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May 10, 2012: Membership Surges in OPEN Alliance Automotive SIG - OPEN Alliance Press Release
Event image The OPEN Alliance (One-Pair Ether-Net) Special Interest Group (SIG), established to drive wide-scale adoption of Ethernet-based automotive connectivity, today announced a 7X increase in membership since the organization was formed in November 2011. With 45 partnering organizations representing the tech and automotive sectors, the OPEN Alliance was formed to address industry requirements for improving in-vehicle safety, comfort, and infotainment, while significantly reducing network complexity and cabling costs. In related news, members have voted to appoint Dr. Kirsten Matheus, Ethernet Project Manager at BMW, as Chair of the OPEN Alliance.
May 3, 2012: OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) Announces Changes in Distribution of its RDMA Middleware and Drivers with Linux at 5th Annual User and Developer Workshop - OpenFabrics Alliance Press Release
Event image AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The OFA today announced it now recommends users obtain production-level OpenFabrics Software (OFS) via the Linux distribution of their choice. The OFA also announced that, via the alliance website, users now have the option to access engineering-level branches for prior versions of backports, as well as vendor-specific and technology preview features. The announcement was officially made to attendees at the OFA’s 5th Annual User and Developer Workshop.
March 29, 2012: InfiniBand Trade Association Releases Updated Integrators' List - InfiniBand Press Release
Event image The InfiniBand® Trade Association (IBTA), a global organization dedicated to maintaining and furthering the InfiniBand™ specification, today announced the latest version of the IBTA Integrators’ List is now available. The IBTA Integrators’ List is a compilation of all products that have been tested and accepted by the IBTA as being compliant with the InfiniBand architecture specification. The latest list contains 353 DDR (Double Data Rate-20 Gb/s)-certified cables, 279 QDR (Quad Data Rate-40 Gb/s)-certified cables, four QDR HCAs (Host Channel Adapters), two QDR switches, one InfiniBand WAN (Wide Area Network) range extender, one SRP (SCSI RDMA Protocol) storage target and one InfiniBand to Ethernet gateway device. This list is available at http://www.infinibandta.org/integratorslist.
March 5, 2012: MIPI® Alliance Low Latency Interface Extends Design Options While Saving Cost and Board Space - PR Newsire
Event image BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS -- MIPI Alliance today announced the Low Latency Interface (LLI) specification for mobile devices, which offers a point-to-point interconnect between the application processor and modem/baseband processor. Using this high bandwidth interconnect enables the baseband processor to access the application processor's dedicated DRAM memory for baseband processor operation, thus eliminating a separate, dedicated DRAM chip. Industry estimates translate the savings to an approximately $2 USD reduction in the total bill of materials for a smartphone. Board space is also saved, enabling mobile device manufacturers to reduce footprint. For more information, go to www.mipi.org/LLI
February 9, 2012: UNH Partners with TraceSpan to Provide GPON Interoperability and Conformance Testing - TraceSpan Press Release
Event image UNH-IOL, a neutral, third-party laboratory dedicated to testing data networking technologies through industry collaboration, and TraceSpan Communications, a leader in broadband analysis and monitoring solutions, announce today their partnership for GPON interoperability and conformance testing.
February 2, 2012: IEEE Conformity Assessment Program (ICAP) to Establish Testing and Certification Program for EPON Equipment - IEEE Press Release
Event image PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The IEEE Conformity Assessment Program (ICAP), in collaboration with the IEEE P1904.1TM Working Group, today announced an initiative to establish a Conformity Assessment Program for the IEEE P1904.1 Service Interoperability in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (SIEPON) standard, which is under development. The goals of the Program are to drive adoption, encourage industry collaboration, and provide a process for the equipment vendors to test and certify their products in ICAP Authorized Laboratories. ICAP, serving in the role of Certification Authority, will administer the Program. ICAP will coordinate the activities of the participating laboratories, issue certificates to vendors whose products have satisfied a rigorous battery of compliance tests, and maintain a registry of certified products.
