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Cisco sheds set-top box business to develop cloud-based video delivery

Cisco is selling its set-top box and cable modem business as pay TV delivery shifts to cloud-based video.

By Antone Gonsalves • July 24, 2015

ICYMI: Masergy expands cloud marketplace with Microsoft Azure

Masergy has added the Microsoft Azure cloud platform to its cloud marketplace, while Sonus demonstrated that its SDN controller can be used with Skype for Business.

By James Maimonis • July 23, 2015

VMware NSX sales a positive sign for SDN market

VMware has reported growing NSX sales, the latest indicator that the SDN market has momentum. Rival Cisco has also reported rising SDN platform sales.

By Antone Gonsalves • July 23, 2015

SN blogs: Hybrid approach to corporate WAN merits study

This week, analysts examine the advantage of hybrid WANs and discuss the emergence of Microsoft as a viable MDM provider.

By Chuck Moozakis • July 23, 2015

News recap: Wi-Fi Aware to connect nearby smartphones

New Wi-Fi Aware will enable smartphones within close proximity to communicate with each other; a new program will provide Internet access to public housing residents.

By James Maimonis • July 22, 2015

Plexxi aims low-latency switch at emerging workloads

Plexxi launched a low-latency switch that's suitable for high-frequency financial trading. The Switch 2 Series is also aimed at analytics applications and cloud data centers.

By Antone Gonsalves • July 17, 2015

SDN blogs: SD-WAN may be the answer to your problems

This week, experts discuss software-defined WANs as an alternative to traditional wide area networks. And one startup is looking to make data centers more efficient.

By James Maimonis • July 17, 2015

IEEE group advocates random MAC addresses for Wi-Fi security

An IEEE group advocates random MAC addresses for increased Wi-Fi security, while networking pros say enterprise security isn't strong enough for moving applications to the cloud.

By James Maimonis • July 15, 2015

Is there an SDN open source alternative to NSX?

VMware's NSX and Cisco's ACI platforms have gotten the most attention in the SDN space, but is there room for open source alternatives?

By Stephen Bigelow • July 14, 2015

Extreme adds muscle to Wi-Fi appliances

Extreme Networks introduces Wi-Fi appliances that can manage considerably more access points than previous versions.

By Antone Gonsalves • July 14, 2015

ICYMI: International carriers deploying SDN technologies

In this week's SDN news, international telecom and Internet providers are deploying SDN technologies, while AT&T is testing a new software-defined storage platform.

By James Maimonis • July 14, 2015

What are data center-class switches?

Choosing the right switch for your data center can be a difficult task. This article looks at how data center-class switches are evolving in the enterprise to offer flexibility and speed for new traffic flows.

By Andrew Froehlich • June 8, 2015

Ethernet switch market to hit $25 billion; Verizon feels mobile carrier war

In telecom news, the Ethernet switch market is expected to reach $25 billion, while Verizon's Q4 report shows the impact of mobile carrier competition.

By Katherine Finnell • Jan. 28, 2015

Three ways to measure wireless network performance

Trying to find ways to assess your wireless network performance? Here are some tools that can help.

By Lee Badman • Oct. 17, 2014

With MPLS-TP and SDN, a simpler dynamic control plane

MPLS-TP transforms carrier networks for packet switching, but SDN could take it a step further. Combining the technologies, engineers could reduce complexity in the dynamic control plane and gain flexible service creation.

By David Jacobs • Oct. 8, 2014

Answering common VMware NSX platform questions

VMware's network virtualization product promises both flexibility and security in one of the few areas where innovation has lagged in the data center.

By Tom Walat • Sept. 29, 2014

active sensor

An active sensor is a device with a transmitter that sends out a signal, light wavelength or electrons to be bounced off a target, with data gathered by the sensor upon their reflection. Active sensors contrast with passive sensors, which simply detect and respond to some type of input from the physical environment.

By TechTarget Contributor • Sept. 4, 2014

passive sensor

Passive sensor technologies gather target data through the detection of vibrations, light, radiation, heat or other phenomena occurring in the subject’s environment.  They contrast with active sensors, which include transmitters that send out a signal, a light wavelength or electrons to be bounced off the target, with data gathered by the sensor upon their reflection.

By TechTarget Contributor • Sept. 4, 2014

VMware NSX locks network security down with micro-segmentation

At VMworld 2014, VMware highlighted the network security benefits of NSX, with micro-segmentation that makes every VM an island.

By Shamus McGillicuddy • Aug. 25, 2014

F5 BIG-IQ meets VMware NSX for L4-7 orchestration

Cloud architects can now automate the instantiation of F5 network services on VMware NSX networks through new F5 BIG-IP integration with NSX.

By Shamus McGillicuddy • Aug. 25, 2014

Umpqua Bank employs NSX, micro-segmentation for enterprise security

Umpqua Bank's Sam Guidice tells how the organization deployed VMware's NSX as part of its effort to utilize micro-segmentation for enterprise security.

By Michelle McNickle • Aug. 20, 2014

Network programming skills from scripting to DevOps: What to learn

Networking pros don't need to become code monkeys, but a little network programming can go a long way toward advancing their careers.

By Shamus McGillicuddy • Aug. 1, 2014

How Apple iOS MAC address spoofing affects location-based services

Apple iOS 8 will add a MAC address spoofing feature to iPhones and iPads for wireless privacy. It could interfere with Wi-Fi location-based services used by many consumer-facing businesses.

By Gina Narcisi • July 17, 2014

Arista switch pioneers 100 GbE uplinks in top-of-rack

Arista announced top-of-rack 7280E with 100 GbE uplinks. It also released an optic that allows a migration from 10 to 40 GbE without a fiber upgrade.

By Shamus McGillicuddy • July 15, 2014

Will MPLS traffic engineering technology help you?

MPLS traffic engineering can improve VPN performance to ensure data travels the most efficient path.

By Robert Sturt • July 10, 2014