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Farewell Cisco ACE, but perhaps not Cisco load balancing
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? News | 20 Sep 2012
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Cisco Nexus 3548 and Arista 7150: Duelling ultra-low-latency switches
With the Nexus 3548 and the Arista 7150, Cisco and Arista each offer an ultra-low-latency switch with deep features and functionality. News | 20 Sep 2012
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New VXLAN gateways integrate virtual and physical networking features
VXLAN gateway demos at VMworld revealed why a network overlay cannot operate in a vacuum from the underlying physical network. News | 06 Sep 2012
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Broadcom Trident II enables distributed core in data center networks
With Broadcom's new Trident II chip, vendors can build smaller, power-efficient distributed core switches for data center networks. News | 05 Sep 2012
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New VMware networking features at VMworld, but no Nicira info
VMware debuted a network virtualization package, vCloud Networking and Security, and updated distributed vSwitch at Vmworld, but no Nicira details. News | 28 Aug 2012
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Vendors make claims, but do cloud application performance tools work?
Vendors make cloud application performance tool promises, but few cover all the bases, from reviewing network and server response to application design. Fast Packet | 27 Aug 2012
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Northbound OpenFlow applications up next: Look out, Cisco!
The Open Networking Foundation will move on northbound OpenFlow applications, but these northbound APIs could threaten Cisco's proprietary SDN plan. Fast Packet | 17 Aug 2012
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Arista: SDN is about programmable networks not overlays
Arista EOS already lets engineers build programmable networks and provision network segments, so why bother with software defined network overlays? Q&A | 16 Aug 2012
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HP adds multi-tenant private cloud networking and virtual switching
HP's new EVI Layer 2 data center interconnect and MDC in-switch multi-tenancy boosts private cloud networking and virtual switching abilities. News | 15 Aug 2012
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Layer 4-7 cloud networking still scarce in IaaS market
While many cloud providers offer some Layer 4-7 services to customers, enterprises need more freedom in how they deploy cloud networking services. News | 07 Aug 2012
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