A newly-approved wired Ethernet standard could deliver 2.5GbE and 5GbE connections over existing infrastructure. After nearly 20 years, are we finally ready to move past gigabit Ethernet? Share on ...

Ethernet is ubiquitous—it is the core technology that defines the Internet and serves to connect the world in ways that people could not imagine even one generation ago. HPC clusters are working on ...

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.’s (IEEE) 802.3 Ethernet standards group approved the final draft of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard this week, clearing the way for vendors ...

Building on decades of proven Carrier Ethernet standards and the widely adopted MEF 3.0 certification program, Mplify’s evolved Carrier Ethernet certifications give existing MEF 3.0 certified member ...

Cat5 cables were the best option for wired networking (also called Ethernet) for a long time. But since the release of Cat6, that's changed. Cat6 is now considered the minimum standard for networking, ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. A new networking industry alliance launched itself Tuesday ...

The IEEE Standards Association recently approved a standard for backplane Ethernet, to be called 802.3ap. The standard specifies how network equipment makers can transmit Gigabit Ethernet and 10 ...

Ethernet technology that launched the personal computer into networking is 37 years old, but just as significantly, the IEEE 802 standards committee that made Ethernet a reality and that will steer it ...

Ever-increasing volumes of traffic strain the capacities of computing and communications gear. Boosting port speeds from 100Mbit/sec. Ethernet to 1Gbit/sec. Ethernet — and now to 10Gbit/sec. Ethernet ...

Cisco has developed its own proprietary standard to support the latest wireless access points, the company said on Wednesday. The latest wireless access points, designed for the 802.11n draft, cannot ...

Reducing energy consumption is on everyone's mind these days, and engineers have developed a standard for Energy Efficient Ethernet, or EEE. The IEEE 802.3az standard, which was approved on September ...