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10G causes LAN architecture shift

HP extends data center, campus Ethernet switches; Nortel users need to keep tabs on Avaya integration plans
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10G causes LAN architecture shift

An important article related to network architecture may have gotten a little lost in the shuffle when it was published last week on Network World, so I wanted to make sure I drew your attention to it. Jim Duffy wrote about a fundamental shift caused by 10 Gigabit Ethernet, virtualization and blade servers. Read full story

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