Zayo Lights West Coast with 100G Wavelengths

Zayo has expanded its 100G Wavelength network service on the Seattle to Los Angeles fiber route.  The carrier began its 100G rollout late last year and already offers 100G wavelength services along the eastern corridor including New York City, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. Additional routes, including Seattle-Chicago and Chicago-NYC, are also running. “The Seattle to Los Angeles route will strengthen Zayo’s ability to provide high bandwidth...

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Ciena Posts Sales of $507.7 million, Loss of $27 Million

Ciena reported revenue of $507.7 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2013, up 6.3% YoY and up 12% sequentially. Ciena's net loss (GAAP) was $(27.1) million, or $(0.27) per common share, which compares to a GAAP net loss of $(27.8) million, or $(0.28) per common share, for the fiscal second quarter 2012. “We have designed Ciena to take advantage of the fundamental shift in network architecture driven by changing end-user demands, and our strong...

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EE Reaches 500,000 LTE Customers in the UK

EE (everything Everywhere), which is the company that runs the Orange and T-Mobile networks in the UK, has passed the 500,000 subscriber milestone for its LTE service, which was launched about 7 months ago By the end of June, EE's 4G network will reach over 55% of the UK population, and will cover 98% by the end of 2014. Throughout 2013, EE will continue to expand to key towns and cities across the country, including Aberdeen, Bath, Bournemouth, Brighton, Cambridge, Ipswich, Middlesbrough, Northampton,Norwich, Poole, Plymouth, Portsmouth,...

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Panzura Raises $25 Million for Cloud Storage

Panzura, a start-up based in San Jose, California, raised $25 million in Series D funding for its cloud storage solution. Panzura offers a cloud-integrated storage system for enterprises with network attached storage (NAS) functionality, native cloud support, a globally distributed file system, built-in FIPS 140-2 certified security and data protection, as well as high speed data transfer rates to and from the cloud. The company said its customer...

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Infonetics: Carrier Router/Switch Market Lackluster in Q1 but Healthy

Pushed lower by weakness in Europe, global service provider router and switch revenue declined 17% in 1Q13 from 4Q12, and is down 6% from the year-ago quarter (1Q12) but is expected to grow at 8.8% CAGR through 2017, according to a new report from Infonetics. “The 1st quarter is normally down for routers and carrier Ethernet switches, so it’s better to look at the longer-term trends,” explains Michael Howard, principal analyst for carrier networks...

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Dell'Oro: Service Provider Routing Sales Decline

The Service Provider router market declined in the first quarter of 2013 mostly due to reduced carrier spending in North America and Europe, according to a newly published report by Dell’Oro Group. Quarterly market revenue growth has been stagnant since mid-2011, which was the last time the market experienced double digit growth. “Router investments in North America have softened as certain application deployments, such as mobile backhaul, have...

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Crehan: Blade Server Interconnects Drive Fibre Channel-over-Ethernet Market

The Fibre Channel-over-Ethernet (FCoE) segment posted greater than 20% shipment growth in 1Q13 over the year-ago quarter, according to a new report from Crehan Research.  Blade server interconnects, which account for less than a fifth of the total market, continue to drive FCoE growth and now comprise more than half of all FCoE port shipments. In contrast, the Fibre Channel switch market experienced a decline in 1Q13, with shipments falling...

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Mirantis Attracts Investments for its OpenStack Integration Software

Mirantis, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, raised !10 million in a second round of Series A financing backed by Ericsson, Red Hat, and SAP Ventures, along with existing investor WestSummit Capital. Mirantis previously raised $ 10 million in December 2012 from Dell Ventures, Intel Capital, and WestSummit Capital. Mirantis offers software and services for running production-grade OpenStack clouds. Its solution provides a visual interface...

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Colt Powers German Film Festival with 10G from ADVA

Colt Technology Services provided a 10G backbone link for delivering HD video to over 40 screens at Germany’s largest film festival.  The network used the ADVA FSP 3000 WDM transport platform. “The expectations in terms of application performance simply do not get higher. This is a world-class event that draws film lovers from all over the globe, so the requirements for transmission of HD video are uncompromising,” said Christian Kläsener,...

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