Commentary
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Greg FerroWAN Encryption Tops the Agenda After NSA Revelations
September 24, 2013 11:00 AM Whatever trust customers had in the security of WAN connections from service providers is gone. Encrypt now, and consider less-expensive Internet connections instead.
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Greg FerroSDN Doesn't Mean Cheaper Networking
September 23, 2013 05:04 PM The most common prediction about SDN is that networking will get cheaper. It won't. Here's why.
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Andrew Conry MurrayJuniper Launches Contrail SDN Software, Goes Open Source
September 16, 2013 11:22 AM Juniper Contrail, a network overlay platform for software-defined networking, launches today. Juniper also announced that Contrail source code will be available as open source.
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Andrew Conry Murray12 Must-Attend Interop Events
September 13, 2013 03:41 PM Interop New York is just around the corner. The show is packed with informative sessions and workshops. Here are a dozen to put on your schedule.
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Tom HollingsworthAPIs Vs. Scripts: The Evolution of Automation
September 12, 2013 02:08 PM Writing scripts for configuration and other tasks is only the first step to a software-defined world. APIs will lead the next generation of automation.
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Lee H. BadmanInterop Preview: When Good Wireless Feels Bad
September 12, 2013 11:06 AM Users are quick to condemn wireless when they experience problems, but the WLAN is often not to blame. Find out what you can do about it at Interop New York.
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Michele ChubirkaSecurity Snake Oil for Sale
September 11, 2013 04:45 PM Traditional security systems aren't doing much to help us manage risk, but we keep buying them. Is it the vendors' fault or ours? And are there better ideas we should explore?
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Brent SalisburyInside VMware NSX
September 10, 2013 07:18 PM From VTEPs to OVSDB, VMware's NSX introduces unfamiliar protocols and technologies to the data center network. Check out this overview to get up to speed.
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Greg FerroWAN Acceleration Slows Down
September 09, 2013 10:57 AM A new report shows the WAN acceleration/optimization market is shrinking. WAN optimization won't go away, but don't look for growth either.
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Tom HollingsworthVMware's NSX End Game
September 06, 2013 01:49 PM Imagine an app store for the data center, where you can get firewalling, WAN optimization and other services with a few clicks. Here's how NSX might make it happen.
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Greg FerroVMware NSX Caution Signs
September 04, 2013 10:30 AM VMware's network virtualization platform makes a strong bid to be the SDN architecture of choice, but sticky issues must still be resolved.
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Lee H. BadmanWLAN Success During Back-to-School Deluge
August 30, 2013 04:22 PM My team onboarded 10,000 wireless devices as students arrived for the start of the fall semester. Here's how we made it a (mostly) painless experience.
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Tom HollingsworthShould Applications Listen To The Network?
August 29, 2013 11:35 AM One goal of SDN is to make the network more responsive to application needs. But applications also have to be responsive to the state of the network.
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Andrew Conry MurrayVMware's Martin Casado: Energy and Chaos
August 28, 2013 10:38 AM Martin Casado, VMware's chief architect for networking and the driving force behind its NSX technology, spoke with Network Computing about his ambitious goals to reshape how networking is done, the origins of Nicira, and why energy and chaos are good.
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Ethan BanksArista's New Applications Target Network Engineering Problems
August 27, 2013 03:11 PM Arista announced three new applications that streamline provisioning for virtual environments, expose network performance data and simplify network device upgrades.
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Greg FerroCumulus Networks: The Pros and Cons of Decoupling
August 26, 2013 05:11 PM Startup Cumulus Networks makes a compelling argument for separating network software and hardware, but the case isn't closed.
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Kurt MarkoVMworld 2013 Preview: Virtualization Eats the World
August 23, 2013 11:01 AM Expect 31 flavors of "software-defined" at VMworld as VMware updates its SDDC vision and promotes software abstractions and tools at every layer of the data center.
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Tom HollingsworthWill NFV Kill Hardware Load Balancers?
August 22, 2013 11:10 AM As load balancing and other network functions get delivered via virtual appliances, does the hardware ADC have a future?
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Serdar YegulalpIs There A Desktop Version Of Android In Our Future?
August 21, 2013 12:04 PM Could the open source OS designed for smartphones and tablets eventually threaten Windows' dominance on the desktop? Don't hold your breath.
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Jennifer MinellaPicking The Right Switch: A Buyer's Decision Tree
August 21, 2013 12:00 PM Purchasing a switch requires careful consideration of routing and performance needs, among other factors. Follow this decision tree to save money and avoid buyer's remorse.
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