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• April 13, 2016 13 Apr'16

  MIT designs Wi-Fi people locator for cash-strapped businesses

  MIT researchers' Wi-Fi people locator could benefit small businesses. The technology could lead to password-free Wi-Fi in cafes and better climate control systems in offices.

• April 11, 2016 11 Apr'16

  Texas school district finds unusual tech niche for Cisco ACI

  A Texas school district has invented a tech niche for Cisco ACI that protects the network from clever students testing their hacking skills.

• April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16

  Cancer Center gets help from AT&T Network on Demand

  Austin, Texas, Cancer Center uses AT&T's Network on Demand to get tumor diagnoses to patients faster.

• April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16

  U.S. hosts 72% of compromised DNS domains

  This week, networking bloggers examine why the United States has so many compromised DNS domains, architecting for things and Brocade's acquisition plans.

• April 05, 2016 05 Apr'16

  Brocade's Ruckus buy betters chances in campus WLAN market

  Brocade's acquisition of Ruckus Wireless would counter the stronger portfolios of Cisco and HPE for the campus WLAN.

• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  Brocade to buy Ruckus in $1.2B deal

  Brocade said it has struck an agreement to purchase Ruckus Wireless Inc. in a stock and cash deal valued at $1.2 billion. The transaction, expected to close later this year, will add Ruckus' line ...

• April 01, 2016 01 Apr'16

  Arista spine hardware aimed at largest data centers

  Arista has introduced the 7500R series -- a suite of third-generation spine hardware that has a maximum capacity of 115 Tbps.

• April 01, 2016 01 Apr'16

  Internet of Things use cases that do more than lock doors

  The Internet of Things isn't only about locking doors. It's also about having a network that knows who to let in and who to keep out, without any human intervention.

• April 01, 2016 01 Apr'16

  Without robust networks, innovative IoT use cases go nowhere

  Behind every great application is a great network, and this is especially true for the Internet of Things. Its futuristic use cases often sound like something out of a science-fiction movie, and it takes a fast, reliable and March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  Viptela users can monitor SD-WAN architecture with SevOne

  Viptela has partnered with infrastructure performance monitoring software vendor SevOne, integrating the SD-WAN company's platform with SevOne's management dashboard.

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  Cisco's APIC-EM builds and runs networks with a few clicks

  This month's Network Innovation Award goes to Cisco for its SDN controller, APIC Enterprise Module, which aims to replace manual, laborious network tasks with policy-based automation.

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  SD-WAN market swells because of cloud-based business apps

  IDC released its first study on the SD-WAN market, which is expected to hit $6 billion by 2020. The boom is driven by the growing popularity of cloud-based business applications.

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  Users find harmony in Cisco, VMware SDN software

  Baystate Health and Sugar Creek Packing give Cisco and VMware SDN software separate chores in data center networks.

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  NEC increases SDN scalability with latest upgrade

  In recent SDN-related news, NEC and PLUMgrid have both upgraded their SDN suites, and the CIO of the United States will address the Open Networking User Group's Spring conference.

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  SDN meets white box switching

  This week, bloggers explore SDN and white box switching, cybersecurity as a business issue and upgrading vSphere environments.