Commentary
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Natalie TimmsBuilding an Information Security Policy Part 4: Addresses and Identifiers
April 21, 2014 01:10 PM Proper traffic identification through techniques such as IP addressing and VLANs are the foundation of a secure network.
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Kurt MarkoSDN Strategies Part 4: Big Switch, Avaya, IBM,VMware
April 18, 2014 11:59 AM This series on SDN products concludes with a look at Big Switch's updated SDN strategy, VMware NSX, IBM's hybrid approach, and Avaya's focus on virtual network services.
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Jim O'ReillyAll-Flash Arrays: The VDI Solution?
April 17, 2014 01:16 PM The huge performance provided by all-flash arrays is a boon for virtual desktop infrastructure, but don't be fooled by unrealistic calculations.
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Kurt MarkoSDN Strategies Part 3: Juniper, Dell, Brocade, Alcatel-Lucent
April 17, 2014 11:58 AM In the third part of this series examining vendors' SDN products, I discuss Juniper's network overlay approach and three other vendor strategies for tackling software-defined networking.
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Bill KleymanConverged Infrastructure: 3 Considerations
April 16, 2014 12:16 PM If you're looking at a converged platform as a way to increase data center efficiency, here are three factors to keep in mind.
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Kurt MarkoSDN Strategies Part 2: Cisco, Arista, HP
April 15, 2014 01:49 PM In the second part of this series examining vendors' SDN products, I look at Cisco ACI, Arista's programmable approach, and HP's commitment to OpenFlow.
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Jim O'ReillyIs RAID Fading Into The Sunset?
April 15, 2014 01:10 PM With the arrival of faster networks and SSDs, RAID can no longer keep up. Data protection alternatives such as replication and erasure codes are gaining traction.
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Kurt MarkoSDN Strategies Part 1: Vendors Vie For Market, Mindshare
April 14, 2014 02:15 PM It's a land grab in the software-defined networking market, with heavyweights and startups rolling out an array of technologies for automating the network.
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Network Hardware Resale .NHR End Of Life Alert, April 2014
April 13, 2014 11:28 PM Don't let network hardware maintenance issues take you by surprise. Find out which Cisco routing and switching products are retiring this month.
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Tom HollingsworthNetworking, Security, And Grand Unified Theory
April 11, 2014 12:08 PM With a system that can address both networking and security in NSX, Martin Casado of VMware is borrowing an idea from the world of physics.
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Lee H. BadmanSDN And Wi-Fi: Will They Ever Be Friends?
April 09, 2014 12:16 PM Can the WLAN industry and its highly proprietary systems play nice with a technology that's poised to be a poster child for interoperability?
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Jim O'ReillyNVMe Poised To Revolutionize Solid-State Storage
April 08, 2014 12:19 PM Move over SAS and SATA. A new standard ramps up SSD performance with a radical new approach to storage I/O handling.
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Andrew FroehlichThe Software-Defined Data Center: Potential Game Changer
March 31, 2014 11:35 AM The SDDC is poised to bring revolutionary changes by providing flexibility to data center storage, switching, security and other infrastructure components.
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Bill KleymanWhy The Next-Generation Data Center Needs To Be Agnostic
March 28, 2014 11:44 AM In order to handle the growing traffic deluge, data centers need to leverage open infrastructure, software-defined technologies, and automation.
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Susan FogartyInterop: Find The Fun
March 26, 2014 02:43 PM Attending a conference can be hard work, but Interop is making fun an integral part of the agenda.
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Howard MarksUnderstanding VMware VAAI Offloads And Unloads
March 26, 2014 12:01 PM In the short time that VAAI has allowed storage administrators to offload tasks from servers to storage arrays in virtualized data centers, the functionality has evolved to produce arrays that eliminate most I/O.
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Michele Chubirka3 Survival Tips For Women In IT
March 25, 2014 12:18 PM The technology industry -- and especially the networking field -- can be an awfully isolating place for a woman. Here are three ways to cope.
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Greg FerroHardware-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.
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Howard MarksSeparating Storage Startups From Upstarts
March 21, 2014 01:00 PM Some new storage vendors stand out from other startups by being successful with not only with their technology, but in selling product. IT buyers shouldn't discount them.
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Jim O'ReillyBig Data Means Big Pipes
March 20, 2014 02:08 PM LAN and storage performance will need to improve in order to keep up with the growth of big data analytics.
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