January 26, 2012: Ecosystem Milestones Enable Broad Adoption of High Performance NVMe Solutions - Business Wire Press Release
Event image SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The NVM Express Work Group announced the completion of several key ecosystem components: a standard Windows(TM) driver, a Linux driver and an NVM Express Test Suite. These components enable broad adoption of PCI Express (PCIe)-based solid-state drives (SSDs) that support the NVM Express specification. The NVM Express specification defines an optimized register interface, command set and feature set for PCIe-based SSDs utilized in both enterprise and client systems.
January 18, 2012: Green Hills Software Announces New USGv6 Support - Green Hills Software Press Release
Event image SANTA BARBARA, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 18, 2012) - Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announces new US Government IPv6 (USGv6) support for its INTEGRITY® real time operating system (RTOS) and Platform for Secure Networking. Green Hills Software is the first RTOS provider to announce this support.
January 4, 2012: D-Link Successfully Passes Second Round of IPv6 Interoperability Testing - D-Link Press Release
Event image FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Link successfully completed a new round of IPv6 interoperability testing at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory's (UNH-IOL) third IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) Router Interoperability Test Event held Nov. 7-11, 2011. This was D-Link's second successful participation in a UNH-IOL IPv6 CPE test event after the company became one of only two vendors to pass an earlier test program held in June 2011.
December 1, 2011: FCIA Conducts First 16GFC and Seventh FCoE Plugfest at UNH-IOL - EON
Event image SAN FRANCISCO--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), a non-profit international organization of manufacturers, systems integrators and vendors, today announced the completion of the first 16GFC Plugfest and the seventh FCoE Plugfest, which was held during the week of October 24th at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL).
November 10, 2011: Big Data, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Virtualization and Storage-as-a-Service Benefit from the Advancement of 12 Gb/s SAS - Business Wire
Event image SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Creating significant news for data storage OEMs, system builders and end-users who are seeking fast, flexible and reliable data access, the SCSI Trade Association (STA) (http://www.scsita.org/) today announced the definition and standardization phase of 12Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology is progressing as anticipated. STA, a non-profit industry association established to support and promote SCSI technology, also noted that the development and testing of components such as cables, connectors, protocol analyzers and controllers based on this new generation of SAS for storage solutions has begun in earnest.
November 9, 2011: Emulex Participates in the Ethernet Alliance Plugfest Showcasing End-to-End Data Center Bridging Network - Business Wire
Event image COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced its recent participation in the Ethernet Alliance Data Center Bridging (DCB) Interoperability Test Event with its OneConnect™ Universal Converged Network (UCNA) Adapters. The Ethernet Alliance plugfest was held October 17-21 at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL), and included test, server and storage infrastructure solutions providers, cabling and Ethernet switch vendors, and semiconductor manufacturers.
November 8, 2011: Datatek Applications IPv4-IPv6 Transformer Awarded IPv6 Ready Phase-2 Gold Logo by the IPv6 Forum - Marketwire
Event image SOMERSET, NJ--(Marketwire - Nov 7, 2011) - Datatek Applications, Inc., a leading provider of protocol mediation networking products, today announced that it has achieved the IPv6 Ready Phase-2 Gold Logo for its IPv4-IPv6 Transformer. The testing, performed at the University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), certifies the Transformer for the IPv6 Forum's IPv6 Ready Phase-2 Gold Logo, demonstrating its conformance to the logo program and its ability to interoperate with other IPv6 Ready devices and networks.
November 8, 2011: Ethernet Alliance Advances Data Center Interoperability with Successful Multi-Vendor Plugfest - Business Wire
Event image BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of Ethernet today revealed the successful completion of its most recent Data Center Bridging (DCB) interoperability plugfest. Held at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) during the week of October 17, the event attracted a broad range of cross-discipline, Ethernet Alliance member companies. The growing number of participants highlights the industry’s increasing mastery of DCB technologies.
