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Network fabrics may not be the end-all
Feature-rich network fabrics have been all the rage, but one blogger says the technology is only for creating more bandwidth. Other features should be left to edge software. Fast Packet
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A data center networking standard that's not so TRILLing
In the quest to dump the spanning tree protocol and move to a flat network, the TRILL data center networking standard has taken center stage, but one blogger takes issue. Fast Packet
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Top ten 2011 network blogger opinions: Do you agree?
Network bloggers have a lot to say, but do we care? We should. In the top ten network blogger opinions of 2011, our experts poke holes in TRILL, OpenFlow and 10 GbE optimization. Fast Packet
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Zappos cloud security strategy: Distributed management
Zappos might be owned by cloud king Amazon, but the organization is still grappling with creating a measured cloud security strategy. The answer? Distributed management. News
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Building a private cloud: Is the physical network hostile?
In building a private cloud, engineers seek dynamic provisioning and automation for wide-scale virtualization, but are physical networks hostile to this type of dynamism? Tip
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Network technology trends 2012: Out-of-band management and DevOps
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. Q&A
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Hadoop enables distributed 'big data' processing across clouds
The Hadoop framework enables distributed 'big data' processing across servers that can improve application performance and offer up redundancy. Tip
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With edge software overlays, is network fabric just for raw bandwidth?
Vendors tout network fabric features from security to network virtualization, but if edge software overlays already provide these features, is fabric just about raw bandwidth? Fast Packet
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Revisiting past predictions for networking technology
In this special end-of-year issue, we take stock of what we reported over the year and gauge whether the changes in networking technology that we predicted have actually taken place. Take a look inside and find out about the latest networking trends ... E-Zine
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How to test if software-defined networking standards are really open
If software-defined networking standards are to work, they must be truly open. But how can users and developers be sure software-centric networking standards are really open? Tip