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• January 06, 2014 06 Jan'14

  The Der Spiegel NSA revelations: What network engineers need to know

  German magazine Der Spiegel has reported routers and firewalls from top vendors have NSA backdoor hacks. Network engineers must take action.

• January 03, 2014 03 Jan'14

  The great eight: Popular enterprise technology stories in 2013

  Cisco's SDN-flavored ACI and Facebook's Open Compute initiative were two of the eight most popular stories from SearchNetworking last year.

• January 02, 2014 02 Jan'14

  Cloud encryption, network virtualization in focus for the New Year

  In the New Year, enterprises will want to encrypt all the data they send to the cloud and across the WAN, and network virtualization will be a focus.

• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  Who's naughty and nice? Mrs. Y shares security wish list for the new year

  It's all about the good, the bad and the ugly, says security consultant Michele Chubirka, when it comes to enterprise security in 2013.

• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  SDN market predictions for New Year: NFV, OpenFlow, Open vSwitch boom

  Overlays will rule the early part of the New Year in the SDN market, but OpenFlow and other hardware-based SDN will start to gain ground.

• December 19, 2013 19 Dec'13

  CloudSigma makes IaaS security easier with network policies

  CloudSigma introduces a system for the easy application of enterprise network policies to the public cloud. Will more control mean more adoption?

• December 19, 2013 19 Dec'13

  Networking blogs: Tips to address the bring-your-own-device trend

  A wireless expert discusses ways to deploy 802.11ac to ease capacity issues created by the continuing growth in BYOD.

• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  15 SDN experts to follow on Twitter

  Whether they were sharing content or chatting with peers, SDN experts had a lot to say on Twitter this year. We picked out 15 to follow.

• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  Top ten 2013 SDN news: Juniper open sources; quest for SDN standards

  In SDN news this year, we saw demand for open networking, along with the continued quest for SDN standards and a common controller.

• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  Top ten SDN news stories of 2013: Cisco ACI, VMware NSX and more

  In 2013, the top ten SDN news stories were driven by two central themes: the rise of open networking and hardware vendors going software.

• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  WLAN market predictions: Faster speeds boost Wi-Fi's relevance in 2014

  Gartner analyst Jim Berenbaum looks back on 2013 WLAN market milestones and shares his predictions on enterprise Wi-Fi environments for 2014.

• December 17, 2013 17 Dec'13

  Engineer wish list: SDN companies must work together, embrace openness

  Network engineers tell SDN companies to pursue a common vision for networking, embrace OpenFlow and commit to openness.

• December 17, 2013 17 Dec'13

  New year data center forecast: Fabrics, more money and silicon

  451 Research Chief Analyst Eric Hanselman shares his thoughts of what 2014 will bring to the data center networking segment.

• December 16, 2013 16 Dec'13

  Marco Canini: With hybrid SDN deployment, no need for network forklift

  Professor Marco Canini is developing an architecture that uses partial SDN deployment to improve largely legacy networks.

• December 16, 2013 16 Dec'13

  New Dell switches offer end-to-end 1/10/40 GbE campus networking

  Two new series of Dell switches and OEM Aruba access points give the vendor an end-to-end campus networking portfolio.

• December 16, 2013 16 Dec'13

  Year in review: Cisco ACI, faster switches pace networking

  Cisco's ACI, faster Wi-Fi and WAN optimization technologies were some of the top technology stories of the year.

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  Network engineers share technology wish list with vendors for the New Year

  Network engineers have a technology wish list for vendors: better software practices, IPv6 parity, WAN-savvy cloud providers and new Cisco firewalls.

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  RiverMeadow arms providers with cloud migration tools and services

  RiverMeadow has announced a new program for its cloud partners, arming providers with cloud migration technology and professional services.

• December 12, 2013 12 Dec'13

  Will Facebook push Intel chips into SDN and open networking?

  Facebook and the Open Compute Project have taken on the quest for open networking and SDN, and Intel is playing a key role.

• December 12, 2013 12 Dec'13

  Fluke AirMagnet combines Wi-Fi, cellular spectrum monitoring

  Fluke AirMagnet's new cellular spectrum security capability, coupled with Wi-Fi monitoring, can help regulated enterprises ensure compliance.

• December 12, 2013 12 Dec'13

  Networking blogs: Mulling enterprise security systems

  In this week's blogs, analysts point out weaknesses in enterprise security systems and offer insight into Microsoft's increased global presence.

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  Between Cisco and VMware SDN, which will network engineers choose?

  In the Cisco vs. VMware SDN battle, Cisco ACI may win out among network engineers, who are more comfortable with the hardware-centric approach.

