Why Ethernet Always Wins: Celebrating 40 Years

By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: May. 13, 2013

In 1973, the United States launched Skylab, its first space station, and Pink Floyd sang about the “Dark Side of the Moon.” The same year, a technology was born that would revolutionize computing for the next several generations. This month, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ethernet.

Ethernet, the family of networking standards that enables computers to locally connect to each other, is still the ultra-strong backbone to the many networks we use every day. Its use has extended beyond …

Interop 2013: Broadcom Helps Enterprises Embrace Advanced Networking

By: Aaron Schmidt Posted: May. 07, 2013

The Interop show in Vegas is in full swing, and IT professionals of all stripes are seeing the latest in the networking equipment that keeps businesses running.

They are also looking to spend money: according to an Infonectics report, enterprises are expected to spend an average of $12.7 million on their network infrastructure this year, a 15 percent increase over last year.

Driving these trends is “Growth, growth, growth,” notes Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst for enterprise networks and video at …

Three-Time Winners: Broadcom Again Nabs Market Leadership Award

By: Greg Scherer Posted: Mar. 04, 2013

The third time is definitely the charm for Broadcom’s Ethernet Controller group.

We’ve again been lauded by IT Brand Pulse, an independent market research firm that conducts surveys to determine end-user perceptions of the top industry vendors. They look at overall market leadership, performance, innovation, reliability, service/support and price.

In the IT Brand Pulse 2013 Brand Leadership Survey, Broadcom not only won the Ethernet Local Area Network-on-Motherboard (LOM) Market Leadership award for the third straight year, we also …

StrataXGS® Trident II Design Team Awarded by Electronic Products

By: Natalie Martinez Posted: Feb. 07, 2013

It’s not every day that Broadcom’s hardworking engineers get recognized for their innovations, especially when their work deals in the particulars of managing the complex back-end of cloud networks. This week, the team that designed the StrataXGS® Trident II was lauded after the switch series was named one of the 2012 Products of the Year by Electronic Products magazine.

The award is an important triumph in the team’s collective careers, said Jim Harrison, the magazine’s West Coast editor, “as …

Broadcom Takes on BYOD: It Starts in the Network

By: Nicholas Ilyadis Posted: Jan. 28, 2013

Gartner has called the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend the “single most radical shift” in business computing since the PC invaded the workplace – and Broadcom is gearing up for even greater momentum around BYOD in 2013 with technologies that will address the challenges head-on.

For office workers, BYOD means more flexibility for the work environment, which makes them more productive while also allowing them to have a better work-life balance. But for IT departments, BYOD can be a …

BYOD: Facing the Challenges When You Bring Your Own Device to Work

By: Tamara Snowden Posted: Jan. 03, 2013

You’ve seen them around town — in the coffee shops, on the train and, yes, even at home. They’re the people who carry two smartphones around — one for work and one for personal use. Others tote both a smartphone and a tablet, and can’t do without either.

The “two is better than one approach” has become somewhat of a necessary evil as a growing number of companies are faced with unprecedented security concerns around mobile access to their sensitive …

Getting Smart About Knowledge-Based Processors: A Primer on KBPs

By: Isa Loundon Posted: Dec. 03, 2012

We live in a world today where people are connected around the clock. So it should come as no surprise that the number of connected devices – as well as the content, apps and services we consume on them – is exploding every year.

The global smartphone market alone is expected to reach 1.1 billion devices by the end of 2012, a 43 percent increase from 2011, according to research firm Canalys. By 2016, that number is expected to jump …

Demystifying the Data Center, Part 2: The Potential of Power Reduction

By: Nicholas Ilyadis Posted: Nov. 12, 2012

Environmentally friendly alternatives like electric vehicles, eco-friendly modular homes, and alternative energy sources are in a race for sustainability as we attempt to slow down the cumulative effects of pollution, the thirst for technology and its demands on power consumption.

Technology can be one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions with people’s dependence on computers and mobile devices taxing data centers and the networks connecting them. It’s a complex equation: How do we balance performance and power with …

The Flexible Cloud: Smart-Table Technology Enables Network Scalability

By: Sujal Das Posted: Oct. 26, 2012

This summer, Broadcom showcased its newest solutions for cloud-scale networking for the throngs of IT professionals at VMworld. We also launched our latest solution for cloud-scale networking – the StrataXGS® Trident II.

Today, we continue the conversation around cloud-scale network architectures and how our new StrataXGS® architecture can ensure that, regardless of cloud network type and design requirements, cost-effective implementation can be achieved in volume scale.

Learn more about Broadcom’s cloud-scale networking innovations.

A critical element of cloud network …

Demystifying the Data Center, Part 1: Power Consumption Matters

By: Nicholas Ilyadis Posted: Oct. 22, 2012

With spiraling energy costs and increased demand for computing power comes a heightened focus on “greening” the data center. The topic has attracted even more attention of late after the recent New York Times investigation and multipart series about the impact of the cloud on the environment.

In an effort to enlighten the public on the true cost of constant iPhone use, Facebook-scrolling and Internet-surfing habits – including tallying the environmental toll exacted by the data centers run by Yahoo, …

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