Juniper Intros Smaller, Faster QFabric for Midsized Data Centers

Juniper Networks introduced a smaller version of its QFabric System aimed at mid-sized data centers. The QFabric architecture, which was first unveiled in February 2011 and began shipping in September 2011, collapses multilayer data center infrastructure into a single, any-to-any fabric that unifies networking, storage and cloud computing resources. The product set is composed of three components that create a high-performance, low latency fabric....

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VSS Monitoring Offers Packet Visibility into Virtual Switching Infrastructure

VSS Monitoring is now supporting virtual network tag (VN-Tag) stripping and filtering, enabling enterprises to have dynamic access, selective visibility, and management of all packets across physical and virtual environments. VSS Monitoring notes that most performance monitoring and security tools, as well as traffic aggregation devices, do not have the capability to deliver visibility into or inspect virtual traffic when VN-Tags are used to deliver...

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Ixia Launches Carrier-Grade, High-Density, 40Gbps Network Monitoring Switch

Following on its recent acquisition of Anue Systems, Ixia introduced a carrier-grade, high-density, 40Gbps network monitoring switch. The Anue Net Tool Optimizer (NTO) 5293, which extends the existing Anue network visibility product line, is designed to help operators improve data center productivity by connecting multiple network monitoring tools to a large number of 40GbE, 10GbE, and 1GbE interfaces. The network monitoring switch facilitates end-to-end visibility into the packet network, including the 4G LTE packet core.Key features of the...

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AT&T Expands its Wi-Fi Service in NYC

AT&T is expanding its popular, free "Wi-Fi in the Parks" service in NYC. The latest location is Harlem's Rucker Park -- the 22nd New York City park with free AT&T Wi-Fi service. Parks visitors have made more than 2.7 million total connections, averaging more than 10,000 connections per day, since AT&T and the Bloomberg Administration launched the program last June.Over the next several months, AT&T expects to complete installation...

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China Telecom Opens in Brazil

China Telecom has established a new subsidiary in Sao Paulo, Brazil and announced plans to grow its business in the region. China Telecom do Brazil, which will be directly managed by China Telecom Americas, also announced the introduction of their data services product portfolio that includes International Private Leased Circuit (IPLC), IP Access, IP VPN as well as fully managed data services. The company plans to further introduce Internet Data...

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Bouygues Telecom Employs Devicescape for Seamless WiFi to 8 million free Hotspots

France's Bouygues Telecom has teamed up with Devicescape to offer customers with Android smartphones free automatic connection to over 8 million free WiFi hotspots worldwide. The Devicescape application provides smart management of 3G+ and WiFi networks, automatically connecting the phone to the best available network. Devicescape also curates a virtual network of free WiFi hotspots worldwide.http://www.devicescape....

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NTT Com to Launch Global Managed Security Service

NTT Communications is launching a Managed Security Services offering a total outsourcing of security risk management for its global enterprise customers. The primary features of the Managed Security Services are as follow:Unified security management ranging from on-cloud systems such as NTT Com’s Enterprise Cloud to on-premise systems, incorporating a variety of security solutions matched to each customer’s specific ICT environment.Correlation analyses of security logs and visualization of potential risks by specialists, enabling full-layer security...

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Mindspeed Unveils Multi-core ARM Comcerto Processors

Mindspeed Technologies introduced its Comcerto 2000 family of multi-core ARM Cortex-A CPU-based communications processors for either control processors or for mixed control and data plane applications. The processors are aimed at a new generation of products for switching, routing, security, multi-service gateways, enterprise class wireless access points and controllers, network attached storage and VoIP applications for residential, enterprise...

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China Unicom Buys Back Stake from Telefónica for US$1.4 Billion

China Unicom agreed to acquire an aggregate of 1,073,777,121 shares in the company, representing approximately 4.56% of the issued share capital of the company, from Telefónica Internacional at a price of HK$10.21 per share or approximately 1.1 billion euros (US$1.4 billion). Immediately following the completion of the acquisition, companies controlled by Unicom Parent will hold in aggregate approximately 76.52% of the issued share capital of the...

