1. 40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids Explore NetworkWorld.com (May 20 2013) Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today. (Read Full Article)

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2. 10 things you may not know about Ethernet Explore NetworkWorld.com (May 20 2013) Business Ethernet Ethernet's value to networking and IT is well established over the past 40 years. But did you know that "Ethernet" refers to two slightly different ways of sending information between endpoints on a LAN? That and some other perhaps lesser known facts about this 40-year-old technology are reviewed here: (Read Full Article)

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3. "Tsunami" of bandwidth demand pushes IEEE 400G Ethernet standards process Explore NetworkWorld.com (Apr 2 2013) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet The IEEE this week launched a study group to explore development of a 400Gbps Ethernet standard to support booming demand for network bandwidth. (Read Full Article)

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4. Rob Held, ex-CEO of early Ethernet company Chipcom, passes away at 74 Explore NetworkWorld.com (Mar 25 2013) National John Robert (Rob) Held, who made a name for himself in the networking industry during the 1980s and 1990s as president and CEO of Ethernet hub pioneer Chipcom, has died at age of 74. Held suffered a brain hemorrhage earlier this month and died in Boston. (Read Full Article)

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5. Driven by 10G, Ethernet switches buck economic headwinds Explore NetworkWorld.com (Mar 4 2013) Global Ten gigabit Ethernet accounted for almost all switch revenue growth. Port shipments of 10G grew 66%, driven by data center upgrades, 10G server adoption, server virtualization and core network build-outs. Also growing rapidly is 40G Ethernet. Port volumes were up 10X in 2012, Infonetics found, though from a small base. . (Read Full Article)

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6. Verizon looks to LTE completion, Gigabit FiOS Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jan 9 2013) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Regional After announcing its 4G LTE mobile network at CES two years ago and its FiOS fiber-based home broadband offering here in 2004, The company has a platform in place to increase the speed of FiOS to 1G bps to homes, McAdam said. The company has more than 5 million FiOS customers now. A version of the service with 300M bps speed came out last year. Not to leave out enterprises, McAdam said Verizon would offer 100G bps speeds, which already connect most major U.S. cities, in its metro Carrier Ethernet networks to boost the speed companies can get. (Read Full Article)

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7. Move from frame relay and ATM to Ethernet services gains speed Explore NetworkWorld.com (Oct 9 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet As carriers step up the pressure on their corporate customers to migrate off older frame relay, ATM and private-line technologies and adopt IP networks, companies that make the switch are reaping the rewards of instant savings and improved service. (Read Full Article)

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8. What if Ethernet failed? Explore NetworkWorld.com (Oct 4 2012) Access , MEF , Business Ethernet Can you imagine a world where carriers offered Metro FDDI services? Or the IEEE defined a standard for Token Bus in the First Mile? (Read Full Article)

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9. At 100 years old, Fenway Park brims with Shiny Carrier Ethernet Technology Explore NetworkWorld.com (Apr 12 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet Boston Red Sox's historic ballpark adds Metro Ethernet, more Wi-Fi to its lineup By Brad Reed, Network World April 12, 2012 03:09 PM ET * * Print . What's this? Fenway Park may be 100 years old this season but that doesn't mean the Boston Red Sox baseball stadium is stuck with antiquated technology. Quite the opposite, in fact. This year Fenway is getting its own Comcast Metro Ethernet fiber connection that has a guaranteed service level of (Read Full Article)

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10. Analyst: Mobile networks will need 10x fatter backhaul pipes by 2016 Explore NetworkWorld.com (Mar 13 2012) Mobile Backhaul U.S. cellular networks will need fatter pipes to the wired Internet to keep delivering a satisfying mobile experience: nearly 10 times fatter by 2016, according to research company iGR. (Read Full Article)

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11. Comcast dives into Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Explore NetworkWorld.com (Mar 4 2012) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet Although Comcast is a relative newcomer to the Carrier Ethernet market, the company is already positioning itself as one of the new standard's top proponents through its position on the board of directors at the Metro Ethernet Forum. Comcast first started publicly offering its own native Carrier Ethernet services just last May and the company is moving aggressively to preach the benefits of Carrier Ethernet 2.0 to both its customers and its fellow carriers (Read Full Article)

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12. Carrier Ethernet 2.0 aims for global connectivity Explore NetworkWorld.com (Feb 23 2012) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet The Metro Ethernet Forum's Carrier Ethernet 2.0 will allow carriers to more easily manage and share Ethernet traffic By Joab Jackson, IDG News Service February 23, 2012 01:05 PM ET * * Print . What's this? What is Tech Briefcase? TechBriefcase is a new, free service where IT Professionals can Search, Store and Share IT white papers and content like this. Learn more Bookmark content Speed up your research efforts with content across the web. Se (Read Full Article)

