Arbor Networks: DDoS Threat Landscape Evolves, First ipV6 DDoS Attacks

Ideologically-motivated ‘hacktivism’ has become a leading motivation for DDoS attacks and when coupled with the readily-available DDoS attack toolkits, it is clear that the security landscape has evolved to a whole new level, according to a newly released " 7th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report: from Arbor Networks.The rise of hacktivism will lead network operators to update their risk assessment models. The report, which reflects...

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Sprint Says Network Vision On Track, LTE by Mid-Year

Sprint Nextel reported revenues of $8.7 billion for Q4 2011, 5 percent higher than in the fourth quarter of 2010 and the third quarter of 2011. The quarterly year-over-year and sequential improvements were primarily due to higher wireless service and equipment revenue offset by a reduction in wireline revenue. Sprint reported total net subscriber additions of 1.6 million during the fourth quarter of 2011 – the best quarterly result in six years –...

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Verizon and BT Extend Cisco TelePresence

BT and Verizon Enterprise Solutions are extending the range of their Cisco Telepresence services to enable their customer to communicate with each other. Verizon and BT telepresence customers will experience the same interface and service quality, with similar scheduling, support, security and encryption. In addition, customers will have access to a directory to determine which organisations are registered and are available for intercarrier telepresence meetings and where the sites are located. http://www.btplc.com http://www.verizon....

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Opnext's Revenue Falls 38% Due to Thai Flood

Opnext reported quarterly revenue of $53.1 million, down 38.3 percent sequentially and down 45.3 percent compared to the same quarter a year earlier, primarily due to the loss of production capacity at Fabrinet, Opnext's contract manufacturer in Thailand, following the flooding in October 2011.Revenue from sales of 10Gbps and below products decreased 42% compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2011 due to the flooding in Thailand. Revenue from...

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Calix's Q4 Revenues Top $91 Million up 9.5% Sequentially -- New OLT Cards Launched

Calix reported Q4 2011 revenues of $91.6 million, an increase of 9.5% compared to $83.7 million for the third quarter of 2011, and flat compared to $91.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2010. GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $5.2 million, or $(0.11) per basic and diluted share, compared to a GAAP net loss of $6.9 million, or $(0.15) per basic and diluted share for the third quarter of 2011, and compared to a GAAP net loss of $0.7...

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Airvana Files Suit Against Ericsson

Airvana Network Solutions filed a lawsuit in the State of New York against Ericsson alleging the misappropriation of its technology to secretly develop a knock-off product with a Korean partner. Airvana is seeking $330 million in damages.Airvana notes that it first entered into a partnership with Nortel in 2001 covering both hardware and software of its femtocell technology. In 2005, Nortel convinced Airvana to hand over its proprietary hardware designs so that Nortel could take over manufacturing the hardware. Airvana expected to be paid a royalty...

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Polaris Wireless Builds Wireless Location Systems with RadiSys ATCA

Polaris Wireless, which supplies high-accuracy, software-based wireless location solutions, is leveraging Radisys' AdvancedTCA (ATCA) platform solution for OmniLocate, its universal location platform, which network operators and government agencies rely on to enable public safety, surveillance and other location-based services.Specifically, Polaris Wireless is using Radisys' ATCA platform to improve scalability and upgradeability of its OmniLocate platform for emergency call management (E911) and security applications. The company was able to convert...

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Bouygues Telecom Picks's Ericsson's RBS 6000

Bouygues Telecom is deploying Ericsson's RBS 6000 for a multi-year network upgrade programme. The equipment will be installed in the Île de France, Centre-Alpes and Méditerranée regions of France to transform the operator's existing 2G and 3G radio networks and rollout 4G/LTE. Financial terms were not disclosed.Olivier Roussat, CEO of Bouygues Telecom, said: "Ericsson has proven its ability to manage large-scale network projects with us in the past. This project will enable us to deliver a high level of service and further enhance the experience...

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Gigamon Expands its Traffic Visibility Fabric

Gigamon has expanded its H Series Intelligent Traffic Visibility Node portfolio with a smaller form factor chassis with a high-resiliency multi-chassis "clustering" capability.Gigamon's flagship H Series are designed to handle millions of traffic flows each second, delivering them intelligently to the appropriate infrastructure security or managing systems. The new GigaVUE-HD4 is a 5U rack-mountable, four-slot platform for core data center infrastructure....

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Akamai Acquires Blaze Software

Akamai Technologies has acquired Blaze Software Inc., a start-up based in Ottawa, Canada, that specializes in front-end optimization (FEO) technology. Financial terms were not disclosed.Blaze provides technology designed to automatically optimize the code on a web page during the delivery process to ensure faster transmission of content and a faster rendering of the page, whether served to a PC, tablet or smartphone. As a cloud-based service that...

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Akamai's Revenue Grow to $324 million, up 15% Sequentially

Akamai reported Q4 2011 revenue of $324 million, up 15 percent from the prior quarter and 14 percent year-over-year, and annual revenue increased 13 percent year-over-year to $1,159 million. Fourth quarter GAAP net income increased 42 percent quarter-over-quarter and 14 percent year-over-year to $60 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, and full-year GAAP net income increased 17 percent year-over-year to $201 million, or $1.07 per diluted share."Akamai...

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ARRIS Beats Guidance -- Sees Connected Home as Driver for Growth

ARRIS reported Q4 2011 revenue of $281.1 million, up from both the fourth quarter 2010 revenues of $266.2 million, and third quarter 2011 revenues of $274.4 million. Full year 2011 and 2010 revenues were $1,088.7 million and $1,087.5 million, respectively."Our business continues to be driven by the dramatic rise in the number and usage of connected devices in the home. This in turn drove strong demand for our products during the December quarter. Our customers continue to increase their broadband market share and expand their networks as they...

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Cisco Posts Strong Quarterly Numbers

Cisco reported record second quarter net sales of $11.5 billion, net income (GAAP) of $2.2 billion or $0.40 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2.6 billion or $0.47 per share for the quarter ending 28-January-2012. The company said its is benefiting from strategic restructuring undertaken last year and gaining market share as it captures a greater percentage of IT spending. "We delivered strong performance this quarter with record revenue and...

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