Virtual switches are an important element in solutions for Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) and the performance of virtual switches will have a significant impact on the success of these solutions. Open vSwitch (OVS) is an open source virtual switch implementation supported by many industry leaders developing solutions for SDN and […]

Security is a vital component of any data center or communications solution. Security functions implemented in software can be slow and in many systems require a disproportionate percentage of processing power. Security accelerators are a cost-effective solution to accelerating security functions in servers and network appliances. The latest Intel® Communications Chipset 89xx Series devices dramatically […]

Software defined networking (SDN) is changing the way networks are organized and managed. Initial implementations have focused on large data centers with high-speed servers. To get the maximum benefits from SDN the technology needs to be scaled down to smaller data centers and systems at the edge of the network. The Intel® AtomTM processor C2000 […]

Companies using ATCA platforms are able to take advantage of the latest Intel® Xeon® processors E5-2600 v2 and hardware acceleration for security and compression following recent introductions from Intel and upgrades by several manufacturers to their ATCA blades and hardware acceleration mezzanine modules. These advances will significantly increase performance for applications using DPI, security and […]

AdvancedTCA (ATCA) is a standardized high availability platform that is widely used for computing and telecom applications. A typical system supports up to fourteen processor blades with dual power, cooling and shelf management modules. Larger systems have dual switch blades. Smaller systems have direct mesh connections between processor blades. Although ATCA platforms have the same […]

The combination of rapidly growing data traffic on both wireless and fixed line networks and relatively slow growth in revenue has forced service providers to optimize network performance using policy enforcement systems in both mobile and fixed line networks. Policy enforcement uses deep packet inspection (DPI) to identify applications and traffic flows. At the same […]

Network appliances are replacing separate network security and switching systems. The latest network appliances integrate Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v3, with acceleration for security and other networking applications in a 1U chassis. These are highly scalable systems with support for up to 24 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and options for alternative interfaces and hardware acceleration. Enterprise […]