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Monday, September 12, 2011
Ericsson Develops Mobile Broadband Connection Protocol for Windows 8
Ericsson, in partnership with Microsoft and other companies within USB Implementers Forum, has developed a new protocol to make it easier for manufacturers to bring mobile broadband to people buying notebooks and tablets.
Support for the protocol, which will be included in Windows 8, means that device manufacturers will no longer need to install drivers for embedded mobile broadband connectivity or a connection manager.
The protocol will be demonstrated in reference devices at the Microsoft BUILD conference taking place in Anaheim, California September 13-16.
The new feature will be available on all Ericsson modules starting with the F5321gw, H5321gw and C5621gw and beyond after the final release of Windows 8.
http://www.ericsson.com
Support for the protocol, which will be included in Windows 8, means that device manufacturers will no longer need to install drivers for embedded mobile broadband connectivity or a connection manager.
The protocol will be demonstrated in reference devices at the Microsoft BUILD conference taking place in Anaheim, California September 13-16.
The new feature will be available on all Ericsson modules starting with the F5321gw, H5321gw and C5621gw and beyond after the final release of Windows 8.
http://www.ericsson.com
Intel Optimizes Atom for Android, Looks for 22nm Ivy Bridge in early 2012
Intel is working with Google to optimize future releases of the Android platform for Intel's family of low power Atom processors. The joint effort is designed to speed time-to-market of Intel technology-based smartphones running the Android platform. The companies are also working on extending the Intel architecture with other Google products, including Chrome OS, Google TV, and the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) and Native Development Kit (NDK).
At the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said he is looking for next generation of Ultrabooks to arrive early next year based on "Ivy Bridge" 22nm technology and the company's 3-D Tri-gate transistors. Otellini also described the new class of platform power management in development for the 2013 "Haswell" products for Ultrabooks. Intel is looking to reduce idle platform power by more than 20 times over current designs, and along with innovations, this will lead to more than 10 days of connected standby battery life by 2013.
In addition, the company announced McAfee's new DeepSAFE technology, which works with hardware capabilities found in the Intel Core™ i3, i5 and i7 processors to provide new levels of security and a different vantage point by operating below the operating system. This technology will launch in a McAfee enterprise product later this year.
http://www.intel.comhttp://newsroom.intel.com/docs/DOC-2321
At the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said he is looking for next generation of Ultrabooks to arrive early next year based on "Ivy Bridge" 22nm technology and the company's 3-D Tri-gate transistors. Otellini also described the new class of platform power management in development for the 2013 "Haswell" products for Ultrabooks. Intel is looking to reduce idle platform power by more than 20 times over current designs, and along with innovations, this will lead to more than 10 days of connected standby battery life by 2013.
In addition, the company announced McAfee's new DeepSAFE technology, which works with hardware capabilities found in the Intel Core™ i3, i5 and i7 processors to provide new levels of security and a different vantage point by operating below the operating system. This technology will launch in a McAfee enterprise product later this year.
http://www.intel.comhttp://newsroom.intel.com/docs/DOC-2321
Deutsche Telekom Signs MOU with Huawei
Deutsche Telekom and Huawei have agreed to collaborate in cloud computing, telecom technology and system integration. Under a memorandum of understanding, the companies will work together to improve on a range of strategic issues.
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Metaswitch's New SBC Offers Independent Scaling of Signaling and Media
Metaswitch Networks introduced its Perimeta session border controller designed for independent scaling of signaling and media functions. The platform represents a new class of SBC because currently deployed systems are not optimized to handle the highly dynamic session environment brought on by massive number of mobile devices and services such as presence and IM. The challenge is expected to become more acute with the adoption of VoLTE and RCS-e applications.
Metaswitch, which has a long history of developing SBC software solutions for OEM partners, believes a more flexible architectures is required. Its new session border control features discrete software modules for signaling and media functions. These may be installed on separate hardware elements to provide a distributed solution to session border control, or combined together as an integrated appliance. By independently scaling signaling and media capacity, network operators can avoid stranding unused media capacity as signaling grows. Centralizing the signaling function, rather than having multiple SBCs, also makes it easier to manage the network and reduces CAPEX.
