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  • Power down

    The IEEE has failed to choose one of two competing specifications for networking over power lines, Register Hardware reports. Last week, the IEEE P1901 working group met to vote on a proposal from Panasonic and the HomePlug Alliance, but it didn't get the required 75%.

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  • The case for UTP

    George Zimmerman and Bruce Tolley made the case for 10 Gigabit Ethernet over unshielded twisted pair wiring in Sci-Tech Today. These execs from Solarflare Communications point out that 10 Gigabit can run over Category-5e wiring, which many enterprises may already have installed.

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  • Tussle in the data center

    Brocade and Cisco are in a war of words over words, as The Register recently pointed out. At stake is what to call the networking technologies for data centers, and who will control the discussion (and marketing).

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  • Be careful what you say

    During an interview with Reuters, Cisco CEO John Chambers was asked his view on the economy, and he responded that his customers don't expect the economy to pick up until early next year. That comment sent the market into a tizzy.

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  • NETWORK ARCHITECTURE ALERT

    Reactions to Brocade-Foundry deal by Jeff Caruso

    As the impact of the news this week that Brocade Communications Systems will be acquiring Foundry Networks sank in, it drew a wide range of reactions - even just at Network World.Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese keyed in on one observation – that in the conference call discussing the...

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