Microsoft Positions Windows Server 2012 + Azure as Cloud OS

Microsoft officially released Windows Server 2012, a major upgrade featuring significant advancements in virtualization, storage, networking and automation. In combination with Windows Azure and System Center, Microsoft is positioning Windows Server 2012 as its "Cloud OS" for running applications and services seamlessly across private, hosted and public data center infrastructure. In a launch event, Microsoft said it built Windows Server 2012...

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Harnessing Next-Generation Network Timing and LTE

By Martin Nuss, Ph.D., Vice President, Technology and Strategy and Chief Technology Officer, Vitesse LTE has been rapidly moving towards a packet based backhaul network, while still trying to cope with a dated and inadequate timing model based on TDM.  Timing is necessary for both 3G and 4G deployments. Today, timing is typically delivered by either a SONET/SDH-based T1/E1 line or from GPS satellites.  SONET/SDH is not only expensive,...

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Russia's VimpelCom Picks Ciena for National Optical Network

VimpelCom has selected Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform for the upgrade and expansion of its national optical network. The upgraded network spans over approximately 10,700 km, including major routes from Moscow - Urals and Urals - Siberia and the southern part of the Western Russia network (the ‘Big European Ring’), as well as the construction of a 100G network in the far eastern part of the country. The core network will support the roll-out...

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Intelsat Picks Boeing for its EpicNG Satellite

Intelsat has selected Boeing's 702MP platform for its first EpicNG high-performance satellite Scheduled for launch in 2015, Intelsat 29e will offer high-performance communications coverage spanning North and South America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the North Atlantic aeronautical route connecting North America and Europe. Intelsat's recently unveiled EpicNG platform promises a new approach to satellite and network architecture...

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Procera Confirms ILEC Order

Procera Networks confirmed the receipt an initial order for its PacketLogicTM 8920s from a large, US-based Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC). Financial terms were not disclosed. Procera said these systems will support detailed subscriber-aware traffic analysis and reporting across much of the carrier’s fixed-line broadband network. The carrier selected Procera’s Intelligent Policy Enforcement systems due to their ability to develop fine-grained subscriber usage profiles in real-time for a large number of active subscribers generating very...

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Zayo Completes Acquisition of FiberGate

Zayo completed its previously announced acquisition of FiberGate, which delivers dark fiber connectivity in the Washington, D.C. metro area. The acquisition adds 399 new route miles and 130,000 fiber miles in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, Baltimore, and suburban Maryland to Zayo’s network. Zayo plans to continue to offer Dark Fiber and expand the service portfolio to include lit bandwidth infrastructure services like Wavelengths, Ethernet,...

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Telefónica Amérigo €300m Venture Fund Looks Outside Silicon Valley

Telefónica is launching Amérigo, an international venture capital fund that will develop digital opportunities outside of Silicon Valley and London. Promoted by Telefónica Digital, this initiative lays the foundation to attract and create a global network of innovation funds which will work as a platform, open to the participation of other companies and institutions, both public and private. New creative and technological projects will be promoted...

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Equinix Tightens Focus on Key Markets and Platform

Equinix is selling 16 data centers across the U.S. to an investment group consisting of 365 Main, Crosslink Capital and Housatonic Partners, as part of a strategic plan to focus on key facilities and partner ecosystems in major markets. The deal, which is valued at about $75 million, includes approximately 280,000 total gross square feet of data center space in 16 facilities.  Revenue from these data centers represents about...

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Infonetics: Strong Wireless LAN Sales in Q2

Global wireless LAN equipment and WiFi phone sales grew 16% sequentially in 2Q12, to $993 million, driven by strong demand in North America and the education and retail verticals, according to a new Infonetics report, which tracks 802.11 a/b/g, 802.11n, and 802.11ac access points (APs), wireless LAN (WLAN) controllers, and WiFi phones for the enterprise. "Wireless LAN has had a very good run over the last couple of years, even outperforming wired...

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Infonetics: Ethernet switch sales top $5 billion in 2Q12

Global Ethernet switch revenue topped $5 billion in 2Q12, up 9% from the previous quarter, and up 13% year-over-year, according to a new report from Infonetics Research.  Sales were driven by strong performance in North America. "All the negative economic news in the world didn't keep Ethernet switch buyers from propelling the market past $5 billion in sales this quarter," reports Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst for enterprise networks...

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