Virtualization


SolarWinds Network Management Refresh Adds SDN Monitoring

SolarWinds announced a refresh of its network management offerings that adds monitoring of software-defined networking systems, adding support for Cisco's ACI initiative and new anomaly detection capabilities.

A First Look at Azure Ultra SSD

Paul Schnackenburg examines the current storage options for Azure IaaS VMs, as well as the new offering, Ultra SSD, released in preview at Ignite 2018.

Ethernet Market Peaks, Despite 'Software-Defined' Movement

Despite the advent of open, game-changing movements like software-defined networking and network functions virtualization, the Ethernet switch and router markets reached an all-time high, new research indicates.

Members Review ONF Next-Gen Networking Reference Designs

The Open Networking Foundation released for membership review the draft versions of reference designs being developed to help advance open source solutions based on next-gen techniques like software-defined networking.

How To Install and Use the VMware Photon OS, Part 3: Testing the NetropyVE WAN Emulator

The final part of this three-part series shows you not only how to disable the firewall using netcat and iperf, but how to test Apposite's new virtual WAN emulator.

Versa Networks Teams Up for AWS Cloud Service

Versa Networks is working with several industry partners to offer secure software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) solutions tailored to work with the Amazon Web Services cloud.

Cisco Forecasts Exploding SD-WAN Traffic

Cisco has released its big annual Visual Networking Index report, which forecasts a huge rise in IP traffic, much of it driven by the exploding software-defined wide-area network market.

Oracle Buys into SD-WAN Market

Further proof that the software-defined wide-area networking space is leading the software-centric transformation comes with the news that Oracle is buying Talari Networks, a leading vendor in the arena.

How To Install and Use the VMware Photon OS, Part 2: Adding a User

Part two of this three-part series shows you how to add a user to Photon OS and enable it to respond to pings from other systems.

Riverbed Sees SD-WAN Routing Upgrade Taming Complex Networks

Riverbed announced a new SD-WAN solution that it says uses enhancements such as an improved core routing stack to tackle the growing complexity of modern networks.

Cisco Seeks Secure SD-WAN

Cisco is seeking to integrate more security into its offering for the exploding SD-WAN space with a multi-prong effort based on new hardware and software initiatives.

How To Install and Use the VMware Photon OS

This first article of a three-part series on Photon OS steps you through how to install and use the lightweight Linux distribution as a base OS for your Linux project.

What You Missed at VMworld 2018 Europe

Barcelona included some eye-catching tech.

Cloud-Based Enterprise WAN Service Promises MPLS Performance

Teridion claims to further tip the balance in favor of the software-defined approach with its new enterprise offering that it says is the industry's first cloud-based WAN service to match the reliability and performance of legacy WAN technologies.

MEF Defines an SD-WAN Service

Networking industry association MEF is officially defining what makes up a software-defined wide-area-network, one of the most popular areas of the transformative shift from hardware-based to software-based networking.

Running Android on Windows 10

You can run VMware Horizon Client for Android with the latest release of BlueStacks.

5 Hottest Technologies at NetApp Insight 2018

This year, NetApp laid out a roadmap for its future and educated its customers about its existing product line.

SD-WAN Report: It's All About Security

Organizations rolling out software-defined wide-area network solutions report increased network security is the main achievement of such deployments, according to survey results just published by Barracuda Networks.

Versa SD-WAN Integrates with Microsoft Virtual WAN

The solution lets organizations connect their branch networks to the Azure cloud with SD-WAN and Virtual Private Network devices, enjoying automatic connectivity and configuration management.

Upgrading to vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 U1

A near-feature-complete vSphere Client and other new features are included in the most recent update to VCSA.

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