Juniper Networks is readying a new programmable core switch to address software-defined networking in campuses and data centers. Sources say it is called the EX9200 and is based on the MX router. It ...

Ruckus Networks, an Arris Company, introduced a new switch family aimed at bringing more gigabit throughput from the core to the edge of the network. The new Ruckus ICX 7850 switch line was built with ...

Aruba Networks is bringing its mobile cloud-first software directly into the heart of corporate networks with its first ever core switch aimed squarely at displacing Cisco's popular Catalyst line of ...

Long a purveyor of server solutions, Dell is branching out into the world of network switching. With the brand-new Dell PowerConnect 6024, the company is leaping from their previous layer 2 edge ...

HP ProCurve has launched a core switch that it hopes will challenge Cisco's market dominance. The 8212zl, launched on Monday, is a scalable chassis core switch platform with 692Gbps switch capacity ...

10G Ethernet vendor Force10 Networks is changing the operating system on its data center switches to NetBSD, an open source platform, with the aim of improving switch performance for customers. The ...

FRAMINGHAM, MASS. — Optical Ethernet start-up Atrica Inc. this week rolled out a high-end switch for the core of metropolitan-area networks (MAN) designed to overcome the limitations of current ...

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A lot of compute is moving to the edge, and that means that networking and storage has to follow it. In many cases, that means bringing advanced functionality for all three – albeit in smaller ...