Metro Ethernet

Solution Search:
Wireless Broadband: Meeting demand, choosing technology by Motorola, Inc.
revenue, and how service providers should prepare their metro infrastructure for 4G.

Specific topics included in this lesson include:

  • LTE: The preferred 4G solution for
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Ethernet 10/100/1000 Copper Taps, Passive or Active? by Gigamon
This article presents an overview of the various Ethernet 10/100/1000 physical layer technologies for the copper medium. It discusses the pros and cons of active...
FCoE -- Happiness or Hype? by Storage Decisions
the marketing and development of Fibre Channel over Ethernet as well as some viable alternatives to that approach. Industry efforts to promote and update Ethernet have...
How a Spanning Tree Works by Global Knowledge
The way a switch learns Ethernet (MAC) addresses is by inspecting the Ethernet frame and recording the source MAC address in a dynamic table...
Associated Newspapers Solves Data Centre Challenges with Data Domain and Vizioncore by Data Domain
Daily Mail,The Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard, London Metro, Irish Mail on Sunday and the advertising publication Loot.

Faced with significant challenges around...
The Case for Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) by Global Knowledge
In this whitepaper you will learn about the evolution of Ethernet, the reasons VLANs were introduced, and the ways that VLANs can be used. In the history of Ethernet, the...
Prescription For Growth: Dell Storage Helps Navicure Reduce Disaster Recovery Site Deployment Time By Nearly 75% by Dell, Inc.
to the IT staff. The iSCSI SAN allows them to use existing Ethernet and IP networks and capitalize on their familiarity with Ethernet technology.

Additionally, they...
NSS Labs Report - McAfee M-8000 Network Security Platform Executive Summary by McAfee, Inc.
NSS Labs performed testing of the McAfee M-8000 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Read this NSS Labs report of comprehensive testing conducted during Q4, 2008 of the McAfee M-8000 10 Gigabit...
Secure and Cost-Effective Data Transport- Presentation slides by Thales
in selecting data transport technology and present Ethernet carrier services as an attractive data transport option. Do you know what data transport technology...
iSCSI for TL-Series Tape Libraries by Dell, Inc.
to directly attach a tape backup target to their iSCSI 1Gb Ethernet SAN with little to no degradation in transfer speed. This white paper explores this setup and...
Addressing Significant Growth Of Data With The iSCSI Protocol by Dell, Inc.
more easily and more cost-effectively. iSCSI uses standard Ethernet infrastructure to connect servers to back-end storage and is generally seen as simpler to manage and less...
Secure and Cost-Effective Data Transport by Thales
options available today, the paper describes how new public Ethernet carrier services are making it easier and more cost-effective for governments and enterprise businesses...
CCNA v2.0 Review: Critical Concepts of the 640-802 CCNA Exam by Global Knowledge
Information Protocol Version 2(RIPv2),VLANs, Ethernet, access control lists (ACLs)."

To reflect these changes, we have updated our popluar overview, CCNA Review, to...
How Can I More Effectively Address the Needs of My Business Customers? by CA
enterprise customers as they migrate from legacy to Ethernet-based services. To compensate, CSPs must expand into the small- and medium-sized business market and become...
Motorola Point-to-Point Solutions and WiMAX by Motorola, Inc.
paper has the answer. Find out the details on a new class of Ethernet bridges that provides carrier-class reliability and high-throughput for backhauling WiMAX traffic...
Case Study: Deep in the Heart of Texas Motorola Helps Keep Drivers Safe by Motorola, Inc.
decided to call a halt to the madness by implementing a new Ethernet bridge solution that provides carrier-class reliability and high-throughput. With help from Motorola, the...
Improving Data Center Efficiency with Network and Storage Consolidation by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Do more with less! In today's economic climate, businesses need to find ways to improve agility, deliver business continuance, improve...
Cisco EnergyWise: Energy Management Architecture by Cisco Systems, Inc.
connected to a Cisco network ranging from Power over Ethernet (PoE) devices such as IP phones and wireless access points to IP-enabled building and lighting...
Storage: The Best Products of the Year 2008 by Storage Magazine
Innovation was the byword for storage vendors in 2008. See which products came out on top in this issue of Storage. Other topics covered...
Sun's Open Network System for Web: Accelerating application performance and cost efficiency by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation
Sun's Open Network System for Web effectively combines virtualized and consolidated networking and storage coupled with the Sun Blade...
Security through Maturity: A Brief on Securing iSCSI Networks by Dell, Inc.
way to implement storage area networks (SANs) using Ethernet components. If you are interested in implementing a robust, secure iSCSI SAN then it is important to know the...
Telecom Resource Center
Wi-Fi: You can take it with you by Kate Gerwig, Site Editor
Qwest broadband business or residential customers can now leave their Ethernet cords behind and can get online for free at places like Starbucks, Barnes & Noble and McDonald's without buying an additional... More...
May 8, 2009
Alcatel-Lucent adds Carrier Ethernet services framework by Eve Griliches, IDC program director

Despite economic conditions, the Carrier Ethernet market is still one of the fastest growing markets in the telecom industry. Market researcher IDC projects the overall growth of... More...

Feb 10, 2009
Best practices for optical network design by Kate Gerwig, Site Editor
lived in core networks. Now it's the transmission medium of choice in metro and access networks, as well. The game-changer is global growth in consumer broadband and the need to distribute enormous amounts of... More...
Jan 30, 2009
Three ways for telecoms to jump-start 3G profits by Michael Morisy, News Writer
SmarTone Vodaphone, in Hong Kong, has begun equipping taxis with Ethernet jacks that feed into the company's wireless networks. The service has been quite popular with business users.

"People often stay in... More...

Nov 13, 2008
Best practices for optical network design
and the best practices for deployment.

SONET rings can be replicated in metro Ethernet and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) networks by simply using the same fiber and relying on wavelength separation or... More...

Nov 11, 2008
Telecom Related Definitions