News and Analysis
Strike Back If China Steals IP, Companies Told
Bipartisan report argues that businesses should be allowed to retrieve stolen intellectual property from attackers' networks.
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Architectures
University Taps Dark Fiber for Online Academics, Healthcare
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center turns to a new network architecture and dark fiber to support the academic and healthcare needs of dozens of regional campuses and clinics.
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Reviews & Workshops
WAN Optimization Part 2: Put Performance Second
If you’re looking to purchase WAN optimization gear, don’t get wrapped up in performance numbers. Start instead with pricing, deployment and operational issues, and the protocols and applications you need to support.
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Blogs
IT Vendors Need More Pricing Transparency
May 23, 2013 12:37 PM
Posted by Kurt Marko
Compiling our SDN product comparison provided a vivid lesson in the difficulty of getting meaningful prices for enterprise IT equipment.
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Solving VDI Problems with SSDs and Data Deduplication
May 22, 2013 04:29 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
When it comes to VDI, users don’t want to sacrifice a rich desktop experience, and IT doesn’t want to get crushed by the storage costs and management efforts required to provide that experience. Data dedupe and SSDs solve this dilemma.
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Google's Wireless Sensors: Big Data or Big Brother?
May 22, 2013 12:32 PM
Posted by Kevin Fogarty
Google demonstrated a network of wireless environmental sensors at its I/O conference last week. These sensors, combined with projects like Google Glass, expose the potential for the use and misuse of relentless data collection.
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EMC Navigates the IT Transformation Waters
May 21, 2013 04:43 PM
Posted by David Hill
Here's what I took away from this year's EMC World, including thoughts on Pivotal and ViPR.
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Why Corporate File Sharing Services Can't Compete
May 21, 2013 03:05 PM
Posted by Kevin Fogarty
Novell is the latest vendor to offer file sharing software that gives IT managers control over data, but it won't stop the stampede to Dropbox-like services.
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Aruba's 802.11ac Rollout Cleans Up Sticky Clients
May 21, 2013 10:47 AM
Posted by Lee H. Badman
Aruba Networks is announcing 802.11ac access points and new software that addresses roaming problems caused by “sticky” wireless clients.
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Best of the Web
VXLAN termination on physical devices
VXLAN is an Experimental IETF draft of protocols to enable the creation of a large overlay, multi-tenant network.
ONF Deadly Serious About OpenFlow-Based SDNs
: OpenFlow is poised to reach over-hyped status, yet there are practical, useful reasons for keeping an eye on Openflow. The biggest cloud players are involved and driving the feature creation.
Practical Introduction to Applied OpenFlow
Get a primer on the Openflow protocol and what it can do for networking.
On Resilience of Spit-Architecture Networks
This research papers investigates the practical issues in split-architecture networks and the placement of the controllers, such as Openflow controllers, in the network.
