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Gigabit Ethernet as a means to connect devices in data centers and storage facilities has earned another proof point: A computing cluster in Germany is linked by Gigabit Ethernet and ranks number 58 overall for performance among the top supercomputing sites in the world.
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"Knowledge is Power." And one of the most common assumptions in our industry, indeed one of the... ...1
Normally, in a time of crisis, an "amateur" is not the first person you might call. But when... ...12
Most people know what it's like to discover a project is more work than you bargained for. In my...
Cisco has introduced interest-free financing for its services delivered to small and midsize...
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The Department of Defense is paying Lockheed Martin $89 million to converge the Defense Logistics... ...2
The Swedish government -- at least part of it, but we'll get back to that later -- is trying to get...
At ICANN's recent Paris meeting the board unanimously agreed to allow the creation of arbitrarily... ...3
For the first time, fiber-based broadband access is expanding faster than cable: 4.2 million... ...1
In our last newsletter, we discussed the introduction - whether intentional or not - of social... ...3
It's no secret voice and video traffic can require some special handling to keep networks running...
The IEEE 802.11n wireless LAN standard and WiMAX are both making an impact on their respective...
10Gig Ethernet specialist Force10 Networks has claimed that its switch/routers are now integral to... ...1
WildPackets this week introduced a highly extensible data recorder for 10 Gigabit (10Gig) Ethernet...
The telecommunications industry remains split over the need for structural separation in the...
Time.com is running an Associated Press article that points out that cable companies are running commercials that could lead consumers to think the cable networks have more fiber optics in them than they really do. The ads are in response to Verizon's aggressive deployment of FiOS, which really is an all-fiber network.
Preview articleCommentLight Reading notes that Alcatel-Lucent may not be tops in the DSL equipment market much longer, with Huawei Technologies making great strides to close the gap. In fact, it's hard to say which of the two companies is on top at the moment, it's so close.
Preview articleCommentSlashdot - and half of the geek side of the Internet - this weekend was buzzing over a listing of a 1.5-meter Ethernet cable targeted at audiophiles and costing just $499. It's hard to say just what you get for your $499 that you can't get for much, much less.
Preview articleCommentEE Times has an interesting story about FPGA-based designs for industrial Ethernet switches. The article points out that such a design can cut six to nine months of engineering time from chip development.
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Yesterday, 41 year old Michael Kyereme a/k/a "Michael Appiahkyeremeh" of Piscataway - New Jersey, pled guilty to charges of mail fraud and tax evasion. In his mail fraud guilty plea, Kyereme admitted defrauding Cisco out of $6.9 million in replacement parts by scamming the Cisco SMARTnet Service...

Since Cisco is the networking king, people often wonder how Cisco's performs. Well, I was interested in the Cisco...
I recently stumbled across an announcement that the USS John Paul Jones, a destroyer in the U.S. naval fleet, will soon be...
As employees increasingly work virtually, collaborative applications and an overall unified communications strategy become...

Cisco has rolled out a new Web 2.0-oriented online training community aimed at increasing technical aptitude for both...

The European Commission has previously announced, as a part of their i2010 initiative, an action plan to see IPv6 widely...
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Virtualization technology has moved from the science world to the mainstream and is now touted as...
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Get caught up to speed on the latest WAN optimization developments in this informative Editorial...
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