You'll start to hear the term Hybrid Networking bandied around shortly. Whilst hybrid can mean many things, in this case we are talking about Hybrid Network Unification. In this article,…
State of the Network – a response
So Network Instruments have published their latest State of the Network report, and it makes for some worrying reading for network managers. The report is gathered from questionnaires answered by…
Posted from the mobile
So as part of the new job I needed to get a new phone. Since I'm not a big fan of Microsoft Windows Mobile, I wanted something different as a…
Ciena completes World Wide Packets acquisition
Ciena has announced that they have completed the acquisition of World Wide Packets. As covered in January, the deal closed for $196.7mn in cash, and 2.5mn Ciena shares ($87.8mn). Ciena…
The first week in the new job
So I've started the new job.. and the first week is over. Three days of training in Paris, in which it feels like I've met more than half of the…
The past is bright, the past is Orange
Well, it has come to that time again (nearly 11 years later), and I'm off to a different company. So shortly I'll be working for Ipanema Technologies, instead of Orange.…
Ciena to gain Carrier Ethernet with World Wide Packets announcement
Ciena Networks is acquiring privately-held World Wide Packets for $200mn in cash and $90mn in shares. World Wide Packets will act as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ciena. It brings a…
Impact under acceleration
So investigating some issues for the inks company today, I come across a problem that we've seen before with Junipers WX appliances.. A site has problems transferring data across the…