Hardware-Defined Networking: Bridging The Gap For Enterprise SDN
March 24, 2014 11:22 AM
Midokura teams with Cumulus Networks to connect physical networks to a network overlay.
Cisco ACI: 4 Critical Questions For Customers
December 18, 2013 08:16 AM
Networking customers considering Cisco ACI for their data centers will want to dig into the details of the SDN strategy. But they should also be asking these big-picture questions.
Cisco ACI: Proceed At Your Peril
December 12, 2013 11:06 AM
Cisco's new SDN platform, Cisco ACI -- despite some positive features -- is confusing, unproven, and burdened with Cisco's complicated past.
Cisco ACI Solves All Your Data Center Network Problems
November 06, 2013 10:36 AM
Cisco launches its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), bringing open overlay networking and SDN to the entire data center.
Arista Goes Down-Market with Cost-Effective Switches
November 04, 2013 19:20 PM
Arista brings five new switches to the middle market and offers options for ECMP (Equal Cost Multi Path) data center designs.
SDN Licensing: Please Keep It Simple
October 28, 2013 16:34 PM
SDN is moving from slideware to shipping product. Vendors should make license plans simple to spur adoption and save everyone time.
Innovation and Merchant Silicon: Not An Oxymoron
October 10, 2013 12:46 PM
Merchant silicon can lead to a race to the bottom in price and quality for network gear, or spur new innovation. There's more evidence for the latter than the former.
VCE Chooses Cisco SDN Over VMware NSX
September 27, 2013 10:39 AM
VCE, maker of integrated Vblock systems, will use Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure for SDN. So what about customers who want NSX?
WAN Encryption Tops the Agenda After NSA Revelations
September 24, 2013 11:00 AM
Whatever trust customers had in the security of WAN connections from service providers is gone. Encrypt now, and consider less-expensive Internet connections instead.
SDN Doesn't Mean Cheaper Networking
September 23, 2013 17:04 PM
The most common prediction about SDN is that networking will get cheaper. It won't. Here's why.
WAN Acceleration Slows Down
September 09, 2013 10:57 AM
A new report shows the WAN acceleration/optimization market is shrinking. WAN optimization won't go away, but don't look for growth either.
VMware NSX Caution Signs
September 04, 2013 10:30 AM
VMware's network virtualization platform makes a strong bid to be the SDN architecture of choice, but sticky issues must still be resolved.
Cumulus Networks: The Pros and Cons of Decoupling
August 26, 2013 17:11 PM
Startup Cumulus Networks makes a compelling argument for separating network software and hardware, but the case isn't closed.
VMware NSX: Game Changer for Data Center Networks
August 26, 2013 13:38 PM
VMware's network virtualization product, NSX, may upend data center networks the same way the hypervisor changed servers.
SDN Is Not a Technology, It's A Use Case
August 07, 2013 12:55 PM
Software defined networking is not a discrete technology, but rather a set of use cases that require a variety of technologies to meet customer needs.
Cisco Aims To Increase Services Business
July 12, 2013 17:35 PM
Cisco announced plans to grow its services business by 9% to 11% in the next 12 months. Look for more cloud services that resellers can package for customers.
Cisco Accelerates SDN Strategy with Dynamic Fabric Automation
July 02, 2013 16:52 PM
Cisco's Dynamic Fabric Automation integrates legacy physical networks with virtual devices. It's a sensible SDN strategy for a networking incumbent, but customers should wait until we know more about Insieme.
Cisco Catalyst Refresh Gives Customers Just What They Want
June 25, 2013 16:41 PM
Cisco announced a new Catalyst switch line and several product upgrades at Cisco Live, including expanded support for its ONE SDN initiative, but the company is sticking with familiar territory.
Cumulus Networks Casts a Shadow On Cisco Strategy
June 19, 2013 15:40 PM
Startup Cumulus Networks announced a Linux-based network operating system that runs on commodity hardware. It could mean clouds ahead for Cisco's proprietary profit engine.
New SDN Technology Challenges VMware, Cisco
April 02, 2013 11:50 AM
A new SDN competitor is challenging VMware, Cisco and others. Nuage Networks, an Alcatel-Lucent venture, has announced Virtualized Service Platform (VSP), an SDN technology that employs virtual switches and network overlays.
