News and BusinessCisco and Acacia Communications have entered into a definitive agreement under which Cisco has agreed to acquire Acacia for a consideration of US$2.6 billion. An existing Cisco supplier, Acacia designs and manufactures high-speed, optical interconnect technologies that allow webscale companies, service providers, and datacentre operators to meet the fast-growing consumer demands for data. Under the […]
News and BusinessCisco Systems Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of optical networking equipment, is in talks to purchase optical chip technology company Luxtera Inc. This possible deal has been announced by Bloomberg, the global information and technology company. A final price for the closely held company had not been agreed by 12th December, “but a deal will likely […]
Applications and ResearchEU Scientists are harnessing next generation lasers to create light-speed broadband connections and remove the data bottlenecks that could cause the Internet to grind to a halt as demand increases. A group of EU-funded researchers are incorporating VCSEL laser sources with silicon photonics to develop long wavelength, high capacity communications for the very first time, […]
News and BusinessAt the Smart City Expo World Congress, this week in Barcelona, (14-16 November), company announces new features and customers for Cisco Kinetic for Cities IoT data platform. So-called “smart cities” have less pollution, safer streets, and better quality of life for citizens. But many finance officers struggle to fund the upgrades that will make their […]
Technologies and ProductsCisco’s new Nexus 9516 Switch has put up some serious performance numbers of its own such as the ability to handle more than 1 million IPv4/v6 routes and a record 10.2 million multicast routes, all the while dropping zero packets during grueling stress tests across its fully loaded 1024 50G-Ethernet ports. The test was independently […]
Applications and ResearchThe Remote PHY technology specified by CableLabs allows deployment of distributed DOCSIS architectures in HFC networks. It will offer operators a way to increase capacity and extend usefulness of their coax networks to answer the growing data transmission needs. The cable industry is going through a rapid change, as operators are searching for solutions to […]
News and BusinessCombined portfolio will provide “unprecedented” application, business, and infrastructure analytics capabilities. Cisco announced on January 25th of its intent to acquire AppDynamics, a privately-held application intelligence software company based in San Francisco, CA. AppDynamics’s cloud application and business monitoring platform enables the world’s largest companies to improve application and business performance. Cisco will acquire AppDynamics […]
News and BusinessOptical communications giants Cisco, Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create the Network Functions Virtualization Interoperability Testing Initiative (NFV-ITI), which is designed to help communication service providers to address the challenges related to NFV deployment and Cloud transformation within multi-vendor network environments. The partners stated, “deployment and integration of virtual […]
News and BusinessDatacenters with few other emerging applications will become a multibillion-dollar market for silicon photonics by 2025, according to market analyst company Yole Développement. The principal reasons for this expected boost for silicon technologies are that transporting increasing levels of data with existing technologies will soon reach its limit and photons will continue replacing step-by-step electrons […]
News and BusinessCommunications giant Cisco has announced it will help engineers, developers, partners and customers embrace a dramatic change in how networks are built and managed — preparing the industry for the transition to digital-ready networks. Cisco added that it is also building on the intersection between security and networking with new technologies designed to simplify branch […]
News and BusinessCisco has outlined the next phase of its investment in India by expanding its Pune operations and launching the Cisco Global Delivery Centre. The opening of the Global Delivery Centre in Cisco’s 172,000 sq ft office is a strategic move by the company to support customers globally and in India. With the new centre, India […]