August 7, 2012

New Stuff 08/07/12

The LightPulse 16Gb Fibre Channel (16GFC) Host Bus Adapter (HBA) technology from Emulex now is available for use with EMC storage arrays through the EMC Select program. Designed for the next generation of high-density cloud, virtualization and business critical applications, the 16GFC LPe16000-E and LPe16002-E adapters reportedly can deliver more than a million IOPS on a single port, while simplifying and streamlining server and storage SAN connectivity requirements, and cutting the response time by 75 percent compared with its 8GFC predecessor…IPITEK Inc.’s MSP-10GE-4P advanced carrier Ethernet solution supports the latest metro Ethernet forum (MEF) Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) specs network operations along with administration and management (OAM) tools based on such industry standards as IEEE 802.1ag, ITU Y.1731, IEEE 1588 and ITU G.8032…SeaChange International Inc. demo’d recent innovations to its Nucleus soft box gateway at the CableLabs Summer Conference earlier this week, including what it says is one of the first “headless” hybrid-gateway set-tops (QAM and IP Video) capable of delivering whole-home DVR and linear video via DLNA or MoCA to multiple screens throughout the home, including smart TVs, game consoles, and IP-Client set-top boxes.