Amazon Web Services introduced new features for customers looking to run high performance databases in the cloud. The company is now offering EBS Provisioned IOPS and EBS-Optimized instances for Amazon...
IBM introduced a network security appliance that delivers a more granular view of a company's security posture and a simplified security management interface. The IBM Security Network Protection XGS 5000...
Brisbane Airport, which handles more than 21 million passengers each year, has implemented a virtualized data center using technology from Cisco, EMC and VMware. The private cloud is built on...
Verizon Communications completed its previously announced acquisition of HUGHES Telematics Inc.(HTI), providing the company with much greater resources for the delivery of automotive and fleet telematics and machine-to-machine services. "Machine-to-machine...
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...
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