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• Cisco packing lots into new Catalyst Ethernet switch

  Cisco next month will unveil an Ethernet switch designed for campus aggregation but in a space saving form factor that's smaller than previous models.

• Juniper taps switching chief to run product development

  Juniper Networks this week tapped security and switching executive Jonathan Davidson to lead its product development group.

• Cisco lawsuits aside, Arista forges ahead with EOS

  As it faces down a litigious assault from rival Cisco, Arista Networks is enhancing its switch operating system to expedite DevOps deployments.

• Cisco Catalyst 6500 shops adopting Nexus 9000

  SAN JOSE -- By the end of 2015, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2365282/data-center/3-steps-for-moving-ciscos-catalyst-6500-to-the-nexus-9000.html">all of Cisco's Catalyst 6500 data center customers will have deployed the company's new Nexus 9000 switch</a>.

• Brocade beefs up campus with SDN, new stackable

  Brocade this week rolled out new and enhanced campus switches designed to better support mobility, social networking and cloud data traffic in the enterprise.

• Broadcom unveils 25G Ethernet, SDN optimized chip

  Broadcom this week announced availability of new Ethernet switch silicon optimized for cloud-scale data centers.

• 25G driving Ethernet switch market to $25B

  The impending arrival of 25G will help drive the Layer 2-3 Ethernet switch market to approach $25 billion in 2018, according to Dell'Oro Group.

• IEEE forms 25G Ethernet study group

  On the heels of the formation of a vendor consortium to promote the need, the IEEE this week said it will explore standardization of 25Gbps Ethernet.

• Arista targets at Big Data, IP storage with 100G to leaf switches

  Arista Networks this week unveiled a fixed configuration top-of-rack switch with 100G Ethernet uplinks for congestion-sensitive big data, streaming video and IP storage workloads.

• Cisco mulling membership in Google, Microsoft Ethernet group

  Cisco is considering joining a handful of companies, including Google and Microsoft, that have defined a specification for 25Gbps and 50Gbps Ethernet for data centers requiring greater than 10/40Gbps.

• HP refreshes enterprise switch line

  HP this week is refreshing its 5400 series switch line with new chassis that features double the switching capacity of its predecessor.

• Dell adds Big Switch to its SDN mix

  Dell expanded on its open networking initiative this week with a resale arrangement with SDN company Big Switch Networks.

• Heartbleed Bug hits at heart of many Cisco, Juniper products

  The Heartbleed Bug, a flaw in OpenSSL that would let attackers eavesdrop on Web, e-mail and some VPN communications, is a vulnerability that can be found not just in servers using it but also in network gear from Cisco and Juniper Networks. Both vendors say there's still a lot they are investigating about how Heartbleed impacts their products, and to expect updated advisories on a rolling basis.

• Cisco looks at extending OpFlex alternative

  Cisco says it is looking into extending its OpFlex policy protocol, unveiled this week at Interop, to legacy platforms such as the Catalyst 6500.

• Alcatel-Lucent ups the ante in unified access

  At Interop this week, Alcatel-Lucent updated its wired/wireless unified access portfolio with a new access switch, and SDN and application analytics extensions.