May 6, 2009 1:31 AM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
3Com,
Alcatel-Lucent,
Brocade,
Cisco,
Enterasys,
Ethernet,
Extreme Networks,
Force10,
Foundry,
Gartner,
HP ProCurve,
Juniper,
Juniper Networks,
LAN,
Local Area Network,
nortel,
switchesWhen I saw that Gartner had published a new Magic Quadrant for enterprise local area network (LAN) infrastructure, I knew one thing was for certain. Cisco Systems would be THE leader in the market. The...
May 1, 2009 3:21 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Brocade,
Foundry,
layoffsDan Raffo, over at our sister blog Storage Soup, reports that Brocade is cutting between 5% and 10% of its workforce...
April 28, 2009 4:08 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Brocade,
DataCenter,
IBM,
Juniper,
Routing and switchingOn the heels of today's huge news that IBM has signed an OEM agreement with Brocade to sell IBM-branded Brocade (formerly Foundry) switches and routers, Juniper and IBM are reaffirming their ongoing alliance.
I received a press release this morning from Juniper specifically detailing the joint...
April 23, 2009 4:29 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Broadcom,
Brocade,
Cisco,
converged Ethernet,
Emulex,
Ethernet,
FCoE,
Fibre Channel over Ethernet,
mergersBroadcom is making a $764-million hostile takeover bid for Emulex, a manufacturer of storage networking infrastructure, such as host bus adaptors and I/O controllers. Broadcom, a maker of wireless and wired networking semiconductors, appears to have Emulex's emergent
April 1, 2009 4:16 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Brocade,
Foundry,
VoiceConAs I was walking the floor of VoiceCon's exhibition hall today I noticed that Brocade had a rather large booth at the show, with quite a few sales guys patrolling the perimeter.
And I didn't see the word Foundry anywhere.
I asked one Brocade rep what a company known best for its storage...
March 17, 2009 6:37 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Brocade,
Cisco,
DataCenter,
Foundry,
Juniper Networks,
NetworkingYesterday was Cisco's big day. The networking behemoth ended months of speculation about its move into the server market by unveiling its Unified Computing System, codenamed "California." As I sat through yesterday's video conference helmed by Cisco CEO John Chambers, I kept waiting for the...
July 22, 2008 4:14 AM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Brocade,
Cisco,
DataCenter,
Ethernet,
Foundry,
Network,
Routing and switching,
StorageThere's one vendor out there who is poised to challenge Cisco Systems' dominance in the data center networking market. No, it's not Juniper with its new line of EX switches. ProCurve Networking by...
