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• Verizon looks to Alcatel's new core router for capacity, efficiency

  By Stephen Lawson | 23 May, 2012 07:45

  Verizon Communications on Tuesday became the first service provider to say it will use Alcatel-Lucent's upcoming 7950 XRS core routing system, which will bring the French-American equipment vendor into the carrier core routing business for the first time in about a decade.

• Ericsson lets operators speed up mobile, fixed networks using caching

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 May, 2012 00:42

  Using caching technology from Akamai Technologies, Ericsson's Smart Cloud Accelerator, announced Wednesday, is designed to allow operators to improve performance in both fixed and mobile networks.

• Not-so-magic monitor, tiny routers and a kick-ass gaming headset

  By Keith Shaw | 23 March, 2012 03:32

  The scoop: MIMO MagicTouch 10-inch touch-screen USB monitor, by MIMO Monitors, about $300.

• New Juniper routers converge the access net

  By Jim Duffy | 08 February, 2012 03:26

  Juniper Networks this week has unveiled access routers designed to provide an on-ramp to the service provider network from residential, business and mobile networks.

• Cisco sending enterprises to the Cloud

  By Jim Duffy | 13 January, 2012 08:27

  In an effort to accommodate enterprise users looking to implement private and hybrid Clouds, Cisco - in the coming months - will unveil an "integrated" WAN routing system of existing, but enhanced, products.

• Usenix: Google deploys IPv6 for internal network

  By Joab Jackson | 10 December, 2011 02:05

  In a project that has taken longer than company engineers anticipated, Google is rolling out IPv6 across its entire internal employee network.

• Medical research group skips 40G, makes 'right move' to 100G Ethernet

  By Jim Duffy | 16 November, 2011 06:33

  Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), a nonprofit medical research organization, has implemented a 100G Ethernet network to boost bandwidth for advanced data analysis.

• How to lock down your wireless network

  By Alex Wawro | 12 November, 2011 01:30

  If you operate a wireless network for your home or business, it's important to ward it against opportunistic hackers seeking to steal your data or hijack your Wi-Fi for their own nefarious purposes. We spoke to Steven Andrés, CTO of security consulting firm Special Ops Security, to learn about the best ways to lock down your Wi-Fi. To get started, you'll need to log in to your router's administrative console by typing the router's IP address into your Web browser's address bar. Most routers use a common address like 192.168.1.1, though alternatives like 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.2.1 are also common. Check the manual that came with your router to determine the correct IP address; if you've lost your manual, you can usually find the appropriate IP address on the manufacturer's website.

• Juniper adds OpenFlow to its routers, switches

  By Jim Duffy | 26 October, 2011 23:33

  Juniper Networks this week said it is making the source code of its OpenFlow application accessible to developers of applications for its Junos networking operating system software.

• Cisco unveils routers, takes swipe at Juniper

  By Jim Duffy | 13 September, 2011 07:46

  Cisco this week unveiled three service provider edge routers, along with an aggressive marketing campaign against rival Juniper.

• Cisco aims for a go-anywhere router

  By Stephen Lawson | 23 August, 2011 22:10

  Cisco Systems made its fortune selling routers for the cores of enterprise and service-provider networks, but now the company is sending its technology farther from those cozy confines than ever before.

• How we tested Cloud management services

  By Thomas Henderson and Brendan Allen | 09 August, 2011 01:38

  Abiquo: We installed their virtual appliance from ISO in two VMs on an ESXi server. On the first VM, we selected the Abiquo Server, Abiquo Remote Services, and Abiquo V2V Conversion Services for installation.

• IETF mulls IPv6 for home networking

  By Joab Jackson | 07 July, 2011 07:17

  The Internet Engineering Task Force is considering establishing a working group to smooth some of the impending issues around setting up and maintaining IPv6-based Internet connections into homes.

• Alcatel leaps ahead with 400-gigabit routing chip

  By Stephen Lawson | 29 June, 2011 00:10

  Alcatel-Lucent is charting a course to the next generation of carrier routers with new silicon that is focused today on delivering services from the edge of a network but could also power a massive packet engine for the core.

• Cisco adds IPv6 migration features to routers

  By Jim Duffy | 25 May, 2011 05:38

  Cisco this week rolled out products and services designed to ease the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 for enterprise customers.