The Metaswitch Perimeta is an ATCA COTS platform supporting 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) standards, including VoLTE: P-CSCF, IMS-ALG, and IMS-AG. It leverages the latest multi-core, multi-threaded CPUs to scale performance. Perimeta also provides post-analysis forensic capabilities with detailed protocol decode information on every SIP message it exchanges with the network and every internal routing and processing decision it makes.
The company noted that more than 30 operators have already validated this approach and purchased Perimeta for their networks.
http://www.metaswitch.com
Metaswitch, which has a long history of developing SBC software solutions for OEM partners, believes a more flexible architectures is required. Its new session border control features discrete software modules for signaling and media functions. These may be installed on separate hardware elements to provide a distributed solution to session border control, or combined together as an integrated appliance. By independently scaling signaling and media capacity, network operators can avoid stranding unused media capacity as signaling grows. Centralizing the signaling function, rather than having multiple SBCs, also makes it easier to manage the network and reduces CAPEX.
The Metaswitch Perimeta is an ATCA COTS platform supporting 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) standards, including VoLTE: P-CSCF, IMS-ALG, and IMS-AG. It leverages the latest multi-core, multi-threaded CPUs to scale performance. Perimeta also provides post-analysis forensic capabilities with detailed protocol decode information on every SIP message it exchanges with the network and every internal routing and processing decision it makes.
The company noted that more than 30 operators have already validated this approach and purchased Perimeta for their networks.
http://www.metaswitch.com
Ikanos Debuts Dual-Core Processors for Next Gen Services Gateways
Ikanos Communications introduced two dual-core communications processors – the Fusiv Vx175 and Fusiv Vx173 -- designed for a wide range of devices including femtocell gateways, smart energy gateways, mobile broadband routers, optical networking terminals, network attached storage and other next generation services gateways. The new devices add to the company's Fusiv portfolio and extend the range of access types supported to PON, LTE and other broadband technologies.
Key features of the Vx175/173 processors include:
Key features of the Vx175/173 processors include:
- Advanced Dual-Core Processor Architecture – The Vx175/173 communications processors have two MIPS cores. In the Vx175, cores provide up to 600MHz processing power. The Vx173 cores run at 400MHz.
- Dedicated Voice Processing Engine – An integrated DSP engine delivers full-chain deployment proven VoIP, capable of handling four voice channels simultaneously.
- Programmable Hardware Accelerators – In addition to the dual core MIPs processors, the Vx175/173 also includes programmable hardware accelerator processors to provide flexibility, improved performance and quality of service. These enable bi-directional Gigabit routing performance while consuming a small fraction of the Fusiv's processing power.
- Multiple Interfaces for LAN/WAN Integration – The Vx175/173 includes a number of built-in interfaces – including up to three Gigabit MACs, two PCIe and two USB 2.0 hosts.
- Dynamic Power Management – The new chipsets support European Code of Conduct and Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) energy efficiency requirements.
Security (IPsec) Performance – The Vx175 has a built-in hardware encryption engine to protect traffic over the Web without a performance penalty.
Integrated SATA Interface – The Vx175 has a built-in SATA interface for direct network attached storage (NAS) for the warehousing of local content. This content can be shared directly from the gateway throughout the home or passed via a secure connection to outside backup services or other cloud-based applications.
Linley Group: Embedded Processor Market Sees Strong Growth
The embedded processor market reached record revenue of $3.6 billion in 2010, up 31% over 2009, and will top $5.1 billion by 2015, according to The Linley Group's recently released “A Guide to High Speed Embedded Processors�? report. The strong rebound was driven by restocking, renewed demand and market expansion.
Notable findings include:
This sixth edition report analyzes more than 100 products, as well as capabilities and strategies of 15 vendors. It covers high-performance RISC and x86 processors for embedded systems, focusing on processors operating at 400MHz and above. These general-purpose processors are used in many different embedded applications, including networking and communications equipment, networked storage, security appliances, PBXs, kiosks, point-of-sale (POS) terminals, thin clients, high-end printers, set-top boxes, digital video recorders (DVRs), car-navigation systems, industrial control, military, and medical imaging. http://
Notable findings include:
- There will be a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.7 percent from 2010 through 2015 as the market reverts to normal growth driven by expanding opportunities in storage systems and by demand for high-performance processors for LTE cellular infrastructure.
- Over the next five years, storage will be the fastest-growing high-level segment in this market.
- The high-speed embedded market is consolidating around a handful of technical approaches that each addresses a set of applications.
