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EENY 2009: Gear Market Set for 2010 Rebound
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
November 3, 2009 : The market for Carrier Ethernet switch router gear is set to grow in 2010 after contraction in 2009, analyst tells packed event
G.hn No Slam Dunk With Service Providers
News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
October 28, 2009 : Confusion still exists around global home networking standard that lacks compatibility with everything deployed today
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
CA Nabs NetQoS for $200M
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
September 14, 2009 : CA adds to its OSS assets with the purchase of performance management specialist NetQoS for a whopping $200 million
Test Group Buoys JDSU
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
August 19, 2009 : Optical components are still hitting some stalls, but test and measurement saw some growth compared with the previous quarter
Spirent Looks to LTE in Testing Times
News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
August 4, 2009 : Test specialist Spirent eyes opportunity in mobile broadband LTE as challenging market conditions persist in 2009
JDSU Deal Addresses Finisar's Debt
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
July 9, 2009 : A looming 2010 payment would get a little easier with the sell-off of Finisar's test division
JDSU Buys Finisar's Test Biz
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
July 9, 2009 : JDSU beefs up its test tools division with the acquisition of Finisar's SAN analysis products business for $40 million
AlcaLu Paints Its MSAN Green
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
July 1, 2009 : Alcatel-Lucent turns green as it updates its ISAM multiservice access platform, but is it going too far with some of its claims?
Juniper Goes Green Around the Edge
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
June 29, 2009 : Juniper has announced extra functionality for its edge routers and added a green spin, but how much of it is new?
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Who Makes What: 40- & 100-Gbit/s Systems
Reports - Tim Hills - Comments (8)
July 3, 2009 : Telecom's latest bandwidth-busting technology
  • Vendors
  • Product trends
  • Who's missing?
    • Testing Cisco's Media-Centric Data Center
    Reports - Carsten Rossenhövel - Comments (2)
    June 11, 2009 : Is Cisco’s solution ready for the future service provider data center? We tested:
  • Data center convergence
  • In-service software upgrades
  • Control plane failover
  • And more...
    • Testing Cisco's IP Video Service Delivery Network
    Reports - Carsten Rossenhövel - Comments (15)
    June 3, 2009 : The largest, independent test of Cisco's service delivery network
  • 1.9 million potential users
  • In-line video quality monitoring
  • Massive scalabilty of IP video services
    • Recent Moves in Green Telecom
    Reports - Tim Hills - Comments (2)
    May 14, 2009 : Time to catch up on telecom's big green movement:
  • Telecom's consumption problem
  • What's being done
  • Who's measuring what
  • When products go green
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    Mu Dynamics Adds VP
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    November 12, 2009 : Mu Dynamics appoints test industry product veteran Simon Berman vice president of products
    Telchemy Touts VQmon Success
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    November 12, 2009 : Over 50M units of Telchemy's market-leading VoIP/IPTV analysis software shipped by more than 120 equipment vendors
    Mariner Monitors Microsoft Mediaroom
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    November 11, 2009 : Mariner brings proactive service monitoring to Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV ecosystem
    Pillar Picks Fanfare for Testing
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    November 11, 2009 : Pillar Data Systems has selected Fanfare’s iTest to automate its end-to-end testing process
    Mariner, Cisco Score IPTV Win
    News Wire Feed - Post a comment
    November 10, 2009 : Deployment capitalizes on integration of Cisco’s VQE platform with Mariner’s xVu suite of service assurance solutions
    Pixelmetrix Shows at TelcoTV
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    November 10, 2009 : Pixelmetrix is presenting three of its star IPTV monitoring tools at TelcoTV this week, in Orlando, Florida
    Spirent Reports Q3
    News Wire Feed - Post a comment
    November 10, 2009 : Third-quarter revenue of £63.1 million was in line with company revenue projections
    Ineoquest Adds Mediaroom Tests
    News Wire Feed - Post a comment
    November 9, 2009 : IneoQuest announced that it has expanded its product line for optimizing Microsoft Mediaroom operations
    VOIPfuture Monitors VoIP
    News Wire Feed - Post a comment
    November 9, 2009 : VOIPfuture's RTP Monitoring performance has been tested and certified by the highly respected EANTC certification lab
    cPacket Intros Latency Probe
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    November 6, 2009 : cPacket Networks introduced the world's first high-speed network probe capable of delivering highly accurate, one way distributed latency
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    DeNuccio Leaves JDSU
    Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
    November 15, 2009 : 10:50 AM Former Redback CEO is now a former JDSU board member
    Key to Backhaul Performance: Ethernet T&M
    Video Resources - Post a comment
    November 10, 2009 : An overview of one of the key challenges that comes with the migration of mobile backhaul to a packet-based network: testing and monitoring performance. As well as a look into how carriers can ensure end-to-end service quality assurance to consistently deliver quality services.
    Virtual Bonding™ technology for enhancing HSPA backhaul traffic - by Celtro
    White Papers
    November 1, 2009 : In this white paper, Celtro presents an inside look at Virtual Bonding technology, and examines how mobile operators can leverage it to gain more capacity, better service delivery, better network flexibility, risk-free network evolution to support...
    Pragmatic Network Latency Engineering - Fundamental Facts and Analysis - by cPacket Networks
    White Papers
    October 26, 2009 : Beating network latency is crucial for high-frequency traders. Precise Measurement, not Vendor Promises, is Key to Algorithmic Trading Platforms. The paper focuses on building an effective latency engineering strategy.
    Verizon's Mark Wegleitner, Part II
    LRTV Interviews - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
    October 22, 2009 : In Part II of our interview, Verizon's SVP of Technology discusses how Verizon is integrating its core network and the challenges of software complexity when you're managing a big network
    Verizon's Mark Wegleitner, Part I
    LRTV Interviews - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
    October 22, 2009 : In Part I of our interview, Verizon's SVP of Technology, Mark Wegleitner, discusses the changes in the transport network and how the wireless backhaul network will deal with the demands of 4G technology
    Convergence Demands Open Service Assurance - by EXFO
    White Papers
    October 6, 2009 : Service convergence is growing, but achieving consistent quality of experience is now more complex. Service assurance systems address this challenge, and open APIs allow providers to develop flexible systems that adapt to this ever-changing world.
    Enhanced Application Management and Reporting for Application-Assured Business VPN Services - by Alcatel-Lucent
    White Papers
    September 1, 2009 : This whitepaper discusses enhanced application management for Application-Assured VPNs and specifically the role that reporting and service management applications play in delivering value to both the enterprise customer and the operator. The...
    Overcoming Application Performance Challenges with Application-Assured Business VPN Services - by Alcatel-Lucent
    White Papers
    September 1, 2009 : Most enterprises have little or no visibility of their business applications or how these applications are performing over the wide area network (WAN). Operators can address this shortfall and differentiate their services by offering application...
    Faith, Hope & GPON
    EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
    July 9, 2009 : 3:00 PM ETSI plugfested GPON, and saw that it was good
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