July 2012: VMware has announced the intention to buy cloud infrastructure player Nicira Inc for US$1.26bn in cash and equity Nicira Technology Focus:- IT architecture player Nicira Inc is a pioneer in the area of software-defined networking, as well as network...
Why is MPLS such a widely used networking technology Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a technology designed to divert or route network traffic around congestion and failures, therefore it speeds up network traffic flow. Without any involvement from the user, it...
The Metropolitan Ethernet Forum (MEF)[1] has been a major focal point in the move towards Ethernet in the MAN scope. Several documents available from the MEF, and information from industry presentations in a number of places provide details of how Ethernet can...
In an article, “Synchronous ethernet: a method to transport synchronization”, by Ferrant, J.-L.; Gilson, M.; Jobert, S.; Mayer, M.; Ouellette, M.; Montini, L.; Rodrigues, S.; Ruffini, S. published in Communications Magazine, IEEE, Vol. 46, Issue 9,...
