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Top 10 Ethernet switching stories of 2008

In terms of significant announcements, 2008 did not disappoint in Ethernet switching: Juniper entered the market, Cisco unveiled its next-generation platform, and other major vendors consolidated. It will be hard for 2009 to match. Here's a countdown of the top 10 stories for the year soon to pass.

By Jim Duffy | 28 December, 2008 08:16

Tags: Cisco, juniper networks, networking

10G Ethernet: can copper cut the mustard?

If 10Gigabit Ethernet has a problem, it's multiple personalities. 10G over fibre is well established as a network backbone technology, but in past generations it's been Ethernet over copper - and especially telephone-style twisted pair cabling - that has brought the big upsurge in usage and sales.

College dropout is one-man IT shop — at college lab

Meet Justin King — the one-man IT shop. At the 5-year-old Human Neuroimaging Laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, IT plays a key role in innovative research involving fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) machines.

Inside Cisco's Mobility Services Engine

A closer look at Cisco's new wireless network appliance

The network behind the Venetian resort

How 10G and VLANs keep the Las Vegas casino running

WLAN overcomes despair in the T5 departure lounge

London's Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 is in many ways a controversial building. However, there's no denying the grandiose scale of the £4.3 billion project. Britain's largest free-standing building, it contains a mega-shopping complex, an advanced baggage handling system... and a nifty wireless LAN.

Racing towards 10Gigabit Ethernet

A university data centre may not seem the place to adopt leading edge technology, given that publicly-funded institutes are chronically short of money.