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Report: SDN Needs Work at Higher Networking Levels

The emerging software-defined networking (SDN) technology needs to address higher-level networking functionalities in order to help enterprises realize their goal of reduced operating expenses, according to a report from F5 Networks Inc.

Citrix Unveils Workspace Cloud

The former Workspace Services gets a cloud makeover with a unified management UI.

New Software-Defined Networking Tool Announced

Open Virtual Network is aimed at users of Open vSwitch and the OpenStack cloud platform.

Fastest AWS EC2 Instances Hit General Availability

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. this week launched its newest EC2 instance category, C4, based on the Intel Haswell processor.

XenServer 6.5 Released

The latest iteration promises dramatic increases in I/O speeds.

Survey: Not So Fast on this SDN Thing

Amid the software-defined networking (SDN) hype and wide-ranging predictions about huge growth and imminent industry transformation comes data from a new Piper Jaffray survey indicating prognosticators may be a little too optimistic -- at least in terms of timing.

Report: Cloud Spending Nearly a Third of All IT Infrastructure Spending

The figures come via IDC's new quarterly cloud infrastructure tracker.

Red Hat Certification Caps Big SDN Year for Big Switch Networks

Big Switch Networks Inc. capped off a big year in the software-defined networking (SDN) industry by announcing its flagship networking fabric was awarded certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5, laying the groundwork for OpenStack cloud computing implementations.

AWS Pledges To Run Entirely on Renewable Energy

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. recently joined tech giants like Google Inc. and Apple Inc. in promising to run its datacenters solely on renewable energy.

AWS Expands Partner Program Benefits

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. announced a raft of enhancements to its AWS Partner Network (APN) during last week's re:Invent conference in Las Vegas.

Update of Open Shift PaaS Released by Red Hat

The company calls it "a unified development and operations experience."

Survey: Data Backup Still Lagging

Respondents expect the cloud to hold most of the industry's data within five years.

VMware Dangles $1,000 Carrot for vCloud Air

The company rolls out a "grand" strategy to draw customers to its hybrid cloud platform.

Docker Gets More Windows Love

Although not a full-fleged client, a new command-line interface may be a harbinger of things to come.

Amazon Launches Docker Container Service and 'AWS Lambda'

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. unveiled the Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) with Docker support on Thursday.

The 'Internet of Things' Set to Explode

Several analyst firms are predicting industry disruption, starting as early as 2015.

AWS Unveils 'Aurora' Database Engine, Other New Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. on Wednesday announced a number of new services during the opening keynote of its third-annual re:Invent conference, taking place this week in Las Vegas.

CompTIA: More than 90 Percent of Businesses Using Cloud

As companies go deeper into the cloud, the more difficult integration becomes, the study also finds.

AWS Launches New Cert for DevOps Engineers

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. on Thursday introduced a new DevOps certification for IT pros.

Midokura Open Sources Software-Defined Networking Product

MidoNet is used chiefly for SDN on the OpenStack cloud platform.

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