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OpenFlow can Provide Security, Too

Indiana University's chief network architect explains how he uses OpenFlow to secure, load balance, and begin to exert some sort of unified control over a 120,000-person user network.

VMware Wants to be Your New SDN

VMware doesn't just want your servers virtualized, they want software define your network but they are taking a different approach than Cisco, HP and others that have embraced OpenFlow.

Will TRILL or Shortest Path Bridging Win Out?

TRILL and shortest path bridging or SPB are emerging as challengers to spanning tree and none too soon for networking engineers wrestling cloud deployments into submission.

IDC: SDN a $2 Billion Market by 2016

From just under $200 million in 2013 to $2 billion in 2016, software defined networking (SDN) is set to grow fast.

Avaya: Evolve or Get Beat Up

Avaya general manager details a path for 'cloud-easy.' Hint: It's about faster networks, identities, and focusing on apps and devices.

Cisco Survey: Unicorns More Likely than Cloud

Everyone is talking about 'The Cloud' but fewer people than you might think have actually adopted it or are willing to take on the migration.

Alcatel-Lucent Goes 40G End to End

Alcatel-Lucent bets on shortest path bridging (SPB). Believes most vendors will eventually agree. Alcatel-Lucent , Avaya, Brocade and Cisco back TRILL.

Cisco Snags Truviso for Network Analytics

To observe Big Data's impact on networks, Cisco is bringing real-time traffic analytics to its Prime networking management suite.

High-Speed Broadband Adoption, Speeds Decline

YoY numbers look good but the global average connection speeds declined towards the end of the year. What's going on?

Dell Builds on Force10 for Virtual Networking

Dell is building out Force 10 with enhanced virtual networking capabilities and a new 40 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) blade switch. Dell is also fully embracing software defined networking (SDN) and the OpenFlow.

Efficiency Through Unification

Tired of sourcing everything separately, getting signs-offs out the wazoo, taking weeks or months to provision and roll out the needed settings and authentications? Converged infrastructures are trying to make all of this a thing of the past.

Strengthening the Foundation for 10 GbE

New 10 Gbase-T PHY solutions are making 10 gigabyte Ethernet deployments more cost-effective on legacy copper networks.

Emerson Network Power Introduces High-Efficiency UPS

The Liebert NXL 1100 kVA/1100kW offers efficiency numbers equivalent to transformerless systems but with all the benefits transformer-based systems bring to the table.

The Cloud in 2012: Better, Faster but Not Cheaper

Having failed to deliver on its early hype, cloud computing and its customers are maturing -- demanding answers and visibility into everything from SLAs to who's behind the curtain.

Verizon Terremark Launches Private Cloud

Public cloud provider addresses multi-tenant security concerns with new offering.

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