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HP-3Com acquisition: An integrated networking portfolio emerges
The HP Cisco battle is heating up now that the HP-3Com acquisition has closed and the new HP Networking portfolio has emerged. HP promises an edge-to-core networking portfolio with a unified fabric that is cheaper and more power efficient than Cisco'... Article | 20 Apr 2010
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FCoE data center: Can data and storage network convergence go too far?
The FCoE data center offers enterprises the opportunity to converge data and storage traffic on a single network infrastructure. Most experts see data center network convergence as an opportunity to reduce cost and complexity within servers and racks... Article | 13 Apr 2010
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Cisco makes its Nexus 1000v virtual switch less virtual
Network administrators now have the option of making Cisco's Nexus 1000v virtual switch less virtual. The Nexus 1010 Virtual Services Appliance provides a hardware platform for the control plane of Cisco's virtual switch product. This improves virtua... Article | 06 Apr 2010
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Cisco Unified Computing pushes to support every fabric
Cisco released new Cisco Unified Computing fabric extenders that will enable Nexus 5000 switches to support multiple types of fabrics ranging from Fibre Channel over Ethernet Infiniband (FCoE) to iSCSI and Infiniband. Article | 06 Apr 2010
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10 GbE switches: How important is the race for highest-density core?
Port density in 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches is a horserace, and Force10 is currently in the lead with its new E-Series ExaScale line cards. But how many network engineers really need a network core switch with that much firepower? Virtualization, cl... Article | 11 Mar 2010
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Cisco UCS testing shows throughput constraints, one lab says
Cisco UCS testing results from the Tolly Group indicate that throughput is much lower than Cisco claims. Tolly claims Cisco unified computing architecture relies on oversubscribed blade servers and clumsy external switches. Article | 25 Feb 2010
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Converged enhanced Ethernet to force network and storage collaboration
A new data center network architecture is on the horizon, thanks to the arrival of converged enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and the rise of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). With storage traffic destined to traverse IP networks, networking pros will have ... Article | 23 Feb 2010
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Converged enhanced Ethernet: In the rack today; in the core someday
Cisco and now Blade Network Technologies both have top-of-rack converged enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and FCoE switch technology, but FCoE and data center bridging aren't yet ready for the core, unless you're a Voltaire customer. Cisco has announced that ... Article | 18 Feb 2010
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IT job security fears over cloud computing? Network jobs still vital
As interest grows around cloud computing, networking pros may fear their jobs will become a casualty. But the cloud poses little threat to IT job security for network and systems admins who adapt. Article | 10 Feb 2010
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Cisco data center interconnect aims to fix vMotion network trouble
In the past, vMotion network problems have inhibited virtual server migration across data centers, but Cisco claims its new data center interconnect technology, Overlay Transport Virtualization, fixes the problem. Article | 09 Feb 2010
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