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Friday, October 03, 2014

Cisco, Acer, others join Intel-backed IoT standards group

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Cisco, Acer, others join Intel-backed IoT standards group
“Internet of things” standards groups are rallying the troops for efforts to make thermostats, door locks, sensors and other connected devices find each other and share information.On Thursday, the Open Interconnect Consortium announced it has gained 27 new members, including Cisco Systems, Acer, chip maker Mediatek and home IoT hub maker SmartThings, since it was founded in July. The group’s founding members include Intel, Samsung Electronics and Dell. The OIC also named its board of directors, which will be led by Jong-Deok Choi, the deputy head of Samsung’s Software R&D Center.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More


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Startups look to eliminate routers, switches
This week, two startups came out with SDN products they claim can rid network of routers and core switches. Compass-EOS, ironically a maker of routers using silicon photonics, rolled out a product called SDN Forwarding Plane that the company says replaces routers in service provider networks.And Fiber Mountain, a company that debuted at this week’s Interop New York exhibition, unveiled a fiber optic connectivity management system based on ToR switches, patch panels and orchestration software that the company says can eliminate core switches.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More


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Cisco bulks up branch routers for cloud
ISRs support hybrid WAN access and new Cisco ONE software licensing Read More


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