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    1. At 100 years old, Fenway Park brims with Shiny Carrier Ethernet Technology

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Apr 12 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

      At 100 years old, Fenway Park brims with Shiny Carrier Ethernet Technology

      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

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    2. Analyst: Mobile networks will need 10x fatter backhaul pipes by 2016

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Mar 13 2012) Mobile Backhaul

      Analyst: Mobile networks will need 10x fatter backhaul pipes by 2016

      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.

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    3. Comcast dives into Carrier Ethernet 2.0

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Mar 4 2012) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

      Comcast dives into Carrier Ethernet 2.0

      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

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    4. 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)

    5. 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)

    6. North Carolina's 'Super Wi-Fi' network being relegated to public spaces for now

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jan 30 2012) Mobile Backhaul

      North Carolina's 'Super Wi-Fi' network being relegated to public spaces for now

      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?

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    7. Say goodbye to Fast Ethernet

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jan 25 2012) Business Ethernet

      Say goodbye to Fast 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)

    8. No more historic SLA reports: Get it (and fix it) in real time

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jan 24 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet

      No more historic SLA reports: Get it (and fix it) in real time 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)

      Mentions:   Cyan   SLA   Frank Wiener

    9. Migrating from T1 to Ethernet WAN

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Dec 7 2011) Access , Business Ethernet

      Migrating from T1 to Ethernet WAN Migrating from multisite MPLS to 100Mbps Carrier Ethernet can save you a bundle; here's how (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Optimum Lightpath

    10. US energy agency demos blazingly fast network

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Nov 1 2011)

      US energy agency demos blazingly fast network 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)

    11. Convergence - The "Final Frontier"

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Sep 28 2011) Access , Business Ethernet , Cloud

      Convergence - The "Final Frontier" 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)

    12. The history of Metro Ethernet

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jun 22 2011) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul

      The history of Metro Ethernet 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)

      Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum

    13. Carrier Ethernet vendors racing to meet demand

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jun 14 2011) Business Ethernet , Cloud

      Carrier Ethernet vendors racing to meet demand 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)

    14. 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)

    15. IEEE seeks data on Ethernet bandwidth needs

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (May 9 2011) Business Ethernet

      IEEE seeks data on Ethernet bandwidth needs 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)

      Mentions:   IEEE

    16. CenturyLink angling to become major enterprise broadband carrier

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Apr 29 2011) Local , Regional

      CenturyLink angling to become major enterprise broadband carrier 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)

      Mentions:   Qwest

    17. Ethernet vendors Overture, Hatteras to merge

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Mar 1 2011) Business Ethernet

      Overture Networks and Hatteras Networks, both privately held vendors of carrier Ethernet equipment, have agreed to merge in a deal with undisclosed financial terms. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Research Triangle Park   Overture Networks

    18. NIST formalizes cloud computing definition

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Feb 3 2011) Cloud

      NIST formalizes cloud computing definition The Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing provides a detailed overview of the associated challenges in public cloud, and provides a number of recommendations organizations should consider before leaping in. (Read Full Article)

    19. Cable for business WAN services?

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Nov 29 2010) Access , Business Ethernet , Cable / MSO

      Cable for business WAN services? Is it time for your company to consider cable? One reason I think so: the success of Cox, in particular. Cox's business services – specifically for to small-to-midsize businesses -- have skyrocketed in the past decade. In 2000, the company's business revenues were roughly $100 million; today they're over $1 billion. The company says it has more than 250,000 business customers, and is offering a mix of voice, data, Internet, hosted VoIP and Carrier Ethernet services. (Read Full Article)

    20. Internet2 racing ahead with 100G Ethernet network

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Nov 12 2010) National

      Internet2 racing ahead with 100G Ethernet network Internet2, an advanced networking consortium led by education and research organizations, says it has started receiving shipments from Juniper Networks to build out a 100G Ethernet network across the United States. (Earlier this week, Verizon Business separately announced plans for a 100G Ethernet link in Europe using Juniper gear.) (Read Full Article)

    21. 3G/4G as an access service

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Oct 14 2010) Access , Other analysts

      3G/4G as an access service This newsletter will look at the slow rate of evolution of the WAN and will discuss the possibility of using cellular services as an access service. (Read Full Article)

    22. White House issues IPv6 directive

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Sep 28 2010)

      White House issues IPv6 directive Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has issued a directive requiring all U.S. government agencies to upgrade their public-facing Web sites and services by Sept. 30, 2012, to support IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. (Read Full Article)

    23. Verizon lands $600 million in HHS contracts over 14 months

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Sep 21 2010) Middle Mile , National , Regional

      Verizon lands $600 million in HHS contracts over 14 months In the last 14 months, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Verizon Business a string of network deals that will bring in more than $600 million to the carrier over the next seven years. (Read Full Article)

    24. Measuring UC Implementation Costs:

      Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jul 19 2010)

      Measuring UC Implementation Costs: In this age of tight budgets, the best way to protect any new IT investment from the axe is to make it difficult for that axe to swing. Building a compelling business case from Day One—one that demonstrates cost savings, improved productivity, or even increased revenue—makes it tough to put that project in the stack of projects that business leaders cancel or postpone during the downturn. If the project is generating positive returns, it would be fiscally irresponsible to cut it. What’s more, the continuance of the project could be crucial to saving jobs associated with it. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LAN