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• Alcatel-Lucent brings 40G to the core

  Alcatel-Lucent this week at Interop will flesh out its data center fabric vision with 40G Ethernet and higher-density 10G Ethernet capabilities on its core switches, as well as enhanced software for its top-of-rack and core switches.

• Juniper joins Cisco, Enterasys in BYOD management fray

  Juniper this week unveiled new and enhanced products designed to secure mobile device access to enterprise networks.

• Dissecting Cisco's FabricPath Ethernet technology

  Cisco's FabricPath data center Ethernet technology is designed to combine traditional, Spanning Tree-based Ethernet with a next-generation architecture that uses a link-state protocol to allow for multiple active paths. Deploying multiple active paths in a data center network is required to flatten the infrastructure to reduce latency and better support traffic flow between server racks.

• Juniper buys web security company for $80 million

  Juniper said this week it has acquired Mykonos Software, a provider of website and web application security software, for $80 million.

• Juniper exec gives inside look at QFabric

  R.K. Anand, executive vice president and general manager of Juniper Networks' Data Center Business Unit, was employee No. 12 of the network startup back in 1996, leaving a job as a microprocessor designer at Sun Microsystems. Years later he left Juniper for a brief stint at another startup, but came back to help finalize the company's QFabric product and get it out the door. QFabric began shipping in September 2011. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with Anand at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., for a deep dive on the company's answer to high-end data center demands.

• Juniper's financial challenges continue

  Juniper Networks' challenges are due to timing with new product rollouts and shifts in investments from customers and channel partners.

• Juniper acquires BitGravity content technology, engineers

  Juniper Networks has acquired technology and personnel from BitGravity, the content delivery networking (CDN) subsidiary of Tata Communications.

• Juniper vs. Palo Alto: Next-gen firewall legal brawl

  Juniper Networks says that Palo Alto Networks is infringing on its next-generation firewall technology, which was invented by Palo Alto's founders but for which Juniper holds the patents.

• 30 events that shaped Cisco in 2011

  2011 was a tumultuously transitional year for Cisco. The company came to the realization that its strategy for growth by entering new markets spread it too thin, distracted it from core markets and impacted profits. It cost thousands of employees their jobs and forced Cisco to scale back on its aggressive growth plans and tactics.

• Startup founded by ex-Cisco execs pushes software-defined networking

  Software-defined networking startup Embrane this week came out of stealth mode to unveil its product and strategy for virtualizing network services.

• Disruptive technologies and BYO devices are top customer worries: Juniper

  Disruptive technologies and the rise of bring-your-own (BYO) devices are two of the biggest challenges facing IT managers, Juniper has claimed.

• Juniper unveils cloud-based lab for customer testing

  Juniper is harnessing the cloud to make it easier and less expensive for customers to test its products.

• Harris Farm Markets improves customer service, reduces operational costs

  In a move to improve its customer service, Harris Farm Markets had deployed a network to support its point of sale and inventory management.

• Juniper welcomes NBN opportunities

  Juniper decided to expand its Melbourne office because of opportunities offered by the National Broadband Network (NBN) and the acquisition of new clients in the financial sector, says the networking vendor's Australian and New Zealand managing director.

• Juniper's disappointing quarter not due to switching

  No one can blame enterprise switching for Juniper's disappointing second-quarter results. Sales of Juniper's EX switches were up 18% year-over-year, switching overall was up 33%, and enterprise sales were up 9% due to strength in enterprise switching and routing products.