Virtualization


Alcatel-Lucent Claims First Carrier SDN Platform

Global communications company Alcatel-Lucent today unveiled what it claims to be the first unified software-defined networking platform for the service provider industry.

Citrix Pushes the 'Software-Defined Workspace'

Workspace Cloud gets its first public demonstration, at its Synergy conference.

Using vSphere 6 for VSAN and SSD Conversions

The newest version of VMware's flagship promises easier virtual HDD conversions. James puts that promise to the test.

Nuage Emphasizes SDN Partnerships

Software-defined networking company Nuage Networks continued to make moves to further its positioning in the open networking arena, forming partnerships and increasing its new-age networking portfolio.

PLUMgrid, Huawei Team Up for New-Age OpenStack Automation

With the goal of simplifying deployment of new-age networking technologies such as software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV), PLUMgrid Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. have teamed up to tackle OpenStack automation.

Google Offers 'Preemptible' Virtual Machines

They're cheap, but can be shut down without warning, and are automatically terminated after 24 hours.

Cloud OSes: Benefit or Bane?

Are you gaining flexibility or unwittingly setting yourself up for lock-in?

Software-Defined Storage Survey: Flash Storage Still Lagging

DataCore's survey has lots of valuable insights.

Pluribus Networks Demos New Open Fabric Virtualization

Visibility between software-defined networking virtualization overlays and physical infrastructure underlays is a continuing theme at the Open Networking User Group conference, most recently evidenced by news from Pluribus Networks.

Nuage Networks Addresses SDN Overlay/Underlay Visibility Problem

Nuage Networks today claimed it has addressed a major constraint to the adoption of software-defined networking (SDN) technologies: visibility between physical and virtualized networking layers.

Liquidware Labs Profile Unity 6.5 Beta Heats Up Application Layering Landscape

New features help it compete more directly with Horizon View.

Big Switch SDN Fabric Now Supports VMware NSX

Big Switch Networks today announced its upgraded software-defined networking offering now supports VMware NSX virtualization.

External Applications with VMware Horizon Workspace and SAML

How to leverage Security Assertion Markup Language to pass authentication information to Salesforce.

PLUMgrid Partners with Cumulus for Bare-Metal OpenStack SDN

PLUMgrid is partnering with Cumulus Networks to offer the benefits of software-defined networking in OpenStack environments running on bare-metal hardware.

Is VMware a One-Trick Pony?

Dan responds to questions about the virtualization giant's viability going forward.

Group Proves SDN Concept with Australia/U.S. Bridge

A team of open source networking industry players successfully implemented a software-defined networking (SDN) proof of concept by deploying a peering router between Australia and the United States.

VMware Incorporates New Docker Security Guidelines

A just-released benchmark lists 84 recommendations for securing Docker containers.

Software-Defined Storage: The Challenge of Finding a Niche

The new Atlantis product, Hyperscale, works with existing storage to make it more efficient.

Ciena To Buy Cyan for SDN, NFV Technology

Ciena Corp. is the latest networking vendor to eschew the homegrown route and buy its new-age technology outright, this time in the form of a $400 million acquisition of Cyan Inc.

Nano Server Featured in Windows Server 2016 Preview 2

Simplified upgrades is another feature, including rolling upgrades for Hyper-V.

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