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Enterasys/Siemens Enterprise Communications Integration Begins
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Nov 19, 2008]
Enterasys is now a full service enterprise network vendor with
the integration of Siemens Enterprise Communications WLAN and
IP telephony products. This announcement provides a clear
indication of strong new completion for enterprise customers.
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HP’s ProCurve Closes Colubris WLAN Acquisition
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Oct 10, 2008]
HP’s ProCurve on October 1 announced that it finalized its
acquisition of Colubris, a next generation WLAN provider. The
Colubris products, based on the proposed 802.11n standard, will
be integrated with ProCurve’s existing products.
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Aruba Waves Its ARM 2.0
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Oct 01, 2008]
Aruba has released its new ARM 2.0 software that addresses
throughput on WLAN networks by optimizing client/channel and
client/AP distribution in order to solve bandwidth problems for
customers.
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Nortel’s Exit from Optical Market Could Raise Concerns Among Enterprise Buyers
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems, Contact Center Solutions, Enterprise Communications
- [Sep 23, 2008]
Nortel’s plans to sell its Metro Ethernet
Network business will
not directly impact its enterprise product
portfolio. But the
company’s current financial crisis could
concern enterprise
buyers valuing corporate stability in their
systems provider.
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Fall Interop 2008: Foundry Networks Offers Up a Little Something for Everyone
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| Show Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Sep 22, 2008]
At Fall Interop, Foundry Networks introduced a new family of
compact, fixed-configuration Layer 2/3 switches aimed at giving
the company a leg up with large enterprises and SMBs, where it
has not been strong.
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Alcatel-Lucent’s New CEO and Chairman to Tackle Big Challenges
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| Flash Analysis |
Carrier Infrastructure , Enterprise Network Systems, Broadband Infrastructure , Contact Center Solutions, Optical Infrastructure , Wireless Infrastructure , Enterprise Communications , IP Services Infrastructure, Telecom Infrastructure Services
- [Sep 03, 2008]
Alcatel-Lucent prepares for a makeover
at the top of the
organization with announced changes to
its leadership and Board
of Directors. The move ends speculation
about such changes, but
now the company must enter another
transition phase.
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Alcatel-Lucent’s OmniSwitch 6400 Stacks the SME Deck
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Aug 29, 2008]
Alcatel-Lucent made its first foray into the SMB market for
stackable Gigabit Ethernet switches with the OmniSwitch
6400.While it fills a key hole in its product line, the company
needs to be clear that it is aimed at SMEs, not small businesses.
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Siemens Enterprise Joint Venture Promises Powerful Fresh Start
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems, Contact Center Solutions, Enterprise Communications , Enterprise Security
- [Jul 31, 2008]
The Gores Group’s majority stake in
Siemens Enterprise is
clearly good news for the company and
its customers. But the
benefits of a broadened portfolio and
financial stability are
tempered by the promise of a very
complicated integration
process.
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Motorola Acquires AirDefense, Brings WIPS Closer
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems, Enterprise Security
- [Jul 31, 2008]
Building on a long time relationship, Motorola has decided to
take ownership of the AirDefense technology before performing
deeper product integration. The move promises to help Motorola
build out a more comprehensive portfolio of WLAN offerings.
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Aerohive Develops Multiple Personalities for Management Appliances
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Jul 24, 2008]
Aerohive virtualized its management
appliances, opening the
door to a broad market of managed
services and enterprise
opportunities.
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Foundry Acquired by Brocade in Data Center Play
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Jul 23, 2008]
With the acquisition of Foundry, Brocade gains much needed
general data networking knowledge and credibility as well as a
strong product line to market alongside its Fibre Channel
directors in a strong data center play.
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Motorola Lightens the Load of 802.11n Migrations with LANPLanner Update
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Jul 23, 2008]
Motorola brings 802.11n support and a number of features to its
wireless planning tool to ease the transition to the new
wireless standard.
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Branch Office Edge Device Consolidation and Non-Traditional Competition
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| Advisory Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Jul 14, 2008]
The branch office edge device market has many vendors that used
to stick to their own knitting, but with device consolidation
there is new competition from unexpected places.
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The Router as Application Platform: What’s Available and Who Delivers
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| Advisory Report |
Enterprise Network Systems, Enterprise Communications
- [Jul 07, 2008]
There are reasons for businesses to
deploy communications
applications on router hardware rather
than standalone servers,
but questions about TCO, management,
and platform stability
will remain until router-resident
application solutions mature.
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3Com Finally Gets into the 802.11n Game
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Jun 27, 2008]
3Com unleashes a slew of 802.11n products ranging from
enterprise scale access points all the way down to business
class access points designed for SMB or teleworkers, but will
face stiff competition from all sides.
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Cisco Does Windows and More with Data Center 3.0 Updates
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Jun 26, 2008]
Cisco launched a slew of software
updates for its Data Center
3.0 solution that bring focus to its data
center vision and
provide new solutions for minimizing the
technology footprint
in branch locations.
