iPad gobbles network capacity

Wireless network provider Meraki has reported that its Network Insight fingerprint technology found iPad usage has been consuming more than one-half of the network's capacity, states InformationWeek.

This despite the device accounting for just 9% of the total devices attached to the network. Meraki didn't pass judgment on the high use, but it's obvious the iPad can be a huge consumer of network capacity.

Meraki reported this week that tests taken during a week in May compared the use of different devices on a network at MIT. More than 300MB was transferred during the week by the average iPad user. iPhone users averaged 31MB and iPod Touch users averaged 12MB.

NTT America has extended its North American presence to Boston, Massachusetts with the debut of a Point of Presence (POP) for Arcstar global managed network services, reports Market Watch.

The new Arcstar POP enables NTT America to provide multi-national corporations in the region with high-capacity, efficient networks to support their global operations, particularly to the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

The new capability, which extends MPLS IP-VPN services along the east coast, also enhances NTT America's ability to serve overseas companies investing in greater Boston.

Routing traffic across a network can take many different paths, but networking-vendor Ciena is taking a new approach that could resolve some of the chaos, says Enterprise Networking Planet.

Ciena is open sourcing a technology called the Dynamic Resource Allocation Controller (DRAC) under the GPLv3 licence. DRAC provides a solution for abstracting network resources and enabling users to provision dynamic on-demand lightpaths.

The approach could provide a new method for connecting large and disparate networking assets.