Test: Nortel adds layers to its stackable switch line

All the week's news and views about LANs, 06/20/05
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Network World's LANs News Alert

Test: Nortel adds layers to its stackable switch line, 06/20/05

Nortel's BayStack 5520 stackable switch offers better
performance, increased link aggregation capacity, new Layer 3
forwarding and a 25% price drop compared with its predecessor.
However, this line of switches still has no routing protocol
support and ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert2712>

Start-up to debut advanced server NICs, 06/20/05

Level5 Networks this week is expected to launch its inaugural
product - a Gigabit Ethernet server adapters; but there's a
twist to these network interface cards, the start-up says.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062005-level5.html?nl>

Cisco takes aim at surging XML, RFID traffic, 06/20/05

With a multi-product launch expected this week, Cisco will
attempt to address two growing areas of concern for network
architects: managing the expected explosion of XML and RFID
traffic.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062005-cisco.html?nl>

3Com's China link, 06/20/05

3Com stopped selling high-end routers and switches for
corporations about six years ago to concentrate on service
provider and small business gear. But in 2003, the company
reentered the market by forming a joint venture with China's
Huawei Technologies.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert2713>

Nortel to partner in enterprise routing, 06/16/05

Nortel is looking to re-enter the enterprise router market
through a partnership to better compete against Cisco, according
to Vice Chairman and CEO Bill Owens.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert2714>

Proxim agrees to sell assets to Moseley, 06/14/05

Proxim, a producer of Wi-Fi and broadband wireless equipment,
announced on Saturday that it has sold substantially all of its
assets to Moseley Associates. Proxim has endured a steep decline
in revenue and increases in deficits over the last four ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061405-proxim.html?nl>
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