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NSN Joins Global TD-LTE Initiative

Nokia Siemens Networks has joined the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) Partner Forum, which advocates and promotes 4G mobile broadband using TD-LTE technology. The company is actively engaged in multiple GTI technical taskforces that address various issues of TD-LTE commercialization and deployment. This work includes network planning, voice solutions for TD-LTE handsets, co-existence of TDD and FDD, and multi-antenna solutions.Nokia Siemens Networks...

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Juniper Announces Stock Repurchase Authorization

Juniper Networks announced a new stock repurchase program covering purchase of up to $1 billion of the company's common stock. This new authorization is in addition to the $1 billion stock repurchase program approved in 2010. As of March 31, 2012, there was approximately $162.2 million of remaining authorized funds under the 2010 stock repurchase program.http://www.juniper....

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Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt Joins ASSIA Board

Former U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Reed Hundt has joined ASSIA's board of directors. As FCC chairman from 1993-97, Hundt oversaw the introduction of spectrum auctions and the implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that substantially reduced the rates for international telecommunications service. After leaving the FCC, Hundt joined the boards of several technology companies, including Intel Corp., where he took the seat of co-founder Gordon Moore upon Moore's retirement. ASSIA specializes in high-performance...

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Overture Supplies 10GigE Mobile Backhaul in Iceland

M�la ehf, Iceland’s incumbent operator, is deploying Overture's Carrier Ethernet platforms into its existing architecture to help meet rapidly rising mobile bandwidth demand. Mila’s 10GigE mobile backhaul network architecture incorporates both the Overture 1400 and 4800 platforms in a hierarchical G.8032 Carrier Ethernet ring topology to deliver vast amounts of bandwidth, low latency service, support for LTE’s X2 interface and 20ms protection switching....

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Rethink the IP Core, Part 1 - Metro Network Evolution

Presented by Lindsay Newell, VP of Networks Marketing, Alcatel-LucentCategory:http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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Juniper Intros Smaller, Faster QFabric for Midsized Data Centers

Juniper Networks introduced a smaller version of its QFabric System aimed at mid-sized data centers.The QFabric architecture, which was first unveiled in February 2011 and began shipping in September 2011, collapses multilayer data center infrastructure into a single, any-to-any fabric that unifies networking, storage and cloud computing resources. The product set is composed of three components that create a high-performance, low latency fabric....

Read More

VSS Monitoring Offers Packet Visibility into Virtual Switching Infrastructure

VSS Monitoring is now supporting virtual network tag (VN-Tag) stripping and filtering, enabling enterprises to have dynamic access, selective visibility, and management of all packets across physical and virtual environments.VSS Monitoring notes that most performance monitoring and security tools, as well as traffic aggregation devices, do not have the capability to deliver visibility into or inspect virtual traffic when VN-Tags are used to deliver...

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Ixia Launches Carrier-Grade, High-Density, 40Gbps Network Monitoring Switch

Following on its recent acquisition of Anue Systems, Ixia introduced a carrier-grade, high-density, 40Gbps network monitoring switch. The Anue Net Tool Optimizer (NTO) 5293, which extends the existing Anue network visibility product line, is designed to help operators improve data center productivity by connecting multiple network monitoring tools to a large number of 40GbE, 10GbE, and 1GbE interfaces. The network monitoring switch facilitates end-to-end visibility into the packet network, including the 4G LTE packet core.Key features of the...

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AT&T Expands its Wi-Fi Service in NYC

AT&T is expanding its popular, free "Wi-Fi in the Parks" service in NYC. The latest location is Harlem's Rucker Park -- the 22nd New York City park with free AT&T Wi-Fi service. Parks visitors have made more than 2.7 million total connections, averaging more than 10,000 connections per day, since AT&T and the Bloomberg Administration launched the program last June.Over the next several months, AT&T expects to complete installation...

