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Week of 28 Jan 2013 Enterasys wireless: Elevating in-stadium experience for Patriots fans (01 Feb 2013)
Enterasys wireless LAN technology lit up Gillette Stadium for fans during the New England Patriots' 2012 season.
Infoblox launches DNS firewall and network security management (29 Jan 2013)
Network control vendor Infoblox expands into security with a DNS firewall and a firewall management product, and adds a branch Trinzic box.
NEC offers OpenFlow vswitch, OpenStack and IPv6 support (SearchSDN.com | 29 Jan 2013)
NEC offers ProgrammableFlow 1000 OpenFlow vswitch to extend its software-defined networking technology into Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors.
Need seamless Wi-Fi roaming? Research orgs find an answer with eduroam (29 Jan 2013)
With eduroam, universities enable Wi-Fi roaming between disparate campus networks without requiring manual login. Why can't enterprises do the same?
New Cisco ASIC has a programmable data plane (01 Feb 2013)
The new Cisco ASIC, Unified Access Data Plane, is a programmable chip that will accelerate product development across its campus switching products.
New Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch has integrated wireless LAN control (01 Feb 2013)
Cisco's new Catalyst 3850 is a wiring closet switch with integrated wireless LAN control built into its ASIC.
New F5 firewall pits ADC vendor against crowded market (31 Jan 2013)
F5 Networks announced a new firewall that integrates with the company's existing application delivery and security products.
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Week of 21 Jan 2013 Can OpenFlow research be truly open when it's vendor-funded? (21 Jan 2013)
When universities work with vendors on OpenFlow research they sign vendor non-disclosure agreements. Does that hamper research and collaboration?
Cisco VDI: Support real-time apps by cutting out the data center (21 Jan 2013)
Cisco VDI now supports real-time Jabber capabilities -- like voice and video-- by cutting out the round trip to the data center.
Cisco software business to double with help from Cisco SDN strategy (25 Jan 2013)
Executives Rob Lloyd and Pankaj Patel say the Cisco software business will double in five years, partly with help from the Cisco SDN strategy.
Cyber-security services: Identify, respond to and evaluate an attack (25 Jan 2013)
Enterprises need more than just security products. Sourcefire introduces new cyber-security services to help customers respond to malware.
Health info network provider deploying Juniper QFabric architecture (21 Jan 2013)
Availity, a health information network provider, is upgrading to a Juniper network, with plans to deploy the QFabric architecture in a year.
Networking blog roundup: SDN startups to watch; Cisco CLI tips (24 Jan 2013)
One blogger In this networking blog roundup lists SDN startups, another gives IOS CLI tips and one demands that Cisco improve the CCIE portal login.
Stadium vs. the couch: High-density wireless improves fan experience (21 Jan 2013)
Boston sports teams share plans for new mobile apps and improving game time fan experiences through the use of high-density wireless networks.
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Week of 14 Jan 2013 2013 Campus networking outlook: LANs finally unify wired and wireless (14 Jan 2013)
Forrester Research analyst Andre Kindness said campus LANs will finally have true unified wired and wireless infrastructure in 2013.
2013 networking industry outlook: Network fabrics can't kill spanning tree (14 Jan 2013)
Network fabrics won't kill spanning tree in 2013, says 451 Research's Eric Hanselman. Enterprises will look at Ethernet exchanges and MEMS switches.
Application optimization: Integrating performance management and ADCs (14 Jan 2013)
Combining application delivery controllers and application performance management technology is a new approach to application optimization.
IPAM tools: Free app, paid software or hardware appliance? (14 Jan 2013)
IPAM strategies range from free open source software to costly specialized hardware. How do you know which road to take?
Juniper SDN strategy targets BGP and XMPP-based control, service chains (17 Jan 2013)
Juniper's SDN strategy focuses on centralizing the management and services planes of the network, and it partially centralizes the control plane.
Networking in 2013: Will enterprise network security management get easier? (14 Jan 2013)
Gartner analyst Greg Young predicts network security management will get a 2013 makeover with more correlation among vendors. SDN security draws scrutiny.
Networking outlook for 2013: Virtual overlay network management arrives (14 Jan 2013)
Enterprise Management Associates analyst Jim Frey says network management vendors will improve cloud, VDI and virtual overlay network monitoring in 2013.
Networking outlook: Controllers, Layer 4-7 will roil SDN 2013 market (14 Jan 2013)
In the 2013 SDN market, IDC analyst Brad Casemore said service providers will adopt slowly and vendors will battle in Layer 4-7 and controllers.
OpenFlow SDN 'prematurely productized', Brocade exec says (18 Jan 2013)
Centralized OpenFlow controllers are not the only paths to SDN, Brocade's service provider CTO said at the Techs in Paradise conference this week.
TIP 2013: Big data and SDN headline Techs in Paradise conference (14 Jan 2013)
Internet2, APAN and ESnet will host 450 engineers at Techs in Paradise (TIP) 2013 where SDN and big data networking will take center stage.
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Week of 31 Dec 2012 Embrane: Placing network services in the hypervisor won't work (02 Jan 2013)
Many shops use hypervisors or virtual appliances for network virtualization services, but Embrane says network intelligence must be distributed.
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Week of 17 Dec 2012 Blue Coat boosts network security gateway biz with Crossbeam acquisition (19 Dec 2012)
Blue Coat's network security gateway business will get a boost from its merger with security hardware specialist Crossbeam.
Bring your own application: WLAN vendors add mobile app optimization (18 Dec 2012)
Aruba and Xirrus announce application optimization features for enterprise wireless LAN to manage bring-your-own-application environments.
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Week of 10 Dec 2012 Dell: New data center network architecture means SDN and automation (SearchSDN.com | 14 Dec 2012)
As Dell transitions from hardware stalwart to software innovator, SDN and automation take center stage in its new data center network architecture.
