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Shortest Path Bridging: The interoperable alternate to spanning tree?
An Interop 2012 panel on spanning tree protocol alternatives quickly evolved into a debate about Shortest Path Bridging as an interoperable solution. News | 09 May 2012
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Cisco spins its own concept of software-defined networking
During her Interop 2012 keynote, Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior previewed the Cisco Open Programmable Environment. Fast Packet | 08 May 2012
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Interop 2012: OpenFlow grows up, Google gets networks, Huawei debuts
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. FastPacket | 04 May 2012
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Network Innovation Award: Juniper QFabric advances network fabric
Juniper QFabric, SearchNetworking's Network Innovation Award winner, enables a flat architecture, any-to-any connectivity and management of thousands of ports as one switch. News | 04 May 2012
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Welcome to the software-defined networking holy war
The software-defined networking battle boils down to one basic difference in strategy: open source or proprietary. Which side will win? Maybe neither one. Fast Packet | 30 Apr 2012
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Cisco software-defined networking: OpenFlow alone 'will not cut it'
OpenFlow will play a tiny role in the Cisco software-defined networking strategy, which will focus on making existing Cisco networks programmable. OpenFlow supporters are wary. News | 20 Apr 2012
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Open Networking Summit: NEC waits for no one; SDN 'ready to go'
While other vendors move cautiously into OpenFlow and software-defined networking, NEC continues to release actual product with v2 of its ProgrammableFlow ecosystem. News | 18 Apr 2012
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Arista FPGA switch could revolutionize Layer 4-7 network services
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. News | 18 Apr 2012
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Open Networking Summit 2012: Take your proprietary networking and...
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. Q&A | 17 Apr 2012
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Now hiring at Cisco: OpenFlow and software-defined networking experts
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. News | 12 Apr 2012
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