October 6, 2009 5:26 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Brocade,
Foundry,
HP ProCurve,
Juniper,
mergers & acquisitions,
switchesA year ago Brocade was a buyer. Now its a seller and HP or Juniper might be buying.
Citing unnamed sources, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Brocade Communications has put itself up for sale. This news comes...
September 29, 2009 2:41 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Blade Network Technologies,
blade servers,
blade switches,
Cisco,
converged Ethernet,
data center networks,
HP ProCurve,
Networking,
Nexus,
Unified Computing SystemTwo weeks ago HP ProCurve launched a new line of blade switches, the 6120XG and the 6120G/XG, which plug into the same blade enclosures as HP's BladeSystem servers. These switches were meant to...
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,...
July 7, 2009 5:57 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
HP ProCurve,
NetworkingThe rivalry between HP ProCurve and Cisco continues to heat up. According to a leaked email from ProCurve, Cisco has been telling its channel partners to match any price that ProCurve offers.
ProCurve appears to be...
June 18, 2009 9:07 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
802.11n,
Aruba,
Cisco,
HP ProCurve,
Motorola,
wireless LANMarket analyst firm Dell'Oro published a 1st quarter assessment of the wireless LAN market which showed that a severe 11% drop in enterprise spending from the 1st...
May 20, 2009 5:20 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Aruba,
HP ProCurve,
wireless LANAruba Networks announced this morning that it will now offer lifetime warranties on all its indoor wireless LAN access points. This will provide some nice investment protection to customers. It's pretty clear to me that the...
May 15, 2009 9:25 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Brocade,
Cisco,
HP ProCurve,
IBM,
Juniper Networks,
mergers & acquisitionsBusinessWeek reported yesterday that Cisco is poised to make several acquisitions as it continues to diversify. The magazine noted that Cisco now competes in 30 different markets, many of them courtesy of...
May 11, 2009 2:57 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Arista Networks,
Blade Network Technologies,
Brocade,
Cisco,
Force10,
HP ProCurve,
Juniper,
mergers & acquisitionsBloomberg News is reporting that HP may make an acquisition soon to counter Cisco's move into the server market. Shaw Wu, an analyst at Kaufman Brothers, an investment bank and broker that specializes in...
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...
