3Com adds virtualization to routers

3Com has added a virtualization feature to its routers via a partnership with LineSider Technologies, a provider of policy-based network infrastructure control and management products. ...continue reading '3Com adds virtualization to routers'

Cisco router comes with a water cooler

When Cisco Systems introduced its latest big line of routers on Tuesday, it threw in something that's never come in a major platform from the company before: Fun. ...continue reading 'Cisco router comes with a water cooler'

Cisco jams features into faster WAN edge routers

Wide-area data networks, once the workhorses of e-mail and file transfers, now are expected to do a wide variety of things while being as steady as the old-fashioned phone system. On Tuesday, Cisco Systems expects to meet those new needs with a series of WAN edge routers that jump ahead of its current gear in speed and sophistication, and are based on a powerful new core processor. ...continue reading 'Cisco jams features into faster WAN edge routers'

U.S., Canadian agencies seize counterfeit Cisco gear

U.S. and Canadian law enforcement authorities have seized more than $78 million worth of counterfeit Cisco Systems networking equipment in an ongoing investigation into imports from China, the U.S. Department of Justice and other agencies announced Friday. ...continue reading 'U.S., Canadian agencies seize counterfeit Cisco gear'

Cisco's Nexus forms core of data-center drive

As servers and storage start to merge into unified, virtualized systems, Cisco wants to do the same thing with the networks that connect them. ...continue reading 'Cisco's Nexus forms core of data-center drive'

It's hard to overstate how important the Nexus data-center switching platform is to Cisco Systems: for the dominant networking vendor's enterprise business, it's the biggest thing since the Catalyst 6000, which made its debut in 1999, according to the two key executives on the project. ...continue reading 'Cisco's Nexus is big -- and a big deal'

Ciena to acquire World Wide Packets

Ciena has agreed to acquire World Wide Packets in a deal, valued at about $290 million, that will bring together two players in the growing carrier Ethernet market. ...continue reading 'Ciena to acquire World Wide Packets'

Cisco's EOS online-content platform coming next year

Cisco will introduce next year its Entertainment Operating System (EOS), a platform for delivering multimedia content to online communities. ...continue reading 'Cisco's EOS online-content platform coming next year'