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August 24, 2016 24 Aug'16
IT professionals aim to operationalize threat intel in the enterprise

This week, networking bloggers look into operationalizing threat intel, Google Fiber's deployment and home lab spending.
August 24, 2016 24 Aug'16
Nimble says customers quick to embrace all-flash

Nimble Storage, which was relatively late selling all-flash arrays, is trying to make up for lost time since launching its Predictive Flash platform in February. The vendor received a jolt from ...
August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16
IBM flash storage expands with midrange all-flash products

IBM's all-flash portfolio grows, with a new midrange and entry-level option, and the vendor adds a migration program aimed at EMC-Dell customers.
August 18, 2016 18 Aug'16
Cisco layoffs a response to industry shift to software, cloud services

The latest Cisco layoffs are a result of customers moving to networking software and the cloud instead of the company's proprietary hardware.
August 17, 2016 17 Aug'16
Aviva’s annual Hackathon – the customer is key

One insurance company organizes an annual hackathon, where cross-discipline teams form to create features that employees dream up. In 24 hours, it's all over, but the lessons learned persist much longer.
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August 16, 2016 16 Aug'16
Rubrik grabs $61 million, aims for cloud

Converged data protection startup Rubrik turned to the cloud with a software release that allows customers to use Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure as well as Rubrik's appliances to store data. Rubrik ...
August 12, 2016 12 Aug'16
New Huawei Enterprise chief handicapped by politics, not products

David He, newly appointed president at Huawei Enterprise U.S., is ready to turn over 100% of sales to partners. He is optimistic despite cloud of Chinese cyber spying.
August 12, 2016 12 Aug'16
Agencies urged to speed up Next-Generation 911 transition

Municipalities are being urged toward Next-Generation 911 as phone companies complete fiber optic cable transition, and Google Fiber's Webpass acquisition will make wireless broadband connections possible.
August 10, 2016 10 Aug'16
Wi-Fi Alliance blasted for 'bias' in test for carrier LTE-U on Wi-Fi

A wireless carrier group has accused the Wi-Fi Alliance of kowtowing to cable operators as it nears completion of a test for LTE-U on Wi-Fi.
August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16
HCI vendor Pivot3 reports more customers using more apps

Pivot3 more than doubled its revenue in the first half of 2016 over 2015, which its CEO attributes to customers buying its hyper-converged appliances as a platform rather than for single ...
August 04, 2016 04 Aug'16
Ctera builds new data migration, ILM and security capabilities into its platform

Ctera Networks recently unveiled new enhancements to its Enterprise File Service Platform that include the ability to migrate data from an on-premise cloud to the public cloud without disrupting ...
August 03, 2016 03 Aug'16
Software WAN reaches peak of hype cycle

This week, networking industry analysts assess the networking hype cycle, Black Hat 2016 and networking in the 1980s.
August 02, 2016 02 Aug'16
Seagate, WD see exabyte growth with high-capacity enterprise HDDs

Unit shipments of hard disk drives (HDDs) may be on the decline, but the exabytes that Seagate Technology and Western Digital are shipping with their high-capacity enterprise HDDs is spiking. ...
July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16
Quantum results indicate 'stable' backup market

It’s no secret that storage sales have been hard to come by over the last year or two. Most of the large vendors experience product revenue decreases or small increases quarter after quarter. But ...
July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16
Verizon launches virtualized services for enterprises

ICYMI: Verizon launches VNF service to enterprises; Ethernet organizations plan 2.5, 5 GbE plugfest for fall and Riverbed beefs up SteelCentral.
July 28, 2016 28 Jul'16
Cisco DNA means goodbye to CLI?

