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Extreme Networks replaces CEO, lays off 70: Ethernet switch vendor Extreme Networks is replacing its CEO and laying off 70 employees in an effort to quickly improve the company's bottom line...

Extreme turns to Motorola for WLAN future: Extreme Networks on Wednesday announced a new set of enterprise wireless LAN products based on Motorola technology as part of a broader partnership...

Enterasys revamps high-end Ethernet switch line: Enterasys this week is introducing a major upgrade to its Ethernet switch line in an effort to better serve converged networks, including those that...

Data Center Infrastructure Options for Application Delivery WHITE PAPER: How much can a typical data center save by deferring or avoiding data center infrastructure expansion? Read this white paper to see how managed...

Extreme Networks adds to BlackDiamond 8800-series modules: Converged ethernet networks provider Extreme Networks has announced a key addition to its BlackDiamond 8800 switching family.

3Com patents bite back: Some big names in the computer industry were sued this week by a company claiming that they have infringed on Ethernet-related patents developed by...

Ciena to buy Nortel unit for $521 million: Ciena has agreed to acquire Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Networks business for approximately $521 million in cash and stock.

How to Develop an Application Delivery Strategy WHITE PAPER: Most organizations have addressed application delivery by either improving performance in the data center or providing private WAN services for...

What has changed for Brocade?: The news that data center networking vendor Brocade is shopping itself around is startling, given where the company was just a little over a year ago.

Will 400G be the next Ethernet?: Recently, the industry has been pondering whether the next big leap for Ethernet should be 400Gbps or 1Tbps.

Some Ethernet switch vendors buck the trend: The market for Ethernet switches is hurting, but there are some companies that are bucking the trend, according to the latest numbers from In-Stat.

Akamai and Cisco Meet Application Delivery Challenges WHITE PAPER: Numerous access methods, distributed users, network scale restraints and inefficient protocols are just some of the obstacles that make application...

First 40G Ethernet adapter ships: Mellanox Technologies this week shipped a “Goldilocks” network adapter card, one that the company says is the first to run 40G Ethernet.

10G causes LAN architecture shift: An important article related to network architecture may have gotten a little lost in the shuffle when it was published last week on Network World,...

Remaking the data center: A major transformation is sweeping over data center switching. Over the next few years the old switching equipment needs to be replaced with faster...

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