Networking

Ericsson to acquire majority of Nortel's North American wireless business

Posted 27 July 2009 - 2:24pm by kevintilva

Ericsson has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the parts of the Carrier Networks division of Nortel relating to CDMA and LTE technology in North America. The purchase is structured as an asset sale at a cash purchase price of USD 1.13 b. on a cash and debt free basis. This announcement follows the completion of the auction process initiated by Nortel, and the transaction is subject to court and customary regulatory approvals.

Nokia Siemens Networks remains committed to long term wireless leadership and growing its business in North America

Posted 27 July 2009 - 2:15pm by kevintilva

Following the outcome of the auction for the CDMA and Long Term Evolution (LTE) assets of Nortel, Nokia Siemens Networks remains focused on maintaining its leadership in the global wireless infrastructure industry and sustaining its recent momentum in the North American market.

Tata Communications Partners with F-secure to Introduce Mobile Security Solutions in India

Posted 24 July 2009 - 3:02pm by kevintilva

Tata Communications, the leading provider of new world communications, together with F-Secure, the global leading provider of security as a service through ISPs and mobile operators, today announced their partnership to offer mobile phone security services in India. With this partnership, Tata Communications will be the first to offer F-Secure's award winning complete Mobile Security package, which includes virus protection, malware protection and an integrated firewall, to over 50 million smart phone users in India.

IBM Announces Agreements with Leading Network Companies to Support Increasingly Interconnected IT Infrastructures

Posted 23 July 2009 - 9:22am by kevintilva

IBM announced agreements for networking technology with Brocade, Cisco and Juniper to help businesses more effectively route the enormous amount of data and transactions being driven by an increasingly instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent world.

RenderPal 2.3.5 has been released, along with a 15% summer discount

Posted 20 July 2009 - 7:58pm by shadowcrew

Welcome to renderpal.com, home of RenderPal V2, the professional Render Management System for more than 25 renderers and compositing applications, including Maya, Mental Ray, XSI, 3D Studio MAX, Nuke, Cinema 4D, Shake, After Effects, Realflow, Lightwave and many more.

Czech Railways Selects Kapsch CarrierCom, Nortel for GSM-R Solution

Posted 14 July 2009 - 1:48am by s13884

Czech Railways has selected Nortel GSM-R technology to provide wireless communications to the 207 km Czech section of the International Railway Corridor IV between Austria and Poland. Nortel partner Kapsch CarrierCom will supply and deploy the network. The project began in June 2009 and is scheduled for completion by end of 2009.

Japanese Research and Development Agency Enters New Generation of Networking with Juniper Core Virtualization Solution

Posted 8 July 2009 - 3:12pm by s13884

Juniper Networks, Inc., the leader in high-performance networking, announced that Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has achieved a major technological breakthrough by using virtualization to improve the efficiency of its new-generation ultra high-speed test bed research network, JGN2plus, with Juniper's T1600 core routing platform and JCS 1200 control system. Juniper Networks provided NICT with the technology to build virtualized core routers, which can increase the flexibility, efficiency and performance of its network.

MAGPI Deploys Ciena to Enable High-Performance Networking Links for Federal Research Labs

Posted 3 July 2009 - 12:12pm by s13884

CN4200 FlexSelect Advance Service Plateform

Ciena Corporation, the network specialist, announced that MAGPI (Mid-Atlantic Gigapop for Internet2), an Information Systems and Computing organization at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, has implemented a network based on the CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform to support high performance network connectivity among multiple research labs located at Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Sciences Network 4 (ESnet4), which operates over Internet2’s nationwide infrastructure. ESnet4 provides the DOE with a dynamic and reliable communications infrastructure and leading-edge network services to foster greater scientific collaboration to support the agency’s research projects and goals.

True Internet Prepares for Next-Generation Cloud Services with Cisco Nexus 7000 Platform

Posted 3 July 2009 - 12:02pm by s13884

True Internet is paving the way for next-generation cloud services, starting with the deployment of the Cisco NexusTM 7000 Series Switch, a robust platform that will help True Internet transform the delivery of consumer and business applications to any place and device. The deployment is part of True Internet's goal to become a next-generation service provider delivering a comprehensive range of world-class, innovative data, communications and entertainment services to its customers.

New Unified Communication System to Reduce Mobile Airtime Costs for Small Businesses

Posted 1 July 2009 - 11:17am by s13884

BT has announced plans to integrate the BlackBerry Mobile Voice System (MVS) technology from Research In Motion (RIM) with BT Communications Complete (based on the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series platform).