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Communications Support Services Inc. of Raleigh, NC to install structured cabling for Greensboro LabCorp location

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:00:40 GMT

March 3,2010 --

LabCorp provides medical laboratory testing and services nationally. Structured cabling design and installation services are in order; the project is scheduled to be completed in Q2-Q3 of 2010.

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Emulex 10Gb/s Ethernet connectivity to support eight IBM systems

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:55:10 GMT

March 2,2010 --

Emulex announced that its OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) architecture will provide 10Gb/s Ethernet integration into five enterprise-class and high-volume IBM server platforms.

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Report: Worldwide telecom, comms equipment markets to reach $628.2B by 2012

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:35:40 GMT

March 1,2010 --

Research and Markets (Dublin, Ireland) has added WinterGreen Research's report, "Worldwide Telecommunications and Communications Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2006 to 2012", to its offering.

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USMC picks Xirrus for Wi-Fi

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:50:50 GMT

February 24,2010 --

Xirrus and partner Mission Critical Solutions (MCS) have been awarded a multi-million dollar Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide Wi-Fi products and accessories to the United States Marine Corps' Pacific bases.

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ADVA Optical Networking adds integrated OTDR for fiber-plant analysis, monitoring

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:40:10 GMT

February 23,2010 --

To its flagship FSP 3000 platform, the company has added integrated Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) capability for end-to-end analysis and monitoring of fiber transport networks.

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Corning Cable Systems intros multi-fiber preconnectorized OSP line

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:50:40 GMT

February 22,2010 --

The Multi Fiber Preconnectorized OSP offering is designed to enable outside plant (OSP) fiber access networks that require more than a single fiber.

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Sumitomo Electric says PureAccess-R5 optical fiber exceeds ITU-T G.657.B3 standard

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:05:40 GMT

February 22,2010 --

The company says that its PureAccess-R5 bending loss insensitive singlemode optical fiber is fully compliant with the new ITU-T G.657.B3 recommended standard for macrobend at a 5-mm radius, for efficiently routing optical drop cables in ap.......

Fiber optic cable installation job available at Navy base in Virginia Beach, Va.

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:20:50 GMT

February 15,2010 --

The U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG) is looking for a contractor to install and test fiber optic cable connections among workstations at the Atlantic Fleet Combat Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va.

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Industry associations endorse Micro-USB standard for mobile handsets

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:11:00 GMT

February 12,2010 --

The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) announced that it is pleased with the selection of Micro-USB, the small form factor USB connector, by the Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) and three global industry bodies, as the industry charging standa.......

Aquantia ramps 10GBASE-T PHY production for 10G Ethernet data center connectivity

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:55:30 GMT

February 10,2010 --

The company has entered full volume production on the AQ 1002, its flagship low-power 10GBASE-T PHY solution.

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Data centers to drive 5-year growth of Ethernet Switch market, forecasts Dell'Oro

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:30:50 GMT

February 9,2010 --

Dell’Oro Group forecasts a rejuvenated Ethernet Switch market in 2010 that will continue to grow annually through 2014. The growth is expected to come in large part from sales of Ethernet switches optimized for larger data center deployme.......

Draka, Plumettaz partner on FTTH productivity tools

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:35:20 GMT

February 9,2010 --

Draka Communications has announced a partnership with Swiss cable-laying specialist Plumettaz to develop new cable-laying productivity products tailored to FTTH deployments.

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Self-terminating Cat 6A FTP jacks

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:35:30 GMT

February 3,2010 --

The tool-less design allows technicians to terminate all four pairs simultaneously.

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Fulcrum's FocalPoint 10GE silicon tapped for Fortinet's 10-GbE data center switch

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:35:50 GMT

February 1,2010 --

Fulcrum Microsystems’ FocalPoint FM4224, a 24-port 10-GbE semiconductor device, is being used by Fortinet as the switching fabric for that company’s recently launched FortiSwitch-1000, a chassis-based 10-GbE data center switch.

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Prysmian deploys Sirocco air-blown optical fiber system

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:15:30 GMT

January 28,2010 --

Prysmian Telecom Cables and Systems has announced the first deployment of its Sirocco air-blown optical fiber system in Italy.

