Google's Senior Network Architect Bikash Koley said that machine-to-machine traffic is rising at Google and as such the company reconsidering overall optical network choices. Plus more highlights from the Light Reading optical conference.

IPC will offer trading connectivity services in more Equinix data centers, UBS trading systems to be hosted with Savvis in Weehawken, Level 3 will connect state colleges in Vermont.

Its earnings season. Here's a roundup of first quarter 2010 results from Level 3 (LVLT0, Internap network Services (INAP), Limelight Networks (LLNW) and Abovenet (ABVT).

HP (HPQ) completes its acquisition of 3Com, Level 3 (LVLT) collaborates with Microsoft on hi-def 3D, and EMC unveils a deduplication offering based on technology from its purchase of Data Domain.

Roundup: Will Google build a new data centee in Australia to support Google Apps? Also, VISI announces an expansion of its St. Paul data center facility, Level 3 (LVLT) expands in Florida, and Active Power (ACPW) reports strong flywheel sales in...

Roundup: Level 3 works to deliver uncompressed high-definitiion video for Super Bowl, AboveNet extends its UK fiber network to Sentrum's new 200,000 square foot data center in Surrey, UK.

Cancer researchers pick SGI Altix UV gear to power their high performance computing facility, Internap will provider content delivery for the Sundance Film Festival, and Level 3 provides backbone connectivity for TDS Telecommunications.

Roundup: SoftLayer says it will open new data center pods in Dallas, Seattle and northern Virginia, adding capacity for another 20,000 servers. Also, Power Loft opens for business and wins NVTC Green Award, and Level 3 expands relationship with...

A roundup of industry headlines, including news from IBM, NTT America, OpSource, Juniper Network (JNPR), Infinera, Level 3 (LVLT), PhoenixNAP and AboveNet.

Here’s a roundup of news announcements from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Hurricane Electirc, Equinix (EQIX) and Level 3 (LVLT).