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• February 29, 2016 29 Feb'16

  Versa Networks updates software-defined security offerings

  Versa Networks says new security features will help providers create safer branch networks; SDN could make medical devices more secure; and Aryaka claimed two SDN-related patents.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Could OpenConfig resolve automation struggles?

  SDN bloggers consider the need for standard network models, why simplicity rules in buying decisions and how automation cut a five-week configuration project to four minutes.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Cisco NFV technology targeted at mobile carriers

  Introduced at Mobile World Congress, the latest Cisco NFV technology is an all-in-one package of computing, storage and networking infrastructure.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Fiber Mountain Glass Core embraces Layer 1 devices, software

  In the world of SDN, Layers 2 and 3 tend to take all the glory. But Fiber Mountain's Glass Core architecture puts the focus on the physical layer for the first time.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Casado departure not expected to hurt VMware SDN tech plans

  SDN pioneer Martin Casado is leaving VMware, and analysts say the departure is unlikely to affect VMware's SDN tech strategy.

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• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  New Verizon service uses Viptela SD-WAN technology

  Verizon has rolled out a managed SD-WAN service using technology from startup Viptela, in addition to a similar service using Cisco IWAN, which it introduced last year.

• February 25, 2016 25 Feb'16

  CSPs spend a lot on storage to enable the cloud

  Nearly one third of cloud service providers spend more than 10% of their revenue on storage while 46% of them spend five to 10 percent of their revenue on storage, according to a survey conducted ...

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  Security company uses SDN framework to fight DDoS attacks

  Cybersecurity company Nexusguard said it implemented SDN technology to fight large DDoS attacks -- automating routing decisions and scaling network resources.

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  5G wireless standards years away but 5G testing moves ahead

  The competition is on for 5G wireless dominance at Mobile World Congress as carriers beef up their fiber networks a la Verizon's XO deal, and AT&T rolls out landline texting.

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  Citrix, F5 tackle wireless data traffic with mobile ADC

  Citrix and F5 Networks have each launched a mobile ADC that helps carriers manage growing wireless data traffic.

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  Arista: Demand for 25/50 Gigabit Ethernet switches to rise

  Arista Networks expects sales of its new 25/50 Gigabit Ethernet switches to pick up this year after a slow start.

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  Michael Dell: 'Ignore click-baiting cratering media'

  Michael Dell and other Dell executives have told employees the $67 billion acquisition of EMC will go through despite reports that his group is having trouble securing financing for the deal. Dell ...

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Windows workloads leap to cloud

  Regardless of hype, there are quite a few areas where cloud remains very much a work in progress. Take cloud bursting. This has long been IT's holy grail for cloud -- the ability to seamlessly expand capacity constrained workloads to outside of your...

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Avi launches ADC for containerized applications

  Startup Avi Networks has built into its application delivery controller support for containerized applications found in public and private clouds.

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  EMC launches VxRail VSAN-based hyper-converged appliance

  EMC replaces Vspex Blue with VxRail, integrating the new version of VMware's Virtual SAN software on four-node hyper-converged appliances.

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  VMware cloud management platform targets hybrid cloud

  This week, bloggers touch on VMware's cloud management platform for legacy businesses, Arctic Wolf's security service that blends humans and software, and next-gen data centers.

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Vendors, analysts guess future of data storage in 2016

  After Rich Castagna offered his look at the future of data storage in 2016, vendors and analysts shared their guesses on what will happen this year.

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Zadara Storage Inc. VPSA OPaaS 15.07

  Zadara Storage's Virtual Private Storage Array (VPSA) On-Premise as a Service (OPaaS) offers on-demand, enterprise-grade block and file storage, based on OpenStack technology.

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Data Dynamics Inc. StorageX 7.6

  Judges found the 2015 upgrade to Data Dynamics Inc. StorageX file management software brought significant improvements including extended integration and added features.

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance

  The Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance is integrated with RMAN and Oracle Enterprise Manager and is designed to drastically reduce data-loss exposure.

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  Analytics as a service offers hindsight, insight and foresight

  As cloud-based analytics as a service explodes in popularity, decision makers can scrutinize the past for trends and contemplate predictions for the future.

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  Panzura Global File System gets management upgrade

  Panzura builds a new console that centralizes maintenance for its controllers and Global File System. The Google Maps-based monitoring and reporting tool manages cloud storage.

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  Juniper targets DCI technology market for growth

  Juniper Networks sees sales growth in metro networks and the DCI technology market.

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  2016 CIO top priorities revealed in survey

  This week, CIO top priorities revealed, Juniper Networks acquires BTI Systems -- an optical networking firm -- and Netronome introduces Agilio.

