Foundry expands switch family with PoE Plus, IPv6 Foundry Networks this week extended its switch line to boost support for network growth, video and other high-power devices, as well as migration to IPv6.

Broadcom touts lower power draw of 802.11n WLAN chip Chipmaker Broadcom has announced a new 802.11n chip that promises lower power demands and prices for enterprise-class wireless LAN access points.

It's one of those opinionated days Cisco Subnet blogger Michael Morris says that the physical design - how all the cables go together – must be done right the first time.

CCNP Wrap-up IV: Build List for $1200 Budget Cisco Subnet blogger Wendell Odom writes, "We're almost to the end of the CCNP lab madness. Last week, I posted about a suggested CCNP lab with an $800 budget. Today, let's expand that to a $1200 budget."

Foundry expands switch line for IPv6 Foundry Networks this week introduced a series of routing switches with an emphasis on support for IPv6, the next generation of the Internet's routing protocol.

Cisco skills shortage is baloney, expert says Brad Reese recently appeared as a guest for Network World chat. Brad operates BradReese.Com, a portal that matches Cisco professionals with jobs and with refurbished equipment and writes the extremely popular Brad Reese ...

More 10 Gigabit Ethernet components unveiled More companies are readying the building blocks for 10 Gigabit Ethernet gear this week, as startup Aquantia introduced low-power 10GBase-T silicon for data center applications and Fujitsu Microelectronics America ...

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