This week, bloggers look at Cisco's shift from CLI, Savvius' packet capture appliance and cybersecurity as a vertical industry.
July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16
A10 buys Appcito to bolster cloud-based ADC services

A10 has acquired Appcito to improve its portfolio of ADC services for enterprises adopting cloud computing.
July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16
Cisco vCenter plug-in bridges physical, virtual data center networks

Cisco has launched a vCenter plug-in for connecting the VMware management tool to applications running on non-virtualized servers.
July 22, 2016 22 Jul'16
RDMA over Fabrics: a big step for SSD access

Shared storage access for servers has been the most basic requirement for storage networks. Performance demands for multiple systems accessing data continually increase due to improvements in ...
July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16
New AT&T Network on Demand service provides Cisco virtual router, more

The latest AT&T Network on Demand service provides virtualized versions of Cisco or Juniper routers, Fortinet firewalls or Riverbed WAN optimization technology.
July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16
The real future of IT infrastructure lies in abstraction

Future IT infrastructure will be so abstracted from the applications using it that, while always a misnomer, serverless computing will be a reality.
July 18, 2016 18 Jul'16
Syncplicity adds Office 365 support, Egnyte launches data governance solution

Enterprise file sharing vendor Syncplicity recently announced its software is now integrated with Microsoft Office 365, while competitor Egnyte rolled out its Egnyte Protect governance solution. ...
July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16
CEO Robbins wants more Cisco applications, cloud services

CEO Robbins said at the Live conference customers should expect a much higher percentage of future products to be delivered as Cisco applications or cloud services.
July 13, 2016 13 Jul'16
Cloud falling short as mobile management tool?

ICYMI: CenturyLink debuts a managed mobile analytics service in concert with Meraki; Xirrus rounds out its high-speed Wave 2 access point portfolio.
July 11, 2016 11 Jul'16
Cisco lifts branch security with latest software release

Cisco introduced at its Live conference branch security software for the ISR router. The networking company also improved malware protection in the Meraki MX appliance.
July 11, 2016 11 Jul'16
Glue provides SD automation for more network appliances

Glue Networks has added support for more than a dozen network products in its orchestration engine. The Gluware engine provides greater SD automation.
July 01, 2016 01 Jul'16
DevOps automation boosts Rosetta Stone's app delivery

The language learning company uses multiple tools to make its DevOps environment run smoothly, but Docker has been the key to streamlining application releases.
June 30, 2016 30 Jun'16
CloudLock to make Cisco security portfolio better at cloud security

Cisco spends $293 million on technology that secures mobile users' access to the cloud. It's the latest addition to the Cisco security portfolio.
June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16
Mist spreads new idea for cloud-managed Wi-Fi

Startup Mist rolls out a wireless service that blends artificial intelligence, virtual Bluetooth Low Energy beacons and unprecedented visibility into network performance.
June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16
Using microsegmentation to create a secure communication channel

This week, bloggers look at a startup using microsegmentation to create a secure communication channel, FireEye and customized managed network services.
June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16
Juniper simplifies branch network deployment with SD technology

Juniper has introduced SD technology for enterprises that the vendor says will simplify the deployment of branch networks.
June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16
EMC pitches isolated data recovery to thwart cyber attacks

Who’s protecting the data in your data protection storage? That’s a question EMC wants you to think about as the scope of security threat increase. EMC recommends – and has customers using – an ...
June 23, 2016 23 Jun'16
Avaya VSP NOS targets network disaggregation

This week, bloggers explore Avaya VSP updates, the federal Software Assurance Marketplace and packet loss with TCP.
June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16
Pica8 open switching OS supports 25/50/100 GbE

Pica8 introduces open switching OS for 25/50/100 GbE. The use of higher throughput switching is growing in mega data centers.
June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16
EMC, Veritas lead in worldwide PBBA revenues

Unlike overall disk storage, purpose-built backup appliances' total worldwide factory revenue increased in the first quarter of 2016, according to International data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide ...
June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16
Storage Spaces Direct builds on Windows Storage Spaces

With the new Direct feature, Windows Storage Spaces can use local storage for failover clusters. It also supports JBOD storage.
June 16, 2016 16 Jun'16
Netronome offers P4 support on server adapters

This week, networking industry bloggers examine Symantec's decision to buy Blue Coat and whether cloud-native applications have merit.
June 14, 2016 14 Jun'16
VMware's Arkin acquisition to bolster NSX microsegmentation

VMware says it will acquire startup Arkin to provide analytics that help customers broaden the use of NSX microsegmentation.
June 14, 2016 14 Jun'16
Barefoot Networks debuts high-speed programmable chip for switches

