Cisco has announced a new powerful router, CRS-3, which will be available in a few months for prices beginning at $90,000, and has 12 times the traffic capacity of its nearest competing system. The implication now is that Cisco is betting on the CRS-3 as its entry in the race to roll out 100G networks, reports Information Week.
Pankaj Patel, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco's Service Provider Business, predicted that the CRS-3 will become the company's flagship router of the future and will form the foundation of intelligent and advanced broadband networks in the Internet.
The presentation by the company featured an appearance by AT&T's Keith Cambron, who talked about the carrier's successful 100G field trial between Florida and Louisiana as a harbinger of better networking things to come. Cambron, who is president and CEO of AT&T Labs, noted that AT&T's video traffic is growing at a rate of 80 percent a year.
AT&T has been under pressure to speed up its wireless network, because its exclusive arrangement with Apple to provide the iPhone has pressured AT&T's mobile network while the carrier's landline broadband struggles to keep up with growing traffic.
Praising Cisco's CRS-3, Cambron said, "We are entering the next stage of global communications and entertainment services and applications, which requires a new set of advanced Internet networking technologies. AT&T's network handled 40 percent more traffic in 2009 than it did in the previous year and we continue to see this growth in 2010."
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D-Link introduces new SAN device
Networking firm D-Link has announced that some of its storage area network (SAN) products have been given the seal of approval for use with VMware technology, reports Comms Express.
Two of the xStack SAN Storage devices have received VMware Ready status. This means that they have passed extensive VMware-specified tests to ensure that they make best use of VMware technology, and are 'ready for deployment in customer environments.
The DSN-3200-10 and DSN-5210-10 are suitable for businesses of all sizes and provide cost-effective solutions for organizations looking for robust and expandable storage. D-Link's Chief Technology Officer, AJ Wang said, "Server consolidation provides a triad of benefits through flexibility, scaling and redundancy. Our VMware Ready xStack Storage SAN arrays can form a solid foundation for customers by providing a fast, reliable and cost-effective solution that can scale with their future needs."
D-Link recently introduced piece of network equipment for homes and small businesses that can display photos as well as providing network attached storage.
Two of the xStack SAN Storage devices have received VMware Ready status. This means that they have passed extensive VMware-specified tests to ensure that they make best use of VMware technology, and are 'ready for deployment in customer environments.
The DSN-3200-10 and DSN-5210-10 are suitable for businesses of all sizes and provide cost-effective solutions for organizations looking for robust and expandable storage. D-Link's Chief Technology Officer, AJ Wang said, "Server consolidation provides a triad of benefits through flexibility, scaling and redundancy. Our VMware Ready xStack Storage SAN arrays can form a solid foundation for customers by providing a fast, reliable and cost-effective solution that can scale with their future needs."
D-Link recently introduced piece of network equipment for homes and small businesses that can display photos as well as providing network attached storage.
Radware introduces new Ondemand switches
Radware, a provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, has expanded its Alteon application switch product line with two new Ondemand switches, the Alteon 4408 and Alteon 4416, reports CXO Today.
The Alteon4-series rounds-out the product suite together with the recently introduced Alteon 5412, which now offers complete application delivery throughput coverage up to 20 Gbps. With a focus on business-IT alignment in the datacenter, Radware's Alteon 4-series provides the required application insight to efficiently scale both service and throughput levels based on business demand. The Alteon 4-series, built on Radware's on demand infrastructure approach, enables Alteon customers to start with a certain bandwidth and application services to meet current operational needs, and then increase capacity and capabilities on a pay-as-you-grow model - without replacing or rebooting supporting hardware - while maintaining high performance levels in layers 4-7.
"The Alteon 4-series is a core component of both the current and next-generation datacenter; strategically aligning business-IT investments through real-time awareness, increased speed, performance, and compliance of mission-critical applications," said IlanKinreich, Chief Operating Officer, Radware.
