03/06/14 ~ Converge! Network Digest

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Zayo Acquires CoreXchage -- Adding Data Centers to its Fiber Footprint

Thursday, March 06, 2014 Data Centers, Mergers and Acquisitions, Texas, Zayo

Zayo Group has acquired CoreXchange, Inc., a data center, bandwidth and managed services provider in Dallas, Texas. Financial terms were not disclosed. The purchase adds one new data center to Zayo's zColo portfolio. In addition, zColo will secure an additional 12,000 square feet in CoreXchange’s suite at its existing data center in the Dallas Infomart at 1950 N. Stemmons Freeway. The acquisition yields over 18,000 square feet of total data...

Telespazio Upgrades Encoding Platform with Ericsson

Thursday, March 06, 2014

Ericsson announced a contract with Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, to expand the company's current service offering to include MPEG-4 AVC HD and SD channels, while maintaining existing MPEG-2 SD channels at premium quality within the existing content distribution infrastructure. Specifically, Telespazio will deploy Ericsson's AVP 4000 system encoder. The Ericsson AVP family of video processors has been very well received by broadcasters...

Where is SDN today? ONF's Marc Cohn answers...

Thursday, March 06, 2014 #NFV, #ONS2014, #SDN, ONF

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Cisco Picks Toronto for $100 Million Global Innovation Centre

Thursday, March 06, 2014 Canada, Cisco, IOT

Cisco has selected Toronto as one of four global Cisco® Internet of Everything Innovation (IoE) Centres, representing a planned investment of up to $100 million over 10 years. The decision builds on Cisco’s recent investments in Canada including: Up to $4 billion over 10 years to expand Cisco’s footprint in Ontario and create up to 1,700 new jobs; Multimillion dollar investment to establish research chairs, professorships and innovation centres...

Where is SDN today? - Netronome's Niel Viljoen answers...

Thursday, March 06, 2014 #ONS2014, #SDN, Data Centers, Netronome, Silicon

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Infonetics: Ethernet Switching Revenue Topped $20B in 2013

Thursday, March 06, 2014 40G, Ethernet, Infonectics, Research

Worldwide Ethernet switch revenue continued to grow in 4Q13, up 3% from 3Q13, to $5.4 billion; more important, the market remained positive (+3%) on a year-over-year basis, according to a new report from Infonetics Research. “2013 was a bumpy year for the Ethernet switch market, but in the end, revenue set another record and passed the $20 billion mark. While 10G was once again the key growth driver, we’re finally seeing this segment mature after...

Mid-Atlantic Crossroads Tests 400/800G Optical Transport with Fujitsu

Thursday, March 06, 2014 400G, DWDM, Fujitsu

Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX), which is is a multi-state research network led by the University of Maryland, has successfully tested 400G and 800G optical transport in partnership with Fujitsu Network Communications. The trial, which was conducted over a live network route from Baltimore to McLean, Virginia, carried 400 Gbps and 800 Gbps transmissions alongside the existing 10 Gbps and 100 Gbps channels using the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet...

Where is SDN today? - Infinera's Mike Capuano answers...

Thursday, March 06, 2014 #ONS2014, #SDN, Infinera

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Ciena Posts Q1 Revenue for $544B, up 18%

Thursday, March 06, 2014 Ciena, DWDM, Financials

Ciena reported revenue of $533.7 million for its fiscal first quarter ended January 31, 2014, as compared to $453.1 million for the fiscal first quarter 2013. Ciena’s net loss (GAAP) for the fiscal first quarter 2014 was $(15.9) million, or $(0.15) per common share, which compares to a GAAP net loss of $(47.3) million, or $(0.47) per common share, for the fiscal first quarter 2013. Ciena’s adjusted (non-GAAP) net income for the fiscal first quarter...