Arista 10G switch: Fast and flexible

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	Arista 10G switch: Fast and flexible Packing 384 10G Ethernet ports into an 11-rack-unit form factor is only the beginning for Arista Networks' DCS-7508 data center core switch. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Silver Peak Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Limited bandwidth, long distances and poor network quality prohibit cost reductions for today's critical IT initiatives. Your IT organization needs WAN optimization that can be deployed anywhere, on any platform, and for the lowest cost. See how the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers can help. Click Here! In this Issue How we tested Arista's DCS-7508 switch Cisco losing router sales to HP? Anticipating the Open Network Summit Understanding the BGP Table Version - Part 1: Introduction to BGP Table Version Will the iPad and Android Tablets Save Business Continuity? Superfast broadband is about more than just fibre, says Brocade Big news for IPv6: Akamai to launch service in April Internet Society celebrates 20 years of standards, advocacy Cisco challengers should be buoyed by data center network market growth, researcher says RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Try Microsoft Office 365, free Collaborate in the cloud with Office, Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync videoconferencing. Access, edit, and share documents. Starting at $8/user/month. Try it free. How we tested Arista's DCS-7508 switch We assessed the Arista DCS-7508 with tests of performance and power consumption. The performance tests used the Spirent TestCenter test instrument to measure layer-2 and layer-3 unicast throughput and latency; layer-2 and layer-3 multicast throughput and latency; OSPF equal cost multipath (ECMP); N+1 fabric failover; buffering capacity; OSPF routing capacity; and multi-chassis link aggregation (MLAG). All tests used version 4.8.4 of Arista's EOS software and version 3.95 of Spirent TestCenter software. Read More Cisco losing router sales to HP? Thanks to a Chinese market that grew 34%, HP more than doubled its enterprise router market share in 2011, according to Infonetics Research. China drove just about the entire enterprise router market in 2011 -- worldwide it grew only 2% from 2010, to $3.5 billion. HP acquired a significant presence and product line in China with the 2009 acquisition of 3Com. Read More Anticipating the Open Network Summit We are a few weeks away from the Open Network Summit (www.opennetsummit.org) which will be held in Santa Clara April 16 through 18. Read More WHITE PAPER: Wildpackets Ending the Blame Game: Troubleshoot Distributed Applications Today's geographically distributed companies and applications require a 24x7 proactive approach to network performance management. Discover factors to consider when troubleshooting the performance of distributed applications. Learn must have criteria for distributed network analysis solutions. Learn More Understanding the BGP Table Version - Part 1: Introduction to BGP Table Version Read More Will the iPad and Android Tablets Save Business Continuity? Hurricane season is fast approaching and IT pros are once again called to evaluate their business continuity plans. A major challenge will be how to continue to provide user access in the face of office closure. The emergence of HTML 5 could ultimately help address this challenge, but application and networking challenges must first be solved. Read More Superfast broadband is about more than just fibre, says Brocade The debate around the future of superfast broadband in the UK is focused too much on fibre optic networks, and not enough on the data centre infrastructure supporting those networks, according to networking company Brocade. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Silver Peak's Advantages in a Disaster Recovery Environment Why do industry analysts agree Silver Peak is the WAN Optimization vendor of choice for offsite data replication? It starts with a unique, next generation architecture. Read more. Big news for IPv6: Akamai to launch service in April Akamai will offer IPv6 services to its entire customer base in April -- a long-awaited move that will be a major boon to the adoption rate of the next-generation Internet Protocol. Read More Internet Society celebrates 20 years of standards, advocacy The Internet Society, a nonprofit that operates the .org registry and funds Internet standards development work, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a gala event in Geneva next month. Read More Cisco challengers should be buoyed by data center network market growth, researcher says Continued growth in the data center network equipment market has opened a window of opportunity for vendors looking to cut into industry leader Cisco's share, and, for those with the right products, "the time to strike is now," one analyst says. Read More
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