Clouds and Carriers

Three major Internet services suffered apparently unrelated outages on Thursday, July 26th. Google Talk Windows Azure in Western Europe Twitter. http://status.twitter.com

Meraki has enhanced its MS-series cloud managed access switches with Layer 7 visibility capability, which provides a view into application traffic at the network edge. Meraki, who pioneered application visibility...

VMware agreed to acquire Nicira, a start-up focused on software-defined networking (SDN) for approximately $1.05 billion in cash plus approximately $210 million of assumed unvested equity awards. The goal of...

Both IP MPLS VPNs and Ethernet services grew at a combined 13% in 2011 to just over $50 billion, fueled by surging data traffic, cloud services, and cost-cutting initiatives, according...

VMware reported Q2 revenue of $1.12 billion, an increase of 22% from the second quarter of 2011, and 23% measured in constant currency. Net income for the second quarter was...

Riverbed introduced an inbound QoS capability to its Steelhead WAN optimization appliances. The inbound QoS is increasingly needed to ensure the performance of public cloud services, such as SaaS, that...

Verizon reported strong Q2 performance, including the addition of over 2.5 million LTE subscriptions and significant increases in operating cash flow. Verizon Wireless generated record-high margins and strong operational results,...

ADVA Optical Networking reported Q2 revenues at a record high of EUR 85.9 million, up 10.3% vs. EUR 77.8 million in Q2 2011 and up 5.2% vs. EUR 81.7 million...

The OIF has taken on three new projects focusing on 100G and 400G needs for optical and electrical technologies. 1. Members of the PLL Working Group are actively assessing the...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduced the next version of Office saying that the suite has been completely-re-designed for the cloud and social interaction. Specifically, the new Office is available as...

It’s no secret that the core of modern mobile switching networks is based on the Internet Protocol.  What’s interesting is that simple network attacks that have been largely mitigated at...

Credit SK Telecom Investor Presentation, May 2012 SK Telecom expects to be among the first mobile operators worldwide to commercialize LTE-Advanced in its network during 2013. SK Telecom, in collaboration...

NYSE Euronext (NYX) will build and operate a Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) Access Center at the Equinix NY5 data center in Secaucus, New Jersey, providing customers within the Equinix...