October 24, 2011: Emulex Participating in the FCIA Plugfest with New LightPulse 16Gb Fibre Channel HBAs - Emulex Press Release
Event image COSTA MESA, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced it is participating in the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) plugfest with its recently introduced LightPulse® 16Gb Fibre Channel (16GFC) Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). The FCIA Fibre Channel Over Ethernet and 16GFC Plugfest will be held October 24-28 at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) and represents the first time 16GFC will be tested concurrently with Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).
October 4, 2011: SAS Data Center Storage Advancements Highlight the 12th SCSI Trade Association Plugfest Event - SCSI Trade Association (STA) Press Release
Event image SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The SCSI Trade Association (STA) (http://www.scsita.org/), a member-run industry association established to support and promote SCSI technology, announced today that the 12th Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Plugfest was held September 19-23, 2011, at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). Sixteen companies, including both STA members and nonmembers, attended the event.
September 16, 2011: Quarch Technology Introduce 12Gb/s Mini SAS HD Cable Breaker - Quarch Technology Press Releas
Event image AVIEMORE, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Sept. 16, 2011) - Quarch Technology Ltd, leaders in test automation, have released a 12Gb/s Mini SAS HD Cable Breaker. The module provides automated testing of cable insertion, removal and failure in next generation Mini-SAS HD interconnects.
September 13, 2011: Mellanox Becomes a Founding Member of the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium - Mellanox Press Release
Event image SUNNYVALE, Calif. & YOKNEAM, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MLNX) (TASE:MLNX), a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end connectivity solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today announced it has become a founding member of the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium. The UNH-IOL 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium is a new collaboration between UNH and industry members to address the new IEEE 802.3ba standard and develop industry-supported testing standards. The organization provides a neutral test environment and industry accepted test methodologies for the purpose of promoting and fostering conformance and interoperability of 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet products from different manufacturers.
September 12, 2011: UNH and Enterasys Announce New Technology Partnership - Enterasys and University of New Hampshire Press Release
Event image DURHAM, N.H. th Enterasys Networks, a Siemens Enterprise Communications company and premier provider of wired and wireless network infrastructure and security solutions, and the University of New Hampshire recently announced an expanded partnership that will bring state-of-the-art technology to the university's College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS) as well as provide students with paid internships and enhanced technical education and training.
September 7, 2011: UNH-IOL Deploys CloudShark for Securely Storing, Annotating, and Sharing Packet Capture Files - QA Cafe Press Release
Event image PORTSMOUTH, NH--(Marketwire - Sep 6, 2011) - QA Cafe, a leading provider of IP testing solutions, today announced the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, has deployed the CloudShark platform for securely collecting, storing, tagging, and sharing packet-capture files. Capture files record network traffic within a specific period of time. Research teams at UNH-IOL generate hundreds and sometimes thousands of capture files each week in the course of their analysis of network devices and networking standards. By annotating files in the CloudShark platform, researchers can exchange comments and questions with other researchers who work in the lab at different hours of the day. CloudShark also enables researchers to share capture files securely with select outside parties, such as equipment vendors, without having to email files or transfer large, multi-gigabyte files by FTP. Authorized users can view, tag, and annotate files securely in any Web browser.
September 7, 2011: IEEE Standards Association Announces EPON Standardization Milestone - IEEE Press Release
Event image PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) today announced 28 companies and laboratories that participate in the IEEE P1904.1TM Working Group have achieved an important milestone in the development of the IEEE P1904.1 Service Interoperability in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (SIEPON) standard. This draft standard is largely complete from a technical perspective and has entered the IEEE P1904.1 Working Group letter ballot phase. The IEEE P1904.1 Working Group began its work in January 2010 and reached this important milestone after 20 months of rigorous review and revision. Pending formal approval, this document will be published as an IEEE Standard. It will provide open, international, system-level specifications that enable multi-vendor, "plug-and-play" interoperability in EPON systems. The IEEE P1904.1 SIEPON draft standard covers both 1G-EPON and 10G-EPON and describes the transport, service, and control planes.
