IT Vendors Need More Pricing Transparency
May 23, 2013 12:37 PM
Compiling our SDN product comparison provided a vivid lesson in the difficulty of getting meaningful prices for enterprise IT equipment.
EMC ViPR Goes All In on Software-Defined Storage
May 06, 2013 14:01 PM
EMC's ViPR, a new software-defined storage platform, is a big bet on virtualized storage services. ViPR borrows from the SDN playbook with a controller and APIs.
Skype and Google: The Unified Communications Killers?
April 22, 2013 17:58 PM
From Skype and Google Hangouts to integrated HD webcams and inexpensive video conference appliances, consumer technology is pushing aside 'enterprise-grade' products.
Merchant Silicon About to Get Smarter
April 18, 2013 19:51 PM
The march to SDN designs has led many to think we're entering an era of dumb switches. Instead, look for the commodity silicon to get a lot smarter.
HP Moonshot: A Big Bet On Innovative Engineering
April 10, 2013 10:34 AM
HP's Moonshot servers are a tour de force of engineering that aim to restore the company's innovation groove. Here are the details.
VMware Vs. Amazon? Try VMware Vs. OpenStack
March 20, 2013 12:37 PM
Does VMware want to be a big player in Amazon's public cloud territory, or is the new vCloud service a defensive move to counter an OpenStack insurgency? I say the latter.
BYOD Security: Do You Really Need MDM?
March 11, 2013 19:45 PM
IT is being stampeded into adopting MDM to protect mobile devices. But it's not a silver bullet, and it may be overkill for many needs where conventional wireless network security best practices will suffice.
Virtual SANs: Scale Out's Next Iteration
March 04, 2013 13:38 PM
Shared, block storage SANs have been the exclusive domain of big, centralized storage arrays, but distributed systems are about to crash the party.
Cloud Storage and Sync: A Bubble Destined to Burst
February 22, 2013 12:28 PM
The proliferation of cloud file sharing services is out of control. It can only end badly for most of these companies—and their users.
SSD/Hard Disk Hybrids Bridge Storage Divide
January 30, 2013 20:03 PM
Solid-state is creeping into every nook of the storage ecosystem. The next frontier could be the rebirth of hybrids. Case in point is a startup that combines SSDs and traditional disks to maximize both performance and capacity.
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.
