Cyan Blue Orbit SDN Ecosystem Ties Network and Data Center Resources

Cyan is conducting a live multi-vendor, SDN demonstration showing how network operators can offer their customers the ability to dynamically spin up data center virtual machines (VMs), along with virtualized network resources, via standard APIs or a web portal.  The demo, which is being held at this week's Interop Tokyo, leverages OpenFlow and extends between an Ethernet-connected private enterprise and a cloud-enabled public or private data...

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Infonetics: Ethernet and IP/MPLS Continue Growth

Ethernet service revenue, including retail and wholesale, increased 13% worldwide in 2012, and is expected to grow to $56 billion by 2017, according to a new report from Infonetics. Meanwhile, layer 2 and layer 3 IP MPLS VPN service revenue grew 8% in 2012, and is also on a healthy growth trajectory. With employees increasingly accessing corporate networks from personal devices for both business and personal use for apps like Facebook and private...

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VMTurbo Tunes Resources In Virtual Data Centers and Hybrid Clouds

VMTurbo is rolling out a number of enhancement to its Operations Manager for software-defined control for cloud and virtualized environments.  The Operations Manager 4.0 uses an analytic engine to drive control across the virtualization stack. Specifically, the newest version of VMTurbo adds modules for storage, converged fabric, and hybrid cloud. This includes: Storage Cluster Support. Operations Manager now discovers storage clusters...

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Openet and Procera Collaborate on Policy Enforcement for Mobile Operators

Procera Networks and Openet, which specializes in real-time transaction management software and services, introduced an end-to-end turnkey Policy Control and Charging (PCC) solution for mobile operators. The new Revenue Expres solution combines Intelligent Policy Enforcement and analytics coupled with Policy Management functionality.  It delivers the full PCC components defined by 3GPP standards.  Openet's software performs the Policy...

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NTT Shows OpenFlow - MPLS Resource Control

NTT is showcasing its Versatile Openflow vaLidaTor (VOLT) resource control system for software defined networking (SDN) at this week's Interop Tokyo 2013. NTT said VOLT, which was developed in partnership with Fujitsu, is able to duplicate the entire route information and configuration of OpenFlow.  This can be used to test a new network under the same conditions as the real environment. The system consists of an MPLS edge router and cont...

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NTT Tests 4K H.265/HEVC Streaming over the Internet

NTT West is testing the delivery of 4K TV streams over the Internet. The trial, which is being held with NTT SmartConnect Corp., carriers 4K video (3,840 × 2,160) using H.265/HEVC compression to next generation set-top boxes.  The companies are hosting a demo at this week's Makuhari Messe. http://www.nttsmc.com/news/h25/20130611.ht...

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Intel Positions Solid-State Drives for Cloud Data Centers

Intel introduced a new line of solid-state drives (SSDs) for data centers and cloud computing. SSDs offer significant gains for read-intensive applications such as Web hosting, cloud computing and data center virtualization, including faster performance, reduced power consumption, high multicore CPU utilization and better data protection are important requirements. The Intel SSD DC S3500 Series delivers sequential read speeds of up to 500 MB/s...

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CoreSite Hosts XO's New Cloud Compute Service

XO Communications' newly launched cloud service is being hosted from CoreSite's facilities in Northern Virginia and Los Angeles. XO is deploying at CoreSite's One Wilshire campus in Los Angeles, which provides proximity to over 180 networks and access to a large ecosystem of digital content providers and enterprises. XO Communications will also grow its presence at CoreSite's Reston data center campus, which is strategically located along rich fiber...

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Sprint's Board Approves Sweetened Deal from Softbank

SoftBank sweetened its offer to acquire Sprint by an additional $4.5 billion, bringing the total cash consideration available to Sprint stockholders to $16.64 billion. Sprint's Special Committee and Board of Directors unanimously approved the amended merger agreement and have unanimously recommended to stockholders to vote FOR the revised SoftBank transaction.  The company's board also said it has ended discussions with DISH due to a lack...

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