Alcatel-Lucent Makes a Grab for Core Systems With New Backbone Router

Alcatel-Lucent on Tuesday unveiled its 7950 Extensible Routing System core routing platform in a bid to take on rivals Cisco and Juniper Networks, the current leaders in the $4 billion market. The company's seeking to leverage the increasing demand placed on carrier networks by the growing move toward cloud computing and the explosion in online video.

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