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ShowMeCables adds plenum fiber cables

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:00:40 GMT

January 27,2010 --

ShowMeCables, a St. Louis-based online wholesaler of voice, audio, and data products, announced that a variety of plenum fiber cables are now available for purchase from the company’s Web site.

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Huawei demos wireless 4G voice, HD video delivery for Cox Communications

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:20:10 GMT

January 26,2010 --

Huawei announced the successful completion of voice calling and high definition video streaming over wireless networks using fourth generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology for Cox Communications.

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TIA and FTTH Council to FCC: Don't reverse fiber unbundling rules

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:20:40 GMT

January 25,2010 --

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council have jointly filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging that the Cbeyond Petition to reverse course on what the two organiza.......

Spring exam period announced for IEEE WCET program

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:05:50 GMT

January 25,2010 --

The IEEE Communications Society (IEEE ComSoc) announced that it will hold the Spring examination period for the IEEE Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies (IEEE WCET) certification program, from April 11 - May 8, 2010. The application.......

Optical Cable Corporation intros high density bend tolerant fiber optic cables

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:05:40 GMT

January 22,2010 --

Optical Cable Corporation (OCC) has introduced its High Density (HD) Bend Tolerant cable, developed to suit data centers and space-constrained applications.

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Furukawa Electric to introduce two FITEL fusion splicers

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:55:50 GMT

January 21,2010 --

Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. in Tokyo plans to introduce two FITEL fusion splicers -- the S178A this month and the S153A in February.

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EZchip samples 100-Gigabit network processor

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:51:00 GMT

January 21,2010 --

EZchip Semiconductor Ltd., in Yokneam, Israel is sampling its NP-4 100-Gigabit network processor (NPU) for Carrier Ethernet equipment.

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40/100 Gigabit Ethernet transceiver market forecasted to reach $545M by 2014

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:45:30 GMT

January 15,2010 --

About two-thirds of these revenues will come from 40 GbE products, the analyst firm CIR believes.

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Lightwave Logic signs with University of Alabama to speed optical materials development

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:00:10 GMT

January 13,2010 --

Lightwave Logic Inc., a technology company focused on the development of what it calls a "Next Generation Electro-Optic Platform" for telecommunications and optical computing, has reached an agreement with the University of Alabama at.......

OFS launches bend-optimized LaserWave FLEX multimode fiber for data centers, LANs

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:50:10 GMT

January 13,2010 --

OFS has introduced LaserWave FLEX multimode fiber, a bend-optimized 50-micron OM4/OM3 multimode fiber designed for use in data center, high-performance computing, and enterprise LAN applications.

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MRV Communications debuts 10G fiber media converter for distances up to 100 km

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:45:20 GMT

January 12,2010 --

The MRV Fiber Driver EM316-10G-XY delivers converter, repeater and WDM transponder functionality in single module.

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Mid-sized enterprises emerging as data center 'vanguards', finds Symantec study

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:05:10 GMT

January 11,2010 --

Symantec Corp. has released its 2010 State of the Data Center study, which found that mid-sized enterprises (2,000 to 9,999 employees) are more likely to adopt cutting-edge technologies such as cloud computing, deduplication, replication, stora.......

Report: Despite economic turmoil, worldwide telecom industry growing at double-digit rate

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:40:30 GMT

January 8,2010 --

Despite unsteady global financial markets, the worldwide telecommunications industry will continue to expand over the next five years as growth of wireless services in emerging markets offsets the spending slowdown in the advanced economies, sa.......

Leviton receives third-party verification of OM3 fiber system

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:20:30 GMT

January 6,2010 --

Intertek tested three separate fiber-optic channels comprising Leviton products and found they all met TIA-568-C.0 specs.

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High density small form factor fiber cable assemblies target SAN, data centers

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:45:50 GMT

January 4,2010 --

From Panduit, the High Density SFQ QuickNet Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies are intended for storage area networking (SAN) applications.

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Opus Interactive initiates new data center construction

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:01:00 GMT

December 29,2009 --

Opus Interactive, a SAS 70 Certified enterprise hosting provider in the Portland, OR metro area, announced that it has begun construction of a new data center.