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Trapeze Gets Tied Down by Belden Cable
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Jun 11, 2008]
Belden’s $133 million buyout of Trapeze gives the startup a
stable home, but with Belden’s cabling mindset and without real
technology synergies, does little to improve Trapeze’s
competitive stance.
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Cisco Does the Loco-MOTION
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [May 30, 2008]
Cisco segregates the wireless LAN from
the services that feed
off it, but questions remain as to how
open the platform will
truly be.
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HP’s Power Play for EDS Delivers Dubious Synergies
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Business Network Services - U.S., Enterprise Network Systems, Contact Center Solutions, Internet/Managed Services - U.S., Application Infrastructure, Enterprise Communications , Business Telecom Services - Europe, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Mobility - Europe, Enterprise Mobility - U.S., Telecom Services - Asia, Telecom Infrastructure Services
- [May 16, 2008]
HP’s agreement to shell out big money to
bolster its services
portfolio by acquiring EDS appears a safe,
but expensive and
uninspired move. The synergy is about
additive finances, not
revolutionary new ideas, and IBM’s
position is not threatened.
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Aruba and Riverbed Make Their Products Play Nice Together
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [May 14, 2008]
Aruba and Riverbed have put the work in
to make the best use of
their respective WLAN and WAN
accelerator products, but the
partnership ends at the technical level.
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3Com’s New Management Will Improve its Business in China
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems, Enterprise Communications , Enterprise Security
- [May 05, 2008]
Reshuffling its executive management team demonstrates that
3Com is rethinking its corporate strategy now that its
privatization plans have failed. But the company has yet to
deliver a clear and coherent business plan.
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Interop 2008: BLADE Network Technologies Throws Its Hat in Top-of-Rack Ring
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| Show Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [May 02, 2008]
BLADE Network Technologies has
introduced the RackSwitch line of top-of-
rack, 1u, fixed configuration switches. The
new switches bring competitive price and
data center features, but it will have an
uphill battle against established
competitors.
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Interop 2008: AirMagnet Ramps Up its Laptop Tools to Simplify 802.11n Deployments
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| Show Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 28, 2008]
AirMagnet is smoothing the path to 802.11n with new tools that
help administrators before, during and after their wireless
deployments.
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Interop 2008: Alcatel-Lucent Releases New OmniSwitch 6855 Hardened LAN Switch Family
|
| Show Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 28, 2008]
Alcatel-Lucent designed the new
OmniSwitch 6855 family for use
in environments with wide temperature
ranges and tight spaces,
which will open up new markets for the
company but have little
impact on the enterprise switching
market.
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Foundry Introduces Advanced Intelligent Edge and Continues Its Positive Momentum
|
| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 25, 2008]
Foundry has released a slew of new products in the edge
switching and WLAN markets as well as support for IPv6 that
taken together improve Foundry’s market position and ability to
compete.
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Trapeze Pulls Out All the Stops for Its “NonStop Wireless” Strategy
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 24, 2008]
Trapeze Networks is showcasing its
latest high-performance and scalable
wireless LAN products under
the “NonStop Wireless” banner, with the
largest of wireless enterprise in its sights.
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Meru Focuses on Resiliency and Management with New Access Point, Controller, and Network Monitoring
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 23, 2008]
Meru looks to the high end of the market with its latest access
point and controller module updates, raising its scalability,
capacity and resiliency in the process.
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Blue Coat Pays a Pack for Pickled Packeteer
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 23, 2008]
Blue Coat has announced its intention to purchase Packeteer in a
move that will increase Blue Coat’s technology competitiveness
and give it access to Packeteer’s customers and channel.
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Aruba Scores on Three Points
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 22, 2008]
Aruba’s three new product announcements show its commitment to
customer choice, security and reliability while increasing its
competitive footprint in the WLAN market.
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Aerohive Launched a Slew of 802.11n Access Points and Feature Updates
|
| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 22, 2008]
Aerohive more than tripled its product
lines, adding multiple
802.11n access points, a guest access
appliance, and new
features and support for its controller-
less wireless
architecture.
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Extreme Adds New Products to Its Lineup
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 16, 2008]
Extreme has released the new fixed configuration switches, WLAN
upgrades, an update to the BlackDiamond 8800 and a new version
of ExtremeXOS that all contribute to increasing Extreme’s
competitiveness in the market.
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Extreme Networks Brings Widgets and a Development Portal to ExtremeXOS
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 16, 2008]
Extreme’s Widget Central and SDK for
ExtremeXOS represent a
significant effort on its part to engage
customers, provide
flexibility, and expand the software
functionality of its
ExtremeXOS-based products.
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Cisco Introduces Interesting New Fixed Routers
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 14, 2008]
Cisco has released its new Cisco 880 and
860 Series ISRs, which
round out the ISR family nicely with
features such as 802.11n
and 3G access.
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Cisco Launches AXP Hardware to Enable Branch Router Applications
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 14, 2008]
Cisco’s AXP brings third party applications to the popular ISR
branch, but attracting a large circle of developers will be the
key to its success.
