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			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 05/27/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    In this first installment on moving to a hybrid cloud, our fictional company decides on the cloud provider and creates  the infrastructure.
                    
			            - By Paul  Schnackenburg
- 05/22/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Huawei is making heavy use of software-defined networking technologies in several products announced this week at its annual conference, including a new cloud fabric architecture and an Internet of Things (IoT) solution.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Global communications company Alcatel-Lucent today unveiled what it claims to be the first unified software-defined networking platform for the service provider industry.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Workspace Cloud gets its first public demonstration, at its Synergy conference.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 05/20/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The newest version of VMware's flagship promises easier virtual HDD conversions. James puts that promise to the test.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    They're cheap, but can be shut down without warning, and are  automatically terminated after 24 hours.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Are you gaining flexibility or unwittingly setting yourself up for lock-in?
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 05/18/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    DataCore's survey has lots  of valuable insights.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 05/15/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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 today claimed it has addressed a major constraint to the adoption of software-defined networking (SDN) technologies: visibility between physical and virtualized networking layers.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    New features help it compete more directly with Horizon  View.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big Switch Networks today announced its upgraded software-defined networking offering now supports VMware NSX virtualization. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    How to leverage Security Assertion Markup  Language  to pass authentication information to Salesforce.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    PLUMgrid is partnering with Cumulus Networks to offer the benefits of software-defined networking in OpenStack environments running on bare-metal hardware. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dan responds to questions about the virtualization giant's  viability going forward.
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 05/11/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A just-released benchmark lists 84 recommendations for securing Docker containers.