Stories by Jim Duffy

In Pictures: 7 key Cisco executive hires in the past 15-20 months

Cisco staffs up for push into vital markets

While others talk network virtualisation, PLUMgrid offers the virtual network

SDN start-up PLUMgrid this week launched its product, software that runs on x86 servers and is designed to automate data center operations and reduce associated costs.

Cisco delivers 'monster' Catalyst switch in major product refresh

Cisco this week will significantly update its enterprise network line-up with programmable campus and branch switches and routers designed to tightly bind applications to network hardware and services.

Cisco acquires big piece of its plan to ease IT

Cisco this week said it would acquire privately held Composite Software, a provider of data virtualiaation software and services, for $US180 million.

Start-up readies network-optimized Linux for data centers

Start-up Cumulus Networks this week has emerged with a Linux network operating system designed for programmable data centers like the ones Google and Facebook are building.

Enterasys enhances data center offerings

Enterasys this week unveiled new switches, software and management products to enhance the automation and centralized control of data center operations.

Juniper keeps its simplification promise

As promised, Juniper has added automation and orchestration features to its campus and data center switches, including OpenStack support.

New Cisco core router boasts 10X capacity of original

Cisco this week is upgrading its Internet core routers with the CRS-X, a system whose capacity is 10x that of what the initial CRS offered when introduced 10 years ago.

Cisco betters its best-selling Catalyst Ethernet switch

Cisco this week upgraded its best-selling Catalyst switch by doubling its stacked port density, stacking bandwidth, buffers and CPU performance.

Cisco not looking to kill Microsoft/Skype deal, says Chambers

Cisco doesn't want to kill Microsoft's marriage to Skype -- it just wants a dowry.

Cisco appealing EU approval of Microsoft/Skype union, again

Cisco is reportedly attempting to persuade Europe's second-highest court that it should overturn the European Union's approval of the Microsoft/Skype union, an $8.5 billion blockbuster originally announced by the companies two years ago.

10 things you may not know about Ethernet

Ethernet's value to networking and IT is well established over the past 40 years. But did you know that "Ethernet" refers to two slightly different ways of sending information between endpoints on a LAN? That and some other perhaps lesser known facts about this 40-year-old technology are reviewed here:

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