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Broadcom Sampling Tomahawk II Ethernet Switch with 64 Ports of 100GE
Broadcom Limited today announced immediate availability of its new family of switches optimized for cloud-scale data centers deploying high density 100G switching solutions. Building on the widely deployed StrataXGS® Tomahawk® and Trident™ switch products, the new StrataXGS Tomahawk II Switch Series is the highest performance Ethernet switch available today, supporting up to 64 ports 100GE or […]
$37B of Servers, Storage & Switches in 2016
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Forecast, total spending on IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switches) for deployment in cloud environments will increase by 16.2% in 2016 to $37.4 billion. Public cloud datacenters, at 18.6% annual growth, will account for the majority (62.5%) of this spending. […]
HPE, Dell, Cisco 1-2-3 in Q2’2016 Cloud Infrastructure
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 14.5% year over year to $7.7 billion in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16), ahead of renewed hyperscale growth expected […]
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ODM and Dell Server Revenue Up, Market Down in Q2
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 0.4% year over year to $13.4 billion in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16). Overall server market growth has recently slowed in part due to a pause in hyperscale datacenter expansion and is feeling the continued […]
Highest Growth in Four Years For Branded Data Center Ethernet Switches
Cisco Accounts for Over Half of all Spending, Arista and Huawei See Strongest Growth In the first half of 2016, spending on branded data center Ethernet switches saw the strongest growth since the first half of 2012, according to the most recent report from Crehan Research Inc. Furthermore, the market’s growth rate in the first half […]
Cloud Server Shipments Slow in 1H16, Expected to Accelerate in 2H16
According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center IT industries, server shipments floundered in the first half of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. Shipments to Cloud data centers are expected to accelerate in the second half of the […]
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New 2.5/5.0GbE standard offers upgrade for over 70B meters of Cat5e/6 cabling
The Ethernet Alliance today announced ratification of the IEEE 802.3bz Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation. Enabling access layer bandwidth to evolve incrementally beyond 1 Gigabit per second (Gb/s), it will help address emerging needs in a variety of settings and applications, including enterprise, […]
PCI Express Bifurcation in the 100G Era
By: Sven Olav Lund, Sr. Product Manager, Napatech Over the last few years, the increase in internet bandwidth has caused carriers to invest in equipment that can meet the requirements of the increasing network traffic. The rapid growth in 100G network speeds has led to the deployment of new high-volume network equipment. The first phase […]
Industry’s First NVM Express Ecosystem Market Report
Analyst firm G2M announced the availability of the industry’s first NVM Express Ecosystem Market Sizing Report that includes a 5-year forecast (2016-2020) for NVMe-related product segments, industry ecosystem mapping for each segment, and a comprehensive market analysis report. To purchase the report, contact Mike Heumann at or . Subscribers will receive the NVMe Market Forecast and […]