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Cisco Adds to Data Center 3.0 with Nexus 5000
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Apr 10, 2008]
Cisco’s new Nexus 5000 top-of-rack 10
Gigabit Ethernet switches feature
extraordinary performance at attractive
per-port prices and add very nicely to
Cisco’s Data Center 3.0 strategy.
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Extricom Enters the 802.11n Arena with Quad-radio UltraThin Access Points
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Mar 27, 2008]
Extricom’s new access points offer up to
a staggering four WLAN radios within
current PoE limits, but they call into
question whether its architecture can
meet the growing needs of a wide range
of enterprise customers.
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Motorola Highlights Its Wireless Enterprise with Tri-radio 802.11n Access Point
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Mar 14, 2008]
Motorola unveiled both new access
points and controllers, as
well as its wireless enterprise strategy.
While not the first
to call for the elimination of wires from
offices, few have
designed their product line so tightly to
that mantra.
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What It Means to Be ‘‘Green:’’ Environmental Responsibility in the Telecom Industry
|
| Advisory Report |
Data Management, Business Network Services - U.S., Carrier Infrastructure , Enterprise Network Systems, Broadband Infrastructure , Contact Center Solutions, Internet/Managed Services - U.S., Optical Infrastructure , Wireless Services - Europe, Solutions Assessments, Application Infrastructure, Wireless Infrastructure , Enterprise Communications , Business Telecom Services - Europe, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Mobility - Europe, IP Services Infrastructure, Wholesale Telecom Services , Enterprise Mobility - U.S., Telecom Services - Asia, Digital Media Infrastructure, Telecom Infrastructure Services, Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- BeNeLux, Central Europe, China/Hong Kong, Eastern Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nordics, Pan-Asia, Pan-European, Singapore, Southern Europe, UK/Ireland [Mar 07, 2008]
As Kermit once said, “It’s not easy being
green.” Current
Analysis recognizes the challenges and
opportunities associated
with environmental sustainability and it is
taking a
comprehensive approach to analyzing the
key issues in this
movement.
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Meru Networks Targets the Fence Sitters with Software-enabled 802.11n Access Point
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Mar 05, 2008]
Meru launches its fourth 802.11n access point, this time
letting the next generation of wireless lie in wait for a
software activation.
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Cisco Shows Router Prowess with New ASR 1000 Series
|
| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Mar 05, 2008]
Cisco has released the new ASR 1000
Series, which fulfills
customer needs for reliability, security,
speed, and services
while showing off Cisco’s engineering
skills with the
QuantumFlow processor and virtualized
IOS.
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Siemens “Reorientation” May Lead to the Sale of SEN to a Competitor in the Enterprise Market
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Feb 28, 2008]
As Siemens Enterprise Communications
begins a large-scale organizational
shakeup and workforce reductions, WLAN
and Ethernet switching vendors need to
watch the results closely due to the
possible sale of SEN to a direct
competitor.
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Foundry Creates Tiered Alliance Program
|
| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Feb 27, 2008]
Foundry has a new IronPowered
Technology Alliance Program that
will give it new opportunities via
partnerships to show IT
departments the breadth and depth of its
switching solutions.
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Riverbed Enables Branch Services and New Performance with RiOS 5.0
|
| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Feb 27, 2008]
Riverbed unleashes the latest version of its operating system,
RiOS 5.0, which delivers new performance and management
features, and sets the stage for Riverbed to a key component in
IT branch office consolidation efforts.
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3Com-Bain Deal Hits a Snag
|
| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Feb 22, 2008]
There will be considerable uncertainty
surrounding 3Com until
it either consummates or kills its deal
with Bain Capital
Partners and Huawei. This puts 3Com in
a competitively
vulnerable position.
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Motorola Ramps Up the Resilency of Its WLAN with Adaptive AP Solution
|
| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Feb 21, 2008]
Motorola Adaptive AP adds resiliency to its remote WLAN
solutions with multiple levels to meet customer needs, but most
competitors have beat it to market with this feature.
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Citrix Makes Strides with Xen
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Feb 13, 2008]
Citrix is maintaining the strong momentum it got from the
purchase of XenSource with new products and branding that makes
it clear that Citrix intends on being a force in server
virtualization.
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ProCurve Releases New High Functionality 10/100 Switches for SMBs
|
| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Feb 07, 2008]
ProCurve by Hewlett-Packard has released a new line of high
functionality 10/100 fixed configuration switches for the small
and medium business market for customers looking for switching
features on a budget.
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Enterasys Votes for New 10 Gigabit Ethernet Options
|
| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Feb 06, 2008]
Enterasys is moving to take advantage of the continued growth
in 10 Gigabit Ethernet with new options for customers that add
to the company’s port diversity at every switch layer of the
network.
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Aruba Moves Outside with Its New Access Points and Targets the Industrial Market
|
| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Feb 05, 2008]
Aruba Networks aggressively moves into the industrial wireless
LAN market, with rough and tumble access points and some key
partnerships with rugged device makers.
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Juniper Dives into Switching
|
| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Network Systems
- [Feb 05, 2008]
Juniper unleashes the first models of its newest switching
line, throwing itself and its JUNOS operating system headfirst
into an already highly competitive switching market.
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