Nortel plans to use Alteon's content switching products to develop a next generation Internet data center to deliver content over optical and wireless networks. Alteon WebSystems holds a 50 per cent market share in the global content aware...
It is expected Cisco will begin selling Andiamo switches in the guise of the Cisco MDS 9000 family before the end of the year. Andiamo, which is Italian for 'let's go', was founded in January 2001 and has developed a range of intelligent switching...
HP chief technology officer Shane Robison said the double-whammy chips will enable HP processors to leapfrog the performance of IBM's Power processor family. HP has begun moving all its server lines to the Itanium family, and the double-chip...
One high-profile ANZ tech initiative, the Next Generation Switching/Tandem replacement project, has already fallen foul of the merger. The ambitious Next Generation Switching project was reportedly one of the first to use Microsoft Windows on a...
The deal fills out Cisco's array of switching products, which also includes Ethernet gear for internet and intranet connections and multiprotocol MDS switches for storage area networks. The acquisition gives the networking giant access to Topspin's...
He also said Giancarlo would always be a part of Cisco's extended family. But it's a difficult family to leave. Some of the leaders in this group include Kathy Hill, senior vice president for the Access Networking and Services Group; Ned Hooper...