Brocade Leverages Virtualization for "On-Demand Data Center" Strategy

Brocade outlined an "On-Demand Data Center" Strategy for evolving networks toward a highly virtualized, open and flexible infrastructure. Brocade's strategy will leverage its VCS Fabric technology as its foundation.  The goal is to enable data center customers to provision compute, network, storage and services faster and easier than ever before as a step on the path toward mass customer adoption of Software-Defined Networking (SDN). This...

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Arista Scales its Flagship Switch

Arista Networks announced significant enhancements enabling its flagship Arista 7500 modular switching platform to scale to support over 100,000 servers and millions of virtual machines.  The Arista 7500E offers 1,152 10GbE, 288 40GbE, or 96 100GbE wire-speed ports. Key improvements of the Arista 7500E compared to the first generation Arista 7500: Three times the fabric bandwidth at 30 Terabits per second Three times the packet buffer...

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T-Mobile USA + MetroPCS: 43 Million Subscribers and Rising

Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile USA completed the acquisition of MetroPCS Communications.  The combined company, T-Mobile US, Inc., began trading on the New York Stock Exchange today under the ticker "TMUS." Some key statistics on the No. 4 carrier in the U.S. market: TMUS is based in Bellevue, Washington and maintains a significant presence in Richardson, Texas. The company is headed by John Legere, President & CEO.  Former MetroPCS...

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CenturyLink Plans a 1 Gbps FTTP Rollout in Omaha

CenturyLink plans to rollout out fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) in west Omaha, Nebraksa to deliver downlink Internet speeds of up to 1 Gbps. CenturyLink begins rolling out its 1 Gbps service next week and expects to have its new fiber network available to all 48,000 customers by early October 2013. The company will evaluate its Omaha 1 Gbps offer before determining further deployments. "CenturyLink is pleased to offer its Omaha customers ultra-fast...

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Spirent Adds High Density 10/40/100G Modules & Testing Chassis

Spirent Communications introduced new high density test modules along with a high performance chassis that enable doubling of port densities while lowering power consumption and total cost of ownership. The product rollout includes: Spirent dX2  -- 8-port 40GbE/32-port 10GbE dual-speed test module in a single slot configuration packing up to 96 ports of 40GbE onto a single chassis.  Spirent fX2  -- 40/10GbE dual-speed test modules that combine Spirent’s layer 2-7 traffic generation and analysis with scalable network emulation....

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Infonetics: Shipments of 100G Optical Transceivers Take Off

The global optical transceiver market, including 10G, 40G, and 100G transceivers, grew 10% in 2012 from 2011, to $1.63 billion, according to a new report from Infonetics. Some highlights: Shipments of 40G QSFP long- and short-reach modules are forecast by Infonetics to triple in 2013 Tunable XFP shipments more than doubled in 2012, though at the expense of falling prices Despite surging in Japan, the overall market for 40G coherent modules...

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MassBroadband 123 Goes with Ciena for 40G

The Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) is deploying Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, equipped with WaveLogic Coherent Optical Processors, to provide  40G connectivity across 120 communities in western and central Massachusetts, as part of a planned state-wide optical network. The MassBroadband 123 network, which is funded by a combination of federal and state investment, will provide direct connections to schools, hospitals, libraries...

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President Obama Nominates Wheeler for FCC Chair

In a press conference in Washington, President Obama nominated Tom Wheeler to be the next chairman of the FCC. Tom Wheeler "was one of the leaders of a company that helped create thousands of good, high-tech jobs.  He’s in charge of the group that advises the FCC on the latest technology issues. He’s helped give American consumers more choices and better products," said President Obama. Some other background notes on Wheeler: Currently...

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Brocade Warns of Softness in the SAN Business in Q2

Brocade expects to report revenue in the range of $536 million to $541 million for the fiscal quarter ended 27-April-2013, compared to previous guidance of $555 million to $575 million.  Diluted earnings per share (EPS) are now expected to be in the range of $0.15 to $0.16 on a non-GAAP basis, compared to previous guidance in the $0.14 to $0.16 range. Brocade anticipates that it will report Q2 2013 Storage Area Networking (SAN) business revenue, including product and services, between $373 million to $376 million, which is down approximately...

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JSDU Reports Quarterly Sales of $405 Million, Cites Delayed Carrier Spending

JDSU reported GAAP net revenue  $405.3 million for its fiscal quarter ending 30-March-2013, with net loss of $(28.0) million, or $(0.12) per share.  Prior quarter net revenue was $429.4 million, with net income of $4.1 million, or $0.02 per share. Net revenue for the same period a year ago was $403.3 million, with net loss of $(17.4) million, or $(0.08) per share. “The March quarter experienced delayed carrier capex budget releases resulting in lower revenue than expected in our Communications Test and Measurement and Optical Communications...

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