• December 10, 2013 10 Dec'13

  Pica8 OpenFlow starter kit could make SDN for monitoring easy to try

  Pica8's OpenFlow starter kit ships with a bare-metal switch, controller and network tap application for testing SDN's monitoring use case.

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  NetCitadel automates security threat assessment and response

  NetCitadel ThreatOptics automates assessment and remediation of network security threats by correlating and analyzing third-party security data.

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  Ten SDN blogs worth following

  2013 was a big year for SDN, and no other group had more to say about the new technology than SDN bloggers. We rounded up ten SDN blogs worth reading.

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  ONF Northbound Interface Group chair: No need for standards yet

  The ONF's new chair of the Northbound Interface Working Group says there's no need for standards yet, but common interfaces will help developers proliferate.

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  Networking blogs: AWS joins ranks of Desktop as a Service providers

  This week's networking blog roundup includes discussions about Amazon's DaaS initiative and a Yelp for IT.

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Silver Peak adds dynamic path options to hybrid WAN users

  Silver Peak targets firms with hybrid networks and with features that automatically determine better-performing links through which to send traffic.

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  How SDN and NFV simplify network service chain provisioning

  SDN and NFV simplify service chain provisioning, making it easier and cheaper to spin up applications in enterprise and service provider networks.

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Solve NetFlow analysis challenges with big data approach

  Relational databases have their role, but retrieving NetFlow analysis data efficiently isn't necessarily one of them. Instead, try NoSQL reporting.

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Riverbed: Cascade and Steelhead integration boosts app visibility

  Riverbed integrates Cascade performance management with Steelhead WAN optimization line for increased visibility from any point on the network.

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Bare metal switches: Will merchant silicon take over networking?

  New vendors are pushing network architectures that decouple software from hardware and run on bare metal switches with merchant silicon. Have we reached the x86 era in networking?

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  VMware adds NSX firewall integration with Palo Alto Networks

  VMware NSX integration with Palo Alto Networks applies advanced security policies to network virtualization overlay traffic.

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  WildPackets upgrades monitoring appliances for 10, 40 GbE networks

  WildPackets releases new group of network performance monitoring appliances geared to 10 GbE and 40 GbE deployments.

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  Can Andreas Voellmy's Maple controller simplify SDN programming?

  Researcher Andreas Voellmy explains how a single programming module concept inspired the Maple controller, which doesn't rely on programming languages.

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  Networking blogs: What it takes to pass Cisco Data Center exam

  In this week's networking blog, analysts write about Cisco's Data Center exam and Amazon's new suite of enterprise-oriented Web services.

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  Brocade ICX 7750: Scalable campus aggregation without the chassis

  The new Brocade ICX 7750 switch enables the scale out of campus aggregation networks without the chassis.

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  Bluelock CTO: Learn which benefits of IaaS matter most to customers

  Bluelock CTO Pat O'Day discusses what customers want from IaaS providers and which benefits of IaaS resonate the most with them.

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  DevOps team uses Riverbed Stingray to load-balance websites

  The DevOps team at Vivastreet, the U.K.'s answer to Craigslist, uses the scripting ability of the Riverbed Stingray ADC to roll out new apps.

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  Networkers on Cisco SDN: Far superior, if you're into rip-and-replace

  Network pros say the Cisco SDN strategy beats the competition in programmability, but they question what happens to their existing Nexus investment.

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  With SDN, IPv6 transition may not be so hard

  With SDN, IPv6 transition might be easier, since physical addresses will be managed through a controller and be part of a larger automated system.

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  Riverbed meshing its products to boost remote computing performance

  Riverbed Technology lays out roadmap aimed at boosting application performance through tighter integration of its product lines.

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  SDN blogs: Cisco software-defined networking to blame for plummeting stock

  SDN bloggers discuss how Cisco SDN is causing stock to plummet and how the Cisco, VMware debate is really about ASIC versus software.

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  Rob Cannistra talks OpenFlow development on the Floodlight controller

  Marist's Robert Cannistra talks SDN research and current OpenFlow development for the OpenDaylight Floodlight controller.

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  Carrier cloud services: Do customers care if you own the network?

  With carrier cloud services, telcos can differentiate with their networks. Whether enterprises care remains to be seen.

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  VMware NSX will change the network admin role: Are you ready?

  VMware NSX could bring network virtualization under the management of system admins, or it could alter the network admin role. Which will it be?

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Nexus 9000 vs. Nexus 7000: What's in your future?

  Cisco's new SDN master plan revolves around new hardware -- the Nexus 9000. Are your old Nexus switches obsolete?

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Plexxi SDN enhanced with ToR switch and easier application affinity

  Plexxi introduced a new ToR switch with Ethernet-based interconnections for data center pods and a data services engine for DIY application affinity.

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  Your next job may be 'network programmer': What you'll need to know

  SDN brings flexibility to networking, but this will require engineers to gain new skills in order to fill the emerging role of network programmer.

