Alcatel-Lucent unveils key piece of data center fabric

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	Alcatel-Lucent unveils key piece of data center fabric Alcatel-Lucent this week rolled out 40G Ethernet modules for its top-of-rack data center switches to help further its data center fabric strategy. Read More WHITE PAPER: MegaPath 6 Best Practices to Ensure a Thorough Evaluation Identify 6 key situations that demonstrate when it's time to consider managed network services, plus 6 best practices to ensure your evaluation of managed network service providers is thorough enough to support your decision. View Now In this Issue Comcast expands IPv6 services into four more states Sonic.net plans 1Gbps fiber service to San Francisco homes Riverbed upgrade targets video, satellite traffic WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Today's Network: Make It a Strategic, Future-Proof Asset Today's small and mid-sized organizations support dozens of applications and hundreds of devices and mobile workers. Network congestion has become a risk, as users change offices, work from home and add devices at will. SMBs need simplification in the form of network convergence. And a managed service provider can help. View Now Comcast expands IPv6 services into four more states Comcast continues to extend its leadership role in the adoption of next-generation Internet services with the news that it has expanded its production IPv6 deployment into four more states — Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey — over the past six weeks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Debunking the Myth of the Single-Vendor Network The notion that single-vendor networks have a lower total cost of ownership is somewhat misleading, as a strong best practice approach can actually reduce TCO in a multi-vendor environment through decreased short-term capital investments and a reduction in the use of single-vendor premium maintenance services. Read more Sonic.net plans 1Gbps fiber service to San Francisco homes Internet service provider Sonic.net unveiled an ambitious plan on Wednesday to build a fiber network that would reach most residences and small businesses in San Francisco with 1G bps Internet access. Read More WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL The Next Generation is the Smart Generation Innovations such as mobility, Web 2.0, social media and cloud computing have dramatically changed the IT landscape and introduced new security threats into the corporate network. This eBook investigates why traditional firewalls are no longer enough, and how application intelligence and control enable network security in the wake of these changes. Read more. Riverbed upgrade targets video, satellite traffic A Riverbed software upgrade means more efficient distribution of video over WANs and optimizing traffic that runs over satellite links. Read More
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