Networking & Mgmt Channel
News and Analysis
4 Big BYOD Trends For 2013
Interop Las Vegas speaker Michael Finneran and other BYOD experts discuss key trends enterprise IT leaders should watch in 2013.
More News and Analysis
- Amazon Unlikely To Spin Off AWS Cloud Unit
- McAfee Launches Real-Time Security Policy Software
- Cisco's Future Focuses On Cloud, SDN
- Brocade Wins Another Round in A10 Patent Lawsuit
More News and Analysis in Networking & Mgmt Channel »
Architectures
11ac's First Wave: What to Expect
802.11ac will super-charge Wi-Fi, but pre-standard products will come with limitations. Here's what you can expect as 11ac products debut in 2013.
More Architectures
- United Oil Cuts the Wires
- SDN: From Slideware to Software in 2013?
- MDM Helps Bank Manage Apple iPhones, iPads
- Network Overlays: An Introduction
More Architectures in Networking & Mgmt Channel »
Reviews & Workshops
How To Configure Cisco Nexus 5500 Virtual Port Channel
Cisco Virtual Port Channel (vPC) technology enables multichassis link aggregation (MLAG) in Nexus 5500 data center switches. This article walks through how to create a vPC domain between two Nexus switches, including code examples and configuration tips.
More Reviews & Workshops
Blogs
Next Generation Firewalls 101
March 01, 2013 01:37 AM
Posted by
Next generation firewalls combine application awareness and deep packet inspection to give companies more control over applications while also detecting and blocking malicious threats.
WLAN Stress Tests: What’s the Use?
February 26, 2013 04:29 PM
Posted by Lee H. Badman
Wireless hardware testing can shed much-needed light on Wi-Fi products when every vendor claims to have the best stuff. But you have to pay attention to the testing details.
See all blogs by Lee H. Badman
InteropNet's Live Wire Act
February 19, 2013 04:30 PM
Posted by
InteropNet is the technological backbone of the Interop conference. Built four days before conference doors open, InteropNet serves more than 10,000 users and 300 exhibitors each day of the conference. Here’s how it comes together.
3 Lessons Learned from Wireless Field Day
February 19, 2013 12:06 PM
Posted by Lee H. Badman
WLAN location-based services are hot, wireless technology is getting more complex, and WLAN interoperability just isn’t going to happen. These are the three big ideas I took away from Wireless Field Day.
See all blogs by Lee H. Badman
SDN Startup Targets Cloud Providers
February 15, 2013 10:25 AM
Posted by Ethan Banks
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.
See all blogs by Ethan Banks
Readers Respond: F5 Firewall Challenges Cisco, Check Point
February 06, 2013 05:38 PM
Posted by Andrew Conry Murray
Network Computing readers weighed in on F5’s entry into the firewall market and how its strategy of integrating firewall software into its load-balancing platform might play out with customers and competitors.
See all blogs by Andrew Conry Murray
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.
