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Gigabit copper? Sckipio says yes

By Jon Gold | 08 October, 2014 04:59

The first applied use of a transmission protocol that can theoretically reach gigabit speeds over standard home copper connections debuts today, with the release of Sckipio Technology's G.Fast chipset.
Bell Labs claims new speed record over regular old copper wiring

By Jon Gold | 11 July, 2014 02:30

Most of the higher-speed Internet connections used by businesses these days require fiber-optic cabling, but Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs division claimed this week to have reached 10Gbps using nothing but new transmission technology and ordinary copper wiring.
Cisco Live lives it up at 25

By Jim Duffy | 23 May, 2014 23:11

It started with a sobering declaration and ended with what for some was an inebriating party.
Little-known Cisco open source project among contributors to OpenStack Neutron policy blueprint

By Jim Duffy | 06 May, 2014 08:05

Multiple vendors, including an open source project within Cisco, have had a policy blueprint approved for the OpenStack cloud platform's Neutron networking component.
Cisco earmarks $US150m for start-up investments

By Jim Duffy | 02 May, 2014 06:09

Cisco's venture capital arm this week said it is allocating an additional $150 million over two to three years to fund start-ups around the world.

Features about LAN & WAN

Where we stand with SDN

By John Dix | 02 December, 2013 13:56

One gauge of industry progress on the software-defined networking front is the momentum of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), the user-lead group that is spelling out the core SDN standards and championing the cause.
Planning for SDN

By Jim Metzler | 02 December, 2013 13:55

Software-defined networking (SDN) is the hottest thing going today, but there is considerable confusion surrounding everything from the definition of the term to the different architectures and technologies suppliers are putting forward.
What to look for in an SDN controller

By Ethan Banks | 02 December, 2013 13:54

One of the key challenges confronting potential users of software-defined networking is discerning the specific value of particular SDN controllers. Controllers, after all, play critical role as the key arbiter between network applications and network infrastructure.
The promise of software defined networking

By John Dix | 28 June, 2013 19:32

If you aren't intimately familiar with software defined networking, don't fret. Only 10 per cent of 450 IT practitioners at a recent Network World event raised their hands when asked if they understand SDN. But if the emerging technology lives up to its promise to redefine networking as we know it, there is no time like the present to dig in and learn more.

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