Barefoot Networks emerges from stealth mode with a high-speed switch chip that makes packet processing programmable.
June 08, 2016 08 Jun'16
Latest Lenovo networking offerings include NOS, Juniper switches

The latest Lenovo networking products reflect the vendor's shift to technologies outside of the shrinking PC market.
June 08, 2016 08 Jun'16
Avi software ADC gets Innovation Award

Avi Networks' software ADC brought new features and capabilities to the load balancing and application delivery market.
June 07, 2016 07 Jun'16
Corsa boosts its programmable switch system offerings

This week, bloggers assess Corsa's programmable switch offerings, Verizon DBIR, and how to create a marketing and technology 'lingua franca.'
June 06, 2016 06 Jun'16
Servers and storage become inextricably linked

The rise of flash storage and convergence technologies makes it tougher to see storage and servers as separate entities in a software-defined world.
June 06, 2016 06 Jun'16
Talari Networks seeks market edge with SD-WAN partnership program

Talari has rolled out a new strategic alliance program, indicating the vendor's interest in supporting third-party products that complement its own SD-WAN technology.
June 03, 2016 03 Jun'16
Managed OpenStack services may have appeal over public cloud

Managed OpenStack services may appeal to enterprises wary of private cloud platform's complexity, but want to use its APIs and security, rather than public cloud.
June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16
SS8 takes new approach to cyberthreat intelligence

SS8 launches BreachDetect, a Layer 7 'time machine' for breach detection in enterprises and a new addition to the cyberthreat intelligence marketplace.
June 01, 2016 01 Jun'16
IT professionals consider network uptime

This week, bloggers weigh network uptime, workloads in the public cloud and Dell OS10.
May 27, 2016 27 May'16
Data storage technology trends debated in inaugural Tweet Chat

Data storage industry professionals discussed the appeal of technologies such as all-flash arrays, hyper-convergence and cloud storage during the first SearchStorage Tweet Chat.
May 25, 2016 25 May'16
Should IT be looking at a Cisco alternative?

This week, bloggers debate whether it would be better if the industry found a Cisco alternative and reveal what one survey indicated will be the top IT priorities in 2016.
May 20, 2016 20 May'16
Cisco sales down in switching; up in software, services

Cisco sales last quarter revealed weakness in its switching and router business, as revenue from software subscriptions and cloud-based services increased.
May 19, 2016 19 May'16
New Dell SC Series operating system adds dedupe, QoS

Dell launches an operating system update for its SC Series storage arrays, featuring dedupe, QoS, Live Migrate, VVOLs support and new management capabilities.
May 19, 2016 19 May'16
Taking a new look at security in RESTful API design

REST appears to be sure-handedly winning the API war with SOAP, so it's time to start learning about REST security. We explore this protocol's latest security developments.
May 19, 2016 19 May'16
What's going on with Broadcom Tomahawk?

In this week's roundup, a blogger expresses frustration with Broadcom, and analysts assess the next generation of endpoint security market and monitoring.
May 18, 2016 18 May'16
U.S. lab considers SDN for growing ESnet research network

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has turned to SDN and Corsa data-plane appliances in tackling soaring demand on ESnet research network.
May 17, 2016 17 May'16
New SteelCentral probes deeper into application behavior

Riverbed upgrades SteelCentral with support for public cloud, containers and Skype for Business.
May 13, 2016 13 May'16
Datto expands into file sync and share with a free, one-year service

Data Protection specialist Datto is giving away its new file sync and share service for a year. The Datto Drive service for SMBs is hosted on the vendor's 200 PB private cloud within nine worldwide ...
May 06, 2016 06 May'16
Networks may appear to disappear in data center evolution

Data center evolution will drive the illusion that the network has disappeared, Google networking lead tells networking crowd at Interop 2016.
May 05, 2016 05 May'16
Martin Casado predicts infrastructure evolution at Interop 2016

Speaking at Interop 2016, Martin Casado laid out his vision for infrastructure evolution instead of a future that predicts its demise.
May 03, 2016 03 May'16
Commvault Systems posts second straight quarter of revenue gains

Data protection vendor Commvault Systems generated $159.6 million in revenues in the fourth quarter, hitting the second consecutive quarter of sequential growth after three quarters of declining ...
May 02, 2016 02 May'16
Verizon NFV infrastructure offers interchangeable parts

