10 GbE switches set to lose share this year as 40, 100 GbE switches gain...
For the first time since their debut on the market in the mid-2000s, 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches are set to lose share in the networking industry this year as service providers and hyperscale...
View ArticleSD-WAN: What it is and why you’ll use it one day
Managing the Wide Area Network (WAN) for Redmond Inc., a supplier of industrial and commercial products – from salt that’s used to protect winter roadways to organic dairy products and health items –...
View ArticleWhy Cisco’s new intent-based networking could be a big deal
Cisco has announced hardware and software capabilities that use machine learning to provide advanced network automation The system allows users to express policies and includes a software platform that...
View ArticleWhat is intent-based networking?
Cisco this week jumped head-first into the intent-based networking market, saying the technology that uses machine learning and advanced automation to control networks could be a “paradigm” shift in...
View ArticleAzure Stack: Microsoft’s private-cloud platform and what IT pros need to know...
Microsoft’s release of Azure Stack, an on-premises version of its public cloud, could be important for networking and data center pros for one simple reason: It gives customers a way to use a popular...
View ArticleTop network monitoring software and visibility tools
If you need to know what’s happening in your network, these are the tools to use
View ArticleCisco brings its SDN to Amazon, Microsoft and Google’s public cloud
Today Cisco announced it is developing a way to integrate its software defined networking product named Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) with public clouds from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft...
View ArticleJuniper to buy advanced threat protection security startup Cyphort
Juniper today announced intentions to acquire Cyphort, a Santa Clara-based startup that offers an advanced threat detection, analytics and mitigation platform. Juniper says it will integrate Cyphort’s...
View ArticleGE CIO: Machines will tell humans what to do, not the other way around
GE CIO Jim Fowler outlines his vision of connected machines and advanced analytics creating tangible economic impact
View ArticleVMware jumps into SD-WAN with VeloCloud purchase
VMware to plans to buy VeloCloud, challenging Cisco in the fast-growing software-defined WAN market.
View ArticleWhy 2018 will be the year of the WAN
Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) technology is sweeping across the industry, growing from an emerging technology in 2017 to become mainstream in 2018. As SD-WAN deployments become ubiquitous for...
View ArticleVMware targets cloud and container networking with latest NSX-T launch
VMware today released a new version of its NSX virtual networking software that aims to make it easier to manage network requirements of cloud-native and application container-based applications. The...
View ArticleInside Cisco’s DNA Center – the dashboard for intent based networking
Intent based networking (IBN) is Cisco’s big push for the future of network management. Here’s an inside look at DNA Center – Cisco’s IBN software, and specifically its use case for automating...
View ArticleWhat is fog computing? Connecting the cloud to things
Fog computing extends the concept of cloud computing to the network edge, making it ideal for internet of things (IoT) and other applications that require real-time interactions.
View ArticleWhat is a private cloud? (And some things that it's not)
Here's a clear definition of private cloud that should help lift some of misconceptions about what private cloud is and is not, and reaffirm that private cloud is definitely not dead.
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