Ethernet

Computer networking technology

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September 2021 AT&T supplier Ciena Corporation announced an agreement to acquire the Vyatta talent and assets.
March 2018 AT&T releases DANOS, a new open source project based on the proprietary Brocade version of Vyatta.
June 2017 Brocade sold Vyatta Software Technology to AT&T Communications.
2016 Ethernet replaced InfiniBand as the most popular system interconnect technology in the TOP500 supercomputers ranking, marking a significant milestone in networking technology dominance.
2016 Ethernet overtook InfiniBand as the most popular system interconnect in the TOP500 supercomputers ranking, marking a significant milestone in networking technology.
October 2013 An independent group starts a fork of Vyatta Core, creating the VyOS project.
April 2013 Brocade renamed the Vyatta Subscription Edition (VSE) to a new product name, with the latest commercial release no longer being open-source based.
2012 Brocade Communications Systems acquired Vyatta.
2010 The market for Ethernet equipment reached over $16 billion per year.

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