Networking News

• Week of 13 May 2013 Troubleshooting network problems with good governance and design (17 May 2013)

  Packet loss, oversubscription, unpatched and inconsistent switch software still plague enterprise networks. Find out how engineers are fighting back.

• Networking blogs: Overlay Transport Virtualization, SDDC practicality (17 May 2013)

  In this week's networking roundup, bloggers advise how to use Overlay Transport Virtualization and discuss what's needed for a mature SDDC.

• Q&A: Why WLAN test tools should evolve quickly -- but likely won't (16 May 2013)

  Network consultant Peter Welcher talked to SearchNetworking about the evolution of WLAN test tools as more businesses look to wireless networks.

• Wi-Fi Alliance certification program offers more enterprise solutions (15 May 2013)

  The Wi-Fi Alliance certification program continue to expand as more devices, applications and users rely on Wi-Fi for connectivity.

• The changing role of the network admin, as told by networking vendors (13 May 2013)

  Networking vendors at Interop 2013 discuss the changing role of the network administrator.

• Week of 06 May 2013 Forgot your password? FIDO Alliance works on authentication alternatives (10 May 2013)

  Password-based authentication is becoming more taxing for users, especially on mobile devices. The FIDO Alliance is developing alternatives.

• Networking blogs: VMware home lab tips; reading BI, analytics market (09 May 2013)

  This week, networking bloggers give tips for building a VMware home lab and discuss what Teradata's disappointing Q1 might indicate for the BI market.

• New McAfee IPS offers 40 Gbps throughput (09 May 2013)

  The new NS series of McAfee IPS appliances offers 40 Gbps. McAfee has also acquired NGFW vendor Stonesoft.

• Array expands line of application delivery controllers (07 May 2013)

  Array Networks expanded its line of ADCs as it targets larger companies and service providers.

• Motorola exhibits new Wi-Fi for 802.11ac access point series (06 May 2013)

  Motorola has announced a new 802.11ac access point series and real-time content caching.

• Security vendors team up to detect targeted attacks on networks (06 May 2013)

  Security vendors team up to detect malicious attacks that target networks.

• Week of 29 Apr 2013 HP reveals new generation of data center switches (30 Apr 2013)

  HP offers new core and aggregation data center switches with OpenFlow 1.3, TRILL and Shortest Path Bridging support.

• Cisco ships plug-in module to convert 3600 into 802.11ac access point (30 Apr 2013)

  Cisco has begun shipping its plug-in Wave 1 module to convert the Aironet 3600 into an 802.11ac access point.

• Networking blogs: Owning data center monitoring, push for OpenStack (02 May 2013)

  In this blog roundup, see why IT needs a better approach to monitoring data centers, and how vendors differentiate by using a common infrastructure.

• Arista upgrades 7500 for massive leaf-and-spine network architecture (02 May 2013)

  With its new, high-density 10/40/100 GbE 7500E switch, Arista Networks enables customers to build massive leaf-and-spine networks.

• Week of 22 Apr 2013 North American summit: IPv6 implementation still facing roadblocks (24 Apr 2013)

  Although ISPs and enterprises continue to roll out IPv6, the protocol has a long way to go before it's fully implemented.

• VSS Monitoring: Passive and inline monitoring in network packet broker (26 Apr 2013)

  Network packet broker specialist VSS Monitoring combines passive and inline packet capture, adds SSL offload device.

• Blog roundup: Approaching BYO Wi-Fi hotspot trend, packet capture tips (24 Apr 2013)

  In this week's blog roundup, read about the risks and benefits of the BYO access point trend and get advice for timing packet capture.

• Virtual WAN optimization tools: Is speed really a factor? (24 Apr 2013)

  Hardware is typically faster than software, but virtual tools for WAN optimization are appropriate for certain use cases.

• Dell Active Fabric: Converged fabric that's easy to deploy and manage (24 Apr 2013)

  With Active Fabric, Dell delivers a converged fabric for data centers where server and storage admins call the shots.

• Week of 15 Apr 2013 Networking blogs: Network visibility, installing Grizzly with DevStack (19 Apr 2013)

  In this week's roundup, bloggers explain how to install Grizzly with DevStack and explore the question of visibility in the virtualized network.

