- Mon Mar 15 2004 10-Gigabit Ethernet comes alive
Price cuts are helping the two-year-old technology pick up steam in business networks.
- Thu Sep 24 1998 Short Take: Extreme Networks offers chassis for Ethernet backbones
Extreme Networks announced a new network switching chassis called BlackDiamond this week intended for local backbones based on Ethernet. Capable of supporting 256 10/100 mbps or 32 Gigabit Ethernet ports, the new device can speed packets at up to 48 million packets-per-second, according to the company. Modules for the chassis are available now and will continue to roll out through the first quarter of next year, with prices starting at less than $300 per 10/100 port and $2,200 per gigabit-speed port.
- Fri Oct 4 1996 Megabucks for Gigabit Ethernet
A surge of venture capital funds are flowing to Gigabit Ethernet companies like data packets down a network backbone, a research firm says.
- Thu Mar 19 1998 Gigabit Ethernet shakedown
With each passing month, the remaining start-up players in the emerging market for Gigabit Ethernet gear are getting closer to market success or financial ruin.
- Tue Mar 3 1998 Short Take: Extreme Networks debuts Summit4 switch
Gigabit-speed Ethernet start-up Extreme Networks announced a new switch for server farms that supports 10/100/1000-mbps links. The new Summit4 switch adds six gigabit-speed ports to 16 10/100 ports to provide a back-end device for networks with a variety of server performance requirements. The new gear is available now with prices starting at $24,995.
- Thu Jun 19 1997 Bay nabs Gigabit Ethernet maker
A networking shopping spree may be on the horizon as Bay Networks acquires Gigabit Ethernet specialist Rapid City.
- Thu Oct 17 1996 Watch what happens to Gigabit Ethernet
Market analysts are predicting an unparalleled adoption rate for Gigabit Ethernet, spurring the creation of a host of new start-ups and a lot of anticipatory greed for speed among investors and networking engineers alike. But as with many technologies that have come before, the only thing that's sure is that Gigabit Ethernet could be a really big deal.
- Thu Jun 13 2002 Faster Gigabit Ethernet standard gets OK
The fiber-only standard, a version of Ethernet that runs at 10 gigabits per second, wins approval, opening the door for a new generation of products.
- Mon Apr 14 1997 Gigabit Ethernet shakeout looms
As newcomers continue to flood the market with gigabit-speed Ethernet networking hardware, the question remains: Who will survive?
- Thu Oct 10 1996 Vendors supporting Gigabit Ethernet
A small California firm called XLNT Designs is among the many Gigabit Ethernet adventurers sprouting up on the networking technology landscape, but this company adds a new wrinkle: an FDDI-to-Gigabit-Ethernet migration strategy.




