News

• Cisco cites data-center, wireless for quarterly revenue increase

  Data-center and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the U.S. and developing countries but reported continuing weakness in Southern Europe.

• Network heavy hitters to pool SDN efforts in OpenDaylight project

  Software-defined networking, a set of technologies to help networks better adapt to user needs with less manual effort, may at last be getting the common foundation it has needed for interoperability and efficient development.

• Cisco plans to buy UK femtocell maker Ubiquisys

  Cisco is planning to buy femtocell maker Ubiquisys for US$310 million in cash and retention-based incentives, the company announced on Wednesday.

• Nuage sprouts Alcatel's software-only bid to automate clouds

  Alcatel-Lucent is promising more manageable cloud computing through Nuage Networks, an internal startup that is making its formal debut on Tuesday.

• With S-Translator, Samsung aims to reach an old industry goal in real time

  The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be shipping in 155 countries by the end of next month, and its real-time voice translation to help people communicate across borders may be one of its most ambitious features.

• Cisco inadvertently weakens password encryption in its IOS operating system

  The password encryption algorithm used in some recent versions of the Cisco IOS operating system is weaker than the algorithm it was designed to replace, Cisco revealed earlier this week.

• Cisco aims software improvements at enterprise video communications

  Anticipating explosive growth in video communications, Cisco is readying product improvements designed to simplify the management of videoconferencing traffic and to streamline its use for employees.

• Linksys brand to survive as Cisco completes sale to Belkin

  Belkin completed its acquisition of Linksys on Friday and will keep the longtime home networking company's brand, products and support channels.

• Tech companies tell Congress to target patent trolls

  The U.S. Congress needs to shut down so-called patent trolls whose infringement lawsuits are diverting company resources from hiring and research, a group of technology companies told lawmakers Thursday.

• Programmable networks will power 'Internet of Everything,' says Cisco

  For the Internet of Things to become a reality, networks need to get a whole lot smarter and more flexible, according to Cisco.

• Cisco-funded startup unveils breakthrough router, targets SDNs

  A Cisco-funded router startup has unveiled its first product, which the company says implements breakthrough silicon-to-photonics circuitry for scaling service provider networks and enabling them for software-defined networking (SDN).

• Driven by 10G, Ethernet switches buck economic headwinds

  The Ethernet switch market eked out modest growth in 2012 against the backdrop of an uncertain global economy, underscored by weakness in Europe and lower public sector spending.

• Mobile carriers, vendors eager to virtualize networks

  There has to be a sea change in how mobile operators build their networks and implement new services, and virtualization will make it possible, carriers and equipment vendors say.

• Cisco joins top 5 server vendors for the first time, IDC says

  Cisco Systems has entered the list of the top 5 server vendors for the first time, drawing level with Fujitsu and Oracle in a tie for fourth place, according to research firm IDC.

• US lawmakers look for waste in broadband stimulus

  Some Republican lawmakers on Wednesday accused two U.S. agencies of wasting hundreds of millions of dollars in broadband stimulus money on failed projects, but supporters of the broadband spending questioned the Republican numbers.