This sixth edition report analyzes more than 100 products, as well as capabilities and strategies of 15 vendors. It covers high-performance RISC and x86 processors for embedded systems, focusing on processors operating at 400MHz and above. These general-purpose processors are used in many different embedded applications, including networking and communications equipment, networked storage, security appliances, PBXs, kiosks, point-of-sale (POS) terminals, thin clients, high-end printers, set-top boxes, digital video recorders (DVRs), car-navigation systems, industrial control, military, and medical imaging. http://
Cisco Issues 3-Year Forecasts, Sales Growth Seen in 5-7% Range
Cisco has sharpened its business strategy and is now focused on growing its earnings faster than revenue, said executives at the company's Annual Financial Analyst Conference in San Jose. The company foresees a 5-7% revenue growth for the next three years, due to public sector weakness, uncertain macroeconomic conditions and competition. Meanwhile, Cisco is targeting a 7-9% CAGR in earnings per share over the next three years.
Over the past 120 days, Cisco has reorganized its entire sales, engineering, services and operations teams. This involved the elimination of 12,700 full-time positions through lay-offs (4,400), early retirement (2,100), a factory sale in Mexico (5,000) and cuts of contracted workers (1,200). Realignments affected a further 23,000 other employees. These changes are expected to yield $1 billion in cost efficiencies.
Among the companies top 5 foundational priorities, there is a renewed focus on the Core by building momentum in Routing with the ASR 1000, ASR 5000, ASR 9000 and CRS platforms. The routing CAGR is forecast at 5-7%. In Switching, Cisco has seen pressure on gross margins but see opportunities in campus, data center and high-end enterprise networking. The switching CAGR is forecast at 2-4%. In Services, Cisco expects a stronger growth rate of 13-15% by offering its customized networking expertise and pursuing a collaborative partner approach.
In Collaboration, Cisco also sees 13-15% CAGR thanks to video, which it sees as its most important differentiator.
In Data Centers / Virtualization / Cloud, Cisco sees opportunities for borderless networks spanning enterprises and service providers. Major transitions are underway as storage, processing, networks and software are converging. The forecast is for CAGR of 2-4%, and possibly accelerating to 18%.
Cisco's Video Strategy relies on its "Medianet" architecture to deliver content to any device. Here Cisco forecasts growth of CAGR of 7-9%.
Architectures for Business Transformation aim to change the game for industry verticals. In the global commercial segment, Cisco sees CAGR of 9-11% over the next three years, for the global public sector the expected CAGR is 2-6%, and for global service providers the CAGR is 5-7%.
Presentations and an archived webcast from the day long event are posted in the Investor Relations section of the company's website. http://investor.cisco.com
Over the past 120 days, Cisco has reorganized its entire sales, engineering, services and operations teams. This involved the elimination of 12,700 full-time positions through lay-offs (4,400), early retirement (2,100), a factory sale in Mexico (5,000) and cuts of contracted workers (1,200). Realignments affected a further 23,000 other employees. These changes are expected to yield $1 billion in cost efficiencies.
Among the companies top 5 foundational priorities, there is a renewed focus on the Core by building momentum in Routing with the ASR 1000, ASR 5000, ASR 9000 and CRS platforms. The routing CAGR is forecast at 5-7%. In Switching, Cisco has seen pressure on gross margins but see opportunities in campus, data center and high-end enterprise networking. The switching CAGR is forecast at 2-4%. In Services, Cisco expects a stronger growth rate of 13-15% by offering its customized networking expertise and pursuing a collaborative partner approach.
In Collaboration, Cisco also sees 13-15% CAGR thanks to video, which it sees as its most important differentiator.
In Data Centers / Virtualization / Cloud, Cisco sees opportunities for borderless networks spanning enterprises and service providers. Major transitions are underway as storage, processing, networks and software are converging. The forecast is for CAGR of 2-4%, and possibly accelerating to 18%.
Cisco's Video Strategy relies on its "Medianet" architecture to deliver content to any device. Here Cisco forecasts growth of CAGR of 7-9%.
Architectures for Business Transformation aim to change the game for industry verticals. In the global commercial segment, Cisco sees CAGR of 9-11% over the next three years, for the global public sector the expected CAGR is 2-6%, and for global service providers the CAGR is 5-7%.
