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Heartbleed Flaw Exploited In VPN Attack
April 21, 2014 12:35 PM Security researchers report attack on an enterprise that used the OpenSSL vulnerability to steal VPN session tokens and evade two-factor authentication.
Heartbleed's Network Effect
April 16, 2014 12:34 PM The crypto bug likely will have a long-lasting impact on internal servers, clients, and VPN networks.
Designing The Next-Generation WLAN
April 10, 2014 12:29 PM With so many different devices and highly mobile workforces, WLAN architects face a lot of challenges. Experts offered guidance on WLAN design, BYOD, and 802.11ac at Interop Las Vegas.
VMware's Casado: Network Virtualization The Right Way
April 07, 2014 11:17 AM The true benefits from network virtualization will come from simplifying the network and applying it to broader use cases, rather than bickering about the finer points of vendors' SDN products, according to VMware's Martin Casado.
Interop SDN Panel: Become The IT Generalist
April 04, 2014 10:30 AM Software-defined networking will require network engineers to broaden their skills and knowledge, an Interop panel of experts said.
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Building an Information Security Policy Part 4: Addresses and Identifiers
Proper traffic identification through techniques such as IP addressing and VLANs are the foundation of a secure network.
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SDN Strategies Part 4: Big Switch, Avaya, IBM,VMware
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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SDN Strategies Part 3: Juniper, Dell, Brocade, Alcatel-Lucent
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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Converged Infrastructure: 3 Considerations
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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SDN Strategies Part 2: Cisco, Arista, HP
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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SDN Strategies Part 1: Vendors Vie For Market, Mindshare
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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Research: 2014 State of Server Technology
Buying power and influence are rapidly shifting to service providers. Where does that leave enterprise IT? Not at the cutting edge, that’s for sure: Only 19% are increasing both the number and capability of servers, budgets are level or down for 60% and just 12% are using new micro technology.Get full survey results now! »
Vendor Turf Wars
The enterprise tech market used to be an orderly place, where vendors had clearly defined markets. No more. Driven both by increasing complexity and Wall Street demands for growth, big vendors are duking it out for primacy -- and refusing to work together for IT's benefit. Must we now pick a side, or is neutrality an option?Get the Digital Issue »
WEBCAST: Software Defined Networking (SDN) First Steps
Software defined networking encompasses several emerging technologies that bring programmable interfaces to data center networks and promise to make networks more observable and automated, as well as better suited to the specific needs of large virtualized data centers. Attend this webcast to learn the overall concept of SDN and its benefits, describe the different conceptual approaches to SDN, and examine the various technologies, both proprietary and open source, that are emerging.
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