Demystifying SDN for Carrier Ethernet Networks

by Sandy Orlando,        8/6/2012 Software Defined Networking (SDN) is the hottest new technology in networking. Google is running its backbone network traffic on an SDN network built using OpenFlow. Nicira was acquired by VMware for $1.26 billion to accelerate the adoption of network virtualization in the data center. Yet with all the buzz about SDN, it is not clear how it will be deployed in service provider...

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Dell'Oro: Wireless LAN Market to Expand by Over 50 Percent in 2016

Overall Wireless LAN market revenues are forecast to reach almost $10 billion in 2016, an increase of 54% over 2011 revenues, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group.  The report details why the Enterprise segment will nearly double over 2011 levels (rising to $5 billion in revenues in 2016), while the SOHO segment will rise more slowly to $4.6 billion. Also included in the report are estimates on total SP WiFi units and revenue forecasts."With...

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