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Leading Research Centre Launches Italy's First Ultra-Broadband Network for Grid Computing

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local area networks (lan)

Overview The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) company wanted to connect two research centres 80 km apart at ultra-broadband speeds to enable grid computing. Company deployed a highly resilient 10 Gbps LAN network based on the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. The Nortel Optical Metro 5200 provides DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) 10 Gbps channels over fibre, for high-speed connectivity between research centres.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Nortel Networks	File Format	PDF
Date Published	February 2007	Downloads	1
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Local Area Networks (LAN), Switching, DWDM

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Acquisition takes Nortel toward LAN-speed MANs

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Broadband & ISPs

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IT Director

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PDAs

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Comment & Analysis

Crossing the Channel: What IP can do for storage

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Open source is a "red herring", says Newham CIO

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Live Webcast: Telecoms 2.0 - Where is telecoms heading?

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ZDNet UK

Telecom 2.0: Mind over matter

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ntl:Telewest Business

IBM Information Server Change Data Capture

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IBM

An examination of server consolidation: the trends that can drive efficiencies and help businesses gain a competitive edge

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