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FTTH Council lauds fiber's share of initial broadband stimulus awards

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:15:30 GMT

December 29,2009 --

The first broadband stimulus grants and loans made under the Recovery Act indicate that the agencies responsible for those programs are looking to fiber-optic technology to meet the goals of job creation and economic development, according to t.......

Report: Media converter market for private enterprises to reach $3B

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:20:50 GMT

December 28,2009 --

ElectroniCast Consultants says in the period 2008-2013, strongly rising quantity growth will be partially offset by declining average prices.

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MRV debuts multi-function Gigabit/Fast Ethernet media converter

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:20:10 GMT

December 28,2009 --

MRV Communications, Inc. has introduced its Fiber Driver EM316GSW-XY, a Gigabit/Fast Ethernet multi-function media converter, as the latest addition to the company’s XY family of next-generation optical media converters.

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Cost dynamics define 40G vs. 100G, finds study

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:45:00 GMT

December 28,2009 --

It won’t take much of a cost per bit improvement for carriers to consider 40- and 100-Gbps technology, according to a survey conducted by Infonetics Research.

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Alcatel-Lucent brings coherent detection to 100G optical platforms

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:35:10 GMT

December 23,2009 --

Alcatel-Lucent has reportedly enhanced its optical networking portfolio with coherent receiver technology that enables operators to deal with transmission impairments which become extremely severe at speeds of 100 Gbps and higher.

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Hibernia Atlantic chooses 3Com's H3C technology to deliver enhanced Ethernet services

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:11:00 GMT

December 22,2009 --

The H3C S7500E modular switch will deliver Ethernet traffic between North America, the U.K., Ireland, and mainland Europe.

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Prysmian and Cabelte pair on Portugal FTTH business

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:45:50 GMT

December 18,2009 --

The agreement will bring together Cabelte's local production of optical fibers and fiber-optic cable together with the experience and portfolio provided by Prysmian in the field of passive optical networks (PONs).

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First broadband stimulus awards announced

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:30:30 GMT

December 18,2009 --

A little more than a month later than originally anticipated, U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden announced the first $183 million in awards from the $7.2 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act broadband grant and loan programs. A White Ho.......

PIPE International picks Equinix Sydney for data center interconnect of new undersea cable

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:51:00 GMT

December 17,2009 --

Equinix has been chosen as key data center interconnect provider for the PIPE Pacific Cable (PPC-1) undersea cable, which runs 6,900 km from Guam to Sydney with a capacity of 2.56 terabits per second.

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Meru Networks provides hospital wireless LAN access for NJ's LibertyHealth System

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:00:50 GMT

December 17,2009 --

The provider of 802.11n enterprise networking platforms claims that its "secure, virtualized" WLAN solves instability problems of legacy wireless platforms.

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Nortel, Lightower complete 100G optical trial

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:35:30 GMT

December 17,2009 --

Conducted over a period of four days using Nortel's commercially available 100G technology, the metro fiber network and bandwidth service provider sent production network traffic error-free over a 100G link spanning 600 km from New Yo.......

Arista Networks' data center Gigabit Ethernet switch integrates Citrix network monitoring software

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:00:40 GMT

December 16,2009 --

The Arista 7048 is a multi-layer data center switch with 48 RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet ports and four 1/10Gb Ethernet uplinks delivering up to 40 gigabits of interconnect capacity to the “spine” of the network. The switch integrate.......

Nortel debuts commercially available 100G optical system

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:20:50 GMT

December 16,2009 --

Nortel says it has unveiled the industry's first commercially available 100G solution and announced that Verizon has deployed the system in its live customer network in Europe.

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CommScope adds pre-terminated fiber connectivity to IBM's Portable Modular Data Center

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:00:20 GMT

December 16,2009 --

CommScope Enterprise Solutions is teaming with IBM on its Fiber Transport System (FTS) S-Line Solution, a pre-terminated fiber optic platform that can be integrated into IBM’s Portable Modular Data Center (PMDC).

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Corning Cable Systems pairs with Case Western for inner-city FTTH project

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:25:20 GMT

December 14,2009 --

Corning Cable Systems will supply product and design assistance to Case Western Reserve University and its partners in an initiative to test the power of super-high-speed Internet access to change people's lives in inner-city neighborhoods.