Emulex acquires Endace to build a software-defined networking play (SearchSDN.com | 12 Dec 2012)
Server network adaptor vendor Emulex said its acquisition of network visibility vendor Endace will enhance its software-defined networking strategy.
Gartner ADC Magic Quadrant: Room for cloud optimization, SDN (13 Dec 2012)
The 2012 Gartner ADC Magic Quadrant indicates a mature market with room for innovation around deployment options, software-defined networking and cloud optimization.
It'll take a channel to drive SDN sales (SearchSDN.com | 13 Dec 2012)
Software-defined networking is great in theory, but now it's time to take products to the streets. SDN sales will be driven by a strong channel.
Pica8 offers SDN reference architecture for cloud providers (SearchSDN.com | 14 Dec 2012)
Pica8 introduces a software-defined networking reference architecture for use with low-cost ODM switch hardware.
Resisting network virtualization technology is like keeping Token Ring (11 Dec 2012)
Network engineers are resisting network virtualization and the new network management stack, but that's a losing battle.
Why Nicira abandoned OpenFlow hardware control (13 Dec 2012)
Nicira's founding engineers invented OpenFlow, but they say it won't work for data center-class, hardware forwarding. Martin Casado explains.
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Week of 03 Dec 2012 Application delivery vendors offer cloud optimization for AWS (06 Dec 2012)
Silver Peak, Riverbed and F5 announce application delivery products for cloud optimization on Amazon Web Services.
Brocade application delivery controller will serve as SDN controller (SearchSDN.com | 04 Dec 2012)
In this Q&A, Brocade VP Ken Cheng reveals that his company will enable its application delivery controller as a SDN controller for some use cases.
Cariden acquisition boosts Cisco SDN technology for service providers (03 Dec 2012)
With Cariden's IP/MPLS planning software, Cisco's software-defined networking technology will have strong analytical capabilities for service providers.
Network engineer jobs: Satisfaction comes from challenge, not money (07 Dec 2012)
Network engineer job satisfaction is driven more by intellectual challenge than big money, according to TechTarget's IT Salary Survey 2012.
Plexxi SDN includes tiered controller, data center-based WDM (SearchSDN.com | 05 Dec 2012)
Startup Plexxi's software-defined networking products include a tiered SDN controller and dynamic bandwidth allocation based on WDM.
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Week of 26 Nov 2012 FCoE for converged networking? Not quite, Brocade veep says (30 Nov 2012)
Brocade, a storage veteran and data center LAN innovator, has the tools to make end-to-end FCoE work, but that's not what customers want, one VP says.
Motorola, Cisco enhance guest Wi-Fi with new location-based analytics (27 Nov 2012)
Wi-Fi location-based services can help businesses get more out of guest Wi-Fi with a connected customer experience.
Network Innovation Award: Brocade VCS Fabric (30 Nov 2012)
Brocade wins the SearchNetworking Network Innovation Award for its VCS data center network fabric technology.
Next-generation firewall management: Smarter boxes, more complexity (29 Nov 2012)
A new survey shows that next-generation firewall management is more complex, with new layers of rules and policies to write and track.
Why are venture capitalists investing in software defined networking? (SearchSDN.com | 27 Nov 2012)
Software defined networking has brought venture money back to networking after years of drought. Here's why Big Switch backer Index Ventures invested.
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Week of 19 Nov 2012 Cisco acquires cloud-based network vendor Meraki (19 Nov 2012)
Cisco will acquire Meraki for $1.2 billion, as it tries to improve its cloud-based network offerings for SMBs.
Q&A: Infoblox founder Stu Bailey on the SDN control plane (21 Nov 2012)
Infoblox considers itself a network control plane vendor. Founder Stu Bailey hints at the company's SDN control plane ambitions.
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Week of 12 Nov 2012 Big Switch Networks' new-world order ... without Cisco and VMware (SearchSDN.com | 13 Nov 2012)
Big Switch Networks has partnered with every major networking and hypervisor vendor for software defined networking -- except Cisco and VMware.
Big Switch Networks: SDN, network virtualization, an army of partners (SearchSDN.com | 13 Nov 2012)
Big Switch Networks has launched an OpenFlow controller, network virtualization platform and monitoring tool, and lined up hardware vendors.
High-density WLAN environments mirror enterprise Wi-Fi network needs (14 Nov 2012)
Enterprises are struggling with high-density WLANs thanks to BYOD. Enterasys announced IdentiFi offering as management of wired and wireless enterprise networks becomes more complicated.
Martin Casado on OpenStack Quantum and what's next in cloud networking (SearchSDN.com | 12 Nov 2012)
In this Q&A with Nicira co-founder Martin Casado, we explore the implications of OpenStack Quantum and the future of cloud networking orchestration.
Martin Casado on the future of VMware-Nicira technology (SearchSDN.com | 12 Nov 2012)
Martin Casado discusses the future of VMware-Nicira technology, and says a hypervisor-agnostic network virtualization platform could be on the way.
Palo Alto Networks adds virtual firewall, targeted malware protection (14 Nov 2012)
Palo Alto Networks launched new virtual data center security features, including a virtual firewall, malware protection and large-scale management.
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Week of 05 Nov 2012 Brocade-Vyatta deal: Enhanced virtualization networking, not quite SDN (SearchSDN.com | 06 Nov 2012)
The Brocade-Vyatta acquisition will result in tightly linked virtual and physical networks, but it it's not quite software defined networking.
Future-proofing the enterprise WLAN: 802.11ac access point options (05 Nov 2012)
Vendors have begun announcing 802.11ac access point technology and investment plans for enterprises upgrading their wireless infrastructure.
WLAN planning: Are enterprises ready for the iPad? (07 Nov 2012)
In the enterprise, WLAN planning network pros must consider BYOD performance challenges to keep their Wi-Fi network from becoming obsolete.
