IDC: Worldwide Security Appliance Market Continues to Grow

The total security appliance market showed positive growth in both vendor revenue and unit shipments for the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16), marking the eleventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth, as worldwide vendor revenues in the first quarter increased 5.5% year over year to $2.47 billion, while shipments grew 9.0% year over year to a total of 580,007 units, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker. Some highlights...

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Nokia to Acquire Gainspeed for Virtualized Cable Architecture

Nokia agreed to acquire Gainspeed, a start-up specializing in DAA (Distributed Access Architecture) solutions for the cable industry via its Virtual CCAP (Converged Cable Access Platform) product line. Financial terms were not disclosed. Gainspeed's Virtual CCAP enables cable operators to increase the capacity of their existing HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coax) infrastructure and rapidly deploy new services, while simultaneously reducing space and power requirements...

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Fortinet to Acquire AccelOps for Security Monitoring

Fortinet agreed to acquire AccelOps, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, that specializes in network security monitoring and analytics solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed. AccelOps’s virtual appliance software monitors security, performance and compliance in local and virtualized infrastructures, resulting in a unified view of the environment. The software discovers, analyzes and automates IT issues across multi-tenant or single...

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Will coming 'third wave' of ARM-based processors for the data centre break Intel's monopolistic grip on this sector?

Preamble - basic facts about ARM ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) uses reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architecture in its cores which offer relatively low power consumption, typically smaller die size, lower cost, faster clock speed and usually easier development, while Intel's market-dominant Xeon devices are complex instruction set computing (CISC) x86 processors targeted at the non-consumer workstation, server and embedded system markets....

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ADVA Backs DIMENSION Project for Lasers on Silicon

ADVA Optical Networking announced its support and participation in the Directly Modulated Lasers on Silicon (DIMENSION) project, which aims to create a platform for single-chip electro-optical integration. The research involves lasers built with active III-V materials embedded into silicon photonics chips. The four-year DIMENSION project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program and coordinated by Dresden University...

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Coriant Brings a New IP/MPLS Router for the Metro Edge

Coriant introduced a compact IP/MPLS routing optimized for the metro edge and pre-aggregation networks. The Coriant 8625 Smart Router, which is packaged in a compact and power-efficient form factor, is designed for the delivery of consumer and business services in a broad range of mobile and fixed network applications, including IPTV distribution, mobile gateway, and LTE/LTE-A and 5G-optimized backhaul. The router is designed to scale up to 1 Tbps...

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Nokia Supplies IP/MPLS + DWDM for Swissgrid

Nokia supplied an IP/MPLS network overlaid on an optical network to Swiss electricity transmission system operator Swissgrid for the management of its electrical grid, which has a length of 6,700 km covering 140 substations. The "Grid Control Network" additionally interconnects power plants, data centers and offices. In a turnkey project, Nokia implemented two IP/MPLS -based networks, one an operational network and the other a business communications...

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Intelsat 31 Successfully Launched

Intelsat 31 was successfully launched aboard an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Intelsat 31 is a 20-kilowatt class Ku-and C-band satellite built by Space Systems Loral (SSL). The Ku-band payload, known as DLA-2, is designed to provide redundancy for DIRECTV Latin America’s distribution services in South America and the Caribbean. The C-band portion enhances Intelsat’s existing...

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