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• May 17, 2016 17 May'16

  New SteelCentral probes deeper into application behavior

  Riverbed upgrades SteelCentral with support for public cloud, containers and Skype for Business.

• May 06, 2016 06 May'16

  Networks may appear to disappear in data center evolution

  Data center evolution will drive the illusion that the network has disappeared, Google networking lead tells networking crowd at Interop 2016.

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  Martin Casado predicts infrastructure evolution at Interop 2016

  Speaking at Interop 2016, Martin Casado laid out his vision for infrastructure evolution instead of a future that predicts its demise.

• May 02, 2016 02 May'16

  Verizon NFV infrastructure offers interchangeable parts

  This week, networking analysts explore Verizon NFV, SD-WAN as intent-based networking and automation costs.

• May 02, 2016 02 May'16

  New Verizon data centers support businesses, jar suppliers

  New Verizon data centers are part of a two-pronged strategy of helping customers and taming suppliers through open technology.

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• April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16

  Networking panels at Interop conference cover gamut

  Interop networking track chair Tom Hollingsworth talks about the topics he believes are most important to today's networking engineers.

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Dell, Aerohive partner in WLAN infrastructure management

  Partners Dell and Aerohive have collaborated on software for managing WLAN infrastructure hardware, including switches and access points.

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Veriflow aims to prevent network outages

  This week, networking bloggers discuss a new way to eliminate network outages, OpenStack networking and whether SDN is novel or just natural.

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  Juniper provides container firewall to banks, cloud

  Juniper Networks has added a container firewall to its SRX portfolio. The latest product provides container protection for banks, carriers and cloud providers.

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  Riverbed SD-WAN design goes beyond optimization

  The Riverbed SD-WAN strategy blends optimization, orchestration, management and other services in a single platform, called SteelConnect.

• April 19, 2016 19 Apr'16

  Carrier shift to NFV driving virtual CPE deployments

  Carrier adoption of software-based network functions will lead to better virtual CPE for enterprise branch networks.

• April 18, 2016 18 Apr'16

  Nyansa rethinks network performance monitor space

  Cloud-based analytics, real-time DPI and an easy-to-digest console anchor Nyansa's network performance monitor for wired and wireless networks.

• 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 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.

• 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 25, 2016 25 Mar'16

  Group begins work on 400 Gbps QSFP interfaces

  Thirteen networking and electronics industry suppliers said they would work together to develop a new generation of double-density quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) interfaces that would ...

• March 23, 2016 23 Mar'16

  100 Gigabit switch sales soar

  100 Gigabit Ethernet switch sales pace growth of market in '15, Comcast Business partners with AWS, and Nomadix deploys Deep Packet Inspection platform.

• March 22, 2016 22 Mar'16

  Managing Internet of Things risks

  This week, bloggers explore management for Internet of Things risks, layered protocol stacks and TELoIP's SD-WAN offering.

• March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16

  AT&T reveals details of ECOMP SDN platform

  AT&T is seeking developer input in deciding whether to open source its ECOMP SDN platform for self-service networking.

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  AWS ushers in new era of cloud-native applications

  This week, bloggers explore the arrival of cloud-native applications and platforms, as well as recap the 2016 RSA Conference and assess a new SD-WAN security offering that says no to MPLS.

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  Microsoft open tech promises switch hardware independence

  The latest Microsoft open tech takes the brains of data center networking out of proprietary switches and places it in hardware-agnostic software.

• March 09, 2016 09 Mar'16

  Survey shows how early adopters define SDN

  In this week's blog roundup, a survey of early adopters offers insights into the evolving definition of SDN, and several service providers join an SDN alliance.

• March 08, 2016 08 Mar'16

  Enterprise software agreements shape SaaS use

  This week bloggers address enterprise software agreements and SaaS, the case of SD-WAN and HPE's expected entry into the hyper-converged infrastructure market.

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  ONUG hosts SDN hackathon to jump-start network automation

  The Open Networking User Group is hosting the first ONUG Grand Challenge Hackathon, with the goal of encouraging the development of new automation applications.

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  Serro unveils new open source SDN framework, AuSM

  Serro releases its new open source SDN framework, AuSM, to link up network and monitoring tools via API.

