News
Open Networking Foundation approves OpenFlow 1.3.0 and OF-Config 1.1 to enhance interoperability and drive commercialization
New updates signify support to meet market needs for real-world deployment of OpenFlow-based SDN moreKPN takes notice of partial tender offer for KPN shares by América Móvil
The Board of Management and the Supervisory Board of Royal KPN N.V. (“KPN”) confirm that they have received a copy of a press release in which América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V. (“América Móvil”) announces its intention to make (directly or through a wholly owned subsidiary) a partial tender offer in cash for a number of ordinary shares that, together with all ordinary shares currently held or otherwise purchased by América Móvil or its affiliates outside the partial tender offer, will represent no more than approximately 28% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of KPN, at a price of EUR 8 per KPN share (the "Intended Partial Offer")
moreNokia Siemens Networks completes the sale of its fixed line Broadband Access business to ADTRAN
As of May 4, 2012, the business, including approximately 340 employees globally in engineering, R&D, sales and professional services, transferred to ADTRAN moreProducts
Level 3 network services support Moffitt Cancer Center in their fight against cancer
Level 3’s services enable secure transmission of critical healthcare data, such as cancer research, radiological images and compliance documentation moreThales and the FIFA World Cup 2010: ready for kick-off
Thales's innovative and state-of-the-art technologies will allow you to enjoy the world's biggest sports event by travelling there by air and by ground, or simply have it broadcast directly to your living room
moreCloud Computing via Satellite
ND SatCom launches XWARPTM, first satellite-based IT solution, which offers companies with distributed workforce or their IT service providers latency-free and bandwidth-optimized software performance
moreInterviews
Software Defined Networking (SDN) - is it really the future of networking?
ONF? SDN? Yeah, yeah, yeah – has Gartner heard all this before?
Ian Keene’s USA-based colleagues at Gartner, analysts Joe Skorupa and Mark Fabbi were the first to comment on the foundation and aims of the ONF in their independent report Open Networking Foundation Formed; The Battle to Commoditize Network Hardware Begins – so they should know what they are talking about
moreA Revolution in networking is on the horizon…
Network technology had its roots in the Cold War era, when full decentralization was a smart strategy for defending the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) and maintaining reliable performance across unreliable or war-damaged network links. In today's data centers, however, a pair of redundant, centralized controllers should be all that’s needed to ensure reliability and survivability. Time for a revolution?
moreConcrete needs, cloudy solutions
There's nothing cloudy about the enterprise's hopes for virtualisation. In terms of getting more for less, it offers unbeatable value. But what must be done today to ensure network infrastructure is being built out and proven to be "cloud-ready" from a metro/core and DC networks perspective?
moreArticles
Gartner says the personal cloud will replace the personal computer as the center of users' digital lives by 2014
Gartner special report examines how businesses must meet consumers' cloud expectations in order to win customers moreGlobal Information Technology Report highlights emergence of a new digital divide
The 11th edition of The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World was launched with a special focus on the transformational impacts of ICT on the economy and society
moreData center forecast to drive Ethernet Switch revenue growth through 2016
10 Gigabit Ethernet to become the majority of revenuemore