May 24, 2011 3:31 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Dell'Oro,
Juniper,
Networking,
switchesJuniper Networks' EX switching business nosedived in the first quarter of 2011, so what does it mean? The people who run the numbers aren't forecasting doom and gloom at all. However, they would like to see Juniper get more sales engineers out in the field.
Juniper's switching revenue dropped by...
January 29, 2010 4:50 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
CLI,
command line interface,
free tools,
network configuration,
network configuration management,
Network management,
Routers,
SolarWinds,
switchesFor those of you who don't have a full-fledged network configuration and change management (NCCM) system, Solarwinds released a free tool this week that could make your lives a little easier. It's called
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...
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...
August 21, 2009 6:20 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
ConSentry,
NAC,
Network access control,
Network security,
Routing and switching,
switchesConSentry Networks has gone out of business, according to Network World. ConSentry was a network access control (NAC) vendor who approached the market by selling NAC and other security and control technology embedded in Ethernet...
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...