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Cisco buys semiconductor firm Leaba

  Cisco Wednesday said it would purchase Israeli-based Leaba Semiconductor to beef up its chip research and development efforts. Cisco said the acquisition--for $320 million in cash--will lay the ...

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Mulling the network impact of the Internet of Things

  This week, bloggers examine the network impact of IoT, tackle RSA Conference priorities and how to use MS Visio for network diagramming.

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Cisco NFV platform could become a 'game changer' for customers

  The new Cisco NFV software stack will eventually run on any Intel-based x86 server.

• February 29, 2016 29 Feb'16

  Versa Networks updates software-defined security offerings

  Versa Networks says new security features will help providers create safer branch networks; SDN could make medical devices more secure; and Aryaka claimed two SDN-related patents.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Could OpenConfig resolve automation struggles?

  SDN bloggers consider the need for standard network models, why simplicity rules in buying decisions and how automation cut a five-week configuration project to four minutes.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Cisco NFV technology targeted at mobile carriers

  Introduced at Mobile World Congress, the latest Cisco NFV technology is an all-in-one package of computing, storage and networking infrastructure.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Fiber Mountain Glass Core embraces Layer 1 devices, software

  In the world of SDN, Layers 2 and 3 tend to take all the glory. But Fiber Mountain's Glass Core architecture puts the focus on the physical layer for the first time.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Casado departure not expected to hurt VMware SDN tech plans

  SDN pioneer Martin Casado is leaving VMware, and analysts say the departure is unlikely to affect VMware's SDN tech strategy.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  New Verizon service uses Viptela SD-WAN technology

  Verizon has rolled out a managed SD-WAN service using technology from startup Viptela, in addition to a similar service using Cisco IWAN, which it introduced last year.

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  Security company uses SDN framework to fight DDoS attacks

  Cybersecurity company Nexusguard said it implemented SDN technology to fight large DDoS attacks -- automating routing decisions and scaling network resources.

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  5G wireless standards years away but 5G testing moves ahead

  The competition is on for 5G wireless dominance at Mobile World Congress as carriers beef up their fiber networks a la Verizon's XO deal, and AT&T rolls out landline texting.

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  Citrix, F5 tackle wireless data traffic with mobile ADC

  Citrix and F5 Networks have each launched a mobile ADC that helps carriers manage growing wireless data traffic.

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  Arista: Demand for 25/50 Gigabit Ethernet switches to rise

  Arista Networks expects sales of its new 25/50 Gigabit Ethernet switches to pick up this year after a slow start.

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Ansible update gets net automation for Cisco, Arista, HPE

  The latest Ansible release brings net automation to infrastructure devices from Cisco, Arista Networks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks.

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Avi launches ADC for containerized applications

  Startup Avi Networks has built into its application delivery controller support for containerized applications found in public and private clouds.

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  VMware cloud management platform targets hybrid cloud

  This week, bloggers touch on VMware's cloud management platform for legacy businesses, Arctic Wolf's security service that blends humans and software, and next-gen data centers.

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Cisco earnings show slowdown in data center tech buying

  Besides higher revenue and profits, Cisco earnings also showed that volatility in the global markets had caused tech buyers to reduce spending in the data center.

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  Cisco switch engines boost Catalyst performance

  Cisco's latest supervisor switch engines lift Catalyst performance to handle more application-driven network traffic.

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  You never know where you'll find a network deployment

  A network deployment can be a good reminder that IT isn’t always a desk job. Network engineers often go into cramped, dirty or unsafe places to install equipment.

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  Encrypted network tunnel boosts bandwidth securely for U.S. Army

  Faced with little time and strict security needs, U.S. Army network engineers came up with an inventive way to use a network tunnel to improve communications amid the Ebola crisis.

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  Juniper targets DCI technology market for growth

  Juniper Networks sees sales growth in metro networks and the DCI technology market.

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  2016 CIO top priorities revealed in survey

  This week, CIO top priorities revealed, Juniper Networks acquires BTI Systems -- an optical networking firm -- and Netronome introduces Agilio.

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Stop looking for an SDN definition, says networking pro

  In this SDN blogs roundup, an expert says deploying SDN is more important than defining it; an SDN company gets Google's attention; and the brite box turns 2.

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Riverbed acquires Ocedo to move faster in SD-WAN market

  Riverbed plans to use its recent acquisition of Ocedo to quicken the pace of delivering products in the SD-WAN market.

