Ethernet
Into the ether then into the cloud - the vital role of Ethernet
Bob Metcalfe, father of Ethernet, describes how his network got its name: "I think we were either lucky, or very shrewd, that we never referred to the coax as coax - we referred to it as The Ether. We talked about sending packets up into The Ether, and having them propagate everywhere."
It sounds like a vision of the Internet Cloud of the future... And surely it was, for where would today's cloud aspirations be without Ethernet? At every link along the chain - datacenter, office network, WAN core, mobile backhaul, first mile and access - there may be alternatives, but Ethernet is the one word that appears throughout.
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Dell’Oro Group forecasts 40 GE and 100 GE to propel market towards $25 billion in 2015
1000 Mbps Ethernet Switches to account for less than half of market revenues by 2015
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Hilbert Communications adds backhaul capacity and eliminates recurring leased line costs with Exalt Microwave Backhaul Systems
Wisconsin network operator chooses Exalt to improve reliability for rural GSM cellular, broadband and fiber optic connectivity
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Mobile operators discover the full potential of Ethernet with Spirent´s new testing & monitoring solution
Industry's first integrated 1 GigE/10 GigE testing, diagnostics and performance monitoring solution for live networks drives down capital and operational expenses
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Data Center deployments drive Ethernet switch market growth in the third quarter, according to Dell’Oro Group
Cisco and HP lead fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet segment
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