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VMware-Nicira acquisition: Is Cisco in trouble?
The VMware-Nicira acquisition signals that software defined networking is here to stay, but what does it mean for Cisco and other hardware vendors? Fast Packet
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Network Innovation Award: NEC ProgrammableFlow; OpenFlow networking
NEC ProgrammableFlow wins the SearchNetworking Network Innovation Award for software-defined networking. News
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VMware acquires network virtualization vendor Nicira for $1.2B
Server virtualization leader VMware boosts its networking credentials by acquiring network virtualization startup Nicira Networks. News
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OpenFlow and software-defined networking for the campus LAN?
Most talk of OpenFlow and software-defined networking focuses on the data center, but the technology may improve security and mobility management in the campus LAN too. News
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The new virtualization: The storage and network hypervisor
The demands of managing virtualization call for a more flexible, virtualized network infrastructure. Does the solution lie in storage and network hypervisors? Tip
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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
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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
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vSphere networking tools: Gaining control of virtualization
Growing server virtualization environments require engineers to learn vSphere networking intricacies, including vSwitch architecture and new CLI strategies. Tip
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The storage hypervisor: Virtualization is about more than the server
Implementing a separate storage hypervisor can make it easier to manage both wide-scale storage virtualization and the server virtualization environment. Tip
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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