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  Cisco leads, HPE gains in key tech infrastructure markets

  Cisco led in six of seven key tech infrastructure markets last year, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise gained strength in several of the sectors, a research firm reported.

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Patch offered for breach in Juniper firewalls

  This week, a patch becomes available for Juniper firewalls, analysts parse IT employment statistics for 2015 and Aruba deploys 802.11ac for the U.S. Army.

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Cisco targets shadow IT with online cloud security broker

  Cisco has launched a cloud security broker that finds, monitors and analyzes employee use of online services.

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  The 'sad state' of enterprise network architecture

  This week, bloggers explore enterprise network architecture challenges, the increasing danger of exploit kits and how best to oversee private cloud management.

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  First 802.11ad products shipping soon for wireless office

  A Qualcomm Wi-Fi chipset scheduled for release this year will power 802.11ad products designed for the wireless office.

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Looking ahead at NFV trends in 2016

  In our latest roundup of posts from SDN blogs, analysts explore network functions virtualization trends, SD-WAN adoption rates and software-defined security tools.

• 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.

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Recent trends in IT networking: One observer's view

  In this week's SN blog roundup, analysts explore recent trends in IT, the Juniper breach and next-generation firewalls.

• December 29, 2015 29 Dec'15

  SDN development gets serious in 2016

  Next year is expected to be a breakout year for SDN development, as a large number of enterprises and service providers take their projects into production.

• December 22, 2015 22 Dec'15

  Hack in Juniper firewalls spurs investigation

  ICYMI: A serious breach in Juniper firewalls spurs industry and government reaction; Gartner names three APM leaders; and Savvius targets twin-stream packet capture for WLAN device.

• December 22, 2015 22 Dec'15

  SDN trends: All eyes on SD-WAN; open SDN's path unclear

  Our most-read SDN news stories of the year reveal a collective obsession with SD-WAN, as well as a strong interest in the future of open SDN.

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  Learn SDN with the pros: Top expert pieces from 2015

  Continuing our list of the most-read expert contributions of 2015, software-defined networking pros tackle questions on SD-WAN, NFV, OpenFlow and more.

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  SDN learning: Top expert advice of 2015

  You've got SDN questions, and we've got answers. Covering topics ranging from SD-WAN to NFV, here is the most-read advice from SearchSDN's experts this year.

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Data center forecast calls for DCI, containers

  A data center forecast by 451 Research predicts demand for data center interconnect services to blossom.

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Taking a look at network automation tools to ease oversight

  This week, bloggers explore network automation tools, how vendors must promote disaggregated switching and if it's time for a networking version of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  Ethernet switch market makes gains

  IDC probes the Ethernet switch market, Gigamon improves network visibility and Riverbed survey of 900 IT illustrates application performance fears.

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  System management vendors target full-stack oversight

  This week, bloggers explore a new breed of system management vendors, networking takeaways from the VTech breach, and endpoint detection and response.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Cisco seeks to please customers in SDN framework update

  Cisco has launched an update of its SDN framework. The latest features stem from customer demands for broader support for non-Cisco technologies.

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Aruba Sensor takes tracking beacons to other Wi-Fi networks

  Aruba's new Sensor product makes it possible to use the company's indoor tracking beacons on third-party Wi-Fi networks.

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Making packet editing effective

  In this week's blog roundup, networking analysts explore effective packet editing, cite some significant trends in networking and discuss the evolution of BYOD policies.

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  OPNFV: Nearly 60% of telecom pros exploring NFV

  A survey shows more than half of telecom pros are considering NFV; Talari focuses on financing SD-WAN; and Platform9 broadens private cloud management.

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Cisco launches open tech for containerized applications

  Cisco has launched an open source project, called Contiv, to build technology that automates the use of security, storage and networking in cloud-based containerized applications.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Ericsson Cisco venture disruptive?

  This week bloggers explore how the Ericsson Cisco venture may affect SDN and NFV, data center automation and Extreme Networks' Wave 2 APs.

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  'Load balancers' to 'ADP': The latest on app delivery

  Last decade's 'load balancers' are today's 'application delivery platforms.' Time to get up to date, too, on what else is new in app delivery tech.