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Commvault takes a revenue leap forward

  Is Commvault back on track? The backup vendor snapped a string of four quarters of year-over-year revenue declines when it reported of $155.7 million last quarter, up 2% from the previous year. ...

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Hyper-converged vendor Gridstore picks up funding for expansion

  Gridstore closed a $19 million funding round today with plans to substantially expand engineering and sales of its all-flash hyper-converged systems built for Microsoft Hyper-V. The round brings ...

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Stop looking for an SDN definition, says networking pro

  In this SDN blogs roundup, an expert says deploying SDN is more important than defining it; an SDN company gets Google's attention; and the brite box turns 2.

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Riverbed acquires Ocedo to move faster in SD-WAN market

  Riverbed plans to use its recent acquisition of Ocedo to quicken the pace of delivering products in the SD-WAN market.

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  The 2016 MI Impact Awards

  It's January, people, and you know what that means -- awards season! Not one to be left out of the party, Modern Infrastructure is happy to announce the winners of its third annual Impact Awards, where readers, industry experts and editors weigh in ...

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  Caringo adds support for Microsoft Azure to its Swarm software

  Caringo has expanded its Swarm object storage to Microsoft Azure. The company recently said its object storage software, which already has Amazon S3 support, now is available on the Azure cloud so ...

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  Cisco leads, HPE gains in key tech infrastructure markets

  Cisco led in six of seven key tech infrastructure markets last year, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise gained strength in several of the sectors, a research firm reported.

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Patch offered for breach in Juniper firewalls

  This week, a patch becomes available for Juniper firewalls, analysts parse IT employment statistics for 2015 and Aruba deploys 802.11ac for the U.S. Army.

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Cisco targets shadow IT with online cloud security broker

  Cisco has launched a cloud security broker that finds, monitors and analyzes employee use of online services.

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  The 'sad state' of enterprise network architecture

  This week, bloggers explore enterprise network architecture challenges, the increasing danger of exploit kits and how best to oversee private cloud management.

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  First 802.11ad products shipping soon for wireless office

  A Qualcomm Wi-Fi chipset scheduled for release this year will power 802.11ad products designed for the wireless office.

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Enterprise hard disk/hybrid storage systems: 2015 Products of the Year finalists

  The 14 finalists in the hard disk/hybrid storage systems category of the 2015 Products of the Year competition blend flash configurations with traditional spinning media.

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Looking ahead at NFV trends in 2016

  In our latest roundup of posts from SDN blogs, analysts explore network functions virtualization trends, SD-WAN adoption rates and software-defined security tools.

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Cisco heading again to hyper-converged hardware market

  Cisco has reportedly partnered with Springpath in developing hyper-converged hardware for the data center.

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Companies use caution with cloud file sync and share

  Though nearly half of companies are using cloud file sync-and-share services, those who aren't using it have taken a wait-and-see approach.

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Recent trends in IT networking: One observer's view

  In this week's SN blog roundup, analysts explore recent trends in IT, the Juniper breach and next-generation firewalls.

• December 29, 2015 29 Dec'15

  SDN development gets serious in 2016

  Next year is expected to be a breakout year for SDN development, as a large number of enterprises and service providers take their projects into production.

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Backup appliance revenue up slightly

  Worldwide factory revenues for backup appliances grew 2.2 percent year-over-year in the third quarter this year, with revenue totaling $813.6 million, according to International Data Corp.'s ...

• December 22, 2015 22 Dec'15

  Hack in Juniper firewalls spurs investigation

  ICYMI: A serious breach in Juniper firewalls spurs industry and government reaction; Gartner names three APM leaders; and Savvius targets twin-stream packet capture for WLAN device.

• December 22, 2015 22 Dec'15

  SDN trends: All eyes on SD-WAN; open SDN's path unclear

  Our most-read SDN news stories of the year reveal a collective obsession with SD-WAN, as well as a strong interest in the future of open SDN.

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  Learn SDN with the pros: Top expert pieces from 2015

  Continuing our list of the most-read expert contributions of 2015, software-defined networking pros tackle questions on SD-WAN, NFV, OpenFlow and more.

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  SDN learning: Top expert advice of 2015

  You've got SDN questions, and we've got answers. Covering topics ranging from SD-WAN to NFV, here is the most-read advice from SearchSDN's experts this year.

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Data center forecast calls for DCI, containers

  A data center forecast by 451 Research predicts demand for data center interconnect services to blossom.

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Taking a look at network automation tools to ease oversight

  This week, bloggers explore network automation tools, how vendors must promote disaggregated switching and if it's time for a networking version of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  Ethernet switch market makes gains

  IDC probes the Ethernet switch market, Gigamon improves network visibility and Riverbed survey of 900 IT illustrates application performance fears.

