October 26, 2009 7:05 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Ethernet,
Extreme Networks,
switchesExtreme Networks, one of the smaller Ethernet switching vendors out there, has survived the recession so far, but its financial outlook has been dismal lately. Three weeks ago it Extreme warned Wall Street that...
September 1, 2009 2:55 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Brocade,
Cisco,
converged Ethernet,
data center networks,
Dell,
Ethernet,
Foundry,
HP ProCurve,
IBM,
Storage,
Unified Computing SystemIt's debatable just how much Cisco's move into the server market with its launch of the Unified Computing System (UCS) has truly soured the networking giant's strategic alliances with IBM and Dell,...
June 26, 2009 8:07 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
100 Gigabit Ethernet,
40 Gigabit Ethernet,
Ethernet,
Ethernet Alliance,
NetworkingThe Ethernet Alliance has issued a call for papers for an upcoming Technology Exploration Forum on 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet. The forum is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2009 in Santa Clara,...
June 5, 2009 5:55 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Ethernet,
IT humorWe don't spend a lot of time talking politics on The Network Hub, but I can't resist this one.
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), who lost his re-election bid to comedian Al Franken and who has spent the last six months litigating the election results in Minnesota's courts, was caught on tape at some...
May 28, 2009 7:31 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Ethernet,
Ethernet Alliance,
FCoE,
Fibre Channel over EthernetWhile walking the floor at Interop Las Vegas last week, I met with Brad Booth, chairman of the Ethernet Alliance, who demonstrated Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). In this video, you can see how the Ethernet Alliance used priority flow...
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...
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
March 20, 2009 7:52 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Ethernet,
Networking,
Routing and switchingThe pipes are getting bigger and bigger. This afternoon Infonetics Research published a new report claiming that the market for 10 Gigabit and 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) grew by 47% in 2008 to $10.8 billion....
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