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Week of 29 Oct 2012 Network Innovation Award: Aruba ClearPass (29 Oct 2012)
With ClearPass, Aruba Networks provides unified access management across wired, wireless and VPNs with centralized policy control for BYOD management.
OpenStack networking: Why should we care? (SearchSDN.com | 30 Oct 2012)
Lately networking vendors, including Cisco, have been talking OpenStack, but why should networking pros care about an open source cloud platform?
Riverbed to acquire application performance management vendor OpNet (30 Oct 2012)
Riverbed's OpNet acquisition deepens its network performance management capabilities and also boosts application management capabilities of ADCs.
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Week of 22 Oct 2012 Catalyst 6500 upgrade: OpenFlow, LISP, next-gen VSS (24 Oct 2012)
Cisco will add new services to its Catalyst 6500 campus core switch, including OpenFlow, LISP and maybe fabric extenders.
Do we really need gigabit wireless for enterprise wireless video? (22 Oct 2012)
Swift enterprise video uptake has some companies that have already invested in 802.11n WLAN considering a new investment in 802.11ac gigabit wireless.
Earnings call reveals Juniper QFabric momentum, pending security news (26 Oct 2012)
Juniper said during its latest earnings call that more QFabric customers are adopting the full system rather than just top-of-rack devices.
Riverbed Cascade 10.0 offers VDI and VXLAN monitoring (23 Oct 2012)
Riverbed Cascade 10.0 offers server virtualization and VDI monitoring, and visibility into VXLAN traffic for virtual infrastructure management.
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Week of 15 Oct 2012 Cisco Unified Access blends wired, wireless management for IT (17 Oct 2012)
Cisco Unified Access integrates wired, wireless network management, simplifying IT operations for enterprises.
Cisco-Citrix partnership expands to include NetScaler ADC and more (18 Oct 2012)
The Cisco-Citrix partnership, which began with VDI integration, is expanding to include integration with the NetScaler ADC, XenServer and CloudStack.
Midokura network virtualization: Layer 2-7 services, OpenStack (SearchSDN.com | 17 Oct 2012)
Japanese startup Midokura unveils its Layer 2-7 network virtualization with network overlay and OpenStack integration.
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Week of 08 Oct 2012 Getting more out of bandwidth with virtual WAN optimization (12 Oct 2012)
With Silver Peak WAN acceleration and virtual WAN optimization, a beverage distributor is prioritizing bandwidth better and deploying new business applications without network upgrades.
Huawei enterprise aspirations dashed by U.S.-China trade tensions (10 Oct 2012)
Huawei enterprise aspirations for North America were crushed this week when Congress warned U.S. businesses of Huawei security concerns.
IBM's OpenFlow controller: Big Blue eyes SDN's application layer (SearchSDN.com | 08 Oct 2012)
The IBM OpenFlow controller will enable Big Blue to develop network applications on top of software defined networks.
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Week of 01 Oct 2012 Do Juniper layoffs mean QFabric is dead? No way (01 Oct 2012)
A deeper look at the Juniper layoffs. Sources say many will come from the QFabric staff. Yet Juniper execs say no single division has been targeted.
New HP SDN portfolio: Controller, switches and network apps (SearchSDN.com | 03 Oct 2012)
A new HP OpenFlow controller with northbound APIs and production-ready network applications boosts HP's software defined networking strategy.
Virtual desktop infrastructure vs. data container for BYOD management (02 Oct 2012)
In BYOD management, IT is considering virtual desktop infrastructure for secure application delivery, but data containers may be a better approach.
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Week of 24 Sep 2012 Digging into VMware networking: vSphere, VXLAN and vCloud Director (26 Sep 2012)
VMware wins the SearchNetworking Network Innovation Award for adding new features to its VMware networking portfolio in both vSphere and vCloud Director.
In software defined networks, applications define the network (SearchSDN.com | 28 Sep 2012)
As software defined networks evolve, it appears applications will control, even define, the network. Welcome to application defined networking.
Juniper layoffs: Networking vendor cuts 500 jobs (28 Sep 2012)
After hinting at restructuring plans during its July earnings call, Juniper acknowledged it will cut 500 jobs.
Network Innovation Award: VMware vSphere Networking (25 Sep 2012)
VMware has expanded its vSphere networking and network virtualization features, changing the role of the network and its engineer in virtualization.
Silver Peak offers replication acceleration for storage traffic (27 Sep 2012)
Storage optimization is needed as traffic is replicated over the WAN to data centers and DR sites. Silver Peak Velocity offers replication acceleration.
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Week of 17 Sep 2012 Cisco Nexus 3548 and Arista 7150: Duelling ultra-low-latency switches (20 Sep 2012)
With the Nexus 3548 and the Arista 7150, Cisco and Arista each offer an ultra-low-latency switch with deep features and functionality.
Farewell Cisco ACE, but perhaps not Cisco load balancing (20 Sep 2012)
Cisco has officially killed its ACE line, but says it may not be out of the load balancer business. What will it take to make a competitive Cisco load balancer?
Go Daddy outage highlights need for network segmentation, visibility (19 Sep 2012)
Recent Go Daddy outage highlights need for network monitoring and segmentation to cut down risk of large-scale network outages.
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Week of 10 Sep 2012 Government could miss IPv6 deadline; enterprises make IPv6 transition (12 Sep 2012)
The federal government might miss the IPv6 deadline for Internet-facing servers, but a gradual IPv6 transition for government and enterprises is OK.
New Cisco ASA clustering feature enables 320 Gbps firewall (13 Sep 2012)
Cisco has enhanced its data center security story with a new Cisco ASA clustering feature for 320 Gbps firewall capacity and a new virtual firewall.
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Week of 03 Sep 2012 Broadcom Trident II enables distributed core in data center networks (05 Sep 2012)
With Broadcom's new Trident II chip, vendors can build smaller, power-efficient distributed core switches for data center networks.
