Avaya beefs up switch architecture to compete with Cisco, HP, others

By Jim Duffy – The new Ethernet Routing Switch (ERS) 4000 series switches are designed to help enterprises optimize networks for collaboration, and simplify the convergence of voice, video and data. One of the key new features of the line is a boost in stacking bandwidth from 320G to 384Gbps.

The switches are compatible with Avaya‘s Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture (VENA), a blueprint unveiled a year ago to allow users to optimize the network for business applications and services through virtualization.  VENA is competing with other network virtualization and fabric architectures from Cisco, Brocade, HP, Dell, IBM, Extreme, Enterasys, Alcatel-Lucent, and others. more> http://twurl.nl/kebyrr

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Server makers adopt AMD’s new 16-core chips

By Agam Shah – Server vendors on Monday came out in support of Advanced Micro Devices’ latest Opteron 6200 server chips, which advance chip technology to new highs with 16 processor cores.

Top server makers Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM are refreshing server lines with the new Opteron chips, which include between four and 16 cores.

A larger number of cores on AMD‘s chips could bring servers more performance on specific applications while cutting power consumption, said Dan Olds, principal analyst at Gabriel Consulting Group. more> http://twurl.nl/hydc6j

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