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                    Seen by some as competing for supremacy in the software-defined networking controller space, the ONOS Project and the OpenDaylight Project just released respective platforms within one day of another
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Observations from the show, and a fire drill.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Companies on the cutting edge of  virtualization.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company wants to compete with Amazon in the cloud.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has made a host of improvements to its core virtualization stack in the latest version of its flagship server. 
                    
			            - By Paul  Schnackenburg
- 09/20/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cross-cloud architecture, containers and Dell highlight the  show.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    SVA Software comes out of stealth mode.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 09/20/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    How did Azure get to be the No. 2 public cloud platform, and other questions for an Azure executive.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    As happens so often, the rhetoric does not  match the reality.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company changed focus more to collaboration than one-stop-shopping.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Strike the best balance between Hyper-V power and performance.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Rejecting the piecemeal pricing strategy is good for  customers.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 09/16/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    How it started, where it is, where it's going.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    With the maturation of software-defined networking in the enterprise, Arista switches will join HPE's FlexFabric and Altoline product lines.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The hyperconvergence vendor moves to generation 4.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 09/13/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The growing cloud divide that's separating SMB from enterprise.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Adding value through greater integration.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 09/12/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's official: Dell today completed its $67 billion acquisition of storage giant EMC and its controlling interest in VMware. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 09/07/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware more fully embraces non-VM solutions.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 08/31/2016