Juniper’s splash big on tech vision; Cisco's data center guru talks direction

Cisco's data center guru talks direction, strategy; The incredible shrinking data center Data Center Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by Emulex Corp. Emulex 8Gb/s Extreme Performance HBAs Emulex® LightPulse® LPe12000 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs are the ideal complement to next generation servers for I/O intensive applications and virtualized server environments. With an advanced ASIC design and state of the art software, Emulex 8Gb/s HBAs: • Maximize I/O performance • Improve system efficiency • Optimize I/O connectivity for virtualization • Accelerate your ROI Click to continue Spotlight Story Juniper's splash big on tech vision, short on specifics Juniper Networks' wide-ranging announcements on Thursday, billed by the company as the most significant since its founding in 1996, perhaps left more questions than answers after all the products, technologies and partnerships were unveiled. 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