Level 3 Offers AWS Direct Connect

Level 3 Communications announced support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect across its network. As an AWS Partner Network (APN) Technology Partner. Level 3 Communications will offer private network connections to every AWS Direct Connect location. Level 3 is providing new Ethernet and VPN hosted connections with direct access to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud. Enterprises can...

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Blueprint Column: Quality Counts When Managing Millions of Network Elements Worldwide

By Deepti Arora, Vice President of Quality and Executive Board Member, NSN Complex network infrastructures, a shortage of engineers skilled in cutting-edge technologies, and demand for fast-paced service deployment, are making it increasingly appealing for network operators to tap into additional resources and talent through outsourced managed services. Yet, the moment an operator considers leveraging a global service delivery model, the issue...

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AT&T's Q3 Results: 42% of Smartphones now on LTE

AT&T reported Q3 consolidated revenues of $32.2 billion, up 2.2 percent versus the year-earlier quarter. Third-quarter 2013 net income attributable to AT&T totaled $3.8 billion compared to $3.6 billion in the year-earlier quarter. Earnings per share was $0.72 per diluted share versus $0.63 per diluted share in the year-earlier quarter, a 14.3 percent increase. Adjusted for gains of 3 cents from a previously disclosed transfer of spectrum...

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Ericsson Adds Multi-App Blade to Smart Services Router

Ericsson introduced a multiple-application card for its Smart Services Routers (SSR).  The board, which is powered by the custom SNP 4000 ASIC introduced earlier this year, can support various services concurrently without compromising performance. Ericsson is positioning its enhanced SSR for new application and service models, such as network slicing, driven by the adoption of SDN, virtualization and cloud technologies in the network.  The...

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Open Server Summit: Cloud Networking for Warehouse-sized Data Centers

The big six cloud companies are on CAPEX growth trajectories that will take them past the traditional telcos in a few years, said Andy Bechtolsheim, Chairman of Arista Networks. There is a race to build gigantic data centers that are more efficient and powerful than anything seen before.  Speaking at the Open Server Summit in Santa Clara, California, Bechtolsheim said the expected gains from Moore's Law coupled with promising developments in...

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Equinix Appoints Ihab Tarazi as CTO

Equinix appointed Ihab Tarazi as chief technology officer (CTO). He will be responsible Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) network operations, platform strategy, leading the next generation technology and innovation function and contributing to the company’s cloud initiatives. Tarazi joins Equinix from Verizon where, as vice president of Enterprise Network Services, he was responsible for product strategy, life cycle management, technology...

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NSN Enhances its LTE Smart Scheduler to Boost Uplinks by 50%

NSN announced that is Smart Scheduler has been enhanced to deliver up to 50% higher uplink data rates at cell edge and up to 20% more uplink cell capacity. The enhanced performance can be achieved on FDD-LTE and TD-LTE networks through a software upgrade on top of NSN Flexi MultiRadio Base Stations. “Our Smart Scheduler has always been the crown jewel in our LTE implementation,” says Tero Peltola, vice president, LTE at NSN. “Together with our...

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CyrusOne Reaches One Million Sqaure Feet of Data Center Space

CyrusOne reached a company milestone: 1-million-square-foot mark of raised white floor space in its 25 carrier-neutral data center facilities across the United States, Europe, and Asia.  (1 million square feet = 92,903 square meters). CyrusOne crossed the milestone as it recently commissioned a new 60,000-square-foot data hall at its Carrollton, Texas data center, which the company said is now the largest and most energy-efficient multi-tenant...

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Infinera Posts Q3 Revenue of $142 Million -- 39 Customers for DTN-X

Infinera reported Q3 revenue (GAAAP) of $142.0 million compared to $138.4 million in the second quarter of 2013 and $112.2 million in the third quarter of 2012.  GAAP gross margin for the third quarter of 2013 was 48% compared to 37% in the second quarter of 2013 and 37% in the third quarter of 2012.  GAAP net income for the quarter was $3.3 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $(10.0) million, or $(0.09) per share,...

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Akamai's Q3 Revenue Rises 15% YoY to $396 Million

Akamai posted Q3 revenue of $396 million, a 15% increase over third quarter 2012 revenue of $345 million, or up 18% adjusted for the Advertising Decision Solutions (ADS) divestiture. Net income (GAAP) was $80 million, or $0.44 per diluted share, a 29% increase from the prior quarter's GAAP net income of $62 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, and a 65% increase over third quarter 2012 GAAP net income of $48 million, or $0.27 per diluted share. "Akamai's...

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F5 Posts Revenue of $395 Million, up 7%

F5 posted revenue of $395.3 million for it Q4 2013, up 7 percent from $370.3 million in the prior quarter and 9 percent from $362.6 million in the same period last year.  GAAP net income for the quarter was $76.2 million ($0.97 per diluted share) compared to $68.2 million ($0.86 per diluted share) in the previous quarter.  For its full fiscal year 2013, revenue was $1.48 billion, up 8 percent from $1.38 billion in fiscal year 2012. “Following...

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Juniper Posts Strong Q3 Numbers but Trims Ahead of Weaker Q4

Juniper Networks reported preliminary Q3 revenue of $1,186 million, up 3% from Q2'13 and up 6% from Q3'12.  Net income (GAAP) was $99 million or $0.19 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2013. "We delivered our fifth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth. Our performance reflects our continued ability to execute our strategy with agility in a dynamic macro environment," said Kevin Johnson , chief executive officer of Juniper Networks....

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