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Wading through the FCoE and data center network fabric hype
At Interop 2011, networking vendors addressed data center network fabric hype and other overly bloated marketing buzzwords like FCoE, TRILL and Shortest Path Bridging. News | 17 May 2011
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Cisco CIO to enterprise network managers: Think like service providers
At Interop Las Vegas 2011, Cisco CIO Rebecca Jacoby will bypass subjects like switching and routing, instead talking private cloud and delivering measurable services. News | 09 May 2011
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Will a new HP Networking data center strategy emerge at Interop 2011?
Attendees may hear about a new HP Networking data center strategy at Interop Las Vegas 2011. Will new technology mean HP Networking's recent growth is sustainable? News | 05 May 2011
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Multihop FCoE highlights Cisco's data center network product blitz
Multihop FCoE highlighted a laundry list of new Cisco data center network products, inching the market closer to data center network convergence from the edge to the core. News | 31 Mar 2011
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Cisco, Brocade continue data center network convergence push
Data center network convergence remains on the agenda for networking vendors. Cisco's new Nexus 5500 switches offer FCoE port provisioning options while Brocade's new network management software unifies storage and data network management. Article | 15 Sep 2010
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40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet ratification doesn't mean immediate uptake
40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet ratification means that vendors can roll out standardized 40 and 100 GbE switching products with enormous speed, but users are likely to hold off until prices come down and the need for performance is greater. Article | 22 Jun 2010
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Brocade's Jim McHugh on the Brocade-Foundry merger, data center networks
Earlier this year, Brocade hired former Nortel enterprise networking chief Jim McHugh as its chief marketing officer. SearchNetworking.com caught up with McHugh at Interop last week. In this two-part Q&A, we asked him about the progress of the Brocad... Interview | 04 May 2010
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Will InfiniBand get new life in the quest for converged I/O?
Enterprises are desperately seeking answers for converged I/O to support converged data center networks. While many tout FCoE, others are looking toward the ROCE specification for running InfiniBand over an Ethernet backbone. Article | 29 Apr 2010
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Interop Las Vegas 2010: Storage and network convergence take focus
As enterprises move toward converged data center networks, storage networking becomes an increasingly central concern for networking pros. So it's n... Interview | 26 Apr 2010
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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