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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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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 &#8…

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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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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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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…

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Muglia’s Move to Juniper

by Brad on 26 July 2011

Juniper Networks announced yesterday that Bob Muglia, who spent 23 years at Microsoft and was president of that company’s Server and Tools Business (STB) until January, will be joining the networking vendor to oversee its end-to-end software strategy…

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Former Microsoft executive Bob Muglia will work with Juniper to compete with Cisco and HP in networking

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It was a cleaner software foundation that attracted former Microsoft executive Bob Muglia to Cisco rival Juniper Networks. That, and the fact that he was familiar with many executives at Juniper from his days at Microsoft. Read more

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The new products are designed to transform a data-center network into a single logical switch, improving performance and efficiency. Creating major corporate strategies through one-on-one whiteboarding sessions is a luxury that Juniper has because of ….

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Among the network industry leaders that made IPv6-related announcements last week were AT&T, Comcast, Juniper and Microsoft, while smaller players such as Blue Coat, Infoblox and Command Information touted their executives as IPv6 experts.

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Seeks seasoned marketing help to drive partner programsJuniper is poaching two familiar territories as it stocks up on marketing executives: Cisco and Microsoft. These moves are key for Juniper as it looks to emulate the channel success of Cisco and Mi…

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KJ: Certainly that's what we've seen as market share has shifted, and as Juniper introduced the first core router, we rapidly took market share in core …See all stories on this topic »

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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, …

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