With competition between Cisco, Juniper, and Huawei getting more rigorous, Juniper this week is expected to unveil what it claims is the first 100 Gigabit Ethernet router interface in the industry.

The interface, for Juniper’s T1600 core router, provides an order of magnitude increase over the 10Gbps interfaces available today. Its need is driven by rapidly increasing network traffic and growth in video communications, advanced wireless services and virtualized cloud computing.

Juniper Networks today announced the availability of the EX8216 Ethernet switch, a 16-slot platform with a switch fabric capacity of 12.4 terabits.

The EX8216 joins the eight-slot EX8208 as Juniper’s modular, chassis-based LAN switch offerings. The EX8208 began shipping in the first quarter after a delay.

The EX8216 is optimized for high-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet data center and cloud computing environments, .. Read Further »