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Article | 16/09/2010 Brocade's performance uneven of late

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...

Article | 16/09/2010 Brocade rolls out 100G Ethernet at $100K per port

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 manage...

Article | 15/09/2010 Cisco to pay its first dividend

Cisco plans to pay a dividend to shareholders for the first time in its history.

Article | 14/09/2010 Juniper to buy Belden’s Trapeze, sources say

Juniper Networks is expected to soon announce that it is acquiring wireless LAN player Trapeze Networks from parent Belden in a move that will expand ...

Article | 2/09/2010 Brocade set to unveil 100G Ethernet

Brocade will soon unveil 100Gbps Ethernet additions to its switching and routing product line, in what the company claims is its most significant Ethe...

Article | 31/08/2010 Cisco making a play for Skype?

Cisco is reportedly looking to buy Skype before the Internet phone provider goes public.

Article | 20/07/2010 Cisco to pay up to $US112 million in Power-over-Ethernet patent case

Network-1 Security Solutions, an acquirer and licensor of intellectual property, says it has settled its Power-over-Ethernet patent infringement case ...

Article | 24/06/2010 Brocade, HP unveil data center extensions

Brocade this week unveiled data center products available from OEM HP that are designed to support next-generation Fibre Channel rollouts anchored to ...

Article | 7/06/2010 LTE vs WiMAX

The argument between LTE and WiMAX continues to rage at least three years after it ignited. Though many, except for Sprint and Clearwire in the US, th...

Article | 25/05/2010 Cisco powers up router, switches for smart grids

Cisco this week is unveiling a switch and a router designed to help utilities construct IP-based infrastructures for power delivery, monitoring and co...

Article | 19/05/2010 Cisco buys Moto -- no, not that Moto

Cisco Tuesday said it intends to acquire privately held Moto Development Group, a product design consulting firm that helped develop Cisco's Flip vide...

Article | 12/05/2010 Software piracy rate up 2% in 2009, study finds

Expanding PC sales in emerging market is increasing the rate of software piracy, according to a recent study by industry watchers.

Article | 8/04/2010 Cisco's data center deluge

Cisco this week rolled out a range of data center product enhancements and extensions, including new Unified Computing System (UCS) blade servers; Nex...

Article | 10/03/2010 Cisco exec touts new core router's 100G Ethernet, energy efficiency

Cisco's new CRS-3 core router, which the company has boasted will "forever change the Internet," will come with 100Gbps Ethernet interfaces and 322Tbp...

Article | 10/03/2010 Cisco: Monster CRS-3 router paves way for more powerful 'Net

Cisco Tuesday announced a major upgrade to its Internet core router, which is designed to serve as the foundation of the next-generation Internet and...