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                    Oracle added to its software-defined networking (SDN) portfolio with today's unveiling of new Ethernet switches and virtual network services.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Public clouds, on the other hand, made significant gains in  the RightScale poll.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Avaya Inc. today unveiled a new software-defined networking (SDN) architecture, building on its fabric-based networking technologies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Public clouds also outpaced private cloud usage in the  informal, limited survey.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Reflecting an industry migration away from proprietary, locked-in networking solutions, Hewlett-Packard Co. will add to the ever-expanding universe of open, white box components, a key part of the new era of software-defined networking and network functions virtualization.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Springpath's SDDC solution isn't tied to any specific hardware platform.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 02/19/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Open Networking Foundation industry consortium formed to further the advancement of new-age software-defined networking technologies today announced a new open source software community and code repository.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The IT researcher adds a new security category to the Internet of  Things, called the Identity of Things.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A steadily expanding list of services is helping enterprises move operations to the cloud, and Amazon Web Services Inc. is at the top of that list, according to a new survey. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Several hurdles, including security, are keeping it from  full acceptance into production.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite analyst warnings about the dire threat that software-defined networking (SDN) poses to traditional networking kingpin Cisco Systems Inc., the new quarterly earnings report shows the company is doing just fine with its own SDN vision, Application Centric Infrastructure, thank you very much. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Of 140 respondents, just 5 percent aren't experiencing cloud  issues.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The open source OpenDaylight project is adding software-defined networking (SDN) internships in response to increased demand and has announced several new members to further its goal " to advance SDN and network functions virtualization (NFV)." 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    DH2i says its native Windows containers are superior.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 02/10/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Red Hat Inc. continues to form partnerships to position its OpenStack cloud platform as a leading contender in the new era of software-defined networking and network functions virtualization. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco Systems Inc.'s complicated relationship with the upstart software-defined networking (SDN) movement took another twist with new support for open standards overlay technology. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Scott, who served as Microsoft's CIO before coming to  VMware, starts his new job today.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    It also prevailed in a patent infringement case brought by Symantec.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- 02/06/2015
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new switch and software-defined networking (SDN) capabilities highlight enhancements to the Brocade VCS fabric portfolio announced today by Brocade.