100 Gigabit Ethernet network - your tax dollars at work

Berkeley lab gets $62M to build blazing Ethernet network; 100Gb Ethernet, and Beyond Network Architecture Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by HP - NWW IDC: Realizing the Benefits of Deduplication Many organizations are grappling with rapidly growing storage requirements. IDC has found that those organizations are experiencing 50% growth in data, adding as much as 4TB of data each year. Spotlight Story 100 Gigabit Ethernet network - your tax dollars at work The Department of Energy this week got a big chunk of money to build the world's fastest computer network – and the timing of the windfall could not have been better. Read full story Related News: Berkeley lab gets $62M to build blazing Ethernet network Berkeley lab will build Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) a prototype 100Gbps Ethernet network to connect Department of Energy supercomputer centers at speeds 10 times faster than current ESnet 100Gb Ethernet, and Beyond In case you haven't seen the story, Berkeley lab is getting $62 million in order to build the world's fastest all-100Gb Ethernet network to connect Department of Energy on the Energy Sciences Network (ESNet). I'm just speculating and could be wrong, but here are a few implications I see coming out of this development. Asian undersea cable disruption slows Internet access A segment of the Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN2) undersea cable network between China and Taiwan suffered a serious cable fault on Wednesday, causing Internet traffic to be rerouted onto other undersea cables and slowing Internet access for some users in Southeast Asia. Who says the router can't be sexy? 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