New VXLAN gateways integrate virtual and physical networking features (SearchSDN.com | 06 Sep 2012)
VXLAN gateway demos at VMworld revealed why a network overlay cannot operate in a vacuum from the underlying physical network.
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Week of 27 Aug 2012 Apple users granted greater mobility with Bonjour gateway (29 Aug 2012)
Wireless vendors are offering Bonjour gateway to help Apple customers support and manage the Bonjour protocol across their corporate network.
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Week of 20 Aug 2012 IEEE explores new standards: 400 Gigabit Ethernet or Terabit Ethernet (21 Aug 2012)
With bandwidth demand growing, the IEEE formed a new consensus group to determine next Ethernet speed: 400 Gigabit Ethernet or Terabit Ethernet.
Virtual network services: Streamlining hypervisor WAN optimization (22 Aug 2012)
Silver Peak Agility streamlines deployment of virtual network services by integrating WAN optimization into virtualization management consoles.
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Week of 13 Aug 2012 Cisco, Aruba strive for better WLAN controller failover (16 Aug 2012)
With wireless LANs becoming the primary network access layer, enterprises want resilient infrastructure with faster WLAN controller failover.
HP adds multi-tenant private cloud networking and virtual switching (15 Aug 2012)
HP's new EVI Layer 2 data center interconnect and MDC in-switch multi-tenancy boosts private cloud networking and virtual switching abilities.
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Week of 06 Aug 2012 Layer 4-7 cloud networking still scarce in IaaS market (07 Aug 2012)
While many cloud providers offer some Layer 4-7 services to customers, enterprises need more freedom in how they deploy cloud networking services.
Network Innovation Awards granted for emerging network technologies (06 Aug 2012)
SearchNetworking.com's Network Innovation Award goes to a variety of companies that have made advances in a range of networking technologies.
Solving application performance management with Extrahop (09 Aug 2012)
ERP SaaS company Concur deployed network-based application performance management from Extrahop to optimize its application architecture.
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Week of 30 Jul 2012 Service providers eager to buy into SDN market (SearchSDN.com | 31 Jul 2012)
New research shows that 80% of service providers are looking at OpenFlow and SDN. Enterprises are sure to follow.
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Week of 23 Jul 2012 Cisco layoffs cause high anxiety (26 Jul 2012)
One year after 10,000 Cisco layoffs, the company has let go another 1,300 employees, and sources say there are only more cuts to come.
Network packet broker tools: VSS Monitoring scales tools up (27 Jul 2012)
With new appliances, management software and stacking technology, VSS Monitoring increases the scalability of network packet brokers.
VMware acquires network virtualization vendor Nicira for $1.2B (SearchSDN.com | 24 Jul 2012)
Server virtualization leader VMware boosts its networking credentials by acquiring network virtualization startup Nicira Networks.
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Week of 16 Jul 2012 Fibre Channel over Ethernet face-off: Ready to use or unreliable? (18 Jul 2012)
Stuart Miniman and Stephen Foskett take opposing views on Fibre Channel over Ethernet. Is the FCoE standard ready to use or not yet reliable? You decide.
Global manufacturer revamps access control with ForeScout NAC (17 Jul 2012)
Global manufacturer installs ForeScout NAC to lock down ports and simplify guest network access control.
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Week of 02 Jul 2012 No escaping network-based IT power management (03 Jul 2012)
Market forces will dictate that network managers get more involved in IT energy management.
Survey: Firewall rules sprawl makes firewall policy management a mess (06 Jul 2012)
Bloated firewall rules are making security unmanageable and audits a nightmare, according to a survey by firewall management vendor Athena.
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Week of 25 Jun 2012 Major shake-up of Cisco executives: engineering, acquisitions shuffled (26 Jun 2012)
Cisco announces longtime M&A chief Ned Hooper is leaving. CTO Padmasree Warrior takes over and Pankaj Patel assumes sole leadership of engineering.
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Week of 18 Jun 2012 VMware networking CTO on OpenFlow (SearchSDN.com | 19 Jun 2012)
In part two of our Q&A with VMware networking CTO Allwyn Sequeira, we ask him about VMware's plans for OpenFlow..
VMware networking CTO on SDN, OpenFlow and network virtualization (SearchSDN.com | 19 Jun 2012)
VMware networking CTO Allwyn Sequeira explains the software-defined data center, the future of OpenFlow and how the company already has network virtualization 'nailed.'
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Week of 04 Jun 2012 With Big Switch network overlay app, who needs OpenFlow switches? (SearchSDN.com | 06 Jun 2012)
Big Switch Networks introduced an OpenFlow network overlay that enables users to run a software-defined network with any physical infrastructure.
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Week of 28 May 2012 Dealing with the classic Catalyst 6500 end-of-life (31 May 2012)
The classic Catalyst 6500 has been the workhorse of networks everywhere for more than a decade. Now the platform is nearing its end of life. How should you proceed?
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Week of 21 May 2012 Brocade: Some OpenFlow switches can't operate at line-rate speeds (SearchSDN.com | 23 May 2012)
While unveiling its WAN-focused software-defined networking strategy, Brocade revealed that competitors are selling OpenFlow switches that can't operate at line-rate speeds.
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Week of 14 May 2012 BYOD policy: More than on-boarding and security (17 May 2012)
Experts say a BYOD policy will require network managers to reach across IT silos.
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Week of 30 Apr 2012 Interop 2012: OpenFlow grows up, Google gets networks, Huawei debuts (SearchSDN.com | 04 May 2012)
News Director Shamus McGillicuddy previews what he'll be tracking at Interop 2012: Software-defined networking a year older and wiser, BYOD madness and Huawei blitzes America.
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Week of 23 Apr 2012 WLAN design with Wi-Fi beamforming solves warehouse network problems (24 Apr 2012)
Warehousing firm WOW Logistics solved its WLAN design troubles with Wi-Fi beamforming from Ruckus Wireless.