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China Telecom Opens in Brazil

China Telecom has established a new subsidiary in Sao Paulo, Brazil and announced plans to grow its business in the region. China Telecom do Brazil, which will be directly managed by China Telecom Americas, also announced the introduction of their data services product portfolio that includes International Private Leased Circuit (IPLC), IP Access, IP VPN as well as fully managed data services. The company plans to further introduce Internet Data...

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Bouygues Telecom Employs Devicescape for Seamless WiFi to 8 million free Hotspots

France's Bouygues Telecom has teamed up with Devicescape to offer customers with Android smartphones free automatic connection to over 8 million free WiFi hotspots worldwide. The Devicescape application provides smart management of 3G+ and WiFi networks, automatically connecting the phone to the best available network. Devicescape also curates a virtual network of free WiFi hotspots worldwide.http://www.devicescape....

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NTT Com to Launch Global Managed Security Service

NTT Communications is launching a Managed Security Services offering a total outsourcing of security risk management for its global enterprise customers. The primary features of the Managed Security Services are as follow:Unified security management ranging from on-cloud systems such as NTT Com’s Enterprise Cloud to on-premise systems, incorporating a variety of security solutions matched to each customer’s specific ICT environment.Correlation analyses of security logs and visualization of potential risks by specialists, enabling full-layer security...

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Mindspeed Unveils Multi-core ARM Comcerto Processors

Mindspeed Technologies introduced its Comcerto 2000 family of multi-core ARM Cortex-A CPU-based communications processors for either control processors or for mixed control and data plane applications. The processors are aimed at a new generation of products for switching, routing, security, multi-service gateways, enterprise class wireless access points and controllers, network attached storage and VoIP applications for residential, enterprise...

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China Unicom Buys Back Stake from Telefónica for US$1.4 Billion

China Unicom agreed to acquire an aggregate of 1,073,777,121 shares in the company, representing approximately 4.56% of the issued share capital of the company, from Telefónica Internacional at a price of HK$10.21 per share or approximately 1.1 billion euros (US$1.4 billion). Immediately following the completion of the acquisition, companies controlled by Unicom Parent will hold in aggregate approximately 76.52% of the issued share capital of the...

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NSN Joins Global TD-LTE Initiative

Nokia Siemens Networks has joined the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) Partner Forum, which advocates and promotes 4G mobile broadband using TD-LTE technology. The company is actively engaged in multiple GTI technical taskforces that address various issues of TD-LTE commercialization and deployment. This work includes network planning, voice solutions for TD-LTE handsets, co-existence of TDD and FDD, and multi-antenna solutions. Nokia Siemens Networks...

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Juniper Announces Stock Repurchase Authorization

Juniper Networks announced a new stock repurchase program covering purchase of up to $1 billion of the company's common stock. This new authorization is in addition to the $1 billion stock repurchase program approved in 2010. As of March 31, 2012, there was approximately $162.2 million of remaining authorized funds under the 2010 stock repurchase program.http://www.juniper....

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Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt Joins ASSIA Board

Former U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Reed Hundt has joined ASSIA's board of directors. As FCC chairman from 1993-97, Hundt oversaw the introduction of spectrum auctions and the implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that substantially reduced the rates for international telecommunications service. After leaving the FCC, Hundt joined the boards of several technology companies, including Intel Corp., where he took the seat of co-founder Gordon Moore upon Moore's retirement. ASSIA specializes in high-performance...

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Overture Supplies 10GigE Mobile Backhaul in Iceland

M�la ehf, Iceland’s incumbent operator, is deploying Overture's Carrier Ethernet platforms into its existing architecture to help meet rapidly rising mobile bandwidth demand. Mila’s 10GigE mobile backhaul network architecture incorporates both the Overture 1400 and 4800 platforms in a hierarchical G.8032 Carrier Ethernet ring topology to deliver vast amounts of bandwidth, low latency service, support for LTE’s X2 interface and 20ms protection switching....

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Rethink the IP Core, Part 1 - Metro Network Evolution

Presented by Lindsay Newell, VP of Networks Marketing, Alcatel-LucentCategory:http://www.alcatel-lucent....

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