Beaverton, OR, April 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NBASE-T Alliance , an industry-wide cooperative effort focused on enabling the development and deployment of products that support 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T Ethernet, today announced that 10 member companies will demonstrate products featuring 2.5G and 5G Ethernet speeds in a variety of applications at the alliance’s Interop ITX Booth #317. Interop ITX takes place May 15-19, 2017, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. The NBASE-T Alliance is a gold...
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NBASE-T Alliance Shows Rapidly Growing Ecosystem of 2.5G & 5G Ethernet Solutions at Interop ITX
April 25, 2017
MultiTech Announces First Nationwide IoT Program for Universities
April 19, 2017
Mounds View, MN – April 19, 2017– Multi-Tech Systems, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of M2M and IoT devices, today announced the launch of the first nationwide IoT program for schools and Universities. The new “University IoT Program for LoRa® Connectivity” will provide students with the necessary tools and education to learn and apply new connectivity technologies. The trailblazing program focuses on Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN) using LoRaWAN™. LPWAN is a wireless network designed for long range communications using low...
“Timing Challenges in the Smart Grid” Published (NIST Special Publication 1500-08)
March 20, 2017
NIST and IEEE-SA conducted a workshop, “Timing Challenges in the Smart Grid,” at the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on October 26, 2016. A paper summarizing the workshop was published in January 2017. The paper (25 pages, PDF file) is now available online for free download (link is external). The webcast and the presentations from that workshop are also available online .
Correct time and timing are foundational elements in enabling the communication and orchestration of...
IPv6 Lifetime Achievement Award to Latif LADID
December 21, 2016
RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Latif LADID has been presented with the IPv6 Life Time Achievement Award at the Gala dinner of the IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things with a laudation delivered by Christine Maxwell and Vint Cerf (by video).
hristine Maxwell delivered this laudation:
“It was already clear in the mid 1990’s after the World Wide Web exploded the commercialization of the Internet, that far more addresses would be needed to connect devices than the IPv4 address space...
OIF Partners With UNH-IOL to Certify Optical Control Plane UNI
November 3, 2016
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) today announced an agreement with the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, to provide certification for Optical Control Plane User Network Interfaces (UNI) based on industry standards. In line with OIF’s mission to enable global interoperability in optical transport networks, the Forum’s certification program will address the interoperability of optical and packet products, complementing OIF’s work on unlocking...
Ethernet Alliance Plugfest Showcases 100 Percent Interoperability of IEEE 802.3™ Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Products
September 7, 2016
BEAVERTON, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 – The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of Ethernet technologies, today shared details of its Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) Plugfest at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) in Durham, New Hampshire. The event demonstrated IEEE 802.3™-based PoE interoperability among devices from Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Linear Technology, Microsemi (Nasdaq: MSCC) and Texas Instruments.
“The plugfest showed that there is clearly market enthusiasm for standards-based PoE...
Brain4Net Joins Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Consortium Organized by UNH-IOL
August 2, 2016
Cambridge, MA, 2016-Aug-01 — /EPR Network/ — Brain4Net, an innovative SDN/NFV solution vendor for service providers and enterprises, today announced it has joined the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Consortium at the The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). Brain4Net, in collaboration with SDN Consortium members, will participate in joint interoperability, conformance and performance products testing sessions. Company benefits from leveraging the UNH-IOL’s unequaled SDN testing capability, independent technology leadership verification and accelerated time-to-market of new solutions and product releases....
Ethernet and NBASE-T Alliances to Host Joint Plugfest to Drive Widespread Deployment of Next Generation 2.5 Gbps and 5 Gbps Ethernet Technology
July 25, 2016
BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capitalizing on the groundbreaking market impact of the most deployed Ethernet specification to-date, the 1000BASE-T standard, the Ethernet Alliance and the NBASE-T Alliance today announced a new collaborative effort designed to accelerate mainstream deployment of 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T Ethernet. This technology multiplies network throughput of the more than 70 billion meters of Cat5e and Cat6 cabling sold throughout the last 13 years. As part of the push to leverage this massive infrastructure, the two...
Fibre Channel Showcased as the Enterprise Fabric for Transporting NVM Express® Natively in Today's Datacenters at Industry's First Gen 6 32GB FC Plugfest
June 28, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS, MN--(Marketwired - Jun 27, 2016) - Demonstrating the continued innovation of the Fibre Channel (FC) standard and reinforcing its status as the industry's most reliable and robust storage networking protocol, the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) today announced the completion of the first Plugfest to ensure both interoperability and configurability of Gen 6 32GB FC products. The event also featured the industry's first proof-of-concept of NVM Express® (NVMe) over Fabrics using datacenter-proven FC technology.
The Plugfest was held...
New Features of 12Gb/s SAS Storage Interface for Enterprise Storage Tested at SCSI Trade Association Plugfest Event
June 9, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 8, 2016) - Validating the versatility, reliability and scalability that Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) has as a storage interface for enterprise-class storage, the SCSI Trade Association (STA) today announced the successful completion of its 17th SAS Plugfest, the fifth for 12Gb/s SAS. The event was held May 23-26, 2016, at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). Thirteen companies, including both STA members and non-members, participated.
"At this Plugfest, drive support for new...