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  IT service management should precede SDN automation

  This week, bloggers explore the role of IT service management in SDN automation, Juniper's disaggregation of Junos software and complications of modern networks.

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Aerohive API platform delivers business application data

  Aerohive has unveiled an API platform that delivers wireless network data to business application developers.

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  New Midokura release works with container software

  Midokura released a new version of Midokura Enterprise MidoNet at the OpenStack summit in Tokyo, with support for OpenStack Liberty, Ubuntu OpenStack and containers.

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  When to use a packet capture appliance

  This week, analysts explore best cases for packet capture appliance use, network automation and "worst practices" in network security.

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Future of VMware depends on its cloud-native strategy

  In this week's SDN blog post roundup, an expert assesses the future of VMware, and other bloggers take us to the Kubernetes and IETF conferences.

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  NIA: Midokura's open source MidoNet doesn't hold back

  Midokura wins this month's Network Innovation Award for MidoNet Community Edition, an open source version of its flagship product.

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Riverbed SteelCentral shines new light on application insight

  Riverbed updates SteelCentral for more application insight; Broadcom expands switch analytics; Cisco adds to its security portfolio; and Akamai intros a WAN service to cloud providers

• November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15

  Juniper pricing to reflect industry shift to software

  Juniper pricing for networking products is changing, as the company prepares to become a software business, moving away from per-port pricing.

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Is SD-WAN the future of WAN networks?

  In this week's blog roundup, analysts assess the future of SD-WAN networks, bimodal networking and look into the HP split.

• November 03, 2015 03 Nov'15

  Juniper Cloud CPE to speed up LAN deployments

  Juniper Networks has launched Juniper Cloud CPE, a software-based router designed to help service providers reduce the time to deliver LAN services to the enterprise.

• November 03, 2015 03 Nov'15

  ExtraHop 5.0 bolsters IT operations analytics

  The latest iteration of ExtraHop's IT operations analytics platform makes search easier and adds historical data.

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  When will enterprises be ready to use SDN?

  After years of hype, high-profile mergers and proven use cases, enterprises hesitated to use SDN. Is it finally time for it to secure a spot in mainstream networks?

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  ONOS project hits 11,000 downloads in first year

  This week, ONOS appoints a community manager; Pluribus demonstrates a hyper-converged infrastructure; Oracle launches a cloud-deployable signaling router.

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  IBM innovation exec bets on SD-WAN cloud startup

  Linda Bernardi, IBM chief innovation and disruption officer and VeloCloud advisory board member, said she thinks the SD-WAN cloud startup holds the key to better connectivity.

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Latest Cisco acquisitions touch analytics, security, cloud

  Cisco acquisitions of ParStream, Lancope and 1 Mainstream reflect the company's view of how networking is evolving.

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Intel NFV: Company eyes virtualized networking market

  In our latest roundup of SDN blogs, analysts explore Intel's expansion into networking, visibility in virtualized environments and the cost benefits of deploying SD-WAN.

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  Lagrange boosts CloudMaestro for Web traffic management

  In this news roundup, Lagrange adds app support to CloudMaestro ADC; analysts assess converged infrastructure spending and FireEye, F5 team up.

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  Dell merger with EMC leaving customers cold?

  In this week's blogs: The Dell merger with EMC is making some customers worried; a new packet capture appliance wins praise.

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Changing needs of tech buyers rattle ADC market

  A new breed of tech buyer is demanding application delivery controllers geared toward mobile and cloud development.

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  The mistake that could make NFV MANO irrelevant

  In this week's round-up of blog posts from around the Web, an analyst takes a closer look at NFV management and orchestration (MANO), explaining why it could play second-fiddle to OpenStack.

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Using threat intelligence feeds data before paying

  In this week's blogs, analysts consider threat intelligence feeds, Datiphy database security software and Riverbed's new approach to SD-WAN.

• October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15

  Riverbed jumping into SD-WAN market in 2016

  Riverbed plans a suite of SD-WAN services and products underpinned by new SteelHead OS.

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  Brocade makes the enterprise wireless network more open

  Brocade has partnered with two more Wi-Fi vendors to offer enterprise customers a more flexible wireless network.

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  HP rallies partners around OpenSwitch as Cisco replacement

  The HP-led OpenSwitch community is likely to attract the interest of large enterprises with Web-scale data centers.