Alcatel-Lucent's revenue remained flat during the first quarter, although the company made a smaller loss than a year earlier. Sales for the quarter totalled €3.1 billion (US$4.29 billion as of 31 March, the last day of the period ...
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Microsemi's latest optical system linecard device is designed to address channel density issue with the uptake of 100G links. "Growth of 100G is exceeding our most optimistic predictions and, in turn, significantly bolstering the optical ...
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Data-center networking vendor Emulex plans to acquire Endace, a maker of network performance management hardware and software, for about $130 million, the companies announced. The buyout will add Endace's network monitoring appliances, ...
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Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its ‘40G/100G and ROADM Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey’, which details the plans of operators transitioning optical transmission and ...
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Online dating site WhatsYourPrice.com has kissed Amazon Web Services goodbye after severe East Coast thunderstorms knocked out one of Amazon's data centers last weekend causing a services outage. The service interruption, which began last ...
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Patch panels are sometimes referred to as patch bays or jackfields, and are rackmounted panels designed to house cable connections. We look into their purpose and important within a server rack. Assembling hardware is normally arranged so ...
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