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VMworld Has VXLAN Winning the Network Overlay War
August 29, 2012 11:35 AM
Several vendors, including VMware, showed VXLAN implementations with vSphere. That's a good start for a new protocol, and with VMware's backing we'll see even greater support coming up.VMware's SDN Strategy Is No Threat to Cisco, Juniper or Anyone Else
August 07, 2012 03:08 PM
VMware has purchased Nicira--but Cisco, HP and Juniper shouldn't worry about the company's SDN strategy. Find out why.VMware Finally Gets a Network Strategy
July 24, 2012 12:59 PM
After some ill-fated attempts, VMware has left private cloud networking to its partner Cisco. By purchasing Nicira, the company regains control of its virtual network strategy in a big way.VMware Buys Nicira: Validates Software-Defined Networking as Strategy
July 24, 2012 09:32 AM
VMware makes a strong move into network virtualization, but at what cost to its relationship with Cisco? We take a look at VMware's latest move toward a software-defined data center.Cisco Offers More SDN Hints, Confirms Insieme
April 20, 2012 04:00 PM
Despite months of rumors and speculation, the networking industry's most powerful and influential vendor, Cisco Systems, is continuing to keep its plans for software-defined networking (SDN) largely to itself. In an exclusive interview during this week’s Open Networking Summit (ONS), Shashi Kiran, senior director of market management at Cisco, also an ONS member, says that OpenFlow and SDN are both so new that companies should not be deciding whether to use OpenFlow but rather how they can use OpenFlow along with other approaches.Verizon, Partners Push OpenFlow, SDN
April 18, 2012 09:00 AM
The telecommunications giant Verizon has joined with other top technology partners to collaborate on a software-defined networking (SDN) demonstration that is based on the OpenFlow protocol. The news of the collaboration was made at an Open Networking Summit being held this week in Silicon Valley.Puppet Labs Tools Up For OpenStack Clouds
April 17, 2012 11:00 AM
Enterprises deploying cloud computing infrastructures using OpenStack now have another configuration tool at their disposal, thanks to Puppet Labs. The Portland-based company unveiled one of the first OpenStack implementations suitable for enterprise-class production deployments at this week's OpenStack Summit in San Francisco. The company's IT automation software is aimed at system administrators, designed to help them launch and support cloud computing infrastructures.Rackspace, Nicira Extend OpenStack Cloud
April 17, 2012 09:00 AM
The OpenStack open source initiative for developing cloud computing resources is gaining traction. Rackspace is introducing a number of new products based on OpenStack, including Rackspace Cloud Networks for delivering software-defined networking. Nicira will be partnering with Rackspace to deliver "networking as a service" based on the OpenStack Networking project code-named Quantum.Big Switch Unveils 'Open' SDN Architecture
March 20, 2012 11:00 AM
Big Switch Networks, which is considered an early leader in the push for software-defined networking (SDN) based on the Open Flow protocol, is putting its own stake in the ground, declaring its commitment to open standards in developing new technology to bring virtualization to networking environments. This week, to mark its second anniversary, the company announced its Open SDN (a trademarked term) architecture based on 'three pillars' of open standards, open APIs and open source.Cisco & Friends Debate Cloud Future
February 17, 2012 09:00 AM
Cloud computing is evolving to the point where unique clouds will be developed for specific industry verticals, such as healthcare, government and financial services, predicts a Cisco Systems executive speaking at the CloudConnect 2012 conference this week in Silicon Valley. This runs contrary to what some have called the Coke versus Pepsi rule--that companies would not want to be in multitenant cloud environments with their competitors.« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »
