Microsoft Posts Triple Digit Growth Rate for Cloud Services

In its quarterly financial report, Microsoft highlighted surging revenue associated with cloud services, offset by declines by its recently acquired Nokia business.  Two highlights: Office 365 Home and Personal subscribers totaled more than 5.6 million, adding more than 1 million subscribers again this quarter. Commercial cloud revenue grew 147% with an annualized run rate that exceeds $4.4 billion. "We are thrilled with the tremendous momentum...

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Microsoft Azure Builds out ExpressRoute, Opens to Packer.io and OpenNebula

Microsoft announced six new ExpressRoute locations in the U.S. (Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, New York and Seattle) and Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore), as well as new partnerships with Orange and IIJ.  This brings the total number of Express Route locations to 10. Azure ExpressRoute ensures private connections between Azure data centers and on-premise infrastructure or colocation facilities by using an MPLS VPN or other secure tunnel. Azure ExpressRoute...

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Big Switch Takes Aim at Hyperscale Data Centers with Big Cloud Fabric

Big Switch Networks unveiled its new flagship product -- Big Cloud Fabric, a switching fabric designed for hyperscale data centers powered by SDN software and bare metal switch hardware. The Big Cloud Fabric leverages the company’s Switch Light Operating System on physical leaf and spine bare metal switch hardware.  It supports the latest Trident II silicon from Broadcom and is designed for 10G and 40G scale and resiliency, featuring headless...

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Verizon: 76% of Wireless Data Now Rides LTE

Verizon reported its highest quarterly revenue growth rate in the past six quarters: total operating revenues in second-quarter 2014 were $31.5 billion, a 5.7 percent increase compared with second-quarter 2013 and operating income was $7.7 billion, a 17.2 percent increase compared with second-quarter 2013. Verizon reported $1.01 in EPS in second-quarter 2014, compared with 78 cents per share in second-quarter 2013, including an after-tax gain of...

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IEEE Forms 25G Ethernet Study Group

A new IEEE 802.3 25 Gbps Ethernet Study Group has been formed to explore the market opportunities and needs for a single-lane 25 Gbps speed for server interconnects for Ethernet. The reuse of serial lane 25 Gbps signaling technology, which was developed to support 100 Gbps Ethernet, enables cost optimized deployments in newly constructed data centers. “The application of single-lane 25 Gbps signaling technologies provides Ethernet with a solution...

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Juniper to Sell Pulse Division to Siris for $250M

Juniper Networks will sell its Junos Pulse product portfolio to Siris Capital for approximately $250 million. Junos Pulse software enables dynamic SSL VPN connectivity, network access control (NAC), mobile security, and collaboration, through a simple end-user interface. Juniper said the divestiture of Pulse is consistent with its new Integrated Operating Plan that focuses on High-IQ networks and building the next-generation of clouds. Siris...

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Juniper's Sales Rise 7% YoY to $1.23 Billion

Juniper Networks reported preliminary net revenues for the second quarter of 2014 of $1,230 million, up 7% year-over-year and 5% sequentially. Juniper posted GAAP net income of $221.1 million, or $0.46 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2014. “Juniper delivered another solid quarter of revenue growth, with continued diversification across our target verticals. With our focused strategy, we are seeing clear signs of success with customers...

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VMware Continues to Grow at 17% Annual Rate

VMware announced Q2 2014 revenue of $1.46 billion, an increase of 17% from Q2 2013.  Operating income for the second quarter was $200 million, a decrease of 26% from the second quarter of 2013, reflecting the impact of the company's AirWatch acquisition. "We continue to see strong performance across our business, further evidence that VMware is uniquely positioned as IT transitions from client server computing to the mobile cloud era," said...

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Mellanox Ships Direct Attach 10/40/56 Gbps Copper Cables

Mellanox Technologies has begun shipping a new line of Direct Attach Cables (DACs) with colored jackets and colored pull tabs, supporting interconnect speeds of 10, 40 and 56Gbps for both Ethernet and InfiniBand data center networks. The new colored version reduces the chance of error in connecting server, switch and routing ports, shortens cluster installation time, and simplifies interconnect debugging and network management. “The new colored...

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Claro Costa Rica Deploys Ericsson for LTE

Ericsson is the sole supplier of América Móvi Claro LTE network in Costa Rica. Ericsson's full LTE solution will include several core and radio access infrastructure products such as Mobility Management Entity, Home Subscriber Server, the RBS 6000 family, and microwave transmission using the LTE-proven MINI-LINK TN, as well as services and consulting for spectrum refarming, equipment roll-out, systems integration and optimization, in addition...

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Broadcom Posts Q2 Revenue of $2.04 billion

Broadcom posted Q2 2014 net revenue of $2.04 billion, up 2.9% over the preceding quarter but down 2.3% compared with the $2.09 billion reported for the second quarter of 2013. Net loss (GAAP) for the second quarter of 2014 was $1 million, or $0.00 per share (basic and diluted), compared with GAAP net income of $165 million, or $0.28 per share (diluted), for the first quarter of 2014 and GAAP net loss of $251 million, or $0.43 per share (basic and...

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