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Week of 16 Apr 2012 Arista FPGA switch could revolutionize Layer 4-7 network services (18 Apr 2012)
With its embedded field-programmable gate array, Arista's new switch may resonate beyond the latency-phobic government and financial sectors and transform Layer 4-7 services.
Open Networking Summit 2012: Take your proprietary networking and... (SearchSDN.com | 17 Apr 2012)
At the Open Networking Summit 2012, heavy hitters like Cisco, HP, Google and VMware are talking the future of software-defined networking. Think open-source network apps.
Open Networking Summit: NEC waits for no one; SDN 'ready to go' (18 Apr 2012)
While other vendors move cautiously into OpenFlow and software-defined networking, NEC continues to release actual product with v2 of its ProgrammableFlow ecosystem.
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Week of 09 Apr 2012 Infoblox offers network automation for data-center administration (09 Apr 2012)
Network engineers spend too much time on administrative tasks that support server virtualization. Infoblox wants to free those engineers with network automation.
Now hiring at Cisco: OpenFlow and software-defined networking experts (SearchSDN.com | 12 Apr 2012)
Cisco's mysterious ConnectedApps team is hiring OpenFlow and software-defined networking (SDN) pros to build an SDK that opens up Cisco gear to SDN.
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Week of 02 Apr 2012 With CCIE Data Center, can network engineers become data center gurus? (05 Apr 2012)
With its new CCIE Data Center certification, Cisco offers training that allows network engineers to work across IT silos.
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Week of 26 Mar 2012 Q&A: Avaya's networking chief on Shortest Path Bridging and SDN (30 Mar 2012)
Avaya senior vice president Marc Randall talks about Shortest Path Bridging, software-defined networking and Avaya's efforts to raise its profile as a networking vendor.
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Week of 19 Mar 2012 Meru offers virtual wireless LAN controller, iPad management app (20 Mar 2012)
Meru introduced a virtual wireless LAN controller as an alternative to hardware-based appliances and virtual versions of its E(z)RF management suite.
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Week of 12 Mar 2012 Alcatel-Lucent enterprise chief on pushing into North America (15 Mar 2012)
In this Q&A, Alcatel-Lucent enterprise division president Michel Emelianoff explains how his company will win over North America customers.
Dell-SonicWall deal: Next-generation firewall boosts data center play (14 Mar 2012)
The Dell-SonicWall acquisition broadens Dell’s increasingly formidable data center infrastructure and services strategy with a next-generation firewall product.
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Week of 05 Mar 2012 Brocade HyperEdge: Manage a campus network as one giant switch stack (07 Mar 2012)
Brocade is previewing HyperEdge, a management layer technology that allows network managers to administer an entire campus network like they would manage a switch stack.
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Week of 27 Feb 2012 Cisco CEO John Chambers on ASICs, OpenFlow and QFabric (SearchSDN.com | 28 Feb 2012)
A small group of tech journalists huddled with Cisco CEO John Chambers to talk about Cisco’s turnaround efforts and its strategy in several key technology markets.
Cisco SecureX strategy gets boost with application-aware firewall (28 Feb 2012)
Under new leadership, the networking giant's security group relaunched Cisco SecureX with several new products, including an application-aware firewall.
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Week of 20 Feb 2012 Nicira network virtualization architecture: The VMware of networking? (SearchSDN.com | 21 Feb 2012)
In this Q&A, Nicira Networks' Martin Casado and Alan S. Cohen explain why their network virtualization architecture may be the VMware of networking.
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Week of 30 Jan 2012 Cisco 40 GbE and 100 GbE switching debut at Cisco Live London (01 Feb 2012)
Cisco released 40 and 100 GbE line cards for the Nexus 7000 and Catalyst 6500, as well as network virtualization strategies that enhance both campus and data center networks.
Cisco Live London: Cisco debuts 4x4 MIMO wireless LAN access point (31 Jan 2012)
At Cisco Live London, Cisco introduced a three-stream 4x4 MIMO wireless LAN access point, the faster and longer-range Aironet 3600.
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Week of 23 Jan 2012 IBM partners with NEC for OpenFlow switch, software-defined networking (SearchSDN.com | 25 Jan 2012)
IBM launched a new OpenFlow switch as part of a software-defined networking partnership with OpenFlow pioneer NEC, making IBM a player in data center networking.
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Week of 16 Jan 2012 Network security test: Crossbeam secures 1 million simultaneous users (19 Jan 2012)
Crossbeam performed a network security test that emulated one million simultaneous mobile users on its network security hardware.
Online sports site uses super-scalable network security hardware (19 Jan 2012)
In this Q&A, Australia’s online betting site Sportsbet reveals how it scales network security with network hardware security specialist Crossbeam.
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Week of 09 Jan 2012 Magic Quadrant: Next-generation firewalls are mainstream (12 Jan 2012)
Next-generation firewalls have enjoyed a lot of hype in recent years, but now they are also dominating the market, according to Gartner’s latest firewall Magic Quadrant.
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Week of 19 Dec 2011 Network technology trends for 2012: Network management (22 Dec 2011)
Looking at network management technology trends for 2012, EMA's Jim Frey predicts cross-domain management, SaaS-based management and cloud SLAs.
Network technology trends for 2012: Network security (22 Dec 2011)
Looking at network security technology trends for 2012, Gartner’s Greg Young predicts better security of virtualization and emerging data center fabrics.
Network technology trends for 2012: The big picture (22 Dec 2011)
Forrester Research analyst Andre Kindness shares big picture predictions for network technology trends in 2012: the rise of Huawei and why networkers need software skills
Network technology trends for 2012: Wireless LAN and BYOD (22 Dec 2011)
Craig Mathias of Farpoint Group shares his predictions for the wireless LAN industry in 2012, as BYOD forces enterprises to rethink their management approaches.