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  Amazon Route 53 adds Traffic Flow, beats most prices

  AWS shops are excited to see Amazon Route 53 add Traffic Flow, though there are also third-party products on the market that offer similar features.

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  System management vendors target full-stack oversight

  This week, bloggers explore a new breed of system management vendors, networking takeaways from the VTech breach, and endpoint detection and response.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Cisco seeks to please customers in SDN framework update

  Cisco has launched an update of its SDN framework. The latest features stem from customer demands for broader support for non-Cisco technologies.

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Aruba Sensor takes tracking beacons to other Wi-Fi networks

  Aruba's new Sensor product makes it possible to use the company's indoor tracking beacons on third-party Wi-Fi networks.

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Making packet editing effective

  In this week's blog roundup, networking analysts explore effective packet editing, cite some significant trends in networking and discuss the evolution of BYOD policies.

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  OPNFV: Nearly 60% of telecom pros exploring NFV

  A survey shows more than half of telecom pros are considering NFV; Talari focuses on financing SD-WAN; and Platform9 broadens private cloud management.

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Cisco launches open tech for containerized applications

  Cisco has launched an open source project, called Contiv, to build technology that automates the use of security, storage and networking in cloud-based containerized applications.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Ericsson Cisco venture disruptive?

  This week bloggers explore how the Ericsson Cisco venture may affect SDN and NFV, data center automation and Extreme Networks' Wave 2 APs.

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  IT service management should precede SDN automation

  This week, bloggers explore the role of IT service management in SDN automation, Juniper's disaggregation of Junos software and complications of modern networks.

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Aerohive API platform delivers business application data

  Aerohive has unveiled an API platform that delivers wireless network data to business application developers.

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  New Midokura release works with container software

  Midokura released a new version of Midokura Enterprise MidoNet at the OpenStack summit in Tokyo, with support for OpenStack Liberty, Ubuntu OpenStack and containers.

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  When to use a packet capture appliance

  This week, analysts explore best cases for packet capture appliance use, network automation and "worst practices" in network security.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  A who's who of white box switch vendors

  White box networking gives IT organizations more freedom of choice for network hardware and OSes. It's a young and changing market, with a mix of vendor involvement.

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Future of VMware depends on its cloud-native strategy

  In this week's SDN blog post roundup, an expert assesses the future of VMware, and other bloggers take us to the Kubernetes and IETF conferences.

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  Massive tax bill increases uncertainty in Dell-EMC deal

  Dell's deal to buy EMC and VMware for $67 billion is in doubt after revelations that the company could face a $9 billion tax bill, forcing some uncertain IT buyers to look elsewhere.

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  NIA: Midokura's open source MidoNet doesn't hold back

  Midokura wins this month's Network Innovation Award for MidoNet Community Edition, an open source version of its flagship product.

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Riverbed SteelCentral shines new light on application insight

  Riverbed updates SteelCentral for more application insight; Broadcom expands switch analytics; Cisco adds to its security portfolio; and Akamai intros a WAN service to cloud providers

• November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15

  Juniper pricing to reflect industry shift to software

  Juniper pricing for networking products is changing, as the company prepares to become a software business, moving away from per-port pricing.

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Is SD-WAN the future of WAN networks?

  In this week's blog roundup, analysts assess the future of SD-WAN networks, bimodal networking and look into the HP split.

• November 03, 2015 03 Nov'15

  Juniper Cloud CPE to speed up LAN deployments

  Juniper Networks has launched Juniper Cloud CPE, a software-based router designed to help service providers reduce the time to deliver LAN services to the enterprise.

• November 03, 2015 03 Nov'15

  ExtraHop 5.0 bolsters IT operations analytics

  The latest iteration of ExtraHop's IT operations analytics platform makes search easier and adds historical data.

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  When will enterprises be ready to use SDN?

  After years of hype, high-profile mergers and proven use cases, enterprises hesitated to use SDN. Is it finally time for it to secure a spot in mainstream networks?

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Greenfield vs. brownfield data center development strategies

  Don't count out that old, empty department store that hasn't seen customers in a decade -- data center brownfield developments bring new life to these types of abandoned buildings.

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  ONOS project hits 11,000 downloads in first year

  This week, ONOS appoints a community manager; Pluribus demonstrates a hyper-converged infrastructure; Oracle launches a cloud-deployable signaling router.

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  IBM innovation exec bets on SD-WAN cloud startup

  Linda Bernardi, IBM chief innovation and disruption officer and VeloCloud advisory board member, said she thinks the SD-WAN cloud startup holds the key to better connectivity.

