Stories about: Foundry Networks

As open source router startup Vyatta is scheduled to formally launches its first appliance this week, one early adopter is using the Linux-based gear to replace Cisco technologies.

Netgear next week is expected to jump into the Layer 3 Gigabit switch market with a 24-port box that can act as a hardware-based LAN router for small and midsize nets.

Everybody probably wishes they looked as good at 30 as Ethernet.

A new generation of wireless LAN technology this week will share the Networld+Interop show floor in Las Vegas with updated wired LAN gear and new services.

With the end of 2002 in sight, many in IT will be heading into 2003 happy to put this palindromic year in the rearview mirror. Still, this year offered up some important tech advances: wireless and pervasive computing exploded; edge computing and edge applications often took center stage; and XML and Web services wove themselves further into the enterprise, impacting everything from IT integration plans to EAI vendors' strategies.

Extreme Networks Inc. on Wednesday is due to unveil a new switch at the Networld+Interop conference here. Like previous Extreme switches, it has been designed to enhance content networking performance by codifying routing logic in silicon, rather than software.

The amount of 10 Gigabit Ethernet network gear being introduced and demonstrated at NetWorld+ Interop 2001 this week means enterprise users could get the high-speed LAN technology in their networks sooner rather than later, and next-generation Ethernet services could be around the corner.