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  DB Networks addresses SQL security with IDS-6300

  Database security specialist DB Networks introduces SQL security appliance to detect obfuscated malicious traffic.

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  Networking blogs: Why Cisco's late SDN entry might not matter

  In this week's Networking blogs, analysts discuss the role of VDI and discuss why it might not matter that Cisco is late to SDN.

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Competitors on Cisco SDN strategy: Is hardware really the answer?

  Cisco competitors blasted the new Cisco SDN strategy, saying it uses inflexible hardware for software-driven networks and bypasses SDN standards.

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  New head of OpenDaylight Project: Openness trumps vendor interests

  New OpenDaylight executive director Neela Jacques explains why the open source project will advance the interests of SDN.

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Extreme rolls out high-density top-of-rack data center switch

  Extreme's new data center switch eases migration to 10 GbE and 40 GbE, with 32 QSFP+ ports engineered for either 32 40 GbE or 104 10 GbE.

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  User-, app-centric security key in enterprise security architecture

  Today's enterprise security architecture must become contextually aware in order to support the growth of mobile devices and cloud-based applications.

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Can multiple SSID Wi-Fi configurations contribute to performance woes?

  Multiple SSID network configurations can be trimmed down with dynamic policy controllers in order to boost wireless LAN performance.

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Red Hat CloudForms promises management, federation for OpenStack clouds

  Red Hat unveils Red Hat CloudForms 3.0 and welcomes cloud providers to its OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Partner Program.

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Bare-metal networking: Facebook shares progress of Open Compute switch

  Facebook revealed that Open Compute will likely accept contributions from Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox and Cumulus into its bare-metal switch project.

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Nick Feamster: OpenFlow SDN for access control is just the beginning

  Georgia Tech's Nick Feamster talks creating a basic SDN controller inspired by routing, and using OpenFlow SDN for access-based control.

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  SDN blogs: Open vSwitch, RedHat Fedora; a Big Switch, Microsoft deal?

  SDN bloggers discuss how a Microsoft-Big Switch SDN partnership would work and how to install Open vSwitch v2 on RedHat Fedora 19.

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  As encryption standards tighten, Array retools ADC, eyes SaaS clients

  Array Networks revamps mid-level ADC as it targets Software as a Service providers for its 2,048-bit SSL-compatible appliances.

• November 08, 2013 08 Nov'13

  Overheard on Twitter: What folks have to say about the new Cisco ACI

  Twitter users discuss the release of SDN fabric Cisco ACI and how it will impact Cisco's relationship with VMware and change the future of networking.

• November 08, 2013 08 Nov'13

  New F5 application delivery architecture pushes fabrics over boxes

  F5 Networks introduces Synthesis, a new way to think about application delivery controllers that emphasizes a fabric over individual appliances.

• November 07, 2013 07 Nov'13

  Midokura adds Layer 2 gateways to network overlay; joins OpenDaylight

  Midokura added a Layer 2 software gateway to its network overlay and will add hardware gateways soon. It also joined the OpenDaylight Project.

• November 07, 2013 07 Nov'13

  Juniper Contrail's open source SDN will change the enterprise network

  Glen Kemp discusses Juniper's open source SDN controller and the impact the OpenContrail project and NFV may have on enterprise customers.

• November 07, 2013 07 Nov'13

  Networking blogs: Cisco lays out ACI strategy

  This week's networking blogs cover the gamut from Cisco's SDN strategy to steps enterprises should take to ensure they have enough network capacity.

• November 07, 2013 07 Nov'13

  Insieme at last! SDN fabric with Cisco ACI and Nexus 9000 switches

  Insieme, Cisco's SDN start-up, reveals its data center strategy with Nexus 9000 switches and a controller for an automated, app-aware network.

• November 05, 2013 05 Nov'13

  New Arista switches enable single-tier 'Spline' network deployments

  New high-density 10 GbE and 40 GbE Arista switches -- the 7000 X Series -- enable big leaf-and-spine networks and single-tier 'Spline' architecture.

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  Cumulus Networks update: Broadcom Trident II-based bare-metal switches

  Cumulus Networks released version 2.0 of its Linux-based network OS for bare-metal switches based on Broadcom Trident II chips.

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  The rise of SDN optical networks: Has automated provisioning arrived?

  University researchers worked with IBM and Adva Optical Networks to create SDN optical networks by converting OpenFlow control commands into SNMP.

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Energy-efficient data centers: Tap local, sustainable resources

  A microgrid approach using local power sources can help providers build out more self-sustaining, energy-efficient data centers.

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Will cloudification make enterprise IT jobs disappear?

  We have public, private and hybrid clouds. What does this mean for in-house IT departments? Will the cloud make enterprise jobs evaporate?

