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			            - By Rick  Vanover
- 05/13/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Almost one-third of networking pros expect to adopt SDN by end of next year, but nearly 40 percent think it's undefinable.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    'Standing still is not really an option.'
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Veteran software architect explains how he developed an educational SDN app.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix Workspaces, a new suite that is likely to replace XenApp and XenDesktop down the road for most users, gets a thorough looking-over by attendees at this year's Citrix Synergy event taking place in Anaheim, Calif. this week. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 05/07/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Move to SDN said inevitable in new world of mobility, social, Big Data and cloud computing.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    CloudGenix will apply SDN techniques to networks in distributed locations.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    On the rare instance you'll need exclusive access to a PCI device, you can isolate it via VMDirectPath HBA. 
                    
			            - By Rick  Vanover
- 05/01/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Meet the modern OS, a 'cloud platform' with integrated virtualization and SDN.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Equinix on Wednesday launched an exchange that will link its facilities to multiple cloud service providers.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 05/01/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Kaspersky strives to hit the right mix of performance and protection when it comes to securing VMs.
                    
			            - By Christa  Ayer
- 04/30/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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. 
                    
			            - By Mike  Matchett
- 04/30/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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 wants to let companies mix and match disaggregated networking hardware and software components as needed, taking advantage of virtualization and SDN.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The cloud business is more than just hype and hot air, as Citrix and Microsoft both report positive earnings in latest financial filings. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 04/24/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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. 
                    
			            - By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 04/23/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle's recent fix follows up an array of patches that were rolled into its quarterly Critical Patch Update. 
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- 04/23/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Vanguard release uses client-side virtualization technology to enable Windows and Macs to run fully configured and secure.
                    
			            - By Wendy A. Hernandez
- 04/22/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Revenue for the virtualization company continues to build on the strength of its hypervisor technology, but there's growing interest in its cloud services. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 04/22/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new survey of software-defined storage users that shows a surprisingly slow uptake of flash-based devices such as solid-state drives.