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Feds Learn About Shifting to Software-Defined Networking

Move to SDN said inevitable in new world of mobility, social, Big Data and cloud computing.

Startup Puts WAN Twist on Software-Defined Networking

CloudGenix will apply SDN techniques to networks in distributed locations.

How To Configure VMDirectPath HBA in vSphere

On the rare instance you'll need exclusive access to a PCI device, you can isolate it via VMDirectPath HBA.

Oracle Solaris Gets Built-In Software-Defined Networking

Meet the modern OS, a 'cloud platform' with integrated virtualization and SDN.

Equinix Launches Multi Cloud Exchange

Equinix on Wednesday launched an exchange that will link its facilities to multiple cloud service providers.

Kaspersky Offers Balanced Security Approach for Virtual Environments

Kaspersky strives to hit the right mix of performance and protection when it comes to securing VMs.

The Internet of Things and Beyond: 5 Things We’ll Be Tracking for a Better Tomorrow

What the Internet of Things offers is this huge opportunity to build intelligent applications that can actively optimize and direct just about any system that is dynamically programmable. Here are the five types of things that are soon likely to be “sensorized” in your IT shop.

Developer Explains How To Design a Software-Defined Networking App

Andy Pearce last week posted about how he designed a proof-of-concept software-defined networking (SDN) app, which turned out to be a nontrivial assignment, even for a veteran networking developer with 20 years of experience.

Dell's Open Networking Vision Advances with Software-Defined Networking Partnership

Dell wants to let companies mix and match disaggregated networking hardware and software components as needed, taking advantage of virtualization and SDN.

Cloud Business Up, Up and Away for Citrix, Microsoft

The cloud business is more than just hype and hot air, as Citrix and Microsoft both report positive earnings in latest financial filings.

Next-Generation HP XP7 Storage Now Available

Through a combination of virtualized technologies, HP XP7 Storage purports to provide six 9s of uptime, providing customers with constant access and continuous disaster recovery protection.

Java Cloud Service Gets a Fix

Oracle's recent fix follows up an array of patches that were rolled into its quarterly Critical Patch Update.

Moka5 Launches M5 LivePC 'Vanguard'

Vanguard release uses client-side virtualization technology to enable Windows and Macs to run fully configured and secure.

vSphere Rakes It In for VMware

Revenue for the virtualization company continues to build on the strength of its hypervisor technology, but there's growing interest in its cloud services.

Software-Defined Storage Survey: Small Role for Flash Devices

A new survey of software-defined storage users that shows a surprisingly slow uptake of flash-based devices such as solid-state drives.

SteelFusion 3.0 Centralizes Data, Improves Performance for Remote Offices

Riverbed's latest converged infrastructure appliance fuses branch servers, storage, networking, and virtualization infrastructure into a single solution.

Intronis Expands Cloud Backup, Recovery Solution

Spring Release '14 adds physical imaging, Hyper-V support to backup repertoire.

One-Hop E-Mail Migration to the Cloud

Metalogix Email Migrator 3.0 lets you migrate e-mail from any vendor source to any cloud, including Office 365.

From Red Hat Summit: Docker Collab, PaaS Marketplace

Red Hat details its work with Docker to streamline app delivery, and plans to launch an OpenShift Marketplace.

Software-Defined Networking Studies Tease Tidbits of Information

Costing up to thousands of dollars, research firm reports about the exploding software-defined networking technology aren't usually available to most folks. However, the firms sometimes tease the reports with interesting tidbits of information that, taken together, can provide a snapshot of the industry and where it's heading.

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