Cisco: 44% of Organizations Planning Private Clouds
The cloud is moving into a second wave of adoption, according to a new study released by Cisco, as companies begin looking to cloud as a platform to fuel innovation,...
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Dell’Oro: Shipments Begin for Multi-Gigabit Ethernet Switches
Multi-Gigabit Ethernet Switches began shipping in 2Q15, a significant milestone for stepping up the speed of LAN connections at the enterprise edge, according to a new report by Dell'Oro Group,...
Vertical Systems: Ethernet Port Growth Unprecedented in U.S.
AT&T, Level 3, Verizon, CenturyLink, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, XO and Cox (rank order) are top of the class in Vertical Systems Group's U.S. Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD results for mid-2015....
Europe’s GEANT Deploys ONOS
GEANT, the European research network formed last year through the integration of the TERENA and DANTE initiatives, has deployed the Open source SDN Network Operating System (ONOS) on its pan-European...
Dell’Oro: Packet Microwave Shipments to More than Double by 2019
The point-to-point Microwave Transmission market is forecast to have near term growth, but will likely decline in the outer years, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. During this...
IHS Global NFV Market to Hit $11.6 Billion in 2019
The global network functions virtualization (NFV) hardware, software and services market will reach $11.6 billion in 2019, up from $2.3 billion in 2015, according to new forecast from IHS ....
Arbor: DDos Attacks Continue to Grow in Ferocity
The average size of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, from both a bits-per-second and packets-per-second perspective, continues to grow, according to new tracking data released by Arbor Networks. Arbor’s data is...
ACG Report Presents Business Case for NFV Now
A new study, conducted by industry research firm ACG and sponsored by Affirmed Networks and VMware, presents the business case for why Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) should accelerate their move...
Dell’Oro: RAN Infrastructure Market to Shrink by $11B between 2015-19
The RAN market is expected to decline at a CAGR of -2% between 2015 and 2019, while the cumulative RAN market during the five-year forecast period is expected to be...
IDC: EMEA Cloud Infrastructure Market Grows 16% in Q1
IT infrastructure spending (server, disk storage, and Ethernet switch) for public and private cloud in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) grew 16% year over year to reach $1.01...
Crehan: Data Center Switch Market Ready for 100 GbE Upgrade
Switches capable of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) will soon experience a very strong increase in adoption, according to Crehan Research's most recent Data Center Switch Long-Range Forecast Report. The firm...
IDC: Worldwide Cloud IT Infrastructure Spending to Grow 26% in ’15
The total cloud IT infrastructure spending (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) will grow by 26.4% in 2015 and will reach $33.4 billion, accounting for a third of all IT infrastructure...
ABI Research: 1.37 Billion LTE Users by Year-end 2015
There will be nearly 1.37 billion 4G LTE subscribers worldwide by year-end 2015, up from nearly 650 million in 2014, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. ABI Research...
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