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Week of 12 Dec 2011 Network technology trends 2012: Out-of-band management and DevOps (15 Dec 2011)
F5 Networks’ technology evangelist Lori MacVittie shares her take on network technology trends in 2012, including the return of the out-of-band management network.
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Week of 05 Dec 2011 Adtran WLAN access points enable integrated wireless and wired network (08 Dec 2011)
With a software upgrade to its Bluesocket wireless access points, Adtran offers an integrated wireless and wired network option.
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Week of 28 Nov 2011 Research institute deploys 100 Gigabit Ethernet from core to closet (28 Nov 2011)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute deployed 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) out to its wiring closets with Brocade to support 10 GbE endpoints and high-performance computing.
Ruckus joins real-time wireless channel selection fray (01 Dec 2011)
With real-time wireless channel selection, Ruckus is promising advanced RF management and optimization, but testing for the technology is still in order.
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Week of 14 Nov 2011 Network upgrade yields facilities automation, active-active data center (17 Nov 2011)
With an HP-based network upgrade, the University of North Florida can now support facilities automation and an active-active data center.
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Week of 07 Nov 2011 Brocade’s stackable switch: The low-cost alternative to Catalyst 3750? (10 Nov 2011)
With its new stackable switch, Brocade offers an alternative to Cisco’s Catalyst 3750 with plenty of bandwidth and features and a much lower price.
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Week of 31 Oct 2011 NetFlow analyzer improves security, network capacity management (03 Nov 2011)
Fitchburg State University installed Lancope’s SteathWatch NetFlow analyzer to boost security and network capacity management.
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Week of 24 Oct 2011 Network traffic capture systems offer broader security visibility (28 Oct 2011)
Network traffic capture systems offer network security appliances better visibility into network activity.
Riverbed rolls out application delivery controller for the cloud (26 Oct 2011)
Riverbed’s rebranding of the Zeus application delivery controller and Aptimize Web content optimization targets cloud networking.
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Week of 17 Oct 2011 Cisco attacks HP on network hardware total cost of ownership claims (20 Oct 2011)
In a new total cost of ownership (TCO) study, Cisco says HP’s lower prices on network hardware don’t matter. Cisco’s superior quality and features pays you back, it says.
Cisco enhances Nexus 7000, boosts data center network scalability (18 Oct 2011)
With enhancements to the Nexus line, Cisco is offering more scalability and choice in the data center network than ever before.
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Week of 10 Oct 2011 Infoblox boosts core network services scalability to handle mobility (13 Oct 2011)
With Multi-Grid Management (MGM), Infoblox increased the scalability and manageability of its core network services technology, including DNS, DHCP and IP address management.
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Week of 03 Oct 2011 BYOD boosts wireless LAN market, forces WLAN design (05 Oct 2011)
Smartphones and tablets are flooding wireless LANs with new traffic, forcing WLAN design changes and driving new WLAN equipment sales.
HP data center fabric vision takes shape with HP 5900 switch (06 Oct 2011)
Combined with its core A12500 chassis, HP’s new top-of-rack 5900 switch marks the beginning of a data center fabric vision.
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Week of 26 Sep 2011 Network hardware prices drop due to increased vendor competition (27 Sep 2011)
Competition in the enterprise routing and switching market is intensifying, which is driving down network hardware prices.
Network monitoring switches eliminate 40 Gigabit Ethernet blind spots (29 Sep 2011)
Network monitoring tools aren’t ready for 40 Gigabit Ethernet, but a network monitoring switch will allow you to monitor the faster media with 10 Gigabit Ethernet tools.
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Week of 29 Aug 2011 Bring-your-own-device programs gain traction, vendors respond (31 Aug 2011)
Enterprises are embracing bring-your-own- device policies that let users go mobile, and vendors are looking to cash in with solutions.
Brocade’s network hardware price model: Pay-as-you-go (01 Sep 2011)
With Brocade Network Subscription, Brocade offers a pay-as-you-go network hardware price structure that allows customers to pay only for what they need.
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Week of 15 Aug 2011 Xsigo evolves I/O virtualization into data center fabric (18 Aug 2011)
I/O virtualization vendor Xsigo has evolved its product into a data center fabric by enabling server-to-server connections within its infrastructure.
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Week of 08 Aug 2011 NSEL NetFlow collectors gather telemetry from firewalls (11 Aug 2011)
As more firewalls support the NetFlow Security Event Logging (NSEL), NetFlow collectors will become a strong alternative to firewall log analyzers.
Web content optimization rewrites HTML to improve application delivery (09 Aug 2011)
Web content optimization vendors have taken on a heretofore neglected application delivery niche: Rewriting HTML code for more efficient presentation of Web-based applications.
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Week of 01 Aug 2011 F5 streamlines application delivery controller operations with iApps (03 Aug 2011)
With its iApp framework, F5 Networks simplifies the process of getting an application up and running on its application delivery controllers.
Quest makes its network management software free for 100 nodes or less (03 Aug 2011)
Quest Software offers Foglight network management software as a free download for 100 or fewer nodes on a network, hoping to snatch SolarWinds customers in the long term.
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Week of 25 Jul 2011 Wireless LAN security: NSA Suite B cryptography is government strength (27 Jul 2011)
Aruba's support of NSA Suite B cryptography opens up wireless LAN mobility options for classified government networks and highly secure enterprises.
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Week of 18 Jul 2011 Dell's Force10 acquisition spawns another data center network strategy (SearchSDN.com | 21 Jul 2011)
Dell's Force10 acquisition aims to create a converged infrastructure solution for the data center network with Dell's server and storage products.
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Week of 11 Jul 2011 Cisco Live 2011: Catalyst 6500 upgrade the game changer? (13 Jul 2011)
At Cisco 2011, Cisco played to its core audience, announcing a Catalyst 6500 upgrade that will triple the switch's speed and capacity and beef up security and management.
