Brocade competes with Cisco

Brocade Communications Systems has agreed to buy fellow US company Foundry Networks in a deal valued at $3 billion, says Information Week.

The acquisition has the potential of making Brocade a stronger competitor against networking powerhouse Cisco Systems.

Under the terms of the deal, Brocade, which makes software and switches used to connect corporate servers and data centres, would pay $19.25 in cash and stock for each share of Foundry.

Trapeze Networks' latest version of its Mobile System Software (MSS) 7.0 will now come complete with virtual controller clustering, says ITP.net.

Trapeze has designed this version of MSS in order to meet the specific bandwidth demands of 802.11n and to deliver a fully optimised software platform for applications such as voice over WiFi and seamless indoor/outdoor activity.

According to Trapeze, the virtual controller clustering improves wireless networks and ensures that if an access point or controller fails or gets disconnected the MSS will automatically remap resources until the problem reaches resolution.

The British Library has upgraded its network to support digital content creation and its virtualisation ambitions, reports ITPro.

The UK's national library is using a new Ethernet networking infrastructure as the basis for a number of projects to digitise huge amounts of content and to consolidate its data centre using virtualisation.

The British Library also needed to find more reliable and cost-efficient ways to network its two sites in London's St Pancras and Boston Spa, Yorkshire.