The current incremental approach to lower latency and increase capacity will soon reach the end of the road. The reason for this has been known for some time and is…
Juniper QFabric Switches use Autonomic Ideas
So Juniper Networks have launched a new idea in switching, expanding the switching fabric across multiple chassis in their QFabric switch platform. In their launch video (it's 76 minutes long,…
Goodbye IPv4 Address Space?
So today marked an auspicious occasion in which the last 5 /8 IP addresses were handed to each of the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). This marks the last of the…
Time for a new mobile, good-bye Nokia, hello HTC
It's time to change my mobile phone again. I don't have anything against my Nokia E75, which lasted well.. but the choices I made back in this post (Not a…
End-of-Life: Juniper WXC590 platform
Juniper has announced the End-of-Life for the WXC590 platform. This effectively kills off the old WXC platform models, and leaves only the new Juniper hardware platform designs left that were…
End-of-Life: Riverbed announces End-of-Life for Steelhead Mobile Controller
Riverbed has announced the End-of-Life for it's first Steelhead Mobile Controller 8500, replacing it with the SMC8650, or the SMC-VE virtualised platform. The SMC8650 supports 40 concurrent licenses, up from…
End-of-life: Juniper WX Stack architecture
Juniper Networks has announced in the last couple of days End-of Life for the WX100 devices. This effectively kills off the WX stack architecture as a side-effect. The WX-100 was…
Mobile platform consolidation continues
At the Mobile World Congress Intel and Nokia announced the Meego platform in a joint press conference. Nokia's flirtation with different operating system platforms looks to continue, but this time…