Tag: data center

September 3, 2019

A slowdown in spending in China suppressed the overall growth of the data center switch market in Q2, according to research by Dell’Oro Group. On the plus side, H3C gained more than three points of revenue share year over year […]

March 15, 2019

Juniper Networks announced native integration of its QFX and PTX data center switches with SONiC to better serve hyperscale data center customers. Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) originated with Microsoft three years ago as a means to […]

February 20, 2019

Arm is known for its chipset intellectual property (IP), which is widely used in mobile devices as well as network infrastructure. Recently, the company has been making a concerted effort to gain even more market share in the network infrastructure […]

January 3, 2019

AT&T announced that all of its customer contracts, employees supporting the co-location operations, fixed assets, leases and the related facilities have been transferred over to Brookfield. With the deal in hand, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners now has 18 data centers in […]

June 1, 2017

Extreme Networks has emerged as the winning bidder to acquire Avaya’s networking business for $100 million following its original March 7 bid. Now that the final agreement has been approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District […]

May 3, 2017

Verizon has reached an agreement to sell off its cloud and managed hosting service assets to IBM, illustrating that it is backing away from the cloud services space. This is quite a different turn of events for Verizon. The service […]

April 20, 2016

Partners are applauding Intel’s announcement of massive layoffs as an indication that the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company is tightening its focus on the lucrative data center and Internet of Things markets and reducing dependence on the sluggish PC segment. “As […]

January 22, 2016

Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) chief financial officer confirmed during a fourth quarter earnings call that the telco is looking at options for its data center business. Speaking to investors, Fran Shammo said that it is looking to see if the data […]

January 21, 2016

The ongoing transition to higher Ethernet speeds in the data center and enterprise campus segment will drive Ethernet switch sales over the next five years, says Dell’Oro Group. According to the research firm, the majority of spending by data centers […]

January 13, 2016

RCN Business has brought its suite of fiber and IP-based services to Telehouse’s data center in New York City, signaling another move to bring its fiber facilities into more locations. Located at 85 10th Avenue in New York City, this expansion […]