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Brocade increases blade port density

...also released a 64-port, 8Gbps Fibre Channel blade for the DCX Backbone, called the FC8-64. The product, aimed at storage area networks (SAN... Read more

7 June, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

BT wins £39m NATO backbone contract

BT has won a contract to supply NATO with its communications backbone, the company revealed on Thursday. The five-year deal is worth â... Read more

16 March, 2012

Google set to build backbone of its 1Gbps fibre network

...Access, said on Monday. At the beginnning, it will only cover the backbone of the broadband network, not the connections to actual homes and businesses... Read more

7 February, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

NYSE welds cloud to global communications backbone

...Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) technology, which is a low-latency communications backbone for the financial industry. The product is underpinned by EMC VNX storage... Read more

2 June, 2011
A Torus-Based 4-Way Fault-Tolerant <endeca_term>Backbone</endeca_term> Network Architecture for Avionic WDM LANs

A Torus-Based 4-Way Fault-Tolerant Backbone Network Architecture for Avionic WDM LANs

...authors leverage the torus topology to design a Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) backbone network for operation in hazardous avionic environments. The proposed WDM local area... Read more

30 March, 2011
Enabling <endeca_term>Backbone</endeca_term> Networks to Sleep

Enabling Backbone Networks to Sleep

Today, backbone networks of Telecom operators deploy a large number of devices and links... Read more

5 January, 2011
Modeling Congestion in <endeca_term>Backbone</endeca_term> Routers

Modeling Congestion in Backbone Routers

...to-end loss probabilities and delays do not scale well to fast backbone links. In this paper, the authors investigate the nature of congestion events... Read more

1 January, 2011
Efficient and Resilient <endeca_term>Backbones</endeca_term> for Multihop Wireless Networks

Efficient and Resilient Backbones for Multihop Wireless Networks

The authors consider the problem of finding "Backbones" in multi-hop wireless networks. The backbone provides end-to-end connectivity... Read more

1 January, 2011
A Distributed Scheduler for Airborne <endeca_term>Backbone</endeca_term> Networks With Directional Antennas

A Distributed Scheduler for Airborne Backbone Networks With Directional Antennas

Airborne backbone networks are useful in tactical applications to interconnect sub-networks. A major... Read more

8 December, 2010
Interference-Aware, Fully-Distributed Virtual <endeca_term>Backbone</endeca_term> Construction and Its Application in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks

Interference-Aware, Fully-Distributed Virtual Backbone Construction and Its Application in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks

In multi-hop wireless networks, the use of virtual backbone can greatly simplify routing, broadcasting, as well as energy/bandwidth saving. However... Read more

1 December, 2010
GRiDA: A Green Distributed Algorithm for <endeca_term>Backbone</endeca_term> Networks

GRiDA: A Green Distributed Algorithm for Backbone Networks

...the authors face the problem of reducing the power consumption of Internet backbone networks. They propose a novel algorithm, called GRiDA, to selectively switch off... Read more

13 November, 2010
Greening <endeca_term>Backbone</endeca_term> Networks: Reducing Energy Consumption by Shutting Off Cables in Bundled Links

Greening Backbone Networks: Reducing Energy Consumption by Shutting Off Cables in Bundled Links

In backbone networks, the line cards that drive the links between neighboring routers consume... Read more

2 June, 2010
<endeca_term>Backbone</endeca_term> 1.5.1

Backbone 1.5.1

The brand new official Backbone Mobile App is now available! Stream our music, check schedule, see pictures... Read more

16 May, 2012
Efficient Algorithms for Extension of Mobile <endeca_term>Backbone</endeca_term> Networks

Efficient Algorithms for Extension of Mobile Backbone Networks

...an efficient way. The wide network coverage is provided by constructing Mobile Backbone Networks (MBN), which are dynamic networks. These networks have two types of... Read more

4 April, 2012
Multipath Routing <endeca_term>Backbone</endeca_term> for Improving QoS in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Multipath Routing Backbone for Improving QoS in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

...challenging task. This paper presents a new approach based on Multipath Routing Backbones (MRB) for supporting enhanced Quality of Service (QoS) in MANETs. The objective... Read more

19 May, 2011

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apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

25 minutes ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

3 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

4 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

5 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

11 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

20 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

21 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

22 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

1 day ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

1 day ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

1 day ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

1 day ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

1 day ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors