Service Chaining the S/Gi-LAN with High Speed Packet Processing So just where in the network is some of the most expensive equipment deployed? For now it appears that one place is in the S/Gi-LAN. As such, the opportunity for MNOs to consolidate fixed function hardware onto a single open architecture x86 platform and apply open-standard packet acceleration technology to meet DPI needs, promises high return on flexibility, CAPEX and...

If you want to test out a quad socket Intel Xeon-based network appliance with 48 cores and sixteen 40G ports with hardware crypto acceleration, now  you can. It’s worth noting that the hardware will cost about the same price as your company car but you might like to know that customers are finding it easier to leverage Advantech’s new remote evaluation services rather than ruin their R&D budgets or wait for the next...

Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco kicked off today with another new wave of announcements. After Advantech’s introduction of a new range of entry-level appliances in unison with the Intel Atom processor C2000family launch last week , today’s news addresses the other end of the spectrum, the spot where very high-end networking gear screams out for all the performance it can get – lots of cores and lots of 10G/40G...

As I review the week long RSA 2013 conference results, a couple of things stand out for me. First, it was another ‘record attendance’ number with over 24,000 attendees and the event featured over 360 companies from the cyber security industry. Given the growing sophistication of highly visible attacks not only on business and government websites, but now on media such as Twitter and on mobile devices, is it any wonder that the emphasis...

Every year at this time the build-up to the largest mobile technology show, Mobile World Congress (MWC), begins in earnest. Vendors start their product introduction cycles and journalists start publishing stories about what you can expect at MWC. As you might expect, much of the early publicity is about the new smartphones, tablets and other mobile technology the will be introduced.  A good example highlighting the expected announcements...

Every year, there are two aspects of the RSA Conference that capture my attention. First are the new types of threats that are brought out and discussed.  These new threats tend to be taken from the headlines of last year’s top security stories. Mobile security, advanced persistent threats and DDoS attacks on banks are highlighted topics for the upcoming conference – all familiar stories from last year.  Keynote speakers will also be...