University researchers have found 98.8% of network switches are either inadequately patched or insecurely configured. To make matters worse, all of the organisations studied were subject to regular security audits from reputable firms!

Alcatel-Lucent appears to have stolen a march on its competitors in the high end edge router market with the launch of a new processor, the first capable of processing data at 400Gbps, four times faster than the fastest IP networks currently available.

Juniper Networks has unveiled, under the banner of MobileNext, a range of products for the core of packet based mobile networks, billing them as the industry's first open mobile core: because they all run its Junos operating system which has an open application programming interface, Junos Space.

A firmware upgrade for certain Billon routers will deliver IPv6 support in early 2011.

iiNet is ramping up its services for business customers by offering a range of Cisco routers as add-ons to its 'Business Pack' bundles of Internet, voice and other services for SMEs.

After weeks of expectation-building hype that on the eve or the announcement gave its shares a four percent boost, Cisco has released the CRS-3, a successor to its top end core router, the CRS-1, with more than triple the throughput: up to 322Tbps, as against 92Tbps.

A strong Australian dollar and what is claimed to be increasing discernment among second-time router buyers has pushed one broadband router company to a record high in sales, even over the traditionally quieter Christmas period.

A big pong may be set to erupt over an incredibly serious WiFi router password vulnerability baked into all BigPond Thomson Speedtouch routers.

Taiwan-based Edimax plans to deliver its first 3G router to the Australian market in early 2010. 3G, Wi-Fi and a battery mean it will be able to operate in a completely wireless mode.

HP is to purchase switch and router maker, 3Com, for $US2.7 billion in cash, a move that it says will "transform the networking industry" and "underscore its next-generation data centre strategy centre strategy built on the convergence of servers, storage, networking, management, facilities and services."