 2011, will be targeted at companies, government agencies and institutions in industries such as manufacturing, retail, hospitality, healthcare and automotive.AT&T's 2011 investment priorities for business...

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Marvell Offers 40nm Ultra-Low Power Octal Gigabit Ethernet

Marvell introduced its "Alaska V" series of 40nm ultra-low power, eight-port, energy-efficient gigabit Ethernet transceivers incorporating Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) features based on the IEEE 802.3az standard. The 88E1680 transceiver, which is part of the Alaska V family of transceivers, delivers the lowest active power per port at 10/100/1000Mbps data rates. The Alaska V 88E1680 transceiver supports EEE technology when interfaced with EEE-aware...

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Arbor Introduces Cloud Security Protocol for the Internet Data Center

Arbor Networks introduced a Cloud Signaling protocol that bridges the gap between the data center edge and the provider cloud, where Arbor's Peakflow SP platform is pervasively deployed. The capability is a key feature in the Arbor Pravail Availability Protection System (APS), a new product family focused on securing the Internet data center (IDC) edge. Arbor Networks said the goal of Cloud Signaling is to automate the connecting of service providers,...

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KT Implement Juniper's Junos Pulse Mobile Security

KT will implement Juniper Networks' Junos Pulse and the Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite to secure the mobile life of their corporate customers. KT will market the solution directly through established sales channels, and its established partnerships. KT can us Junos Pulse to provide their customers anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, loss and theft protection, parental controls, and monitoring and control services purpose built for smartphones,...

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Verizon Picks Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 7120 Micro Packet ONP

Verizon has selected the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 7120 Micro Packet Optical Networking Platform (Packet ONP) as the foundation of a communications infrastructure that provides ultra low latency performance, reliability, and expansion capability. The Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 7120 Micro Packet ONP is a combination access WDM and intelligent edge service delivery platform."The Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 7120 Micro Packet ONP is a key component to helping deliver the lowest...

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Akamai and Riverbed Align on Hybrid Cloud Acceleration

Akamai Technologies and Riverbed Technology announced a strategic alliance to develop enterprise application acceleration solutions that leverage public cloud services. The partnership combines Akamai's global network of edge servers with Akamai's expertise in WAN acceleration. The planned solution would be designed to accelerate cloud-based applications. Akamai's globally-distributed network of more than 90,000 servers deployed in the cloud provides...

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