The deal will give Cisco access to PipeLinks' Sonet/SDH router technology, which handles circuit traffic and IP traffic at the same time, enabling service providers to offer integrated voice and data services to the edge of a network.
The advent of its fatter version is opening up the transfer of WAN data from ATM, frame-relay or packet over SONET/SDH to a potentially more efficient and cheaper method. However, as yet Gigabit Ethernet and its even fatter younger sibling 10...
Nothing here, it would seem, to challenge the incumbent technologies, most notably Sonet/SDH (synchronous digital hierarchy), a transmission standard used by most of the world's carriers today. The cost to the carrier of installing a Gigabit...
Existing metro networks have used Sonet/SDH, an expensive but reliable network designed to carry voice traffic reliably on ring networks. Until now, metro networking has come at the cost of of a major step change from Ethernet to more expensive...
The company's analysis suggests the virus opens a range of 'ports', communication channels through which software applications route data from the network. Nearly 70 per cent of spam messages appear to come from servers classified as open relays...
UK banks need to improve their relationships with their customers but are being held back by disconnected communications channels, fragmented customer data and inconsistent business processes. High customer turnover and increasing competition are...
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