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News and Analysis
Google, NASA Team On Quantum Computing
NASA, Google and university researchers get access to new quantum computer, as NASA tackles complex problems ranging from air traffic to robotics.
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- At EMC, Scale Out Storage Grows Up
- Iron Mountain Opens Underground Data Center to All
- Huawei CEO Dismisses Security, Spying Concerns
- Best of Interop 2013 Winners Announced
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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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- How To Configure Cisco Nexus 5500 Port Profiles
- SDN: From Slideware to Software in 2013?
- Network Overlays: An Introduction
- OpenStack: An Overview
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Reviews & Workshops
WAN Optimization Part 1: TCP Limitations
WAN optimization and application acceleration technologies help get around performance limitations in TCP. Here’s how the numbers add up.
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Blogs
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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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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Networking Gets Interesting Again
May 17, 2013 02:34 PM
Posted by Kevin Fogarty
From software-defined networking to fabrics to powerful new switches, network vendors are fighting for a revitalized market.
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Eliminating Noisy Neighbors in the Public Cloud
May 15, 2013 08:05 PM
Posted by David Hill
An IaaS provider is using all-SSD arrays and storage QoS to ensure that some tenants can’t disrupt performance of others by overconsuming resources.
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Motorola Launches 802.11ac APs
May 15, 2013 11:54 AM
Posted by Lee H. Badman
Motorola joins a growing number of enterprise WLAN players with early 802.11ac products. Here's how its new APs stack up.
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Inside Google's Software-Defined Network
May 14, 2013 02:54 PM
Posted by Brent Salisbury
Google shared details on its production use of OpenFlow in its SDN network at this spring's Open Networking Summit.
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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.
