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Watch out Cisco: Facebook is designing open network switches

Watch out Cisco: Facebook is designing open network switches
  • Posted May 10, 2013, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Social networking icon Facebook -- perhaps with a deserved emphasis on "networking" -- announced that is now expanding its Open Compute Project in an effort to take a fresh look at enterprise-level switch design. Facebook is hoping OCP will yield a high-end,…

UPnP flaws place millions of networks in danger

UPnP flaws place millions of networks in danger
  • Posted January 29, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Several security vulnerabilities found within common UPnP implementations have prompted experts at Rapid 7 to recommend the public disable UPnP entirely. Research spanning several months in 2012 revealed that over 2 percent -- or about 50 million -- of all…

Scientists hit wireless speeds of 2.56Tbps using light vortex beams

Scientists hit wireless speeds of 2.56Tbps using light vortex beams
  • Posted June 26, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Researchers at USC, JPL and Tel Aviv University have managed to transfer 2.56 terabits of information by multiplexing 8 x 300Gbps "twisted" streams of visible light into a single beam. The feat exploits a phenomenon which, up until recently, scientists…

Verizon doubles FiOS speeds to 300Mbps, prices to increase

Verizon doubles FiOS speeds to 300Mbps, prices to increase
  • Posted May 30, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News
  • Claiming customer demand has fueled recent network upgrades, Verizon announced it will more than double speeds for FiOS subscribers. This will raise the company's fastest offering from an speedy 150/35 Mbps to an enviable 300/65 Mbps. There is currently no…

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