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Data Center Operators Flock To Cold Climates
Service providers such as Microsoft are building new data centers in cold locations such as Finland to cut power and cooling costs.
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Data Center Operators Flock To Cold Climates
September 30, 2013 02:58 PM Service providers such as Microsoft are building new data centers in cold locations such as Finland to cut power and cooling costs.
Cisco NCS Tackles Internet of Things
September 27, 2013 12:43 PM NCS routers target service providers; Oracle debuts backup appliance; LogRhythm provides network anomaly detection; KEMP unveils ADC for Windows Azure.
Ellison Ditches OpenWorld Keynote For America's Cup
September 25, 2013 05:16 PM Oracle CEO's no-show disappoints conference attendees expecting to hear about the company's cloud services.
EMC CEO Talks Up The Software-Defined Data Center
September 24, 2013 05:36 PM Joe Tucci tells OpenWorld crowd how EMC plans to capitalize on cloud computing and big data trends.
Custom Optical Network Will Tackle Big Data
September 23, 2013 02:55 PM Rice University researchers are building a specialized network that features a new type of optical switch to carry mountains of data.
Commentary
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Lee H. BadmanAruba Debuts Bare-Bones Cloud WLAN
Aruba Networks is moving into cloud-managed WLAN, but the company's first offering skimps on management capabilities.
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Andrew Conry MurrayHP Bets On SDN Apps With SDK, App Store
HP is releasing a software development kit to spur the creation of SDN applications for HP's SDN platform. The company also plans to launch an SDN app store next year.
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Greg FerroVCE Chooses Cisco SDN Over VMware NSX
VCE, maker of integrated Vblock systems, will use Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure for SDN. So what about customers who want NSX?
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Howard MarksFlash Write-Back Caching Limitations
As flash-based caching systems add write-back capabilities, be aware that performance gains can hit a wall.
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Kurt MarkoiOS 7 Update: A Lesson In Event-Driven Network Spikes
Did the iOS 7 update crash your network? Instead of whining about it, use it as a call to action.
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Tom HollingsworthWho Is Really Pushing NFV?
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) turns hardware appliances into virtualized services. As NFV interest grows, who stands to gain the most benefit?
Slideshows
8 Things You Should Know About DevOps
July 15, 2013 04:02 PM Called a cultural and professional movement, DevOps seeks to better integrate development and IT operations teams to accelerate application delivery. Read on to find out what the DevOps movement is about and the benefits it can provide enterprise organizations.
10 Amusing IT Memes
July 10, 2013 01:44 PM From Google Glass to Linux to tech support hell, these memes put an amusing slant on the day-to-day business of information technology. Whether it's The World's Most Interesting Man on routing, or Morpheus from "The Matrix" with some uncomfortable truths about SDN, these memes should elicit a laugh. If we missed your favorite, or you've made your own, share it in the Comment section below.
10 Signs OpenStack Has Come Into Its Own
June 25, 2013 05:33 PM OpenStack continues to build momentum in the tech industry. Since its inception in 2010, OpenStack has made considerable strides as an open source IaaS project. Enterprises are seeking ROI with their OpenStack pilot projects, brand-name IT companies such as HP and Juniper are doubling down on OpenStack initiatives, and venture capitalists are throwing cash at OpenStack startups in an attempt to help the market make good on the hype -- and profit in the process. Here are 10 recent OpenStack developments.
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2013 SDN Survey: Growing Pains
In this report, we'll look at the state of Software-defined networking in the marketplace and examine the survey results. We'll also outline what a typical SDN infrastructure looks like in 2013, including a controller, programmable infrastructure, applications and network multitenancy. We'll dig into both OpenDaylight and OpenFlow, two open source initiatives that are shaping SDN from outside. Finally, We'll offer guidance for network professionals on how to approach bringing SDN into their own environments.Get full survey results now! »
Vendor Turf Wars
The enterprise tech market used to be an orderly place, where vendors had clearly defined markets. No more. Driven both by increasing complexity and Wall Street demands for growth, big vendors are duking it out for primacy -- and refusing to work together for IT's benefit. Must we now pick a side, or is neutrality an option?Get the Digital Issue »
WEBCAST: Software Defined Networking (SDN) First Steps
Software defined networking encompasses several emerging technologies that bring programmable interfaces to data center networks and promise to make networks more observable and automated, as well as better suited to the specific needs of large virtualized data centers. Attend this webcast to learn the overall concept of SDN and its benefits, describe the different conceptual approaches to SDN, and examine the various technologies, both proprietary and open source, that are emerging.
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