September 7, 2011: The IPv6 Forum Launches BOUNDv6: World IPv6 Internet - IPv6 Forum Press Release
Event image DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE and TOKYO and BEIJING and LUXEMBOURG--(Marketwire - Sep 7, 2011) - The IPv6 Forum launches the son of Moonv6, http://www.moonv6.org/, which was initiated by Jim Bound († 2009) back in 2004 as the largest permanently deployed, multi-vendor IPv6 network in the world, and led by the North American IPv6 Task Force and the University of New Hampshire - InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), Internet2, vendors, service providers and regional IPv6 Forum Task Force network pilots worldwide.
August 23, 2011: Ethernet Alliance Completes Interoperability Test Event for EEE Std. 802.3azTM-2010 Energy Efficient Ethernet - Ethernet Alliance Press Release
Event image The Ethernet Alliance® announces its successful Energy Efficient Ethernet subcommittee interoperability plugfest for products designed to support IEEE Std. 802.3azTM?2010 Energy Efficient Ethernet. There were six Ethernet Alliance members including Broadcom Corporation, Intel, LSI, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., Qualcomm Atheros and Vitesse Semiconductor. These companies gathered at the UNH-IOL, the Interoperability Lab at the University of New Hampshire, in Durham, New Hampshire during the week of August 8th, 2011 to verify interoperability of EEE devices that support the 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T EEE capabilities.
June 8, 2011: G.hn home wiring broadband technology ready for prime time - ITWire
Event image The G.hn family of standards, developed by the ITU, is designed to enable gigabit per second communications over the wiring commonly found in residential premises: ac power, telephony and coax. The aim is that a single G.hn chip in a TV or other piece of domestic equipment will be able to communicate over whatever of these three media is available.
June 7, 2011: G.hn Moves From Specification to Reality - HomeGrid Forum and Broadband Forum Press Release
Event image BEAVERTON, OR--(Marketwire - Jun 7, 2011) - In a win for the wired home networking industry, four G.hn chipset manufacturers converged in Geneva, Switzerland for the world's first open G.hn Interoperability Plugfest. A joint effort of HomeGrid Forum and the Broadband Forum hosted at the ITU-T's global headquarters and organized by University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), the event presented the first open opportunity for silicon vendors to test the interoperability of their products, based on the G.hn home networking standard, which will be globally deployed by many service providers, PC manufacturers, appliance manufacturers and consumer electronics companies.
June 2, 2011: Ethernet Alliance Completes Interoperability Event for 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet - Business Wire
Event image The Ethernet Alliance has today announced the summary results of the Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) subcommittee interoperability plugfest for products designed to support IEEE Std. 802.3baTM-2010, 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet. Fourteen Ethernet Alliance members including Berk-Tek Systems (a Nexans Company), Broadcom, Brocade, Extreme Networks, Ixia, JDSU, Juniper Networks, Mellanox Technologies, Opnext, Panduit, Siemon, Spirent Communications, TE Connectivity (TE-formerly Tyco Electronics) and Volex Group plc gathered at the UNH-IOL, the Interoperability Lab at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire during the week of April 18th to verify the interoperability of test equipment, switches, routers, NICs, transceivers and cabling supporting 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet. Substantial success was achieved for interoperability between transceivers, cables and systems tested.
June 2, 2011: ATTO Technology Validates FastFrame FCoE Product Interoperability at FCIA Plugfest - Newswire Today
Event image ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, announced today the successful testing of its FastFrame Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) at the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA)-sponsored Plugfest, conducted at the University of New Hampshire's Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL). Testing took place May 16 through May 20, 2011 and ATTO's FastFrame CNA's, including the industry's first Quad Channel Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) CNA, tested interoperable with the Fibre Channel and FCoE products provided by other industry-leading Plugfest participants.
May 24, 2011: Fibre Channel Industry Association Continues to Validate Fibre Channel Advancements in Multi-Vendor Testing - GlobeNewswire
Event image The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), a non-profit international organization of manufacturers, systems integrators and vendors, today announced the completion of the FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) Plugfest, which was held during the week of May 16th at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL).
