BOSTON--<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/">Microsoft</a> researchers are experimenting with a programmable, low-cost prototype switch they say could help support cloud or other <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/032211-trill-ietf-data-center.html">network-delivered services</a>.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco/">Cisco</a> this week is expanding its data center product portfolio with a new switch, extensions to existing ones, and enhancements to its servers and software.
Arista Networks this week unveiled a data center switch boasting sub-500-nanosecond latency for financial market trading applications.
Why would Cisco be developing a new data center fabric product line based on merchant silicon when its Nexus switches and FabricPath software are already available?
NEW ORLEANS -- The product transition currently redefining <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco/">Cisco</a>'s <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/021711-cisco-transition-revenue.html">business</a> took the company by surprise, CEO John Chambers said during the company's partner conference here this week.
Project Stratus means 10 times the data center throughput, Juniper says
With demand for FCoE more sluggish than vendors had hoped, 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch and adapter makers are making it available for free.
Cisco this week is rolling out two lines of Catalyst Ethernet switches in compact form factors intended for deployment in workgroups closer to users vs. wiring closets.
Enterasys Networks this week is unveiling a management system designed to provide visibility, automation and control over physical and virtual data center resources.
Cisco Tuesday announced a doubly powerful Catalyst Ethernet switch, a condensed edge router and a slew of other new and enhanced products designed to help companies extend more powerful networking services to branch offices and beyond.
For the first time in its history, the IEEE has released two Ethernet standards simultaneously: 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GE) and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GE), both defined by the 802.3ba Task Force.
Brocade this week entered the 100Gbps Ethernet arena with a high-density router and module for service providers and data centers, as well as a management application for converged infrastructures.
Brocade's announcement of 100G Ethernet routers and modules comes at a time when the company has had uneven results in Ethernet and IP since acquiring Foundry Networks in 2008 for $2.6 billion.
Brocade will soon unveil 100Gbps Ethernet additions to its switching and routing product line, in what the company claims is its most significant Ethernet/IP product rollout since acquiring Foundry Networks in 2008.