Arista's New Applications Target Network Engineering Problems
August 27, 2013 15:11 PM
Arista announced three new applications that streamline provisioning for virtual environments, expose network performance data and simplify network device upgrades.
Cisco EIGRP OTP Connects Networks Across Provider Infrastructure
August 01, 2013 15:03 PM
The EIGRP routing protocol just got more interesting with the addition of Cisco's Over the Top feature. Here's how it works plus its pros and cons.
SDN Startup Creates Distributed Virtual Appliances
July 22, 2013 15:21 PM
Embrane is no SDN wannabe. The company's SDN platform goes beyond mere transformation of hardware into virtual appliances.
Cisco Renews Focus on Network Engineers
July 16, 2013 16:08 PM
As Cisco expanded beyond switching and routing, network engineers had to put up with buggy code and a loss of innovation. The company is finally showing network engineers they haven’t been forgotten.
Cisco Catalyst 6800: Same Game, New Name
June 24, 2013 16:55 PM
Cisco touts its new Catalyst 6800 switch line as a game changer, but it’s really designed to satisfy Catalyst 6500 customers without changing much at all.
Big Switch Leaves OpenDaylight, Touts White-Box Future
June 06, 2013 12:38 PM
Big Switch is stepping away from the OpenDaylight project, which is building an open-source controller. As it departs, the company says the market clamors for white-box SDN switches. Is that right?
Arista 7500E Switch Puts Up Big, Big Numbers
May 01, 2013 11:30 AM
Arista Networks’ 7500E makes switches exciting again. New line cards support 10, 40 and 100GbE mix-and-match ports and offer outstanding port density. Arista’s per-port pricing is also compelling.
Inside the Cisco Nexus 6004 Switch
April 24, 2013 12:33 PM
The Nexus 6004 is a 10-Gpbs/40-Gbps data center switch. While a bit of a power hog vs. competitors’ boxes, it promises line rate forwarding on all ports, with 1-microsecond latency. I look at the architecture that makes this possible.
Will SDN Kill TRILL?
February 26, 2013 10:53 AM
Layer 2 multipathing standards such as TRILL and SPB may seem redundant in an SDN world. But these standards still have a role to play while we wait to see how the SDN market matures.
SDN Startup Targets Cloud Providers
February 15, 2013 10:25 AM
SDN startup Anuta Networks is launching a controller for IaaS cloud providers to manage physical network infrastructure—switches, routers, load balancers and more—and to automate the provisioning of network services.
