Alcatel-Lucent Intros 400G IP Router Interface with DWDM Optics

Alcatel-Lucent introduced a 1-port 400G IP line card with integrated, tunable DWDM optics that enables data transmission between existing Alcatel-Lucent IP Routers at speeds of 400 Gbps line rate over hundreds of kilometers. The new Alcatel-Lucent 1-port 400G IP line card, which is powered by the company's FP3 400G routing processor, provides the industry’s first ‘clear channel 400G’ capability, avoiding the need to aggregate IP traffic over multiple...

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Equinix Readies for 100G Data Center Interconnect Services with Infinera DTN-X

Equinix has deployed the Infinera DTN-X packet optical transport networking platform to interconnect its data centers in Frankfurt, Toronto and Singapore. Infinera said its DTN-X platform enables Equinix to offer differentiated services and increase network efficiency as it scales its global network capacity to address the rapid growth in demand for 10, 40 and 100 Gbps data center interconnect services. The platform can deliver capacity of 100 Gbps...

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Cisco Offers Free Version of ConfD Tool from Tail-f

Cisco is releasing a free, basic version of its ConfD management agent software to the industry with an unlimited, perpetual license with the goal of accelerating the adoption of network programmability. ConfD, which was developed by Tail-f (now part of Cisco), is a management agent framework with a rich set of APIs for developers of physical and virtual networking devices. ConfD is the leading implementation of the NETCONF protocol driven by the...

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Aquantia Brings Multi-Gigabit over Copper Backhaul to Small Cells

Aquantia, which is the leading supplier of 10GBASE-T PHYs for copper connectivity in data centers, is bringing its technology to mobile infrastructure, including in-building C-RAN architectures that rely on Remote Radio Unit (RRU) sending the digitized RF spectrum to a centralized Baseband Unit (BBU) for processing. Aquantia's new AQcell product line is designed to transport digitized cellular data at multi-Gigabit per second rates over 200-meters...

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Qualcomm Readies 4 Midrange Snapdragon Processors

Qualcomm introduced its Snapdragon 620, 618, 425, and 415 processors, supporting a wide range of mobile devices and a range of price points.  Both the 600 and 400 series processors feature Qualcomm Hexagon application DSP, which has the ability to process low-power tasks without waking up the CPU cores. The new designs offer an integrated X8 LTE modem (Category 7 with download speeds of up to 300Mbps and upload speeds of up to 100Mbps) and high-end...

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ONF Launches Open Source Software Repository

The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) is launching a new Open Source Software community and code repository, OpenSourceSDN.org. This new site will be a resource for those looking to commercially deploy open SDN solutions, free from vendor lock-in. “The launch of OpenSourceSDN.org further underscores our commitment to the ongoing commercialization of open source software worldwide,” said Dan Pitt, executive director of the Open Networking Foundation....

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Arbor's Threat Monitoring Atlas Gathers Data from 330 Operators

Arbor Networks's ATLAS threat monitoring infrastructure, which was launched 8 years ago, now gathers data from more than 330 participating network operators around the world who report data representing around 120Tbps of Internet traffic. ATLAS collates data from multiple sources, one of which is a collaborative effort with Arbor customers who have agreed to share anonymous distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and traffic data on an hourly basis...

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Cyan Posts Q4 Revenues of $30.5 Million

Cyan reported Q4 2014 revenue of $30.5 million, up 14% when compared with $26.6 million for the third quarter of 2014 and up 46% when compared with $20.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2013. GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter was $15.0 million, or $0.32 per share, compared to a net loss of $11.7 million, or $0.25 per share, in the third quarter of 2014 and a net loss of $13.7 million, or $0.29 per share, in the same period last year. "We are...

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Vitesse Offers Gigabit Ethernet PHY Reference Design for IoT

Vitesse Semiconductor released two dual-port Gigabit Ethernet (GE) PHY reference designs based on its highly-integrated, EMI design-friendly SimpliPHY™ VSC8502 10/100/1000BASE-T GE PHY. The designs feature Synchronous Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN and VeriPHY functionality. The new dual-port copper, four-layer PCB reference designs can be leveraged to serve a broad range of markets and applications including: IP Telephony Digital Signage Network Attached...

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Deutsche Telekom Appoints Chief Product & Innovation Officer

Deutsche Telekom appointed Christian von Reventlow as its new Chief Product & Innovation Officer (CPIO).  He succeeds Thomas Kiessling, who is leaving the company to join Securitas Direct. Von Reventlow was previously platform manager (SVP Core platform) at Nokia's map service and navigation system subsidiary Here.com in Chicago. Replacing Thomas Kiessling, he will also become a member of Deutsche Telekom’s extended board of management,...

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