Leveraging simple, easy-to-deploy software license upgrades, coupled with Radware's five-year platform longevity guarantee, Alteon customers gain a 'future-proofed' datacenter solution that successfully meets application needs across Layers 4-7, ensures transaction completion with maximum performance, and minimizes capacity planning risks.
The Alteon4-series rounds-out the product suite together with the recently introduced Alteon 5412, which now offers complete application delivery throughput coverage up to 20 Gbps. With a focus on business-IT alignment in the datacenter, Radware's Alteon 4-series provides the required application insight to efficiently scale both service and throughput levels based on business demand. The Alteon 4-series, built on Radware's on demand infrastructure approach, enables Alteon customers to start with a certain bandwidth and application services to meet current operational needs, and then increase capacity and capabilities on a pay-as-you-grow model - without replacing or rebooting supporting hardware - while maintaining high performance levels in layers 4-7.
"The Alteon 4-series is a core component of both the current and next-generation datacenter; strategically aligning business-IT investments through real-time awareness, increased speed, performance, and compliance of mission-critical applications," said IlanKinreich, Chief Operating Officer, Radware.
Leveraging simple, easy-to-deploy software license upgrades, coupled with Radware's five-year platform longevity guarantee, Alteon customers gain a 'future-proofed' datacenter solution that successfully meets application needs across Layers 4-7, ensures transaction completion with maximum performance, and minimizes capacity planning risks.
Sprint uses iPhone to sell WiMAX router
Sprint is now marketing its Sierra Wireless Overdrive router as a companion to the iPhone. A new commercial by the company suggests that the iPhone is 'limited by AT&T's 3G speeds' and that the 4G-to-Wi-Fi hotspot could be used to speed up the smartphone, reports electronista.
The speed boost is potentially accurate, as WiMAX on Sprint usually floats between 3Mbps and 6Mbps depending on quality; the figure is usually at least twice as fast as AT&T's typical HSPA-based 3G network, where peak speeds are about 1.7Mbps. However, the service would cost users a $60 monthly premium in addition to the cost of the Overdrive to get the added speeds.
Sprint's move is known not to be the only instance of rival carriers trying to ride on Apple devices despite a lack of support. An internal memo from Verizon has the company trying to sell WiFi routers to iPad buyers as a way of getting 3G for the iPad without needing the more expensive model
The speed boost is potentially accurate, as WiMAX on Sprint usually floats between 3Mbps and 6Mbps depending on quality; the figure is usually at least twice as fast as AT&T's typical HSPA-based 3G network, where peak speeds are about 1.7Mbps. However, the service would cost users a $60 monthly premium in addition to the cost of the Overdrive to get the added speeds.
Sprint's move is known not to be the only instance of rival carriers trying to ride on Apple devices despite a lack of support. An internal memo from Verizon has the company trying to sell WiFi routers to iPad buyers as a way of getting 3G for the iPad without needing the more expensive model
Sales of Ethernet switches, routers, Wi-Fi on rise
Sales of Ethernet switches, enterprise routers and wireless LAN equipment are expected to rise this year and beyond coming out of the recession, according to Infonetics Research. The markets rebounded a bit in the second half of 2009, but were still down overall from 2008, the firm notes, reports Jim Duffy from Network World.
According to the findings from Infonetics, the Ethernet switch market grew 15 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2009, to $4.2 billion and port shipments grew 4 percent. Worldwide revenue of 10G Ethernet switches grew 63 percent in 2009. Overall, customers opted for lower cost switches, which negatively impacted switch revenue growth. Surprisingly, sales of higher-priced chassis-based systems had the highest sequential growth within the market, Infonetics found.
Ethernet switch market leader Cisco, which earlier this week introduced new switches, saw its revenue jump 19 percent sequentially in Q4. In enterprise routers, Cisco's unit share decreased by one point, while the company's revenue share increased by a point in 2009, Infonetics found.
Overall, worldwide enterprise router revenue was down 28 percent to just over $3 billion in 2009. 3Com was the only vendor to increase enterprise router revenue in 2009, Infonetics found. Sequentially, Q4 router revenue was up 10 percent over Q3 to $821 million. Infonetics concludes that enterprise router sales are beginning to stabilize, with sales growing again sequentially and year-over-year declines shrinking.
