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Virtualization Channel

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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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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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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

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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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Tags: TRILL, SPB, DCB, SDN, OpenFlow, fabric, meshes

Channel: Interop, Data Center, Virtualization

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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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Tags: server-side caching, SSD, PernixData, write-back cache, Interop

Channel: Virtualization, Content Management, Tapes and Disks, Data Center, Servers & Storage, Interop

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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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Tags: Anuta Networks, SDN, IaaS, controller, network virtualization, OpenStack, southbound API, northbound API

Channel: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Networking & Mgmt, Next Gen Network

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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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Tags: VMware, Virsto, storage, I/O

Channel: Servers & Storage, Virtualization, Data Center, Backup & Recovery

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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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Tags: F5, Cisco Systems, Check Point, Juniper, firewalls, security, load balancing

Channel: WAN Security, Data Center, Next Gen Network, Virtualization, Networking & Mgmt

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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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Tags: Violin Memory, GridIron Systems, acquisition, cache, NetApp

Channel: Virtualization, Servers & Storage, Tapes and Disks

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