This week, networking analysts explore Verizon NFV, SD-WAN as intent-based networking and automation costs.
May 02, 2016 02 May'16
New Verizon data centers support businesses, jar suppliers

New Verizon data centers are part of a two-pronged strategy of helping customers and taming suppliers through open technology.
April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16
Networking panels at Interop conference cover gamut

Interop networking track chair Tom Hollingsworth talks about the topics he believes are most important to today's networking engineers.
April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16
Cinder still No. 1 OpenStack storage project, but Manila interest picks up

Cinder still has the highest adoption rate among OpenStack storage projects, but interest in the nascent Manila file-share service is picking up, according to a 2016 user survey released this month ...
April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16
FalconStor's playing beat the clock with FreeStor

The bad news for FalconsStor is it lost $3.2 million last quarter. If there is good news, it’s that its new FreeStor software is picking up OEM and managed service provider (MSP) customers and ...
April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16
Dell, Aerohive partner in WLAN infrastructure management

Partners Dell and Aerohive have collaborated on software for managing WLAN infrastructure hardware, including switches and access points.
April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16
Veriflow aims to prevent network outages

This week, networking bloggers discuss a new way to eliminate network outages, OpenStack networking and whether SDN is novel or just natural.
April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16
Juniper provides container firewall to banks, cloud

Juniper Networks has added a container firewall to its SRX portfolio. The latest product provides container protection for banks, carriers and cloud providers.
April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16
Riverbed SD-WAN design goes beyond optimization

The Riverbed SD-WAN strategy blends optimization, orchestration, management and other services in a single platform, called SteelConnect.
April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16
Nexsan storage software brings Unity to its hardware

Unity software supports Nexsan with NST block devices, Assureon object storage and Transporter cloud sync functionality that it picked up from Connected Data.
April 19, 2016 19 Apr'16
Carrier shift to NFV driving virtual CPE deployments

Carrier adoption of software-based network functions will lead to better virtual CPE for enterprise branch networks.
April 18, 2016 18 Apr'16
Nyansa rethinks network performance monitor space

Cloud-based analytics, real-time DPI and an easy-to-digest console anchor Nyansa's network performance monitor for wired and wireless networks.
April 13, 2016 13 Apr'16
Gauging whether hyper-converged vendors' ages matter

Deciding between the new guy and the old standby has driven purchasing decisions for decades, but what do users think when it comes to hyper-converged infrastructure?
April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16
Cancer Center gets help from AT&T Network on Demand

Austin, Texas, Cancer Center uses AT&T's Network on Demand to get tumor diagnoses to patients faster.
April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16
Storage pros see high demand in 2016 salary survey

Storage magazine has tracked storage salaries for 13 years, polling readers to gather data about pay, benefits and other influences on job satisfaction. Our 2016 salary survey shows demand for storage savvy IT pros is still high as reflected ...
April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16
U.S. hosts 72% of compromised DNS domains

This week, networking bloggers examine why the United States has so many compromised DNS domains, architecting for things and Brocade's acquisition plans.
April 05, 2016 05 Apr'16
Brocade's Ruckus buy betters chances in campus WLAN market

Brocade's acquisition of Ruckus Wireless would counter the stronger portfolios of Cisco and HPE for the campus WLAN.
April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16
Propane provider gives SAN the gas with Violin flash array

Ferrellgas' switch from a hybrid array to a Violin flash storage array brought a boost in performance as well as surprising reductions in cost and management.
April 01, 2016 01 Apr'16
Arista spine hardware aimed at largest data centers

Arista has introduced the 7500R series -- a suite of third-generation spine hardware that has a maximum capacity of 115 Tbps.
April 01, 2016 01 Apr'16
Internet of Things use cases that do more than lock doors

The Internet of Things isn't only about locking doors. It's also about having a network that knows who to let in and who to keep out, without any human intervention.
March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16
Users find harmony in Cisco, VMware SDN software

Baystate Health and Sugar Creek Packing give Cisco and VMware SDN software separate chores in data center networks.
March 25, 2016 25 Mar'16
Group begins work on 400 Gbps QSFP interfaces

