Cisco vs Arista Ruling from ITC: 3 Patent Violations, 2 Patents Cleared

The International Trade Commission (ITC) issued an initial determination in a patent infringement case brought by Cisco against Arista Networks. The ruling found that Arista violated three of Cisco's patents: U.S. Patent 7,162,537 (“[E]xternally Managing Router Configuration Data … With A Centralized Database”) (Sysdb) and U.S. Patent Nos. 6,741,592 and 7,200,145 (Private VLANs). Cisco said the ruling foreshadows an exclusion order banning imports...

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Versa's FlexVNFs Run on Optimized EMC NFV Infrastructure

Versa Networks has tested and validated the interoperability of its FlexVNF software on EMC’s Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVi) platform to create an integrated “vCPE in a box” solution for deploying virtualized network and security functions in service provider points of presence (PoP) or data centers. The companies said this vCPE-in-a-box solution enables managed network and security services using virtualized network functions...

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Apcera's CEO Derek Collison on Containerization and Microservices

Containerization is really the hot topic these days, but it is similar to the term "microservices" -- not necessarily something new, but just really taking effect, says Derek Collison, Founder and CEO of Apcera. This video discusses the massive decomposition of software systems underway and how containerization is proving to be especially effective. "If we really want to build faster, we actually build less and we assemble more...," says Coll...

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BT Suffers Nationwide Outage

BT's broadband network suffered a widespread outage across the UK on Tuesday.  In a statement, BT said the outage did not appear to be the result of a malicious attack. Service was restored in most locations in two hours. http://btplc.com/News...

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Coriant Transcend SDN Packet Controller for IP/MPLS

Coriant is expanding its Transcend SDN Solutions portfolio with the introduction of a packet controller optimized for mobile backhaul and carrier aggregation networks. Combining the Coriant Transcend SDN Transport Controller and Coriant Transcend SDN Packet Controller enables full, end-to-end network control – from optical transport to IP/MPLS access and aggregation networks. Coriant said its new Transcend SDN Packet Controller supports a broad...

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Venture Investors Pour $793.5 million into Magic Leap

Magic Leap, a start-up pursuing a next-gen computing paradigm that combines digital and physical realities, announced $793.5 million in new funding, led by Alibaba Group. Magic Leap is developing its Dynamic Digitized Lightfield Signal -- the ability "to generate images indistinguishable from real objects and then being able to place those images seamless into the real world." The company said continued investment cam from Google, Qualcomm Ventures...

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Oclaro Cites Continued Strong Growth in 100G

Oclaro reported revenues of $94.1 million for the second quarter of its fiscal 2016, compared with revenues of $87.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016. GAAP gross margin was 28.3% for the second quarter of fiscal 2016, compared with GAAP gross margin of 25.9% in the first quarter of fiscal 2016. GAAP net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2016 was $0.2 million. This compares with a GAAP net loss of $3.5 million in the first quarter...

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