In WLANs, worldwide revenue was flat sequentially in Q4 at $571 million, but grew 16 percent compared to Q4 of 2008. For the full year, worldwide Wi-Fi network equipment revenue was down 6 percent compared to 2008. WLAN growth in 2010 will be driven by increasing mobility in the enterprise, fixed-mobile convergence and wired/wireless LAN convergence. Cisco continues to lead the WLAN equipment market with 46 percent in both 2009 and Q4, followed by Aruba Networks, according to Infonetics.
According to the findings from Infonetics, the Ethernet switch market grew 15 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2009, to $4.2 billion and port shipments grew 4 percent. Worldwide revenue of 10G Ethernet switches grew 63 percent in 2009. Overall, customers opted for lower cost switches, which negatively impacted switch revenue growth. Surprisingly, sales of higher-priced chassis-based systems had the highest sequential growth within the market, Infonetics found.
Ethernet switch market leader Cisco, which earlier this week introduced new switches, saw its revenue jump 19 percent sequentially in Q4. In enterprise routers, Cisco's unit share decreased by one point, while the company's revenue share increased by a point in 2009, Infonetics found.
Overall, worldwide enterprise router revenue was down 28 percent to just over $3 billion in 2009. 3Com was the only vendor to increase enterprise router revenue in 2009, Infonetics found. Sequentially, Q4 router revenue was up 10 percent over Q3 to $821 million. Infonetics concludes that enterprise router sales are beginning to stabilize, with sales growing again sequentially and year-over-year declines shrinking.
In WLANs, worldwide revenue was flat sequentially in Q4 at $571 million, but grew 16 percent compared to Q4 of 2008. For the full year, worldwide Wi-Fi network equipment revenue was down 6 percent compared to 2008. WLAN growth in 2010 will be driven by increasing mobility in the enterprise, fixed-mobile convergence and wired/wireless LAN convergence. Cisco continues to lead the WLAN equipment market with 46 percent in both 2009 and Q4, followed by Aruba Networks, according to Infonetics.
India has a scarcity of 70k networking professionals
Networking giant Cisco estimates that India is facing a shortage of 70,000 professionals in networking alone, as datacenters increase in number and the internet expands to help businesses and homes alike. "It is high time India trains more number of networking professionals to reap benefits," Milind Gurjar, Director of Global Market Development and Training Delivery at Cisco, told Hindustan Times.
According to the company, globally, the shortage of quality networking professionals is as high as one million. Gurjar said young networking professional aspirants should consider specialized courses after acquiring experience for a couple of years to tap the emerging opportunity. Cisco says, an increasing trend to outsource IT infrastructure management will only widen the shortfall in the months to come.
Apart from maintaining switches and routers, networking experts also take care of security and risk management in datacenters and employ "virtualization" under which a job done by a machine can now be executed through software, enabling easier network management from remote locations. Gurjar added that in a survey conducted on CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) certified individuals reveals that these areas will be in hot demand over the next five years.
Cisco to deploy next-generation network at NSE
Networking equipment major Cisco said it had won a major contract to deploy next-generation network at the National Stock Exchange (NSE), but did not specify the value of the deal.
"The network comprise routing, switching, security and core technologies to help ensure high network availability, boost network security and expand the exchange's reach across the country," Cisco India vice-president Anil Bhasin said in a statement here.
As an exclusive networking technology provider to the country's largest stock exchange, Cisco will install a three-tier network architecture with routers, switches, firewall and intrusion prevention system modules.
"The system is designed to provide enhanced security, intelligent load balancing for business continuity, better collaboration and integration across 3,000 NSE member locations," Bhasin noted.
NSE Chief Technology Officer Ravi Apte said: "Our decision to shift to Cisco's intelligent network platform was driven by the need for a secure, resilient and collaborative network infrastructure".
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