Cloud provider Joyent is building out their infrastructure to support growing demand for cloud computing services (for more on that topic see longer posts here). Their Tier 1 internet connectivity is now managed by f5 BigIP load-balancers (handling 2-10Gbps of traffic) with Force10 switches providing the Ethernet infrastructure. More proof that it might be time to think about 100Gig.
“Cloud computing [...]

When big guns from Sun Microsystems and Cisco Systems start up a networking company, it is probably sensible to pay attention. Andy Bechtolsheim (of Sun) and Jayshree Ullal (from Cisco) are the two leading lights behind Arista Networks, which started shipping products in May.
Arista Networks is making 10 Gigabit switches. It is a space that is already surprisingly crowded, [...]