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Xirrus 802.11ac access point: Equal support of high, low-speed clients

  Xirrus' new dual-radio 802.11ac access point separates high-speed and low-speed clients by supporting both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz channels on both radios.

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  MetaFabric: The new Juniper data center architecture evolves QFabric

  With MetaFabric, Juniper spins a new architecture that ties together networking within and between data centers and evolves QFabric.

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  Networking blogs: Virtualization hobbles network oversight, study says

  This week's Networking blogs details a study investigating network management applications and highlights the birth of a new acronym: AANPM

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Dell SDN strategy update: Infrastructure controller in the works

  Dell is developing an infrastructure controller that goes beyond SDN to deliver control of storage, servers and networks.

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Jennifer Rexford: The road to SDN programming language started at AT&T

  SDN researcher Jennifer Rexford talks about her work with SDN programming languages and Pyretic, a Python-based language for OpenFlow networks.

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Pertino Networks adds services and security app store to cloud WAN

  Cloud WAN provider Pertino Networks adds app store, enabling the deployment of network services and security with just a few clicks.

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  SDN research: How OpenFlow controllers can work across network domains

  New software lets OpenFlow controllers work across network domains, sharing programmability between unique sets of infrastructure over long distances.

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Networking blogs: Congress must act on cybersecurity legislation

  In this week's Networking blogs, analysts discuss stalled cybersecurity legislation and how the battle for cloud management is evolving.

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Packet Design pivots route analytics toward wide area SDN

  Packet Design is prototyping a network access broker for wide area SDN controllers based on its route analytics technology.

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  ONUG: IT users want to shape vendor SDN, network programmability strategy

  At the Open Networking User Group meeting next week, IT execs will tell vendors what they want from SDN and network programmability; will they listen?

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Specialty cloud storage providers die out; can backup and DR save them?

  With standalone cloud storage providers like Nirvanix failing, storage providers must expand their services to include backup, disaster recovery.

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  Meru wireless LAN bundles offer easy entry for education vertical

  Meru wireless bundles help narrow down the budgeting, ordering and upgrading process for education customers buying Wi-Fi.

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  IBM selects Juniper QFabric for big data networking

  IBM chose Juniper Networks' QFabric as the network fabric for its big data-focused Accelerated Discovery Lab.

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  The art and science of troubleshooting network problems

  Troubleshooting network problems is part art and part science and requires creative use of tools and talent.

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  ONF launches SDN northbound interface working group

  The Open Networking Foundation forms a northbound interface working group to model and prototype technology, but not to necessarily pursue a standard.

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  ForeScout adds publish-and-subscribe security integration to NAC

  ForeScout ControlFabric offers open publish-and-subscribe integration with network access control to third-party security platforms.

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Open Networking User Group: CIOs want network programmability!

  The Open Networking User Group will provide a forum later this month for IT leaders and vendors to brainstorm the future of the programmable network.

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  NSX available, but price of VMware network virtualization stays secret

  VMware announced general availability of its NSX network virtualization software, but it won't tell us how much it will cost.

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  Open APIs are nice, but vendors must shoulder data center integration

  Open APIs enable data center automation and integration, but they call for effort by engineers, without requiring vendors to work toward integration.

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  Cloud WAN architecture: Enterprises rethink networks for the cloud era

  Enterprises need to reinvent WAN architecture for cloud services. The data center can no longer be the gateway to the Internet.

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  Networking blogs: Multivendor VPN tunnels still a hassle, but why?

  This week's networking blogs investigates what's needed to streamline multivendor VPN tunnels and the impact the iPhone 5 will have on enterprise WLANs.

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  The notion of intelligent networks shifts as Cisco addresses SDN

  Cisco's application-centric infrastructure strategy is Intelligent Network version 2.0 in every sense of the word, writes Keith Townsend.

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  NetSocket targets the branch router with network virtualization

  NetSocket has pivoted its end-to-end network virtualization product toward replacing the branch router with software.

• 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.

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  NEC unveils first OpenFlow 1.3 controller: Scalability at last

  NEC released an OpenFlow 1.3 controller and switches that will boost scalability for enterprise networks will and bring carrier-grade availability to SDN.

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  SDN blogs: Creating Cisco onePK apps; what is a programmable network?

  This week, SDN bloggers discuss creating apps using Cisco onePK, the basics of the OVSDB protocol, and what constitutes a programmable network.

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Providers see revenue opportunity with cloud load balancer technology

  Providers are interested in cloud load balancers -- and partnering with vendors can lead to recurring revenue opportunities.

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Networking blogs: Networking forensics embracing new security role

  In this week's blog roundup, analysts discuss how network forensics is boosting security and the debut of a new, free, network monitoring app.