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Network News: CenturyLink, Infinera, Ciena
September 7th, 2012 : John Rath
CenturyLink (CTL) wins two Federal orders from FCC, Infinera (INFN) selected by PIPE networks in Australia, Ciena selected to support Janet6 Infrastructure. . Read More
Network News: Dell, Level 3, Ciena
August 23rd, 2012 : John Rath
Dell expands networking portfolio withPowerConnect 8100, Level 3 (LVLT) launches content delivery network in Latin America, Ciena and Vodafone deploy 100Gbps network. Read More
The Olympian Infrastructure Challenge
July 27th, 2012 : Rich Miller
The 2012 Summer Olympics in London will be the most connected Games in history. As the athletes of the world gather to test their skills, tens of millions of sports fans will test the capacity of the city's telecom and data center infrastructure. Will the broadband, Internet and wireless systems be able to handle the demand? Here's an overview of key systems and their readiness for the Olympics, which commence with Friday's opening ceremonies. Read More
Riverbed, Juniper Partner on Application Delivery
July 25th, 2012 : John Rath
Riverbed Technology (RVBD) and Juniper Networks (JNPR) announced a technology partnership in wide area network optimization, application delivery and mobility to deliver market-leading technologies for enterprises looking to increase the efficiency of their IT infrastructures and securely deliver better performance of applications across devices, networks and clouds. Read More
VMware, Nicira and the Data Center
July 24th, 2012 : Rich Miller
VMware's acquisition of Nicira is jostling some relationships between tech heavyweights, and its impact will be closely watched by leading players in open source projects for cloud computing and networking. Here's a look at some of the notable analysis and commentary from around the web. Read More
VMware Buys Nicira in $1.2 Billion Embrace of SDN
July 23rd, 2012 : Rich Miller
VMware will buy Nicira, a leading player in software defined networking (SDN) for $1 billion in a bold move to boost its position in data center networking. Nicira’s software platform manages a network abstraction layer, which lets users create virtual networks that operate independently of the underlying physical network hardware. Read More
Aryaka Raises $25 Million for WAN Optimization
July 17th, 2012 : Rich Miller
WAN optimization specialist Aryaka said today that it has secured a $25 million Series C funding round led by InterWest Partners, with participation from Presidio Ventures and existing investors. Read More
Network News: CENX, Level 3, Ciena
June 28th, 2012 : John Rath
Network News: CENX gets $9.5 million investment, Level 3 (LVLT) selected to connect ScaleMatrix colo centers.technology from Ciena (CIEN) selected for Trans-Pacific 100G submarine network. Read More
The Impact of IPv6, and Why It Matters
June 19th, 2012 : Colleen Miller
Around the Web on June 6, World IPv6 Launch Day was celebrated to encourage organizations to move from IPv4 to IPv6. Why? Basically, the Web was running low on Internet addresses with the IPv4 protocol. With IPv6, there will be 340 trillion trillion trillion addresses available. Read More