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                    A just-released benchmark lists 84 recommendations for securing Docker containers.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The new Atlantis product, Hyperscale, works with existing  storage to make it more efficient.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 05/07/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A three-hour keynote touched on a bit of everything, including Microsoft Azure, Windows and security.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 05/05/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Ciena Corp. is the latest networking vendor to eschew the homegrown route and buy its new-age technology outright, this time in the form of a $400 million acquisition of Cyan Inc. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Simplified upgrades is another feature, including rolling upgrades for Hyper-V.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Taking his place will be Chuck Robbins, senior V.P. of worldwide operations.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- 05/04/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Do you know where all your workloads are?
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 05/04/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's cloud optimized, and 20 times smaller than Server Core.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Next-generation networking company InterCloud Systems Inc. launched a new platform to orchestrate NFV technologies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Its main new features revolve around greater scalability.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Extreme Networks this week announced enhancements to its software-defined networking portfolio, including integration with Skype for Business.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Mobile apps have the  ability to personalize a customer's experience, but be warned: they can also  have unanticipated negative effects.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 04/30/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco Systems Inc. will add threat detection to its Application Centric Infrastructure, the company's alternative to the new software-defined networking movement. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The key to that future is Universal Windows apps.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/29/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    AWS is worth between $48 billion - $69 billion, according to some estimates.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/29/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Telecommunications giant Verizon announced today it's evolving its network by implementing  a new software-defined networking (SDN) architecture.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    HP unveiled hardware and software to bring the benefits of software-defined networking (SDN) to campus systems supporting the demands of mobile-ready workplaces.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is also ramping up for big events, like Build and Ignite.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware, Microsoft announcements hint at the future for admins.