Cavium Unleashes 64-bit ARM-based OCTEON TX

Cavium unveiled its OCTEON TX family, a line of 64-bit ARM based SOCs for control plane and data plane applications in networking, security, and storage. The OCTEON TX combines Cavium's data plane architecture with its optimized ARMv8.1 cores (the company continues to produce its OCTEON III processors, which are based on MIPS). The new processors expand the addressability of Cavium’s embedded products into control plane application areas within...

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Pluribus Updates its Insight Analytics

Pluribus Networks announced a major update to its network monitoring and business analytics solution. Pluribus  VCF Insight Analytics (VCF-IA) now provides automated metadata tagging allowing the business to get a contextualized view of their data center consumption. In addition, VCF-Insight Analytics is now available as a premier monitoring solution from Dell as part of its software-defined open networking portfolio. Pluribus said VCF-IA...

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Saisei's FlowCommand Promises Equal Access for Users

Sunway Digital Wave (SDW), a managed service provider in Malaysia, is using Saisei FlowCommand to guarantee fair and equal access to network services and a superior quality of experience (QoE) to all subscribers. Saisei, which is a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, offers a real-time flow-policy control, analytics and security platform that leverages patented flow-engine technology to change the way that TCP/IP network traffic under its control...

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Bell Canada to Acquire Manitoba Telecom

Bell Canada Enterprises agree to acquire all of the shares of Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) for approximately C$3.9 billion (US$3.1 billion). BCE, which is based in Montreal, said the deal brings a 22% premium for MTS shareholders and long-term benefits to MTS customers and the Province of Manitoba. "This transaction recognizes the intrinsic value of MTS and will deliver immediate and meaningful value to MTS shareholders, while offering strong...

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Ruckus Hits Q1 Sales of $100.6 million, up 22.5% YoY

Ruckus Wireless reported Q1 revenues $100.6 million, an increase of 22.5% from the first quarter of 2015. Non-GAAP net income was $12.2 million for the first quarter of 2016, compared with non-GAAP net income of $6.5 million for the first quarter of 2015. Non-GAAP operating income was $12.4 million for the first quarter of 2016, compared with non-GAAP operating income of $6.8 million for the first quarter of 2015. GAAP net loss was $0.9 million for...

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Brocade Trims Quarterly Sales Forecast

Brocade now expects revenue for its fiscal quarter ending 30-April-2016 to be in the range of $518 million to $528 million, compared with the range of $542 million to $562 million in its previous guidance. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for the second fiscal quarter is expected to be within the range of $0.21 to $0.23, compared with the range of $0.22 to $0.24 expected previously. "Consistent with the general softness in IT spending reported...

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EMC Expands its All-Flash Storage Options

EMC introduced a range of new products for data centers, including: New "Unity" family of all-flash storage -- aimed at small and medium-size IT deployments. It is available in all-flash, hybrid, converged and software-defined configurations and is designed to help customers make an affordable and simple transition from disk to flash.  New Virtustream Storage Cloud -- a global cloud storage platform offering enterprise-levels of resiliency...

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