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Spirent Communications is a global leader in test & measurement, advancing the connected world by testing tomorrow's networks and technologies today. Lab links will provide you with a regular update on news, articles, white papers and product information for test and measurement professionals.

Upcoming Events

Interop 2011
Las Vegas, NV
May 8-12
Booth #733

Interop is the leading business technology event, giving you a comprehensive and unbiased understanding of all the latest innovations---including cloud computing, virtualization, security, mobility and data center advances---that help position your company for growth. [More information]

IPv6 Kongress 2011
Frankfurt, Germany
May 12

Leading technology companies around the globe tackle the latest issues in IPv6 implementation. Boris Henning, Senior Systems Engineer at Spirent, will be speaking on the topic "A Tool for Selecting Vendors of High-Performance IPv6 Network Components." [More information] 

The global Alan Way Seminar series continues, with public seminars during May in Frankfurt, Germany, as well as Albuquerque and Denver in the US. [More information]

See all our upcoming events here.

Recent Blog Posts

Cyber Security: It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore

Security breaches are rampant around the world. What on earth is going on with network security these days? What can businesses and consumers do to protect their data? [Read more]

While service providers fret about the end of IPv4 addresses, how should enterprises prepare for IPv6?

IPv6 is suddenly hot news. Running out of Internet addresses has a suitably Armageddon sound to boost news headlines, and we are all sufficiently hooked on the Internet to shiver at the thought of losing it. [Read more]

Can We Trust the Cloud?

Defending the Cloud from 'the Enemy Within'---Cloud security is receiving a lot of attention nowadays, because fears about data security in the cloud remain the biggest hurdle to mass acceptance. [Read more]

Download the Latest White Paper

About Time: The Role of Latency and Jitter in Network Performance Assessment

With even a little unexpected delay on the network, the result could be lost revenue, dissatisfied customers, or a matter of life or death. That's what makes latency a critical metric when it comes to network performance assessment. [Download Now]

Latest Product Announcements

Converged IP Networks must handle complex traffic from millions of mobile & fixed subscribers and a myriad of connected devices. Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics neXt, the evolution of Spirent's award-winning HyperMetrics architecture, enables carriers to test their networks' ability to deliver services to millions of subscribers, without disruptions or quality issues. Powered by Intel's latest processor technology, combined with the Spirent TestCenter Cloud Core™ elastic computing architecture, HyperMetrics neXt is the highest-performing, scalable and energy efficient solution available for testing networks and applications. [Learn more]

Current Product Releases

Spirent TestCenter
Release 3.60

Spirent Landslide
Release 9.0

Spirent Avalanche
Release 3.60

Media Announcements

China Mobile Selects Spirent for Fibre Channel Switch Testing
Spirent Solutions Used to Evaluate Leading Vendors' Fibre Channel Switches - April 6

Crossbeam Selects Spirent for Security Testing
Leading Provider Relies on Spirent Security Solution for Simulation of Real-World Threat Activities and Attacks - March 15

Spirent Communications plc Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire The Fanfare Group, Inc.
Test Automation Expertise Enables Customers to Reduce Costs and Improve Time to Market in the Face of Rapid Convergence - February 14

Spirent Puts Mobile Internet Performance to the Test
Next-Generation Architecture Tests Performance of Cloud Data Centers, Mobile Broadband and Application Experience - February 9

Industry Recognition

Test & Measurement World Awards

These respected awards recognize the best in test products and test professionals. The winner of the 2011 awards will be announced at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA on May 4, 2011.

Spirent is a finalist for the Best in Test Award with Spirent TestCenter for Mobile Backhaul and for the Test of Time Award with Spirent TestCenter.