Thirteen networking and electronics industry suppliers said they would work together to develop a new generation of double-density quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) interfaces that would ...
March 23, 2016 23 Mar'16
100 Gigabit switch sales soar

100 Gigabit Ethernet switch sales pace growth of market in '15, Comcast Business partners with AWS, and Nomadix deploys Deep Packet Inspection platform.
March 22, 2016 22 Mar'16
Managing Internet of Things risks

This week, bloggers explore management for Internet of Things risks, layered protocol stacks and TELoIP's SD-WAN offering.
March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16
AT&T reveals details of ECOMP SDN platform

AT&T is seeking developer input in deciding whether to open source its ECOMP SDN platform for self-service networking.
March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16
Architectural firm explains move to cloud-based data storage

Growing through staff adds and acquisition forced a global architectural design firm to examine where and how it stores data files. The answer lay in cloud-based data storage.
March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16
Mad about microsegmentation

The tech industry seems fixated breaking things apart into ever-smaller units for greater levels of "granularity." Traditional standalone applications are maligned as "monoliths" that must be broken apart in to their component pieces, or "...
March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16
AWS ushers in new era of cloud-native applications

This week, bloggers explore the arrival of cloud-native applications and platforms, as well as recap the 2016 RSA Conference and assess a new SD-WAN security offering that says no to MPLS.
March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16
Microsoft open tech promises switch hardware independence

The latest Microsoft open tech takes the brains of data center networking out of proprietary switches and places it in hardware-agnostic software.
March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16
Hybrid cloud still an unfulfilled goal for most

Storage vendors often talk about this being a transformation period in storage. EMC, whose executives use that term as much as anybody, conducted an analysis of its customers to see just where they ...
March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16
HPE turns 3PAR array from all-flash to hybrid

For years we’ve seen storage vendors take systems designed for hard disk drives (HDDs) and add solid-state drives (SSDs) to them. Now Hewlett Packard Enterprise is taking hardware that ran all SSDs ...
March 14, 2016 14 Mar'16
Pure FlashBlade tackles scale-out unstructured data

Pure Storage launches a blade-based, scale-out unstructured data all-flash system that handles NAS and object storage. The vendor also brings out an entry-level version of its SAN flash array.
March 11, 2016 11 Mar'16
Violin Memory receives no offers, makes few sales in Q4

Violin Memory finished its hunt for a buyer without a deal. It did land a few partnerships, while shedding a quarter of its workforce and closing few sales of its all-flash storage arrays. Violin ...
March 09, 2016 09 Mar'16
Survey shows how early adopters define SDN

In this week's blog roundup, a survey of early adopters offers insights into the evolving definition of SDN, and several service providers join an SDN alliance.
March 08, 2016 08 Mar'16
Enterprise software agreements shape SaaS use

This week bloggers address enterprise software agreements and SaaS, the case of SD-WAN and HPE's expected entry into the hyper-converged infrastructure market.
March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16
ONUG hosts SDN hackathon to jump-start network automation

The Open Networking User Group is hosting the first ONUG Grand Challenge Hackathon, with the goal of encouraging the development of new automation applications.
March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16
Serro unveils new open source SDN framework, AuSM

Serro releases its new open source SDN framework, AuSM, to link up network and monitoring tools via API.
March 03, 2016 03 Mar'16
Brocade VP: Flash spurs coordinated Gen 6 Fibre Channel launch

Brocade, QLogic and Broadcom coordinated this week’s shipments of the first switches and adapters to support Gen 6 Fibre Channel storage networking technology. We caught up with Jack Rondoni, vice ...
March 03, 2016 03 Mar'16
Pure Storage accelerates flash revenue

Pure Storage is looking at more competition and more opportunity than ever, and handling both well. The all-flash vendor bucked industry trends by growing revenue significantly last quarter despite ...
March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16
Mulling the network impact of the Internet of Things

This week, bloggers examine the network impact of IoT, tackle RSA Conference priorities and how to use MS Visio for network diagramming.
March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16
Cisco NFV platform could become a 'game changer' for customers

The new Cisco NFV software stack will eventually run on any Intel-based x86 server.

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