• Combining app, device and network access control for BYOD management (17 Apr 2013)

  Aruba has announced Workspace, a wireless network management tool that combines NAC, MDM and MAM for an integrated approach to BYOD management.

• Week of 08 Apr 2013 The data center switch industry does not have a leader (12 Apr 2013)

  Cisco may sell the most data center switches, but no single vision has emerged as the best way to build a data center fabric.

• Networking Update: Cisco buys Ubiquisys, strategies for analyzing VoFi (10 Apr 2013)

  In this week's roundup, bloggers discuss Cisco's acquisition of Ubiquisys and offer strategies for VoFi analysis and engineering firewall policies.

• Brocade: HyperEdge architecture simplifies campus networking (11 Apr 2013)

  Brocade HyperEdge is now available for simpler campus networking, along with a campus switch refresh.

• Riverbed improves performance management tools with OpNet technology (09 Apr 2013)

  Riverbed combines application acceleration and network performance management tools into one new offering for customers.

• WLAN vendor Meru introduces context-aware networking (10 Apr 2013)

  Meru expands network segregation capabilities onto its new MobileFlex architecture for context-aware networking, prioritizing apps across the wireless LAN.

• Week of 01 Apr 2013 Juniper enhances integrated wireless LAN control and management (04 Apr 2013)

  As more devices and apps bombard the enterprise, IT needs integrated wireless LAN control to improve management flexibility and investment protection.

• Networking blogs: Tips for network strategies, handling tech support (04 Apr 2013)

  Bloggers in this week's roundup advise ditching tech-specific plans for more general corporate strategies, and approaching tech support with caution.

• Network Instruments offers storage-upgradeable network recorder (03 Apr 2013)

  Network Instruments offers network recorder that can scale from 2 TB to 16 TB of storage as networks grow.

• Week of 25 Mar 2013 Networking blogs: Snags in wireless management, tips for smart storage (26 Mar 2013)

  In this week's networking roundup, bloggers discuss the good and bad of wireless management and why IT should trust their smart storage technology.

• Global IT consultancy chooses cloud WAN optimization over hardware (29 Mar 2013)

  A global IT consultancy chooses Aryaka's cloud WAN optimization service over traditional hardware-based vendors.

• Juniper launches MX-based EX9200 for data center and campus cores (28 Mar 2013)

  Juniper offers 40 and 100Gigabit Ethernet and network programmability for campus and data center cores by rebranding the MX router as the EX9200 switch.

• CCNA changes: Realigning the entry-level Cisco certification (26 Mar 2013)

  Cisco made changes to its CCNA program to help admins become voice, wireless and security specialists faster.

• Week of 18 Mar 2013 Networking blogs: Better BYOD policies, Aerohive updates HiveManager (20 Mar 2013)

  In this networking blog roundup, learn why better BYOD policies are user-oriented, and find out what the HiveManager update means for WLAN security.

• Week of 11 Mar 2013 FlyScript enables programmable networks across all Riverbed products (14 Mar 2013)

  With FlyScript, Riverbed adds programmable networking that integrates all of its products, from network performance monitoring to ADCs and WOCs.

• Bandwidth constraints obstruct off-site data backup (13 Mar 2013)

  Enterprises send only two-thirds of their data to off-site backup locations due to bandwidth constraints.

• Network Innovation Award: Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls (15 Mar 2013)

  Palo Alto has won the SearchNetworking Network Innovation Award for next-generation firewalls that work throughout campus and data center networks.

• Cisco ISR-AX: Cheaper router with bundled Layer 4-7 services (12 Mar 2013)

  The Cisco ISR-AX is a price-reduced branch router that ships with advanced security and application delivery services enabled.

• Open source networking: Mellanox introduces Open Ethernet (12 Mar 2013)

  Data center switching vendor Mellanox will support open source software on its switches, giving customers more choice in how they run their networks.

• Week of 04 Mar 2013 Cisco partner executed rapid network deployment for U.S. VP debate (04 Mar 2013)

  Cisco partner Boice.net helped deploy a temporary network to support thousands of media and officials during last fall's vice presidential debate.

• Networking blogs: Hybrid OpenFlow tips, Meraki Wi-Fi details unveiled (07 Mar 2013)

  Networking bloggers offer advice for using the normal forwarding action in hybrid OpenFlow, and analyze fresh details on Meraki Wi-Fi infrastructure.

