by Brad on 20 December 2011
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…
by Brad on 13 December 2011
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 ……
by Brad on 31 October 2011
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….
So it appears enterprise IT spending is pretty healthy despite the challenges of some of Cisco’s peers. Cisco itself doesn’t appear to see any downturn, given the impressive results in its fiscal fourth quarter. Read more
We all know what’s happening in the stock market and the economy after the debt ceiling debate and the lowered US credit rating from Standard and Poor’s. But is this indicative of the direction of IT spending? Read more
The concept of software-defined networking (SDN) has generated considerable interest during the last several months. Although SDNs can be realized in more than one way, the OpenFlow protocol seems to have drawn a critical mass of prospective customer…
Now seems a good time to review Dell’s announcement last week regarding its acquisition of Force10 Networks. We knew a deal was coming, and now that the move finally has been made, we can can consider the implications. It was … Continue reading…
As reported by MarketWatch yesterday, Lazard Capital analyst Daniel Amir has written a note suggesting that Cisco Systems, “long a proponent of in-house solutions, has begun the shift to off-the-shelf Broadcom parts.” Amir added that he expects Bro…
There’s a strong possibility that Dell will make a networking acquisition in the near future. In the spirit of fun, I thought it would be mildly entertaining, and perhaps edifying — though I don’t want to push it — to … Continue r…
Cisco’s FabricPath and HP’s FlexNetwork mark a shift in network architectures across the board
Ethernet switching declined 8% in the first quarter from last year, and 12% from Q4 2010, according to bulletins issued by two investment firms in recent days. And given Cisco’s weak outlook for its fiscal fourth quarter, the market may languish in the…
Juniper and Brocade have both released new equipment promising to assist data centres struggling with bandwidth consumption
Brocade this week will introduce switches that will let users build a flat, multipath network for virtualized data center environments.
Juniper took one-third of Cisco's share in core routing shortly after coming … Router 7750 optimized for traffic management and processing of IPTV, WebTV, …