Presentations and an archived webcast from the day long event are posted in the Investor Relations section of the company's website. http://investor.cisco.com
McAfee's DeepSAFE Takes Aim at Rootkits
McAfee previewed its DeepSAFE hardware-assisted security technology for proactively detecting and preventing stealthy advanced persistent threats (APTs) and malware. The technology, which was co-developed with Intel, sits below the OS, providing the ability to fundamentally change the security game, according to the companies.
According to McAfee Labs, more than 1,200 new rootkits per day are detected - equating to 50 per hour every single day. The DeepSAFE technology, which was demonstrated at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, was able to detect and stop a zero-day Agony rootkit from infecting a system in real time. This technology is expected to launch in products later in 2011.
Key attributes of McAfee DeepSAFE:
"Intel and McAfee are working on joint technologies to better protect every segment across the compute continuum from PCs to devices," said Renée James, senior vice president and general manager of the Software and Services Group at Intel and the Chairman of McAfee. "By combining the features of existing Intel hardware and innovations in security software, Intel and McAfee are driving innovation in the security industry by providing a new way to protect computing devices. We are truly excited to introduce this technology upon which we will deliver new solutions." http://www.mcafee.com
According to McAfee Labs, more than 1,200 new rootkits per day are detected - equating to 50 per hour every single day. The DeepSAFE technology, which was demonstrated at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, was able to detect and stop a zero-day Agony rootkit from infecting a system in real time. This technology is expected to launch in products later in 2011.
Key attributes of McAfee DeepSAFE:
- Builds the foundation for next-generation hardware-assisted security operating beyond the operating system
- Provides a trusted view of system events below the operating system
- Exposes many attacks that are undetectable today
- New vantage point to block sophisticated stealth techniques and APTs
- Provides real time CPU event monitoring with minimal performance impact
- Combines the power of hardware and flexibility of software to deliver a new foundation for security.
"Intel and McAfee are working on joint technologies to better protect every segment across the compute continuum from PCs to devices," said Renée James, senior vice president and general manager of the Software and Services Group at Intel and the Chairman of McAfee. "By combining the features of existing Intel hardware and innovations in security software, Intel and McAfee are driving innovation in the security industry by providing a new way to protect computing devices. We are truly excited to introduce this technology upon which we will deliver new solutions." http://www.mcafee.com
Blue Coat Builds a Big Content Cache for Service Providers
Blue Coat Systems introduced its next-generation CacheFlow 5000 appliance -- delivering more than three times greater throughput and cache storage compared to the previous version -- in the same compact, 4U footprint. The up-sizing is required by the strain of media-rich content traversing service provider networks, especially videos and large files.The initial CacheFlow 5000 appliance, which was released in March 2010, leveraged caching intelligence to address the new wave of rich, dynamic Web 2.0 content, which previously had been difficult or impossible to cache. Blue Coat said it has seen success with this model as it now has nearly 50 service provider customers using the system. The appliance achieves on average 40-50% bandwidth savings on general Web traffic, according to the company.
Blue Coat also provides a "CachePulse" cloud service which delivers on-the-fly caching rule and instruction updates to deployed CacheFlow appliances to provide continued high bandwidth savings improvements.
The new release of the CacheFlow 5000 appliance adds a significant performance and capacity boost via new 64-bit software and hardware improvements. The new CacheFlow appliance also adds an option for 10GigE Fiber, in addition to existing copper, to support high-speed network interfaces.
“The new CacheFlow 5000 appliance represents a tremendous leap in performance for Web content caching and can dramatically improve the service provider's ability to keep up with the unrelenting demand for Web video while changing its economics,�? said Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president, Blue Coat Systems. “By combining caching intelligence with a new level of platform performance, the CacheFlow appliance will better prepare service providers for massive increases in their subscribers' demand for content.�?http://www.bluecoat.com/
- In September 2010, Blue Coat announced that Alcatel-Lucent is reselling its ProxySG and CacheFlow appliances to Alcatel-Lucent customers worldwide -- including tier-one telcos, managed service providers, regional ISPs and mobile operators. Blue Coat's CacheFlow appliance reduces the strain of bandwidth-consuming dynamic Web 2.0 and video content by transparently caching such over-the-top content, providing bandwidth savings for carriers and a better experience for users.
- In 2002, CacheFlow, which originally specialized in network caching systems, changed its name to Blue Coat Systems and refocused its strategic direction on enterprise security appliances.