Cisco Live 2011: More than the Nexus 7009? (12 Jul 2011)
At Cisco Live 2011, engineers hope for the launch of the Nexus 7009, a smaller, cheaper, speedy switch that can replace the 6500.But will that be enough to soften Cisco's troubles?
Cisco UCS upgrade goes for speed, management and automation (14 Jul 2011)
Cisco's UCS upgrade includes higher speed and capacity in switching and server access, but it also enables deeper management and automation throughout the converged network.
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Week of 27 Jun 2011 An advanced switch port mapper: Solarwinds User Device Tracker (30 Jun 2011)
A new switch port mapper can find any device plugged into a network, track when it was last connected or send an alert when it reconnects.
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Week of 20 Jun 2011 Aruba demos multimedia mobile application delivery on wireless LAN (23 Jun 2011)
Mobile application delivery, especially video over Wi-Fi, challenges organizations with throngs of users, but Aruba may have a mobile application delivery answer.
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Week of 13 Jun 2011 Enterasys offers remote network management via Facebook and Twitter (16 Jun 2011)
Enterasys Networks introduces remote network management via enterprise social media. Is network management via Twitter and Facebook revolutionary or a marketing gimmick?
OpenFlow hype and the software-defined network (SearchSDN.com | 13 Jun 2011)
The OpenFlow protocol, and the software-defined networks it enables, have a lot of potential for solving problems like virtualization.
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Week of 23 May 2011 New cloud-based network labs from Juniper and Cisco a good start (25 May 2011)
Juniper's Junosphere and Cisco Learning Labs offer broader access to network gear firmware, but engineers want something they can run locally, much like illicit router emulator software.
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Week of 16 May 2011 Police use outdoor wireless mesh network for IP surveillance (19 May 2011)
With a pair of grants, the Seattle Police Department plans to upgrade its outdoor wireless mesh network to 802.11n for IP video surveillance.
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Week of 09 May 2011 F5 Viprion chassis gets cheaper for the masses at Interop 2011 (11 May 2011)
At Interop 2011, F5 Networks unveiled a midrange F5 Viprion chassis application delivery controller and muli-tenancy capability through virtualization of its OS.
Vendors aim to improve SaaS performance with cloud WAN optimization (10 May 2011)
Vendors announced plans this week at Interop 2011 to beef up their cloud WAN optimization products, including a partnership between Riverbed and Akamai to tackle SaaS performance.
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Week of 25 Apr 2011 Force10 creates distributed core for new data center network fabric (26 Apr 2011)
A new data center network fabric from Force10 Networks offers a 2 RU switch that customers can deploy in large numbers as a "distributed core."
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Week of 18 Apr 2011 A new Cisco network management strategy: Cisco Prime (20 Apr 2011)
Cisco Prime, the new Cisco network management strategy and brand, comes with lots of promises about interconnected management products alongside hardware and support services.
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Week of 11 Apr 2011 Network path analysis aids firewall management, troubleshooting (14 Apr 2011)
Athena PathFinder's network path analysis capabilities can show how firewall, router and switch configurations affect packet flow through a network.
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Week of 04 Apr 2011 Alcatel-Lucent debuts monster data center switch fabric architecture (05 Apr 2011)
Alcatel-Lucent debuted a data center switch fabric that rivals leading vendors for scale, density and ultra-low server-to-server latency.
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Week of 28 Mar 2011 Multihop FCoE highlights Cisco's data center network product blitz (31 Mar 2011)
Multihop FCoE highlighted a laundry list of new Cisco data center network products, inching the market closer to data center network convergence from the edge to the core.
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Week of 21 Mar 2011 Aruba's unified network architecture addresses consumerization of IT (24 Mar 2011)
Aruba's new unified network management architecture aims to solve the consumerization of IT conundrum. With employee-owned mobile devices flooding the network, Aruba is advocating unified,...
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Week of 14 Mar 2011 Cloud-based networking hardware: Coming to a wiring closet near you? (16 Mar 2011)
Cloud-based networking hardware has gained traction in the wireless LAN market, but now vendors are developing wired network devices that are cloud-managed, too. Will cloud-based network...
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Week of 28 Feb 2011 Using network management tools to catch mistakes of non-engineers (02 Mar 2011)
Sometimes the biggest network disasters are caused by non-engineers doing things they shouldn't. Network management tools, including network monitoring, configuration management and network discovery...
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Week of 21 Feb 2011 Juniper's Project Stratus reinvents data center network architecture (24 Feb 2011)
Juniper Networks lifted the veil off its new data center network architecture. Project Stratus is now QFabric, a giant, abstracted data center switch that connects all storage and compute elements in...
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Week of 14 Feb 2011 New Cisco network security architecture has next-generation firewall (16 Feb 2011)
With its new network security architecture, SecureX, Cisco tries to transcend next-generation firewall hype by focusing on more than application awareness. It's all about the context of who, what,...
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Week of 07 Feb 2011 Cisco, Extreme join OpenStack to address cloud network technology gap (SearchSDN.com | 09 Feb 2011)
Cloud networking has taken a back seat to compute and storage in the cloud computing industry, but vendors like Cisco and Extreme know that cloud network standards are essential to successful...
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Week of 31 Jan 2011 Using hardware load balancers for Web-based apps: One school’s story (04 Feb 2011)
When a large school system launched a Web-facing student information server, its IT organization deployed its first hardware load balancers within its data center network.
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Week of 24 Jan 2011 Wireless IPS must detect non-Wi-Fi wireless LAN security threats (27 Jan 2011)
Wireless IPS has traditionally policed Wi-Fi frequencies for wireless LAN security threats, such as rogue and misconfigured access points, but many enterprises need these products to look beyond...
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Week of 17 Jan 2011 Firewall management software simplifies firewall rules (17 Jan 2011)
Firewall management software allowed an information security executive to clean up firewall rules within his organization and impose firewall change management policy.