• Unified wired and wireless: Aerohive switches and revamped HiveManager (06 Mar 2013)

  Aerohive campus Ethernet switches and a revamped HiveManager unify networks and improve application visibility and control.

• IPv6 training: A helping hand for an enterprise IPv6 transition (05 Mar 2013)

  The IPv4-to-IPv6 transition will challenge many IT organizations. IPv6 training can help administrators master IPv6 configuration and new protocols.

• Dell SonicWall SuperMassive 9000 fills enterprise firewall gap (05 Mar 2013)

  The SuperMassive 9000 series fills the gap between Dell SonicWall's SMB and service provider firewall products.

• Week of 25 Feb 2013 Does Arista DANZ change network tap and SPAN port aggregation market? (28 Feb 2013)

  Arista DANZ turns the vendor's switches into network monitoring switches for tap and SPAN port aggregation via software.

• Networking blog roundup: Cisco NAM; why BGP matters in an SDN world (25 Feb 2013)

  In this week's networking blog roundup, bloggers consider the significance of the new Cisco NAM and troubleshoot high CPU usage in an ASA firewall.

• Week of 18 Feb 2013 ONF fees block engineers from contributing to the OpenFlow protocol (SearchSDN.com | 18 Feb 2013)

  Many engineers can't contribute to OpenFlow protocol development because they can't afford the Open Networking Foundation's $30,000 membership fee.

• HP blends WLAN controller into wired switching to support BYOD (21 Feb 2013)

  HP offers WLAN controller module for campus core chassis and a switch with WLAN control functionality for integrated wired and wireless networking.

• IP address management solutions: Overlay vs. replacement (20 Feb 2013)

  IP address management (IPAM) solutions are generally considered low preference, but they can make enormous change for a little investment.

• Leaked: Insieme Networks is building massive fabric controller (19 Feb 2013)

  A source says Cisco spin-in Insieme Networks is building a fabric controller for massive leaf-spine architecture, application-defined networking.

• ForeScout CounterACT integrates with MDM vendors AirWatch, MobileIron (18 Feb 2013)

  ForeScout CounterACT combines its network access control product with mobile device management from AirWatch and MobileIron to help IT enable secure enterprise mobility.

• Week of 11 Feb 2013 F5's LineRate Systems acquisition: Modernization path for F5 TMOS (SearchSDN.com | 13 Feb 2013)

  F5 Networks' acquisition of LineRate Systems should allow the company to modernize its core TMOS software and its iRules scripting engine.

• Networking blog roundup: Cisco SDN controller and a new SDN consortium (15 Feb 2013)

  In this blog roundup, read about the reveal of the Daylight project, updated details of the Cisco SDN controller and tips for virtual packet sniffing.

• Radware buys Strangeloop Networks for Web application optimization (13 Feb 2013)

  With Radware's acquisition of Strangeloop Networks, Web application optimization is consolidated further into application delivery controllers.

• Week of 04 Feb 2013 What makes SDN and network virtualization matter? Campus network apps (SearchSDN.com | 08 Feb 2013)

  SDN and network virtualization are touted as data center technologies, but they won't take off at the average enterprise until campus LAN apps emerge.

• Network Innovation Award: Big Switch's OpenFlow SDN architecture (SearchSDN.com | 06 Feb 2013)

  Big Switch's OpenFlow SDN architecture, which includes a controller, network virtualization app and monitoring tool, won the Network Innovation Award.

• What is Cisco spin-in Insieme Networks building? (SearchSDN.com | 08 Feb 2013)

  Job advertisements published over the last six months by Insieme Networks, Cisco's SDN spin-in, hint at what the company is doing.

• Networking blog roundup: Peek at VMware-Nicira network virtualization (SearchSDN.com | 04 Feb 2013)

  In this networking blog roundup bloggers discuss VMware-Nicira network virtualization, the impact of the Open Compute project and their hopes for VDI.

• Beamforming technology thwarts network degradation from tablet-turning (07 Feb 2013)

  Mobile device orientation changes affect wireless network performance, but Ruckus beamforming technology strengthens Wi-Fi signal to mobile devices.

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