NSN Boosts Liquid Radio WCDMA Software

Nokia Siemens Networks announced several enhancements for its Liquid Radio WCDMA Software Suite to help mobile broadband manage the smartphone boom and substantially reduce the network signaling overload. Fast Dormancy Profiling  -- a new Nokia Siemens Networks technology that identifies the legacy smartphones connecting to the network and eliminates the unnecessary signaling they often create. This application significantly reduces the air...

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Vitesse Integrates MACSec into GE & 10GE PHYs for End-End Layer 2 Encryption

Vitesse Semiconductor introduced the first PHY transceivers to integrate MACSec technology for end-to-end, Layer 2 network security. The new Vitesse SynchroPHY Gigabit Ethernet (GE) and 10GE devices enable network-wide Layer 2 MACsec encryption and preserve nanosecond-level IEEE 1588v2 accuracy. Vitesse said this new paradigm of establishing Layer 2 encryption end-to-end, rather than link-by-link as is now the case, will prove to be especially...

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Citrix Debuts XenMobile Enterprise Mobile Device and App Management

Citrix introduced XenMobile Enterprise, an integrated solution combining mobile device, app and data management, a unified corporate app store, mobile productivity apps and “one-touch” live support. XenMobile Enterprise includes MDM tools for configuring, securing and provisionig mobile devices in an enterprise. Citrix is also including email, calendaring and web browsing, as well as secure document sharing, syncing and editing. It also integrates...

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Infonetics: Optical WDM Market Continues Recovery

The overall optical network hardware market worldwide, including SONET/SDH and WDM equipment, totaled $2.6 billion in 1Q13, according to a new report from Infonetics. Some highlights: North America was the only region to post growth in overall optical hardware revenue on a quarterly basis in 1Q13, up 7.5% from 4Q12 Topping the optical market share leaderboard in 1Q13 are, in alphabetical order, Alcatel-Lucent, Ciena, Fujitsu, Huawei and ZTE Ciena...

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Juniper Introduces Big Data Analytics for SPs Based on Guavus

Juniper Networks introduced its Junos Network Analytics suite, a set of big data analytics and network intelligence tools developed with Guavus, a start-up specializing in big data analytics solutions. The goal is to deliver valuable insights from IP and MPLS network traffic patterns to better understand network behavior in order to optimize routing network assets, increase revenue opportunities and attract and retain customers.  The solution...

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Overtures Raises $8 Million for its Carrier Etherent

Overture announced an initial equity investment of $8 million, with an opportunity to raise up to $11.7 million, to support new software, hardware and service development initiatives. Overture said the new funds will accelerate the introduction of the company’s Ensemble Open Service Architecture (OSA) software and services as well as ongoing innovation of its Carrier Ethernet product portfolio. The company's customers include five of the top seven...

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Cloudscaling Raises $10 Million - Juniper and Seagate Invest

Cloudscaling, a start-up based in San Francisco, raised $10 million in Series B funding for its OpenStack-powered cloud infrastructure system. The new funding round included Trinity Ventures and two new investors, Juniper Networks, through its Junos® Innovation Fund, and Seagate. The new round raised $10 million. In April, Cloudscaling announced Open Cloud System 2.5 and signaled the first step of its partnership with Juniper through the integration...

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Dell'Oro: Optical Packet Up 23% in Q1

The total optical packet equipment market grew 23 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of the year reaching $1.1 billion, according to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group. "The optical transport market is aggressively moving towards packet optimized transport systems," said Jimmy Yu, Vice President of Optical Transport research at Dell'Oro Group.  "This move towards optical packet systems has helped a number of equipment manufacturers...

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