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 …

OFC in Anaheim: Optical Transport in Focus

By: Nicholas Ilyadis Posted: Mar. 18, 2013

When all of our communications were dominated by voice, circuit-based connections ruled the day for optical network deployments. Long-duration connections would exist between multiple points in a network, and information would flow between those points. Even if there was no information moving — the silence during a phone call, for example — those connections still existed and reserved their required bandwidth.

The world is different today. The rise of the Internet as the backbone of modern-day communications means that the …

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 …

Broadcom’s 28nm Technology: Greater performance and less power consumption is only the beginning

By: Tamara Snowden Posted: Oct. 01, 2012

When Broadcom unveils innovative new technologies, such as today’s introduction of the world’s first 28-nanometer multicore communications processor, it’s easy to focus on the major benefits. Consider that the technology performs up to 400 percent faster but consumes up to 60 percent less power and is optimized for service providers, enterprise data centers and cloud computing, as well as software defined networking environments.

Those are all great talking points – but Broadcom’s new XLP 200-Series is about so much more. …

Windows Server 2012: Even Better Through Broadcom Collaboration!

By: Greg Scherer Posted: Sep. 12, 2012

Unfortunately, I cannot take credit for the phrase, “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” This is generally attributed to Aristotle – admittedly, a tough act to follow – but I will borrow from it as a way of highlighting my thoughts in this blog post.

With the highly anticipated release of Microsoft Windows Server 2012, the industry is anxious to see what new features will have the greatest impact on users. While this is important, …

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5GWiFi, NetXtreme Ethernet win top awards at Interop

By: Sam Diaz Posted: May. 09, 2012

Broadcom’s technologies were honored this week as being some of the best at the Interop conference in Las Vegas. Specifically, Broadcom’s family of 802.11ac – or 5GWiFi – chips was named Best New Product at the 2012 Network Products Guide Hot Companies and Best Products Award. And Broadcom’s NetXtreme Ethernet Solutions was named winner of the IT Products and Services for Enterprise (Medium) category.

The awards are an honor for Broadcom as it continues to see momentum around these innovative …

Broadcom at Interop: Unprecedented Innovation for Next Gen Data Center, Green IT and Enterprise 2.0

By: Tamara Snowden Posted: May. 08, 2012

We’re excited to be in Las Vegas this week for the Interop show, where we’ll be showcasing the full line-up of our latest innovations enabling the next generation Data Center, Green IT and Enterprise 2.0. Visitors to our booth on the main show floor will get an up close and personal demonstration of our amazing technologies in action.

Terabit Anyone? In the Data Center area of our booth you will find our new 100GbE BCM88650 switch and BCM87550 fabric…

Enterprise 2.0: Broadcom puts Network Managers in the Fast Lane

By: Tamara Snowden Posted: May. 02, 2012

As employees around the world replace their desktops and laptops with mobile devices, network managers are seeking new ways to provision, secure and control enterprise computing resources and information access to keep employees connected – regardless of their location.

This week, we unveiled our latest innovation designed for the modern workforce (aka Enterprise 2.0). The BCM56545 brings the innovation Broadcom is known for in the data center and service provider networks to the wiring closet, enabling gigabit connectivity in …

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