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Panduit joins IBM in Portable Modular Data Center implementation

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:50:50 GMT

December 11,2009 --

Panduit says that its QuickNet pre-terminated 10Gb/s solutions are an ideal fit for the unique infrastructure requirements of containerized solutions such as IBM’s PMDC.

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JDSU, Opnext achieve error-free 100-GbE traffic transmission

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:40:20 GMT

December 10,2009 --

The two companies announced their participation in the successful operation of IEEE-compliant 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100 GbE) optics.

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Anixter, IBM team on portable modular data center offering

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:15:10 GMT

December 9,2009 --

The distributor of communications products is participating with support for IBM's Portable Modular Data Center (PMDC) rollout.

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Ruckus Wireless' 802.11n Wi-Fi equipment enables HD video on demand for Philadelphia hotel

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:45:30 GMT

December 9,2009 --

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants has deployed the Ruckus ZoneFlex dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi system to support the simultaneous distribution of IP-based high-definition (HD) video on demand (VOD) and high-speed Internet access services at the new .......

Fujitsu intros 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch for HPC and storage applications

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:35:50 GMT

December 9,2009 --

From Fujitsu Frontech North America, the 26-port XG2600 10Gb Ethernet switch platform utilizes SFP+ optical modules and is designed for use with SFP+ twinax copper cables.

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Tata Communications, Middle Eastern operators launch strategic Gulf telecom project

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:20:50 GMT

November 25,2009 --

Tata Communications, as part of its strategic intent to participate and assist in the rapid development of the Middle East Region, has signed strategic partnership agreements with several of the major telecommunications operators in the Middle .......

3Com wins India state WAN/VoIP contract

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:00:20 GMT

November 25,2009 --

3Com has been selected for India's Andhra Pradesh State Wide Area Network (APSWAN) project. The new network will enable the state government to communicate and conference across all government offices over VoIP.

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Blade, Emulex pair to provide IBM virtual networking components

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:45:40 GMT

November 25,2009 --

Emulex Corporation and Blade Network Technologies, Inc. announced that the two companies are delivering the essential networking components for the IBM BladeCenter Virtual Fabric platform.

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Avago ramps production of QSFP+ AOC and transceiver solutions

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:30 GMT

November 20,2009 --

Avago Technologies showcased its QSFP+ active optical cable (AOC) and transceiver solutions for short range Infiniband and Ethernet applications at this week's Supercomputing 09 show in Portland, OR.

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Ethernet Alliance completes initial SFP+ direct attach copper interoperability event

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:55:40 GMT

November 19,2009 --

The Ethernet Alliance announced the results of the SFP+ subcommittee plug fest of 10G SFP+ direct attach copper products based on the SFF-8431 industry specification.

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Molex announces iPass+ HSC CXP active optical and passive copper cables

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:20:40 GMT

November 18,2009 --

The company has introduced its iPass+ High-Speed Channel (HSC) pluggable CXP copper and optical interconnect system, designed to enable 12 channels of 10-Gbps data for up to 120 Gbps of total bandwidth.

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At SC09, Finisar demos 120-Gbps CXP to QSFP active breakout cable

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:05:10 GMT

November 18,2009 --

Finisar is holding the first public demonstration of a 120-Gbps CXP-to-QSFP active breakout cable at the SuperComputing 2009 (SC09) exhibition in Portland, OR.

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Zarlink ultracompact optical engine enables low-power interconnects for green data centers

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:40:30 GMT

November 18,2009 --

Zarlink Semiconductor has announced sampling of the Zarlink Optical Engine (ZOE), a scalable-bandwidth multichip carrier for dense, compact array-fiber transceivers.

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Juniper demos new 100G physical interface card

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:00:10 GMT

November 18,2009 --

Juniper Networks has introduced a new 10-port, 10-Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) physical interface card (PIC) for its T1600 Series core router. With the new 10x10GbE PIC and the previously announced 100GbE PIC, the T1600 will support multiple options .......

Fulcrum, Teranetics issue 10GBASE-T switch reference design

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:05:10 GMT

November 17,2009 --

The companies' Monte Carlo platform offers OEMs a quick path to developing 10GBASE-T switch solutions.