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13. Carrier Ethernet 2.0 aims for global connectivity Explore NetworkWorld.com (Feb 23 2012) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet The Metro Ethernet Forum's Carrier Ethernet 2.0 will allow carriers to more easily manage and share Ethernet traffic By Joab Jackson, IDG News Service February 23, 2012 01:05 PM ET * * Print . What's this? What is Tech Briefcase? TechBriefcase is a new, free service where IT Professionals can Search, Store and Share IT white papers and content like this. Learn more Bookmark content Speed up your research efforts with content across the web. Se (Read Full Article)

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14. North Carolina's 'Super Wi-Fi' network being relegated to public spaces for now Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jan 30 2012) Mobile Backhaul So now that the first "Super Wi-Fi" network has gone live in Wilmington, N.C., we can expect the technology to quickly spread around the country and become available for residential use, right? (Read Full Article)

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15. Say goodbye to Fast Ethernet Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jan 25 2012) Business Ethernet The Layer 2-3 Ethernet switch market is forecast to approach $28 billion in 2016, with future growth driven primarily by sales of Ethernet switches optimized for larger data center deployments. (Read Full Article)

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16. No more historic SLA reports: Get it (and fix it) in real time Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jan 24 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet Businesses of almost all types are increasingly dependent on service providers for network connectivity that consistently delivers certain performance characteristics. In addition to basic service availability, these characteristics increasingly include peak, average and minimum bandwidth utilization, latency (delay) and latency variation (jitter), and packet loss -- all of which can affect operational efficiency and end user satisfaction. This is especially the case with Ethernet-based service offerings employing packet transport to deliver E-LINE services operating at speeds up to tens of gigabits per second. (Read Full Article)

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17. Migrating from T1 to Ethernet WAN Explore NetworkWorld.com (Dec 7 2011) Access , Business Ethernet Migrating from multisite MPLS to 100Mbps Carrier Ethernet can save you a bundle; here's how (Read Full Article)

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18. US energy agency demos blazingly fast network Explore NetworkWorld.com (Nov 1 2011) The U.S. Department of Energy will debut in November one of the fastest networks ever built: a 100Gbps Ethernet network that will enable researchers to create more complex, real-world simulations in climate change, particle physics, astronomy and other scientific fields. (Read Full Article)

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19. Convergence - The "Final Frontier" Explore NetworkWorld.com (Sep 28 2011) Access , Business Ethernet , Cloud While the WAN and the LAN are increasingly similar (for instance, with Ethernet services), the simple fact remains - and will remain for the foreseeable future - that in the WAN bandwidth is considerably more expensive, delays are a major, and the connectivity is provided as a service. (Read Full Article)

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20. The history of Metro Ethernet Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jun 22 2011) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul A lot has happened with Ethernet in service provider networks in the past 10 years. And the Metro Ethernet Forum has been behind a lot of that progress. From promoting and education the industry on the merits of Carrier Ethernet in the service provider network, to actually defining carrier-class Ethernet specifications, the MEF has been at the forefront of advances in the technology on a larger-than-enterprise-network scale. Here are the major milestones the MEF has achieved over that time period: (Read Full Article)

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21. Carrier Ethernet vendors racing to meet demand Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jun 14 2011) Business Ethernet , Cloud Carrier Ethernet vendors will need to develop faster products more quickly to keep up with the demand being created by mobile and cloud computing, some participants at an industry group meeting said on Tuesday. (Read Full Article)

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22. Comcast rolls out metro Ethernet Explore NetworkWorld.com (May 16 2011) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Cable / MSO , Other analysts Comcast is expanding its services to medium-sized businesses by introducing metro Ethernet connections at up to 10-Gigabit speed, launching Monday in more than 20 U.S. cities. (Read Full Article)

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23. IEEE seeks data on Ethernet bandwidth needs Explore NetworkWorld.com (May 9 2011) Business Ethernet The IEEE has formed a group to assess demand for a faster form of Ethernet, taking the first step toward what could become a Terabit Ethernet standard. (Read Full Article)

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24. CenturyLink angling to become major enterprise broadband carrier Explore NetworkWorld.com (Apr 29 2011) Local , Regional CenturyLink will also benefit from Qwest's big investment to upgrade its entire Ethernet backbone to 100Gbps, as the company said this month that it was due to finish the upgrade '"soon'" to help businesses to run more high-bandwidth applications. (Read Full Article)

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