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Week of 10 Jan 2011 New Cisco 8-port switch series simplifies campus network design (13 Jan 2011)
Cisco's new line of Catalyst C-Series switches promise to simplify campus network design. The 8-port switches offer advanced management and security features beyond the wiring closet.
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Week of 03 Jan 2011 Networking outlook 2011: Network virtualization, wireless, security (05 Jan 2011)
Leading analysts share their predictions for top networking trends in 2011, including data center networks, wireless LANs, network security and network management.
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Week of 20 Dec 2010 Combining network configuration and IP address management tools (22 Dec 2010)
A large convention center and hotel dumped unwieldy spreadsheets and whiteboards to adopt network configuration management and IP address management tools. With NCM and IPAM, the networking team was...
‘Captain America’ tops list of geek movies to watch in 2011 (SearchDataManagement.com | 23 Dec 2010)
Geeks from the world of IT and the comic book industry join forces to give their picks for the most anticipated geek movies of 2011.
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Week of 13 Dec 2010 Top networking news 2010: Data center networks and multi-vendor mania (15 Dec 2010)
In our review of top networking news of 2010, see how we covered the rise of the multi-vendor network, major changes in data center networks and security, the emergence of ubiquitous wireless LAN and...
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Week of 06 Dec 2010 Cisco, Juniper acquire virtual network automation and security vendors (07 Dec 2010)
Virtual server network automation and security are increasingly important to enterprises. Juniper and Cisco beefed up their virtual server networking capabilities in recent days with acquisitions of...
Multi-vendor networks more prominent than ever (09 Dec 2010)
With HP Networking and Juniper showing Cisco legitimate competition, multi-vendor networks are increasingly a key element for network vendor management best practices.
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Week of 29 Nov 2010 NetFlow v9 is powerful, so why isn’t anyone using it? (01 Dec 2010)
NetFlow v9 has been around for a few years and is far more powerful than previous versions of the protocol, but few people are using it. NetFlow collector and analyzer vendors and networking pros are...
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Week of 22 Nov 2010 Zero day protection with network access control, intrusion prevention (23 Nov 2010)
A global executive relocation service provider improved its zero-day protection capabilities with a combination of network access control and an intrusion prevention system.
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Week of 15 Nov 2010 Brocade rolls out first switches for Layer 2 data center fabrics (17 Nov 2010)
Enterprises see large Layer 2 data center fabrics as the future of virtual server networking. Data center network infrastructure vendors are inching toward delivering this technology. Brocade's VDX...
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Week of 01 Nov 2010 40 GbE uptake will ride 10 Gigabit server adoption wave (03 Nov 2010)
40 GbE will make its way into data center networks as enterprises adopt large numbers of racks with 10 GbE server connectivity. 10 Gigabit servers will drive up port density and eventually force...
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Week of 25 Oct 2010 Network security infrastructure consolidation: What's your strategy? (26 Oct 2010)
Network security hardware and software vendors are offering enterprises options to consolidate network security infrastructure so that they can reduce management overhead and power consumption in the...
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Week of 18 Oct 2010 Avnet's HealthPath: Healthcare IT training for solution providers (SearchITChannel.com | 18 Oct 2010)
Before planning to offer healthcare networking services, it's important that you understand the market. But how can you fully educate yourself? Avnet's HealthPath University provides hands-on...
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Week of 11 Oct 2010 How will wireless LAN equipment vendors use freed up TV white spaces? (13 Oct 2010)
The TV white spaces spectrum released by the FCC will lead to a new wave of wireless LAN equipment innovation with wireless LAN access points capable of operating in traditional Wi-FI frequencies as...
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Week of 04 Oct 2010 Cisco Borderless Networks: Complete solution or marketing hype? (07 Oct 2010)
Cisco's Borderless Networks strategy promises customers a new paradigm for supporting enterprise mobility and ensuring mobile network security. However, network engineers are struggling to understand...
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Week of 27 Sep 2010 Home network labs can buff up a network engineer resume (30 Sep 2010)
Network labs in the home or in the office are essential to building your networking skills. If you want a strong network engineer resume, you need access to a network lab full of routers and switches.
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Week of 20 Sep 2010 Next-generation firewalls not ready to replace all legacy firewalls (23 Sep 2010)
Application-aware firewalls enhance network security by offering deeper visibility, but enterprises will hang on to old-style firewalls.
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Week of 13 Sep 2010 Cisco, Brocade continue data center network convergence push (15 Sep 2010)
Data center network convergence remains on the agenda for networking vendors. Cisco's new Nexus 5500 switches offer FCoE port provisioning options while Brocade's new network management software...
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Week of 06 Sep 2010 One city goes mesh wireless on a private fiber optic ring network (09 Sep 2010)
Replacing its WAN with a private fiber optic ring network, the city of Alexandria, La, laid the foundation for a Wi-Fi-based wireless mesh network and improved its security and compliance posture.
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Week of 30 Aug 2010 Using cheap network switches from commodity vendors in your LAN (02 Sep 2010)
Cheap network switches from commodity vendors that use commercially available silicon can help you save money in your LAN network design when budgets are tight. Some networking pros are considering...
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Week of 16 Aug 2010 New traffic shaping feature offers simple wireless QoS (19 Aug 2010)
A new application-aware wireless traffic shaping feature from wireless LAN vendor Meraki simplifies wireless QoS for enterprise customers, allowing network admins to set bandwidth utilization...
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Week of 09 Aug 2010 Building an outdoor wireless LAN for a roving worksite (11 Aug 2010)
The crew of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition built a new Wi-Fi network with outdoor wireless access points. It travels with them across the country.
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Week of 02 Aug 2010 HP CEO Hurd resigns in scandal with networking business at critical transition point (ITKnowledgeExchange.com | 06 Aug 2010)
With HP Networking at a critical transition point following the 3Com acquisition, HP CEO Mark Hurd has resigned amidst a scandal. How will this affect the networking buisness?
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