Arista's 7150 Switch Focuses on Low-Latency, Virtualized Data Centers

Arista Networks unveiled a new low-latency data center switch family designed for software-defined networking (SDN) in Big Data, Cloud Networks, Financial Trading, HPC and Web 2.0 environments. The new switches are designed to interoperate with SDN controllers for network-wide virtualization, virtual machine(VM) mobility and network services. The new Arista 7150 Series offers up to 64 wire-speed 1/10 GbE ports or 16 40GbE ports.  Notably,...

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Broadcom Powers Next Gen 10G EPON

Broadcom introduced a new family of high-density dual, quad and octal port single-chip 10G-EPON Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) that will pave the way for next-generation FTTX access networks. The new BCM5553x family offers support for both 10 Gbps (10G) symmetric and asymmetric data rates combined with 1 Gpbs (1G)-EPON co-existence on a single fiber, while enabling 3G/LTE mobile backhaul and enterprise business services on...

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Broadcom Samples Universal Digital Front End for Base Stations

Broadcom introduced a Universal Digital Front End chip for wireless base stations and emerging HetNet radio applications.   The BCM51030, which is now sampling, offers the full functionality of a digital front end (DFE) platform on a single chip with up to 10x wider bandwidth support to address fragmented spectrum.  The chip leverages Broadcom's VersaLine Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD) technology to adapt in real time to...

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Cisco's Nexus 3548 Low Latency Switch Targets High Frequency Trading

Cisco introduced its lowest latency data center switch to date -- the Cisco Nexus 3548 with Algorithm Boost (Algo Boost). The Cisco Nexus 3548, which promises network-access performance as low as 190 nanoseconds (ns), is specifically optimized for high performance computing, high performance trading, and big data environments. Specifically, the Nexus 3548 one-rack-unit (1RU) 10 GB Ethernet switch running in "warp mode" offers latencies as low...

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Huawei Looks to Bring SDN to IP Core, Aggregation and Access Infrastructure

Huawei has begun supporting Software Defined Network (SDN) capabilities on its Service Provider routers. The company said its SDN solution is based on its high-performance, large-capacity hardware platform and fully distributed "VRP" software, which enables a centralized control plane and a software-defined forwarding plane. Huawei will support Openflow for decoupling of hardware and software. By abstracting the control layer and...

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T-Mobile USA Appoints John Legere as CEO - former Global Crossing Exec

Deutsche Telekom has appointed John Legere as CEO of T-Mobile USA, replacing Jim Alling, who will return to his position of Chief Operating Officer. Legere, a 32-year veteran of the U.S. and global telecommunications and technology industries, is the former CEO of Global Crossing, where he successfully transformed the company to become a leading provider of IP services worldwide. Prior to joining Global Crossing, Mr. Legere was CEO of Asia Global...

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Verizon and Union Reach Labor Agreement

Verizon Communications Inc. and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) reached an agreement on new, three-year contracts for about 43,000 East wireline associates.  The deal will be submitted to union members for a vote. "We believe this is a fair and balanced agreement that is good for our employees as well as for the future of the Wireline business," said Marc Reed, Verizon's...

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BLiNQ Raises $10 Million for Wireless Backhaul

BLiNQ Networks, a start-up based in Plano, Texas, raised an additional $10 million in funding for its intelligent wireless backhaul solutions. BLiNQ Networks was founded in June 2010 after the acquisition of intellectual property and wireless assets from Nortel Networks.  BLiNQ's solutions use sub-6 GHz TDD spectrum and unique and patent-pending Managed Adaptive Resource Allocation (MARA) technology to provide network-level intelligence,...

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Gigamon Names Director of Service Provider Marketing

Gigamon, which provides Traffic Visibility Networking solutions, named Andy Huckridge as Director of Service Provider Marketing.  Huckridge joins Gigamon from VSS Monitoring, where he was Senior Director of Telecom Strategy and Marketing. Previously, he was Director of Marketing at Spirent Communications, and Director of Product Management at 8×8 Inc. http://www.gigamon.c...

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