Vitesse Intellisec: A New Paradigm for Secure Networking

Network encryption today is typically handled at the application layer with SSL or at the IP layer with IPsec.  Building a more secure connection at a lower layer of the network has been a headache because encryption had to be provided on a link-by-link basis. In this video, Vitesse Semiconductor's Martin Nuss discuses Intellisec, a new technology that leverages MACsec protocol to extend security end-to-end. http://youtu.be/mVWxyMGK...

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Vodafone's Project Spring Boosts CAPEX £7 Billion

The Vodafone Group reported six month revenue of £19.1 billion, an increase of 2.5%. The increase was driven by the acquisition of CWW and TelstraClear in the prior year. Organic organic service revenue on a management basis declined 4.9%; Northern & Central Europe down 4.9%; Southern Europe was down 15.5%, and AMAP (Africa, Middled East and Asia Pacific) was up 5.7%.  Profit for the period from continuing operations increased by £20.0 billion...

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Turk Telekom Tests 2T WDM with Huawei

Turk Telekom has tested a 2T WDM system from Huawei on its live network. The field trial achieved groundbreaking 40 Tbps C-band transmission over a single fiber over 307 km of G.652 fiber between Ankara, the capital of Turkey, and Cankiri. Huawei said its WDM system used advanced 32QAM modulation to deliver a net SE of up to 8 b/s/Hz or 40Tb/s C-band transmission, meaning a capacity four times higher than mainstream commercial 100G systems. In...

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Infonetics: Deep Packet Inspection Segment is Hot

Driven largely by the mobile segment, spending on standalone DPI solutions to grow 30% year-over-year in 2013, according to a new report from Infonetics.  Mobile operators are turning to deep packet inspection (DPI) to better manage bandwidth use and to create innovative and bundled services. As devices become more sophisticated, subscribers are using more bandwidth-intensive services such as video, and that trend will only intensify as operators...

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Amazon's "AWS re:invent" Sold Out in Las Vegas

Amazon's "AWS re:invent" conference this week in Las Vegas (Sands Expo Hall) is completely sold out. The event has over 175 scheduled sessions covering best practices for AWS services,  training bootcamps, hands-on labs, and hackathon.  The registration fee was $1,299. http://reinvent.awsevents.com/index.html ...

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HP Releases Virtual Storage Appliance Software

HP released StoreVirtual Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) software for its virtualization-ready HP ProLiant Generation 8 (Gen8) servers. The software, which is available at no additional cost, transforms HP ProLiant servers for software-defined storage. Key benefits include: Reduce costs of deploying resilient shared storage by up to 80 percent compared with traditional storage arrays. Simplify deployment and improve flexibility with either VMware...

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OpenDaylight Project Names Former VMware Exec as Director

The OpenDaylight Project, which is a community-led and industry-supported open source platform to advance Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), named Nicolas "Neela" Jacques as it executive director. Jacques will work with the OpenDaylight community to advance SDN and NFV with a developer-driven open source platform for products and technologies that expand the intelligence, programmability and performance...

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Orange Fab Expands Beyond Silicon Valley

Orange is taking the start-up fab that it has developed in Silicon Valley and expanding the programme to other regions. New Orange Fab programmes are being launched in France, Japan for the South-East Asia region, and Poland.  The concept is to enable start-up entrepreneurs to focus on their growth, to launch their services on a global scale, and to create products and services that enhance the current world of telecommunications. “Welcoming...

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T-Mobile US Looks to Raise $1.8 Billion for Spectrum Auctions

T-Mobile US plans to offer 66,150,000 shares of its common stock in a registered public offering. The sale could raised about $1.8 billion for the company. T-Mobile said it will use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including capital investments such as acquiring additional spectrum in private party transactions and/or government auctions. T-Mobile intends to grant the underwriters in this offering the option to purchase up to...

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