OpenFlow start-up Big Switch Networks is submitting its controller software to the open-source community in order to catalyze an ecosystem of application developers, according to GigaOm. Read more
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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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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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“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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Juniper Networks has added antivirus scanning to its security gateway for VMware environments, adding to its existing stateful firewall, IDS and compliance capabilities. The vGW Virtual Gateway, which was announced earlier this year, builds on the acqu…
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Cisco’s FabricPath and HP’s FlexNetwork mark a shift in network architectures across the board
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NaviSite, Inc. provides innovative hosting solutions, applications management, and managed cloud services for the enterprise. NaviSite was among the first service providers to provide application virtualization services, using dedicated servers for eac…
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Enterprise networking products and services vendor Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) on Monday announced the acquisition of privately held Altor Networks for $95 million in cash.
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Brocade this week will introduce switches that will let users build a flat, multipath network for virtualized data center environments.
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"Juniper's solutions provided the unprecedented scalability, … eliminating the need for network switch aggregation and reducing latency by up to 77 …
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Enterasys is the latest switching vendor to throw its hat into the next-generation data center ring, intent on taking on Cisco, Brocade, Juniper and others in the 10G and above converged Ethernet fabric fray. Enterasys’ differentiator is the ability of its switches to execute and enforce application- and virtual machine-specific policies on non-vendor-specific applications and VMs. Read more
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“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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