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  Data Center Networking: Optical vs. Everything Else

  Posted Wednesday, May 08, 2013 by Doug Mohney

  Copper has had a long life for data networking connections, but an all-optical data center is likely to be in the cards somewhere in the future. And it's going to be glass, despite the temptation of other shiny toys like RF and LEDs. Read more

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  Testbed Puts a Promising New Spin on SDN

  Posted Wednesday, April 24, 2013 by Todd Bundy

  The Internet2 conference this week was a smashing success. Reflecting on the audience’s comments and interest in our advanced development SDN infrastructure testbed leads me to elaborate on it a bit further. Read more

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  New Backhaul Challenges Emerging with LTE-Advanced

  Posted Wednesday, April 17, 2013 by Michael Ritter

  LTE-Advanced Release 10 is a major enhancement of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). This new technology is targeting peak data rates up to 1Gbps and introduces new concepts with the ultimate goal of designing a system that is drastically enhanced in both cell capacity and coverage. Read more

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