Jeff Burt

The European Commission levied a record $1.45 billion fine against Intel for what it says were anti-competitive practices against smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices. The Commission ordered Intel to stop the illegal practices of offering rebates to systems manufacturers for buying only Intel chips, and for making direct payments to OEMs to stop or delay […]

The European Commission’s $1.45 billion fine against Intel for violating antitrust regulations is sparking a debate over what constitutes illegal practices and how U.S. regulators should proceed against the giant chip maker. The reaction to the record fine, announced by the Commission May 13, echoes the arguments following European regulators’ multimillion-dollar fine five years ago, […]

Juniper Networks is unveiling a new network switch optimized for the growing presence of high-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology in data centers and for cloud computing environments. The EX8216 Ethernet switch, announced May 12, is a 16-slot high-performance platform with fabric capacity of up to 12.4 terabits. Juniper said the new switch is part of […]

Ecessa is rolling out a new family of WAN link controllers aimed at improving the performance and scalability of VOIP communications. The ClariLink WAN link controller, announced May 12, balances SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) traffic across multiple WAN links and service provider networks, ensuring greater reliability, said John Addington, director of technical services at Ecessa. […]

It was an optimistic Paul Otellini who took the stage in front of investors and analysts May 12 to talk about Intel’s business. A month after declaring during Intel’s quarterly earnings announcement that the PC industry had bottomed out, Intel’s president and CEO said business has been exceeding expectations in the first few months of […]

The SGI name will live on, even though Rackable Systems bought the venerable Silicon Valley pioneer. After completing the $42.5 million deal to acquire SGI May 11, Rackable officials announced that the company will retain the SGI name-with a twist-and that Rackable will become a brand name within the larger company. For the previous company, […]

Cisco Systems is pulling together key pieces of its data center and networking portfolios to create a blueprint for building a cloud computing infrastructure for service providers. Dubbed the Unified Delivery Service, the initiative combines such Cisco technologies as its high-end enterprise-level Nexus 7000 Switch Series, CRS-1 carrier network platform, Unified Computing System converged data […]

Brocade Communications Systems is looking to make application delivery for both enterprises and service providers more scalable, higher-performing and cheaper. Brocade May 11 unveiled its ServerIron ADX Series application deliver controller platform. The series comes in three configurations: the ADX 1000 1U (1.75-inch) fixed form factor, the ADX 4000 4U chassis and the ADX 8000 […]

Extreme Networks is putting the final touches on its Ethernet data center strategy with the rollout of the BlackDiamond 8900-Series modules. The BlackDiamond 8900-Series modules for Extreme’s BlackDiamond Series 8800 switches include a 24-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet card, 96-port 1GbE card and 128/80 Gigabit-per-slot fabric. The products were announced May 11 and will be demonstrated […]

After several years out of the market, 3Com is looking to get back into the worldwide enterprise networking space and has put dominant player Cisco Systems in its sights. 3Com, which got out of the global enterprise networking space about five years ago to focus its efforts on the small and midsize business market, is […]

3Com to Take On Cisco in Enterprise Networking by Jeffrey Burt H3C S5580-32C 3Com’s H3C S5800 Series flex-chassis enterprise switch family is aimed at improving network reliability and application delivery while reducing overall ownership costs for businesses. H3C S5800-60C This switch is a 48-port, triple-speed model that includes two expansion module slots and one OSN […]

Sprint is expanding its reach into the unified communications field. The wireless network giant May 11 outlined the capabilities of its offering and touted its partnerships with Cisco Systems, IBM and Microsoft. The collaborations are bringing together Sprint’s Global MPLS network; SIP Trunking, which enables VOIP (voice over IP) on the MPLS network; and Mobile […]