Wind River Announces Open Network Software for Data Center Switches

At last week's Intel Developer Forum (IDF13) in San Francisco, Wind River introduced its open software environment for the creation of network switches for software defined networks and infrastructures. Wind River's Open Network Software encompasses control plane software, development tools, and the network resources needed to build software defined networking (SDN) solutions such as top-of-rack switches, micro-server platforms, and other network...

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GM Deploys Flywheel for Backup Power in LEED Gold Data Center

General Motors has deployed flywheels for battery-free backup power at its Enterprise Data Center, which has earned Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, program.  GM switched from a space-hogging, battery-based Uninterruptible Power Supply to one powered by mechanical flywheels and a diesel engine. The flywheel also avoids the use of the equivalent of 12,000 car batteries,...

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Infonetics: Unified Communications Sales Take Off as PBX Market Falls

Worldwide revenue for enterprise PBXs (TDM, hybrid, pure IP) fell 9% in 2Q13 from 2Q12, to $1.81 billion, according to a new report from Infonetics. “Slower demand and competitive pricing pressure delivered a one-two punch to the enterprise PBX market in the 1st half of 2013,” reports Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC, and IMS at Infonetics Research. “The slight recovery we saw late in 2012 hasn’t extended into the current year. Telephony...

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Gordon Stitt Joins Nebula, the Enterprise Private Cloud Company

Gordon Stitt, the founder and former CEO of Extreme Networks, will be joining Nebula, a start-up focused on the enterprise cloud space, as CEO effective September 23rd. Nebula is developing an integrated hardware and software appliance providing distributed compute, storage, and network services in a unified system. Prior to founding Extreme, Stitt co-founded Network Peripherals, one of the pioneers of high-performance enterprise networking,...

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Verizon Sells Part of its Lower Manhattan Building for $274 Million

Verizon will sell 40% of its historic, 32-floor building at 140 West St. in lower Manhattan to a condominium developer for $274 million.  The deal includes  22 floors and one of the five sub-basement levels of the NYC landmark. Since the 140 West St. building contains switching and other telecommunications equipment, the sale must be approved by the New York Public Service Commission. Magnum Real Estate Group is the buyer. Verizon...

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DT Deploys Cisco’s Videoscape for

Deutsche Telekom is using Cisco’s Videoscape Distribution Suite (VDS) enhanced content delivery technology to power its recently launched TV Everywhere service called "Entertain to go." Cisco VDS, part of Cisco’s Videoscape Unity TV services delivery platform, enables the distribution of video content across multiple screens, protocols, applications and networks. VDS serves as the network distribution engine behind the Videoscape architecture. It...

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Celeno 802.11ac 3x3 Silicon

Celeno Communications announced availability of its a new chip supporting the new 802.11ac standard. The Celeno CL2330 supports 3 radios, 3 MIMO streams configuration, operating at 80MHz and achieving 1.3Gbps PHY speed. The CL2330 operates in both 2.4GHz and uncongested 5GHz frequency channels and works with legacy home networks as well as new, 802.11ac 5GHz powered portable devices for a superior video experience. Celeno’s said its OptimizAIR...

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Quantenna’s 4x4 802.11ac Paired with STMicroelectronics’ STB Solution

Quantenna Communications and STMicroelectronics announced a single board Wi-Fi enabled set-top box reference design platform that features Quantenna’s QSR1000 802.11ac Wi-Fi chipset and ST’s STiH206 Liege platform. Using Quantenna’s 4x4 802.11ac Wi-Fi, the combined solution will deliver the world’s fastest and most reliable wireless streaming of bandwidth-intensive data, such as video content. Some highlights: Fastest Wi-Fi with 1.7 Gbps total...

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SanDisk Introduces Fastest Memory Card -- Write Speed of 350 MB/s

SanDisk introduced what it calls "the world's fastest memory card" -- the Extreme Pro CFastTM 2.0 , designed for professional broadcast, cinematography and next-generation professional photography. The 120GB SanDisk Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 memory card boasts read speeds of up to 450MB/s (3000X) for maximum workflow efficiency and write speeds up to 350MB/s (2333X) for faster recording performance. This is up to double the shot speed of today’s fastest...

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Molex Acquires Germany's FCT Electronics

Molex has acquired FCT Electronics Group, specializes in designing and manufacturing custom mixed-layout connectors and cable assemblies. FCT Electronics Group was founded in 1972 and is based in Munich, Germany. “FCT Electronics Group is a great fit for Molex because it builds on our ability to provide customized connector and cable assembly solutions to a broader range of customers,” said Tim Ruff, Molex senior vice president of business development...

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