Researchers at NTT Envision Quantum Repeaters in Future Photonic Networks

Researchers at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) and the University of Toronto are proposing all-photonic quantum repeaters for long-distance quantum communication.  If achieved, such devices would disprove the necessity of matter quantum memories in long distance quantum communications, which is seen by many as the ultimate future of optical communications. In a paper published this week by the journal Nature Communications,...

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Juniper's New SRX5800 Firewall Hits 2 Tbps Throughput

Juniper Networks unveiled new hardware for its new SRX5800 Services Gateway firewall boasting throughput up to 2 Terabits per second (2 Tbps), empowering service providers and large enterprises will more capacity to minimize the potential for security bottlenecks as they manage increased and unpredictable demands for bandwidth placed on their networks. The new hardware for the SRX5800 includes third-generation input/output cards (IOC3), an enhanced...

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Illumio Raises $100 Million for Adaptive Security

Illumio, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, raised $100 million in Series C funding for its adaptive security platform for data centers and public clouds. The software-based Illumio Adaptive Security Platform (ASP) programs and enforces security policies across applications, workloads and processes as they are provisioned, operated and moved in any data center or private and public cloud infrastructure. Illumio has recently extended its...

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Certes Networks Launches CryptoFlow for Encrypting Application Flows

Certes Networks introduced its new CryptoFlow App, a software-defined security product for encrypting data in motion thereby safeguarding applications from data breaches. CryptoFlow App is a user-aware and application-aware solution for protecting sensitive data traffic. It enables IT managers to automatically crypto-segment application flows across networks inside or outside the enterprise and grant access to these CryptoFlows based on a user’s...

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ADVA Intros ConnectGuard Encryption for DCI and Ethernet Links

ADVA Optical Networking introduced its ConnectGuard security solution for service providers and enterprises. Two variants are offered: ConnectGuard Optical for the ADVA FSP 3000 provides robust transport layer security and is ideal for data center interconnection applications that need advanced protection for the transportation of enormous data volumes. It provides a transparent, wire-speed service for securing mission-critical data and incorporates...

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Brocade Opens New Development Center in Bangalore

Brocade opened a new state-of-the-art Development Center in Bangalore, and stated it will invest US$300 million in India over the next five years. The new Center reaffirms Brocade's commitment to accelerating growth in one of the world's fastest-growing economies, and will play an important role in the development of networking innovations based on the New IP architecture. The new 157,000 square foot, LEED Gold-certified Brocade Bangalore Development...

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Orange Business Acquires a Fleet Management Company

Orange Business Services has acquired Ocean, a fleet management and vehicle tracking company in France. Financial terms were not disclosed. The company, which currently manages 45,000 vehicles for 2,000 corporate clients, will become an operational unit of Orange Applications for Business – the digital services division of Orange Business Services specializing in connected objects, the digitalization of customer experience, Big Data and data analytics. "With...

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