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Storage Networks

• August 23, 2017 23 Aug'17

  Cisco-Springpath buy carries intellectual property control

  The Cisco-Springpath acquisition places crucial HyperFlex technology under the networking vendor.

• March 07, 2017 07 Mar'17

  Cisco adds cloud management to hyper-converged integrated systems

  Cisco has added cloud-based management to its HyperFlex hyper-converged integrated systems. The vendor also released a HyperFlex model with a much larger network interconnect.

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Cisco heading again to hyper-converged hardware market

  Cisco has reportedly partnered with Springpath in developing hyper-converged hardware for the data center.

• October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15

  Dell networking portfolio fortified with EMC

  Dell's $67 billion acquisition of EMC is expected to create a networking portfolio suitable for large enterprises.

• July 27, 2015 27 Jul'15

  Cisco stops SSD hardware production for UCS servers

  Cisco has dropped its Invicta all-flash product line, leaving customers to buy SSD hardware for its UCS servers from third parties.

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Silver Peak gives admins clearer view of storage replication

  Silver Peak updated its VXOA architecture with storage replication for DR, backup and data migration projects for storage managers.

• April 24, 2013 24 Apr'13

  Dell Active Fabric: Converged fabric that's easy to deploy and manage

  With Active Fabric, Dell delivers a converged fabric for data centers where server and storage admins call the shots.

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  Networking blogs: Network visibility, installing Grizzly with DevStack

  In this week's roundup, bloggers explain how to install Grizzly with DevStack and explore the question of visibility in the virtualized network.

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Networking blogs: Snags in wireless management, tips for smart storage

  In this week's networking roundup, bloggers discuss the good and bad of wireless management and why IT should trust their smart storage technology.

• November 30, 2012 30 Nov'12

  Network Innovation Award: Brocade VCS Fabric

  Brocade wins the SearchNetworking Network Innovation Award for its VCS data center network fabric technology.

• November 30, 2012 30 Nov'12

  FCoE for converged networking? Not quite, Brocade veep says

  Brocade, a storage veteran and data center LAN innovator, has the tools to make end-to-end FCoE work, but that's not what customers want, one VP says.

• July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12

  Fibre Channel over Ethernet face-off: Ready to use or unreliable?

  Stuart Miniman and Stephen Foskett take opposing views on Fibre Channel over Ethernet. Is the FCoE standard ready to use or not yet reliable? You decide.

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  End-to-end FCoE for network convergence won't work!

  FCoE at the edge can be a step toward network convergence, but end-to-end FCoE needs a whole lot more engineering before it can be reliable.

• July 05, 2012 05 Jul'12

  FCoE network convergence will start at the edge but move to the rack

  Implementing FCoE network convergence is possible considering the move to 10 GbE and the emergence of data center bridging.

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  Juniper shrinks QFabric to reach mid-sized customers

  Hoping to capture a larger customer base, Juniper has unveiled QFabric updates that will make the technology more accessible to smaller companies.