Blueprint: The Third Network

by Nan Chen, MEF President The Internet is everywhere, and available on-demand – but it offers no service guarantees, and leaves security to the user. CE 2.0 delivers assured performance and security levels – but it can take weeks to establish a service. The world needs a THIRD Network.   In 2012, Ethernet bandwidth for business overtook all legacy WAN technologies, and it continues to surge ahead – Fig 1 ...

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Broadcom's StrataXGS Tomahawk Switch Aims for Cloud Data Centers

Broadcom introduced its next-generation, StrataXGS "Tomahawk" switch, packing 2 Tbps of switching performance in a single chip that is capable of supporting 32 ports of 100 Gigabit Ethernet, 64 ports of 40GE/50GE or 128 ports of 25GE. The new chip, which represents the 7th generation of Broadcom Ethernet switching silicon, is designed for the programmable fabrics needed in next-gen, cloud-scale data centers. The StrataXGS Tomahawk Series is...

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Broadcom Interview: What's Next for Data Center Switching

In this 9-minute video interview, Nick Ilyadis, VP/CTO of the Networking Products Group at Broadcom, discusses the evolution of data center switching. Key topics covered include: 00:08 - How are data center traffic patterns changing due to Big Data apps and scale-out clouds? 01:05 - How will data center networking evolve to accommodate cloud services across the WAN? 02:48 - What is the case for 25G/50G Ethernet? 04:10 - How do you see the NFV...

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Alcatel-Lucent Ships 100G/200G Single Carrier Line Card

Alcatel-Lucent announced commercial delivery of a single-carrier 100G/200G DWDM optical line card for its 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) platform. This allows operators to transmit data over distances as great as 4,000 km in 100G mode and as far as 1,000 km in 200G mode. The 200G solution initially allows for the doubling of fiber capacity from 8.8 Tbps (88 x 100G) to 17.6 Tbps (88 x 200G). Alcatel-Lucent’s flexible grid feature delivers a...

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Accuris Raises $15 Million for Roaming and Interworking Connectivity

Accuris Networks, a start-up based in Dublin, Ireland with offices in the U.S., Malaysia, Brazil and Japan, completed a $15 million equity funding round for its platform for connecting current and emerging mobile broadband networks such as GSM, CDMA, LTE and Wi-Fi.  The company also announced the appointment of Jeff Brown as CEO. The Accuris AccuROAM platform, which includes smartphone client software, access server/gateway technology and...

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SiTime Raises $25 Million for MEMS Timing

SiTime Corporation, a MEMS analog semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, has closed $25 million in new financing, which consisted of a combination of structured debt facility of $15 million provided by Capital IP Investment Partners and strategic equity investment from other investors. SiTime specializes in silicon MEMS-based oscillators and clock generators that are a drop-in replacement for legacy quartz crystal products. The company...

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Alcatel-Lucent Kicks Off Sea-Me-We 5 Construction

Alcatel-Lucent confirmed that its construction with the South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) consortium has come into effect. The new 100G SEA-ME-WE 5, which spans 20,000 km from Singapore to France, boasts an ultimate design capacity of 24 Tbos. Ms Linette Lee , Chairperson of the SEA-ME-WE 5 Management Committee said:  “With the rollout of the SEA-ME-WE 5 system,  we will deliver a dynamic and agile way to serve...

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Gigamon: Unified Visibility Needed for VoLTE, 100G, Network Virtualization

Gigamon, which offers active visibility solutions based on its Unified Visibility Fabric, announced a strategy to help network service providers de-risk the rollout of three key technologies: VoLTE, 100G transport links and carrier network virtualization. Gigamon said it is uniquely positioned to address this “Service Provider Triple Challenge of Network Transformation”  because its Visibility Fabric provides operators with the capabilities...

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HP Sets Carbon Reduction Goals

HP announced a goal to reduce the emissions intensity of its product portfolio by 40 percent by 2020 compared to 2010 levels.  The carbon reduction goals apply to all three parts of its value chain—operations, supply chain and product portfolio. “As one of the world’s largest IT companies, we believe we are uniquely positioned to help our company and our customers lower carbon emissions by developing more sustainable technologies that replace...

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