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  Ethernet switching gets specialized

  Growth in the Ethernet switch market is now being driven by specialized devices for specific applications, rather than evenly across all customer deployments.

  By Jim Duffy | 18 May, 2012 02:32

  Tags: vendor market share, LAN & WAN, HP Ethernet switching, hardware systems, Ethernet Switch, Dell'Oro Group, Dell'Oro, dell, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, Cisco, 10G Ethernet

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  Arista embeds applications into Ethernet switch

  Arista Networks this week rolled out an Ethernet switch designed to improve the performance of latency-sensitive applications like those found in financial trading and high performance computing environments.

  By Jim Duffy | 28 March, 2012 00:36

  Tags: 10G Ethernet, Arista Networks, Ethernet Switch, Ethernet switching, LAN & WAN, networking

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  Dell claims it has network virtualization architecture too

  Dell this week is throwing its hat into the virtual networking ring with an architecture that initially is long on vision but short on specifics.

  By Jim Duffy | 28 February, 2012 10:52

  Tags: 10G Ethernet, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, dell, Dell virtualization, Ethernet Switch, Force10 Networks, hardware systems, LAN & WAN, Network Virtualization, OpenFlow, software-defined network, Virtualization

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  Cisco Q4 Ethernet switch revenue up, HP's down

  HP's Ethernet switch revenue dropped 5% in the fourth quarter vs. the fourth quarter of 2010, while market leader Cisco gained 3.3%, according to the latest IDC research.

  By Jim Duffy | 25 February, 2012 04:41

  Tags: 10G Ethernet, 40/100G Ethernet, Cisco, Cisco switches, Cisco Systems, Ethernet Switch, Ethernet switching, hewlett-packard, HP switching, Juniper switching, LAN & WAN, networking, networking hardware, switches

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  Readying Ethernet for the converged data center

  Ethernet has emerged as the dominant network protocol but it has to overcome several key limitations if it is to become the foundation of choice for the converged data center.

  By Mark Teter, chief technology officer, Advanced Systems Group | 17 February, 2012 08:27

  Tags: 100G Ethernet, 10G Ethernet, 40G Ethernet, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, data center bridging, DCB, DEB, Ethernet, Ethernet QoS, Ethernet quality of service, Ethernet Switch, fcoe, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, hardware systems, high-speed Ethernet, iscsi, LAN & WAN, MSTP, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol, RSTP, Spanning Tree Protocol, STP, TCP, TCP/IP, TRILL

Whitepapers about 10G Ethernet

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  40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet Overview

  This paper takes a look at the main forces that are driving Ethernet bandwidth upwards. It looks at the standards and architectural practices adopted by the different segments, how the different speeds of Ethernet are used and how its popularity has resulted in a complex ecosystem between carrier networks, enterprise networks, and consumers.