Info - IBM reveals 160Gbps chipset

On March 26th IBM announced it will reveal a prototype optical transceiver chipset which can achieve 160Gbps. Current chipsets can achieve only 20Gbps. This is a huge improvement at a time where switch and router manufacturers are hitting these limits.

The complete story can be found here

Info - Cisco Acquires WebEx

Not really in depth networking but still worth mentioning: Cisco announced that it will acquire WebEx for a whopping $57 per share. Cisco will spend a total of $3.2 billion. WebEx's shares increased 22.03% yesterday to $56.38.

Cisco will attempt to get a better hold of the SMB market by offering more services. WebEx is an unique extra feature for their customers.

The complete press release can be found here