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Latest Cisco acquisitions touch analytics, security, cloud

  Cisco acquisitions of ParStream, Lancope and 1 Mainstream reflect the company's view of how networking is evolving.

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Intel NFV: Company eyes virtualized networking market

  In our latest roundup of SDN blogs, analysts explore Intel's expansion into networking, visibility in virtualized environments and the cost benefits of deploying SD-WAN.

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  Lagrange boosts CloudMaestro for Web traffic management

  In this news roundup, Lagrange adds app support to CloudMaestro ADC; analysts assess converged infrastructure spending and FireEye, F5 team up.

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  Dell merger with EMC leaving customers cold?

  In this week's blogs: The Dell merger with EMC is making some customers worried; a new packet capture appliance wins praise.

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Changing needs of tech buyers rattle ADC market

  A new breed of tech buyer is demanding application delivery controllers geared toward mobile and cloud development.

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  The mistake that could make NFV MANO irrelevant

  In this week's round-up of blog posts from around the Web, an analyst takes a closer look at NFV management and orchestration (MANO), explaining why it could play second-fiddle to OpenStack.

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  The ultimate guide to Dell's EMC acquisition

  This guide to Dell's EMC acquisition covers all angles of the blockbuster deal -- from breaking news and expert feedback, to the long-term ramifications on the IT sector.

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Datagres PerfAccel 3.0 caching software ready to launch

  Datagres PerfAccel 3.0 resides on a host server to examine application I/O access patterns at the file-system level and boost the performance of underlying storage.

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Using threat intelligence feeds data before paying

  In this week's blogs, analysts consider threat intelligence feeds, Datiphy database security software and Riverbed's new approach to SD-WAN.

• October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15

  Riverbed jumping into SD-WAN market in 2016

  Riverbed plans a suite of SD-WAN services and products underpinned by new SteelHead OS.

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  Brocade makes the enterprise wireless network more open

  Brocade has partnered with two more Wi-Fi vendors to offer enterprise customers a more flexible wireless network.

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  HP rallies partners around OpenSwitch as Cisco replacement

  The HP-led OpenSwitch community is likely to attract the interest of large enterprises with Web-scale data centers.

• October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15

  Cisco Mobility Express aims to make wireless easier

  In this week's blogs, analysts discuss Cisco Mobility Express and examine whether enterprise networks can really handle an explosion of Internet of Things devices.

• October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15

  Connected Data Transporter trumps public cloud for users

  Customers Calvary Church and Look Photography needed a more cost-efficient file-sharing tool and found Connected Data Transporter did the trick.

• October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15

  Cisco to open SDN framework to nonpartner products

  Cisco is preparing to open up ACI, the company's SDN framework, to nonpartner products that provide Layer 4-7 network services.

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  There's more to switch software than SDN

  Hardware is still a critical component in data center networking equipment, but the influence of switch software shouldn't be overlooked.

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Utility watchdog deploys all-flash SolidFire storage array

  California Public Utilities Commission was stuck at about 80% server virtualization before adding all-flash SolidFire storage to remove latency problems.

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  SDN/NFV end-games, paths forward remain in flux

  In this week's blogs round-up, an analyst predicts that SDN/NFV will see decisive changes in 2016, while a blogger says open source SDN projects are gaining steam.

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  HP adds Pica8 to broaden use of Altoline SDN switch

  HP agrees to resell the Pica8 network operating system on the Altoline SDN switch.

• September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15

  Comcast to offer enterprise network management services

  Comcast enters the market for enterprise network management services as more large companies opt to have other businesses handle networking chores in data centers.

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  HP Enterprise to cut up to 30,000 jobs ahead of split

  A leaner, more nimble HP Enterprise will have as many as 30,000 fewer employees after the company splits in November.

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  Arista 25 GbE switches feed hungry hyperscale data centers

  Arista introduces a portfolio of 25/50/100 GbE switches to meet the increasing demand for more throughput in hyperscale data centers.

• September 15, 2015 15 Sep'15

  Latest Brocade ODL controller, apps ease use of open source in cloud

  Brocade has released an ODL controller upgrade and apps for building private and public clouds based on OpenDaylight and OpenStack.

• September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15

  IT jobs surge in upper Midwest, Rockies, led by Java

  IT jobs are being filled at the highest rate away from some of the traditional technology hotspots -- including many Midwestern states.

• September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15

  Security in SDN effort puts Fortinet in limelight

  Fortinet introduces a framework for security in SDN, as startups attract market spotlight.

• September 08, 2015 08 Sep'15

  External storage sales down as market shifts to hyperscale and server-based storage

  External storage sales are shrinking. The total worldwide enterprise storage systems factory revenue grew to an $8.8 billion during the second quarter of 2015, according to IDC. However, sales are ...