Thursday, February 9th, 2012 4:37 am

Revenue from Ethernet services is growing rapidly

Framingham (ip-192.com): Adoption rates for Ethernet services are soaring, propelled by superior cost effectiveness, high-bandwidth scalability, ease of implementation, and overall flexibility. According to study from International Data Corporation (IDC), total U.S. Ethernet revenue will increase from $3.4 billion in 2010 to $8.2 billion in 2015. Datacenter connectivity, disaster recovery/business continuity, and data storage replication [...]

802.3ba: New Ethernet standard ratified

New York (ip-192.com): The IEEE standards association has ratified a new 40/100 Gb/s Ethernet standard, providing a single architecture that supports up to 100 Gb Ethernet and a physical layer specification. In addition to the increased bandwidth pipeline, the IEEE 802.3ba standard remains compatible with existing IEEE 802.3 installations, thereby preserving significant industry investment in [...]