Virtualization Channel
News and Analysis
VCE Adds Smaller Vblocks To Attract SMBs
Subsidiary of EMC and Cisco produces integrated server racks to expand into smaller business units.
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- SavvisDirect Launches Private Cloud For Enterprise Developers
- Dell Doubles Down On Integrated Systems, Targets SAP HANA
- 3 Ways The Cloud Can Complement Virtualization
- Indiana University Expands SDN Research Lab
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Architectures
SDN: From Slideware to Software in 2013?
2013 should be the year SDN transitions from an over-hyped R&D project to an actual product category. At same time, the market will split into several distinct architectural approaches.
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- MDM Helps Bank Manage Apple iPhones, iPads
- Network Overlays: An Introduction
- OpenStack: An Overview
- Big Switch's OpenFlow Controller Guns for SDN Leadership
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Reviews & Workshops
From Apple to VMware: The Lab Schools' Virtualized Environment
The University of Chicago Lab Schools had to abandon its Apple server infrastructure; here's how it launched a virtualized environment and cut its server count in half.
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Blogs
Will SDN Kill TRILL?
February 26, 2013 10:53 AM
Posted by Ethan Banks
Layer 2 multipathing standards such as TRILL and SPB may seem redundant in an SDN world. But these standards still have a role to play while we wait to see how the SDN market matures.
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Server-Side Caching Gets Smarter Via Startup PernixData
February 20, 2013 03:25 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
Startup PernixData uses a distributed, replicated write-back cache to take full advantage of SSDs in server-side caching while addressing the risks of server failure and data loss.
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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.
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VMware Acquires Virsto To Enhance Virtual Storage Performance
February 12, 2013 05:11 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
VMware is acquiring Virsto, which provides software to accelerate virtual machine I/O and improve overall storage performance in virtual environments.
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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.
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Violin's $200 Million Acquisition? Don't Buy It
January 22, 2013 11:22 AM
Posted by Howard Marks
Violin Memory has acquired GridIron Systems, a maker of SAN cache appliances. Speculators put the acquisition at $200 to $300 million, but the numbers don’t add up.
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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.