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Luxtera launches single chip transceiver for 10G motherboard deployment

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:50:10 GMT

November 12,2009 --

Special Reporting for ICW by Stephen Hardy, Editorial Director, Lightwave -- Silicon photonics company Luxtera has expanded its portfolio with the new OptoPHY product line. The PCB-mountable optical transceivers a.......

UL warns of communication cabling with unauthorized marking

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:20 GMT

November 10,2009 --

The product has not been evaluated by UL to the appropriate standards for safety for the United States and Canada, and is not authorized to bear the UL Mark.

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CP-TA targets xTCA interoperability

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:55:20 GMT

October 27,2009 --

At the ATCA Summit, the Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) introduced a self-testing program for the interoperability of xTCA (AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, AMC) building blocks. The association has also expanded its mission to include.......

Data center survey sees gaps in cyber terrorism readiness, government greening

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:10:30 GMT

October 27,2009 --

AFCOM announced the results of its 2009/2010 Data Center Trends survey, targeting major trends facing 436 commercial, government and college/university data centers throughout the world, with twenty percent of these facilities responsible for b.......

Leviton Fiber Connect joins Cisco Technology Developer Program

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:55:50 GMT

October 27,2009 --

Leviton has joined the program's Data Center Storage Networking solution category. Additionally, Leviton Fiber Connect's high density data center port replicated patch panel series completed interoperability testing with Cisco 3.0.

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SAS advanced connectivity webinar reveals roadmap

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:00:20 GMT

October 23,2009 --

The event will also discuss why SAS advanced connectivity is important for extending the technology's reach into emerging applications.

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IEEE symposium to address global commercialization of RF spectrum

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:36:00 GMT

October 23,2009 --

Hosted by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), the IEEE Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN) is a wireless communications conference that will feature presentations by leading global experts addressing th.......

Clearfield debuts modular fiber crossover distribution system

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:15:50 GMT

October 23,2009 --

Clearfield, Inc. announced the addition of its FieldSmart Crossover Fiber Distribution System (FxDS), billed as a custom-configured system of fiber management components, based on the company's Clearview cassette.

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PIPE, Tyco Telecommunications complete PPC-1 undersea cable system

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:10:00 GMT

October 16,2009 --PIPE International and Tyco Telecommunications have completed the 6,900-km PPC-1 undersea cable system. The system linking Sydney to Guam will provide enhanced connectivity to the region, lowering capacity costs by generating increased competition.......

H3C selects Chelsio's 10-GbE interconnect platform for network IP storage systems

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:09:00 GMT

September 9,2009 --September 9, 2009 -- 3Com subsidiary H3C Technologies (H3C) is using Chelsio's Terminator 3 (T3) 10GbE Unified Wire technology as the high speed interconnect for the H3C Neocean IX3000 series of medium and high end network storage systems.....

Ethernet Alliance to host SFP+ Ethernet plugfest

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:09:00 GMT

September 3,2009 --September 3, 2009 -- Set for the week of the week of October 19 at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL) in Durham, NH, the focus of the event will be testing components and systems relative to SFF-8431 and operatio.......

JDSU expands handheld triple play services test platform

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:08:00 GMT

August 28,2009 --August 28, 2009 -- JDSU has expanded the functionality of its SmartClass Triple Play Services (TPS) test instrument, a handheld tool for the installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of IP video, VoIP, IP data, ADSL 1/2/2+ and copper se.......

Ethernet Alliance targets 40-, 100- Gigabit Ethernet

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:08:00 GMT

August 26,2009 --August 26, 2009 -- The Ethernet Alliance announced that on September 15 in Santa Clara, CA, it will be holding a Technology Exploration Forum on 40- and 100-Gigabit Ethernet topics. Industry experts from companies such as Facebook, Google, .......

Molex launches physical layer lifecycle management platform

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:08:00 GMT

August 18,2009 --August 18, 2009 -- Molex Premise Networks Division has introduced its Advanced Physical Layer Lifecycle Management (APLLM) platform, an integrated set of software, electronics and structured cabling products that enables users to track and .......

Report: Datacom transceiver market to skyrocket

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:07:00 GMT

July 30,2009 --July 30, 2009 -- According to a report from CIR, the market for data communications transceivers will grow from $4.2 billion in 2009 to $6.5 billion in 2014.....

Chelsio adapters furnish Purdue University's 10-GbE supercomputing cluster

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:07:00 GMT

July 28,2009 --July 28, 2009 -- More than 1,000 Chelsio iWARP RDMA adapters have been deployed to enable Purdue University's Coates Cluster, described as the first internationally ranked academic supercomputer wired solely for 10-Gigabit Ethernet.....

AboveNet taps JDSU's fiber inspection and testing platform

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:07:00 GMT

July 16,2009 --July 16, 2009 -- JDSU announced the standardization of its HP3-60 fiber inspection and power meter product line with AboveNet, Inc., a provider of high-bandwidth connectivity solutions. JDSU's HP3-60 product line will support AboveNet's ong.......

Aviel Electronics reaps initial $250M+ order from Canada's Zargo

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:07:00 GMT

July 14,2009 --July 14, 2009 -- Aviel Electronics, a division of RF Industries Ltd. (RFI), has been awarded an initial $268,000 production order for a custom designed SMB connector from Zargo Technologies, a Canadian electro-mechanical distributor. The in.......

RJ-45 interface: Is the past prologue?

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:07:00 GMT

July 1,2009 --After conducting some research for the article discussing Ethernet and InfiniBand that appears on page 1, I Tweeted about one of today’s most intriguing Ethernet topics–10GBase-T.....

Ethernet and InfiniBand: Behind the interface

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:07:00 GMT

July 1,2009 --Communications connectivity protocols Ethernet and InfiniBand are being deployed in today’s most demanding networks, while technologists work behind the scenes to standardize specifications for ever-faster transmission speeds.....

Fiber optic USB cable under development

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:06:00 GMT

June 5,2009 --June 5, 2009 -- VI Systems, a provider of optical components for data communications, will participate in the Eurostars "Optical Link" project, which aims to develop a new generation of ultra high bandwidth data communication interconnects .......

Belden intros DataTwist 3600 cables

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:05:00 GMT

May 28,2009 --May 28, 2009 -- Belden has introduced its DataTwist 3600 cables, a series of UTP copper cables that the company says meet and exceed TIA/EIA requirements and offer significant headroom for Category 6 installations. The cables are designed t.......

Analyst reports confirm InfiniBand growth

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:05:00 GMT

May 20,2009 --May 20, 2009 -- At Interop Las Vegas 2009, the InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) released results from three analyst reports, demonstrating the continued market growth of InfiniBand products in the HPC and data center server and storage m.......

Aquantia develops Quad 10GBASE-T PHY

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:05:00 GMT

May 11,2009 --May 11, 2009 -- 10GBASE-T silicon provider Aquantia announced the validation of its 40-nm Quad 10GBASE-T PHY. The company says the chip delivers the critical power, density and cost performance levels required by server, switch and storage .......

Portugal Telecom turns to Corning for fiber optic networks

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:05:00 GMT

May 8,2009 --May 8, 2009 -- Portugal Telecom and Corning Inc. announced an agreement to work together to develop, test, and implement Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology platforms for next-generation access (NGA) fiber optic networks in Po.......

Report: After soft 2008, fusion splicer market expected to rebound

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:05:00 GMT

May 6,2009 --May 6, 2009 -- According to a market forecast and analysis ElectroniCast Consultants, the global consumption value of fiber-optic fusion splice equipment in 2008 was $300.1 million, down slightly from $308.2 million in 2007. However, the co.......

Ixia's HSE load module transmits and receives full-line-rate 100G Ethernet traffic

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:05:00 GMT

May 5,2009 --May 5, 2009 -- Ixia, a provider of IP performance test systems, says in "an industry first," its high-speed Ethernet (HSE) IEEE 802.3ba-compliant test equipment was used to successfully transmit and receive Ethernet traffic at 100 Gbps thro.......

Ethernet and InfiniBand: Behind the interface

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:05:00 GMT

May 4,2009 --By PATRICK McLAUGHLIN, Chief Editor -- While InfiniBand has long considered itself a complementary technology to Ethernet, as well as Fibre Channel, among some user groups, the technologies are competitive alternatives.....