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….
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…
Juniper acquires Internet video and storage technology assets from BlackWave, days after snapping up WLAN company Trapeze Networks.
Brocade this week will introduce switches that will let users build a flat, multipath network for virtualized data center environments.
LP and Juniper Networks Inc. are pushing to sell new data centre switching gear …. (01 Sep 2010) Voltaire Ltd. announced its Vantage 6048 Ethernet switch, …
by Brad on 3 September 2010
As the latest VMworld begins its transformation from current event to memory, now probably is as good a time as any to reflect on what it all means, if anything, for the future of data centers, the IT industry, and … Continue reading →
IBM announced its latest quarterly results yesterday, but it did something else, too: It reorganized itself, shuffling some executives upward and changing the reporting structure for others. On the surface, it’s not a big deal. It goes on all the time, especially at large companies besieged by changing markets, technological advances, bureaucratic inertia, and intracompany [...]
Last week, Dell announced a fusillade of products for small- and medium-sized enterprises looking to benefit from converged, virtualized data centers. Depending on one’s vantage point, Dell proactively announced the products to offer its mid-sized enterprise customers interoperable solutions that will allow them to derive efficiencies from data-center automation; or it made the announcement reactively, [...]
“We are talking about a single, logical switch for the data center network,” Yen said. “A single tier [that is] many-to-many, flat, lossless … very low …
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Dell rolled out the new PowerConnect-J series of gateway-type machines, the first through Dell's OEM agreement with Juniper. The PowerConnect J-Series [J is …
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Dell is set to roll out significant enhancements to its EqualLogic storage line on Wednesday, along with its first rebadged Juniper Networks products and other updates to its storage and networking lines, all part of a mission to carve out a place in the rapidly evolving world of enterprise data centers.
This paper discusses the numerous virtualization technologies in Juniper Networks MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers, and Juniper’s network virtualization strategy and virtualization solutions. It also provides specific examples on how network-based v…
Data centers of organization today are constructed while keeping in mind the need for maximum computing, power management, and performance ability. These data centers are made using three-layer hierarchical structure. These organizations face many disp…
by Brad on 24 November 2009
Every company worth its salt — and many others besides — has a contingency plan. The fact is, there’s a Plan A, there’s a Plan B, and sometimes there are Plans C, D, and E.
The world rarely conforms to our wishes, and we must adapt accordingly.
So, it’s no surprise that Mike Klayko, CEO of [...]