Cavium’s XPliant Switching Silicon Supports OpenSwitch
Cavium announced support for the OpenSwitch open source network operating system (NOS) on Cavium XPliant switches. Additionally, Cavium introduced Open ...
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Crehan: Data Center Switch Market Hits $12B in 2015, Reports Crehan Research
The data center switch market reached $12 billion in sales in 2015, according to a new report from Crehan Research. ...
Cisco Ups its Nexus Data Center Game
Cisco is rolling out its next generation of Nexus data center switches, including a new Nexus 9000 model based on ...
Pica8 Cranks Up OpenFlow Switching by 1000x
Pica8 is introducing a Table Type Patterns (TTP) functionality in its PicOS network operating system that overcomes limitations in OpenFlow ...
LinkedIn Develops its Own Data Center Switch
LinkedIn's engineering team has developed its own data center switch to keep up with the rapidly growing traffic demands of ...
Crehan: Data Center Ethernet Switch Market to Hit $15 Billion by 2020
A confluence of faster data center Ethernet switch upgrades will propel the market to $15 billion by 2020, according to ...
Dell Networking Disaggregates its OS from Hardware
As the next step in its Open Networking initiative launched two years ago, Dell Networking introduced its Operating System 10 ...
Plexxi Lands Investment from Google’s Venture Arm
Plexxi disclosed a strategic investment from GV (formerly Google Ventures). Financial terms were not disclosed. Plexxi said GV’s investment enables ...
Big Switch Secures $48.5 Million in Series C Funding
Big Switch Networks raised $48.5 million in a Series C funding round. The company, which is based in Santa Clara, ...
Arista Updates its Extensible OS for Hybrid Clouds and Containers
Arista Networks announced a major upgrade to its open and programmable Arista EOS (Extensible Operating System) based on three building ...
U.S. Department of Defense Approves Mellanox 10/40 Gig Ethernet Switches
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has approved the Mellanox SwitchX series of 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet switches for use on ...
Facebook Targets 32x100G Wedge Data Center Switch
Facebook confirmed that work is already underway on Wedge 100, a 32x100G switch for its hyperscale data centers. Facebook is ...
Arista Adds 6-port 100G DWDM Line Card for DCI
Arista Networks announced new capabilities that extend its spine networking platforms to include data center interconnect use cases. These capabilities ...
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