Jim Duffy

A market research company says more people in China are on broadband now than in the U.S. With cable about to move into fixed broadband in China, that gap will only increase

The company has high hopes that its alliance with Microsoft for unified communications will make significant inroads in the effort to close the gap on market leader Cisco

The network gear maker also announces a Web resource, Widget Central, and a software development kit for partners to better integrate their software with Extreme switches

The LAN switching vendor also is lining up partnerships with VoIP companies and expanding its security portfolio to include firewalls and VPNs in an effort to tap ancillary markets

When visiting Niagara Falls, chances are you're too enthralled by the beauty and power of the cataract to think of anything else. Until you cross the U.S./Canada border - then you have to think about the interrogation from customs agents and the video cameras locked in on your vehicle.

The investment is intended to help the company expand its mobile platform and distribution strategy.

HP may be emerging as a more formidable competitor to Cisco, which dominates the enterprise LAN switching arena. HP experienced year-over-year port growth for the second quarter more than double the industry growth rate, according to Dell

Large fixed-rate flows, such as video, are not supported well by current routers, which have freeze-frame, jitter and general scalability challenges under moderate levels of network congestion.