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Ethernet Expo 2012: Adding SDN to the Mix


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
November 4, 2012 : At Ethernet Expo New York, telecom execs get real on the hottest trends of the day – SDN, cloud services and elastic Ethernet

Clouds Gather Over Ethernet Europe


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
April 16, 2012 : There's no sunshine in Munich this week, but that's OK with Ethernet Europe folks, who are mostly interested in clouds anyway

Spirent Paves Cable Path to Growth


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comment (1)
November 9, 2010 : Test firm says cable can make up 30% of its business as it chases a market held by the likes of JDSU, IneoQuest, and Cheetah

Accedian Lands $19.5M to Expand Sales


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (3)
August 3, 2010 : New $19.5M equity round for Ethernet access vendor will be used to put more feet on the street to cash in on mobile backhaul boom

CENX, EXFO Team on Off-Net Monitoring


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
July 26, 2010 : Collaboration enables CENX to offer its carrier customers the ability to monitor Ethernet SLAs when traffic goes off-net

Mu Dynamics Evolves Testing for Real-World IP


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
July 19, 2010 : Mu says its test gear can generate real traffic at a 100,000-session scale, giving carriers a better idea of what they're facing in next-generation services usage

Ethernet Europe: Bigger, Bolder Service Required


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
April 12, 2010 : To avoid becoming a price-driven commodity, Carrier Ethernet needs a better footprint and more end-to-end visibility, Expo panelists say

Spirent CEO Sees More Testing M&A


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
January 15, 2010 : Spirent's chief executive is expecting consolidation in the test and measurement sector in 2010

Ixia Splashes $44M on Agilent Unit


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
October 22, 2009 : The acquisition of Agilent's N2X product line gives Ixia an apparent lead in the network test market

Nortel Taps Ixia for 100GE


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
February 4, 2009 : Ixia manages to ship the first production-ready 100-GigE tester, although rival Spirent has its doubts about the market
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100Gbit/s Ethernet Router Test: Alcatel-Lucent


Reports - Carsten Rossenhövel - Comments (14)
July 14, 2011 : The second in our series of 100GbE tests puts the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-12 through its paces

New Product Recap: May 2011


Reports - Tim Hills - Post a comment
June 3, 2011 : Here's a handy guide to some of the product announcements from last month

Carrier Ethernet Global Interconnect Service Provider Interoperability Test


Reports - Carsten Rossenhövel - Post a comment
March 10, 2010 : EANTC and ancotel tested six European service providers for their readiness to interconnect Carrier Ethernet services through ENNI

Who Makes What: Ethernet/IP Equipment 2007


Reports - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
October 16, 2007 : Help create our latest taxonomy of packet gear:
* Where is your company?
* Where are your products?
* Who are your competitors?
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Spirent to Test Huawei CloudEngine


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October 15, 2012 : Huawei selects Spirent to validate performance and scale of latest data center solution

Ixia Monitors 40G


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June 11, 2012 : Ixia launches the industry's first carrier-grade, high-density, 40Gbps network monitoring switch

Big Switch Intros Testing Tool


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May 24, 2012 : Big Switch Networks releases tool to promote OpenFlow interoperability

Ixia Launches OpenFlow Test


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April 23, 2012 : Ixia launches industry's first off-the-shelf, standards-based OpenFlow test solution

Ixia Earns $4.4M in Q1


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April 20, 2012 : Net income down from $7.1M a year earlier at the test and measurement firm

Ixia to Change CEOs


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March 20, 2012 : Ixia announces CEO transition and appointment of Victor Alston as chief operating officer

Tektronix Tests Ethernet Standards


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February 29, 2012 : Tektronix announces high-speed optical testing toolset for Ethernet standards

Ixia Validates SC11


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November 15, 2011 : Ixia announced that it is helping the Super Computing 2011 conference validate the throughput capacity of its on-site network

Omnitron NIDs Support Y.1564


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November 9, 2011 : Omnitron releases the first NIDs to support Y.1564 service testing

EXFO Monitors More Backhaul


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November 8, 2011 : EXFO increases the capacity of its mobile backhaul monitoring solution
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Running on Faith— The Risk of Inadequate Network Testing - by Spirent Communications


White Papers
Inadequate testing is worse than no testing at all, as it creates a blind spot, a false sense of security. This whitepaper examines why testing is important and the limitations of freeware and homegrown solutions.

Packet Processing in Telecommunications -- A Case for the Accelerated Network Server - by GE Intelligent Platforms


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This paper from GE Intelligent Platform examines the benefits of combining a standard COTS server with a packet processing accelerator to create a cost-effective, high performance accelerated network server for telecommunication applications.

How Metro Network Aggregation Helps You Handle the Bandwidth Explosion - by Tellabs


White Papers
To stay competitive, metro/regional operators need to upgrade network capacity. By consolidating fixed and mobile networks into a single packet-based network, you can offer customers virtually unlimited bandwidth while still cutting your costs.

New Optical Transport Network Strategies That Cut Costs - by Tellabs


White Papers
Using new technologies, operators are now building transport networks that are faster and more reliable. These new network designs are the key to connecting data centers and delivering cloud services profitably. Learn more in this white paper.

Wireless in the Metro - Packet Microwave Explained - by Aricent


White Papers
This whitepaper explores the application of packet microwave for LTE backhaul. It identifies its typical usage, benefits, applications, deployment scenarios, and also provides solutions to specific challenges posed by packet transport over microwave.

How to Manage Trade-offs while Building Optimal Mobile Backhaul Networks - by Aricent


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This whitepaper undertakes an in-depth analysis of the various technology options available for migrating the metro and core backhaul networks to packet-based transport. It is intended to help operators and OEMs to optimize their backhaul networks.

WI-FI OFFLOAD—IS YOUR GATEWAY READY? - by Spirent Communications


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Service Providers are investigating Wi-Fi offload as a possible solution to increasing number of subscribers that are consuming the limited wireless spectrum. In this whitepaper you will learn how Testing is a key to success for Wi-Fi offloading.

Intelligent Policy Enforcement and Appplication Delivery Networking - by Procera Networks


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Learn how Advanced Traffic Steering (ATS) and Carrier Grade NAT (CGN) have become natural enhancements for IPE solutions as they leverage the inherent visibility and application identification capabilities of a Deep Packet Inspection Engine.

Ethernet Europe 2012 – Event Preview


Ethernet Executive Council - Stan Hubbard - Post a comment
February 29, 2012 : 3:00 AM Ethernet Europe Chairman Stan Hubbard tells us what to expect

Building Toward the 200G Era!


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February 28, 2012 : Huawei's Tony Hu discusses 100GE market trends and his company’s rollout of a 200GE line router card designed to address carrier demand for affordable, feature-rich 100GE technology
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