 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Is "shelter  in place" really the right answer?
                    
			            - By Jon William  Toigo
- 07/25/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Chris Wolf's transition from observer to participant.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A look back at some of the more memorable events that took place at VMworld over the years.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    An intriguing player in the cloud management space.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 07/22/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A joint effort among open software-defined networking organizations has resulted in a new leaf-spine datacenter fabric leveraging commodity white-box hardware and open source technologies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    When  considering a move to the cloud for your precious data, keep these gotchas in  mind.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    For all-HPE shops, it's a good fit. Others will have to look more carefully.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 07/21/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Our experts put themselves in the CEO's shoes for the keynote address.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    How will the virtualization leader respond?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cloud backup is expanded.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 07/19/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Continuing its support of new transformative technologies such as software-defined networking and network functions virtualization, AT&T launched a new service, Network Functions on Demand. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The programs are aimed at a high-level technical audience.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Current Analysis published new research on network functions virtualization -- "the most important transformation that the network industry has undertaken in its history" -- that names Netcracker Technology as the "leader" in NFV Management and Orchestration. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Many things have changed --  and not changed -- since 2009.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 07/14/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Until they're boring, they won't go  mainstream.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    AT&T will open source the homegrown software platform powering its software-centric network that leverages SDN and NFV in the hope it will mature the fledgling technologies and become an industry standard. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    In another finding, vSphere continues to be the most-used hypervisor, followed by Hyper-V.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Glue Networks upgraded its software-defined networking orchestration platform, designed for organizations wishing to automate entire, existing multi-vendor networking architectures, from the datacenter to the LAN to the WAN.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    There are so many options out there; here's a quick guide to  finding the right ones.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company is combining  containers and microservices in interesting ways.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 07/05/2016