Juniper Brings 3X Boost and New Automation to MX Edge Routers

Juniper Networks rolled out a major upgrade for its MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routing portfolio, including new line cards and software features that triple throughput and enable network automation. Some highlights: Three new MX Series line cards (MPC7, MPC8 and MPC9) powered by a new iteration of Juniper's programmable Trio silicon.  At the high-end, the 400 GbE-ready MPC9 provides an industry-leading 1.6 Tbps of throughput, enabling...

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Coriant Unveils 1 RU Data Center Interconnect Platform

Coriant unveiled a stackable data center interconnect (DCI) platform packaging 3.2 terabits of capacity in a compact 1RU form factor. The Coriant Groove G30 DCI Platform boasts up to six times higher system density and up to 70% better power efficiency than comparable offerings.  Coriant said its platform simplifies provisioning of 10G, 40G, and 100G Wide Area Network (WAN) cloud connectivity services in metro, regional, and long haul DCI applications...

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Open Container Initiative Cites Progress and Growing Membership

The Open Container Initiative (OCI), which was launched earlier this year with a mission to host an open source, technical community and build a vendor-neutral, portable and open specification and runtime for container-based solutions, cited a number of milestones and a growing membership base. Founding members, including nine new companies committed to the OCI include: Amazon Web Services, Apcera, Apprenda, AT&T, ClusterHQ, Cisco, CoreOS, Datera,...

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IBM Acquires Clearleap for Cloud Video Platform

IBM has acquired Clearleap, a privately-held provider of cloud based video services based in Duluth, Georgia. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Clearleap video platform is optimized for massive scalability, which enables clients to ramp up and support millions of concurrent users within seconds to support special events. Clearleap offers an open API framework that enables organizations to easily build video into applications and to adapt to...

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IBM Wins U.S. Research Grant for Quantum Computing

The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) program has award a multiyear research grant to IBM to advance the building blocks for a universal quantum computer. The award is funded under the Logical Qubits (LogiQ) program of IARPA led by Dr. David Moehring. The LogiQ Program seeks to overcome the limitations of current quantum systems by building a logical qubit from a number of imperfect physical qubits. IBM said its research...

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Pluribus Develops Virtualization-Centric Fabric

Pluribus Networks introduced its Virtualization-Centric Fabric (VCF), its SDN architectural approach based on proven approaches to networking, clustering, management and resiliency. Pluribus VCF, which is available now as part of the company's family of Netvisor operating systems for open switches, is a completely virtualized networking fabric with macro segmentation capabilities and flow-level visibility. Key attributes of Pluribus VCF include: Virtualized...

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PMC Intros Smart Solutions for Data Center Storage Connectivity

PMC-Sierra introduced its HBA 1000 series of 12Gb/s SAS/SATA Host Bus Adapters, the first products in PMC’s new Smart family of solutions for high-performance cloud and enterprise server storage connectivity. The HBA 1000 use field-proven Smart intellectual property (IP) from the most widely deployed server storage stack and PMC’s SmartIOC controller. It offers up to 16 internal or external SAS/SATA ports in a low-profile MD2 form factor. A low-profile...

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