Brocade names Christine Heckart as Chief Marketing Officer

Brocade has announced the appointment of Christine Heckart to the position of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). In this role, Ms. Heckart will be responsible for the strategic direction of Brocade’s global marketing organisation, helping to position the company as the network provider of choice to the world’s data centres. Ms. Heckart will report directly to Brocade’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lloyd Carney.

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Colt deploys ADVA 100G Core

Colt has deployed the ADVA 100G Core to address bandwidth growth from its U.K. enterprise customers. A customer of ADVA Optical Networking for over 15 years, Colt chose the ADVA 100G Core technology because of its plug-and-play simplicity and ease of use. The ADVA 100G Core has been optimized to interoperate with all major optical transport systems and enables Colt to upgrade existing customer networks without disrupting data traffic or making additional costly installations. This optimization...

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ADVA Optical Networking acquires Oscilloquartz SA from Swatch Group

ADVA Optical Networking SE has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire all shares in Oscilloquartz SA from Swatch Group.

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Providing greater visibility, control and automation

Additional features provide greater network intelligence to enable agile, programmable and software-defined networks that are responsive to application needs.

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Software takes centre stage

New user-vendor forum set to define and promote OpenFlow-based, merchant-optical networking solutions, offering unprecedented orchestration of packet and optical technologies for next-generation data centers and cloud service providers.

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Technical Discussion: High Performance IP Replication

Why is it so challenging to achieve high performance IP Replication over distance between data centers? Check out Brocade subject matter experts discussing the challenges of achieving high performance IP replication over distance, including how Brocade addresses this architecturally and test results comparing IP storage replication workloads showing you the level of performance you can achieve with Brocade's solution.

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