May 23, 2011: Emulex Participating in Industry InterOperability Events at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab with OneConnect UCNAs - Business Wire
Event image Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the leader in converged networking solutions, today announced it is participating in two industry events that will focus on successful technology interoperability with emerging protocols such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI over Data Center Bridging (DCB). Both plugfests are held at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL).
May 17, 2011: HomeGrid Forum and Broadband Forum Announce First Open G.hn Chipset Interoperability Plugfest - Market Wire
Event image Chipset manufacturers will have their first major opportunity to test the interoperability of their products for the new G.hn home networking standard. The event will take place from May 23-27, 2011 and will be hosted at the ITU facilities in Geneva, Switzerland. The G.hn Chipset Interoperability Plugfest is a joint effort by the HomeGrid Forum and the Broadband Forum, and is being facilitated by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL).
May 9, 2011: University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory Partners with Spirent to Test Network Protection Devices - Business Wire
Event image University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), seeking to utilize the latest and most comprehensive tools for government certification testing, has announced it will use Spirent solution to address network protection device (NPD) testing. Testing with Spirent will enable UNH-IOL to ensure related NPDs meet necessary security requirements.
April 20, 2011: Mixel Spearheads a MIPI Alliance Ecosystem Partnership - Business Wire
Event image Mixel, the leader in mobile mixed-signal IP announced today a MIPI Alliance ecosystem partnership including representatives of all MIPI stakeholder groups, such as MIPI IP, both analog and digital, Verification IP (VIP), suppliers of measurement equipment, MIPI measurement service providers, and MIPI production test equipment manufacturers.
April 18, 2011: InfiniBand Trade Association Announces Bull, HP and Leoni Have Joined the Organization - InfiniBand Trade Association
Event image Steering Committee Now Includes HP as the IBTA Develops and Enhances InfiniBand to Continue Dominance in High Performance Computing and Expand into the Enterprise Data Center
March 2, 2011: Ethernet Alliance Hosts IEEE Std. 802.3azTM-2010 Energy Efficient Ethernet Interoperability Test Event - Business Wire
Event image The Ethernet Alliance Energy Efficient Ethernet Subcommittee has announced it will host an Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) interoperability test event the week of June 20, 2011 in Durham, NH at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL). The kick-off conference call is open to any interested parties and will be held this Friday, March 4. If you are interested in participating in this call, please contact admin@ethernetalliance.org.
January 7, 2011: RVU Alliance Selects University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory for Certification Program - Business Wire
Event image The RVU Alliance has selected The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, as the first independent vendor to handle the certification program for RVU products.
October 8, 2010: ETHERNET ALLIANCE TO DEMONSTRATE 40 GIGABIT AND 100 GIGABIT ETHERNETAND DATA CENTER TECHNOLOGIES AT SC10 - Ethernet Alliance
Event image The Ethernet Alliance is pleased to announce that eighteen of its members will join together for a live multi-vendor, multi-technology interoperability demonstration live at SC10 in New Orleans, November 16-18. The demonstration will feature equipment from: Amphenol, Broadcom, Brocade, Chelsio Communications, CommScope, Cisco, Dell, Emulex, Force10 Networks, Fulcrum Microsystems, Intel, Ixia, JDSU, Mellanox, NetApp, Panduit, Spirent, and Volex. Leading the testing set-up is The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broadbased testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry.
July 29, 2010: Radware's App Director Recieves IPv6 Ready Logo - PR News Wire
Event image MAHWAH, N.J., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radware (Nasdaq: RDWR), a leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, today announced that it has achieved the IPv6 Ready Logo on its intelligent application delivery controller (ADC), AppDirector 2.20. The testing, performed at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), certifies AppDirector for the IPv6 Forum's IPv6 Ready Logo, demonstrating its conformance to the logo program and its ability to interoperate with other IPv6 Ready devices and networks.