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The LAN switching market is now steered by four companies. The others are under a lot of pressure

The switch manufacturer is supporting hypervisors from VMware and plans to let its hardware move virtual machine policies across the network. Why Extreme does not plan to move switching functions to the server

If Hewlett Packard

The S series includes four models, ranging from an edge switch to a multi-terabit core router. Total switching capacity exceeds a terabit per second

Most likely buyers would be: HP, which could fill out its data centre switching and SAN portfolio with a Brocade acquisition; and Oracle which would emerge a more complete player in the data centre centre arena by purchasing the Cisco rival...

The NetVanta 1544 supports four 2.5 Gbps uplinks per switch, with one model supporting power over Ethernet. An Infonetics analyst says customers are looking for something that works for a good price