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In my last post,, I promised to offer a subsequent entry on why public companies are reluctant to publicize breaches of their corporate networks. I also suggested that such attacks probably are far more common than we realize. What happened … Con…
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Nicira emerged from pseudo-stealth yesterday, drawing plenty of press coverage in the process. “Network virtualization” is the concise, two-word marketing message the company delivered, on its own and through the analysts and journalists who greet…
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In a recent post at EtherealMind.com, Greg Ferro examined possible implications associated with the impending dominance of merchant silicon in the networking industry. Early in his post, Ferro reproduces a Broadcom graphic illustrating that the major s…
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At Martin Casado’s Network Heresy blog yesterday, a guest post was offered by Andrew Lambeth, who once led the vDS distributed switching project at VMware but is now, like Casado, ensconced at Nicira. The post was titled provocatively, “Networkin…
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Since Dell’s acquisition of Force10 Networks, many of us have wondered how Dell’s networking business, under the leadership of former Cisco Systems executive Dario Zamarian, would chart a course of distinction in data-center networking. While Zamar…
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It has been nearly eight years since EMC acquired VMware. The acquisition announcement went over the newswires on December 15, 2003. EMC paid approximately $635 million for VMware, and Joe Tucci, EMC’s president and CEO, had this to say about ……
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The networking industry’s version of Groundhog Day resurfaced late last week when the Wall Street Journal published an article in which “people familiar with the matter” indicated that Brocade Communications Systems was up for sale — again….
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“There’s something happening here, but what is ain’t exactly clear.” – Buffalo Springfield, “For What It’s Worth.” Software-defined networking (SDN) and its protocol of choice, OpenFlow, have been in the news for the past couple…
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Yes, I’m back for further cogitation on software-defined networking (SDN) and OpenFlow. As I wrote in my last post, relating to Cisco’s recent support for OpenFlow, I wasn’t able to attend the Open Networking Summit held last week at Stanford …
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It has not been easy finding time to write this past week. In addition to work and other demands on my time, I had been suffering from a blockage in my ear that impaired my hearing, upset my balance, and … Continue reading →
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While recent discussions of software-defined networking (SDN) and network virtualization have focused nearly exclusively on the OpenFlow protocol, various parties are making the point that OpenFlow is just one facet of a bigger story. One of those part…
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As Cisco has struggled to adapt to the protracted global market downturn and the “recoveryless” recovery — it’s been going on so long, perhaps we should just call it the Information-Age Depression — the company’s CEO…
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Unconfirmed rumors of significant layoffs at Juniper Networks are making the rounds. Adding to the speculation is a report by UBS analyst Nikos Theodosopoulos, as reported by Forbes’ Eric Savitz, that Juniper might be planning “a deeper …
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OpenFlow originated in academia, from research work conducted at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. Academics remain intensively involved in the development of OpenFlow, but the protocol, a manifestation of software-defined…
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