Cisco buys metro Ethernet chipmaker
Cisco Systems will acquire metro Ethernet chipmaker Greenfield Networks, the companies announced today...
Turin hires ex-Luminous CEO
Turin Networks has named Chris Stark its new president of worldwide sales and marketing. Stark was the chief executive officer of Luminous Networks, a vendor of resilient packet ring (RPR) equipment...
Extreme’s new CEO describes turnaround plans
Mark Canepa, who was named the new chief executive officer of Extreme Networks in August, highlighted his goals for reviving the Ethernet equipment vendor during its quarterly earnings call late Friday...
Extreme still struggling with sales
After a challenging 2006 fiscal year, Extreme Networks began fiscal 2007 with more bad news...
Juniper CEO heralds end of carrier Ethernet
Juniper Networks’ new carrier Ethernet router, the MX960, will bring about the end of the market for carrier Ethernet gear, Juniper chief executive officer Scott Kreins said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call late Wednesday...
Optimum Lightpath: Growth ‘R’ Us
Being over budget is not usually a good thing, but for Optimum Lightpath, the success of its Metro Ethernet service has led to a faster-than-expected buildout of fiber to businesses in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area that the Cablevision subsidiary serves. This month, the company expects to have “lit” 2000 buildings in the densely populated area...
Telco Systems acquires IP DSLAM vendor
Telco Systems has acquired IP DSLAM maker Critical Telecom, the company announced today...
Analyst: Nortel eyeing Force10
Nortel Networks might be considering an acquisition of Ethernet switch vendor Force10 Networks, according to Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Joe Chiasson...
Huawei takes Alcatel's optical crown
Alcatel was bumped from its spot as the world's leading supplier of optical networking hardware for the first time ever in the second quarter, according to Infonetics Research....
White Rock suspends operations
The directors of White Rock Networks decided to suspend virtually all of the company’s operations today and furlough most of its employees while the company attempts to quickly end its search for an acquirer...
Sales of Ciena's MSTP 'going crazy' overseas
In what one analyst called a "lovely quarter," Ciena reported $152.5 million in revenue for its fiscal third quarter, beating analysts' average expectations by nearly 7%. Revenue was 16% higher than in the higher than a year earlier. ...
Extreme names new CEO
Extreme Networks named Mark Canepa its new president and chief executive officer today...
Metro Ethernet equipment market explodes
Global spending on metro Ethernet equipment nearly doubled last year to about $5 billion, according to new data from Infonetics Research, which projects the market to triple by 2009....
