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Nuage Networks, an Alcatel-Lucent spin-in venture focused on software defined networking (SDN), made its debut with the introduction of a Virtualized Services Platform(VSP) software suite aimed at automating data center...

NTT Communications has selected Compass-EOS' new r10004 core-grade modular routers for use in its high-capacity transpacific network. The Compass-EOS routers are the world’s first direct silicon-to-photonics-based routers. “We chose Compass-EOS...

Midokura, a start-up with offices in Tokyo, San Francisco and Barcelona, announced $17.3M in Series A funding for its network virtualization technology. Midokura offers an overlay-based network virtualization technology that...

NetSocket, a start-up based in Plano, Texas, raised $9.2 million in Series B funding for expansion of it network assurance expertise into SDN. NetSocket currently offers a Cloud Experience Manager...

The Verizon Financial Network is delivering low latency connection directly to New York metro financial markets from CME Group's data center in Aurora, Illinois. The CME Group Aurora data center...

The IEEE has established a new study group to consider initiating a formal project to standardize 4-pair Power over Ethernet (PoE). A 4-pair Power over Ethernet implementation could provide greater...

Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom appointed Dr. Yen-Sung Lee as Chairman and CEO, replacing Dr. Shyue-Ching Lu who resigned from his position as Chairman and CEO due to personal reasons. In addition,...

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. and Reliance Communications reached a deal under which Reliance Jio Infocomm will share multiple fiber pairs on RCOM’s nationwide inter-city fiber optic network infrastructure. As per...

by John Trobough, President, Narus The term “Cyber 3.0” has been used mostly in reference to the strategy described by U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn at an RSA conference....

CyrusOne introduced its Texas Internet Exchange (IX), an on-net platform deployed across its data centers in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. The exchange uses redundant Brocade MLXe Series switches,...

The FCC will undertake a review of rules  related to health and safety of radio frequency (RF) emissions from radio transmitters. Specifically, the FCC is opening an inquiry to consider...

AT&T and the Communications Workers of America District 9 reached a tentative labor agreement covering more than 17,000 wireline employees in California and Nevada. The three year deal, which will...

Proximal Data, a start-up based in San Diego, raised $2 million in Series B funding for its server-side caching solutions specifically designed for virtualized environments. Proximal Data offers adaptive I/O...