HP Networking emerges

HP has unveiled the HP Networking brand, under which it will offer an edge-to-core set of sub-brands: the A Series; E Series; V Series; and S Series products. The ProCurve and 3Com brands will go away, reports Channel Register.

HP EVP and GM for enterprise servers, storage and networking, David Donatelli, says that prior to the 3Com acquisition, HP offered a network edge-centric set of products. It is now in the network core, courtesy of the now-completed 3Com acquisition.

The ProCurve brand will be transitioned into the E Series. The 3Com brand will be transitioned into the A Series, except in China where the H3C brand has done very well and will be retained.

Orange is to outsource the management of its fixed-line broadband network over to BT in an attempt to improve performance, states ZDNet.

The operator says it has not been satisfied with the performance of its broadband network, and this led it to make the deal with BT Wholesale.

Orange also suggests the arrangement might help it "expand [its] fixed broadband service for business customers". "While we have made massive improvements to our network over the past two years... we don't just want to provide a good customer experience - we want it to be exceptional," states the company.

Thomson Reuters has unveiled a global, high-speed network for financial firms to access real-time data as well as share information with each other directly, says Reuters.

The company's new network, called Elektron, includes hosting centres in New York, Chicago, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Singapore, with more to come in Hong Kong, India and Brazil later in the year, all connected by a fibre optic ring.

The company is operating the system in partnership with data centre company Savvis.