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Puppet Labs, Cumulus Networks, and Dell Partner
April 10th, 2015
Puppet Labs, the leading provider of IT automation software, today announced Cumulus Networks as the most recent partner to launch support for its Puppet Supported Program. Puppet Labs and Cumulus Networks have developed a joint integration so switches running Cumulus Linux, ...
Emulex 10GbE NICs Enhance HP ProLiant Gen9 Platforms
April 8th, 2015
Emulex Corporation today announced that its 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) technology is being used in the HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 557SFP+ Adapter PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 Network Interface Card (NIC) for the HP ProLiant Gen9 rack and tower servers. Utilizing Emulex's ...
Lenovo Introduces New Software and Networking Offerings
April 8th, 2015
Lenovo, the third-largest global x86 server hardware supplier, today announced Lenovo XClarity, a simple, fast, secure, and automated systems management solution. The company also unveiled new networking offerings, including two new Lenovo RackSwitch top-of-rack network switches designed to optimize the performance of ...
Juniper Networks Unveils New Switch
April 6th, 2015
Juniper Networks today unveiled the QFX5100-AA, a new application acceleration switch, and the QFX-PFA, a new packet flow accelerator module, together providing a ground-breaking data center switch that consolidates compute resources and customizable logic into the network. Building on Juniper’s ...
Arista Networks and Supermicro Partner
March 30th, 2015
Arista Networks, Inc. today announced it has partnered with Super Micro Computer, Inc. to deliver rack level solutions with Arista Networks award winning data center networking switches and Arista EOS (Extensible Operating System) optimized for hyperscale workloads in Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) ...
IBM Announces Two Network Innovation Centers
March 26th, 2015
IBM today announced two Network Innovation Centers, where clients can explore Software Defined Networking, virtualization and analytics-driven automation technologies and services for their data and communications networks. The explosive growth of data driven by online transactions, mobile apps, social media and the Internet ...
CDFP MSA Releases Rev. 3.0 Specifications for 400 Gbps Interoperable Hot Pluggable Modules
March 24th, 2015
The CDFP Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) is pleased to announce the release of Rev. 3.0 of the 400 Gbps (16 x 25 Gbps) pluggable transceiver specification at the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) Exposition to be held March 22-26, 2015, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This ...
AppliedMicro and TE Connectivity Collaborate to Develop Offerings for Datacenter Networks
March 23rd, 2015
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation and TE Connectivity today announced their collaboration to develop high-speed cable connectivity solutions for data center networks. The collaboration will result in active copper cables for connecting servers to top-of-rack (TOR) switches at 50Gbps and 40Gbps speeds ...
Mellanox Announces Commercial Deployments of LinkX Cables in 100Gb/s Networks
March 23rd, 2015
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, announced commercial deployments of its new 100Gb/s LinkX active optical cables (AOCs) and direct attach copper cables (DACs) for data center and ...
OpenOptics MSA Consortium Releases WDM Specification for Intra Datacenter Connectivity
March 23rd, 2015
RANOVUS Inc., a leading provider of multi-terabit interconnect solutions for data center and communications networks announces the OpenOptics MSA publication of the industry’s first foundational Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) specification for an interoperable 100G WDM standard for 2 kilometer ...