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View ArticleVMWare CTO: ‘Things need to change dramatically’ at networking companies
Sept. 9 - 10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale VMWare chief technology officer Stephen Herrod believes in a future filled with choices. And he thinks networking companies better start...
View ArticleIs “software-defined” just a new way to whitewash old products?
Sept. 9 - 10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale Jérôme Lecat is the chief executive of Scality. In the past year, we’ve seen technology companies offering software-defined networks,...
View ArticleCisco spends $475M on Intucell’s self-healing network software
If you deal in the esoteric art known as wireless data management, then you likely know this: Software-defined networking is in right now. Cisco knows this better than most. The networking titan is...
View ArticleBig Switch gets bigger with strategic investment from Intel
People may have trouble believing in Big Foot, but many believe in Big Switch. Network virtualization company Big Switch received a $6.5 million strategic investment from Intel Capital. Also referred...
View ArticleVMware acquires Virsto Software to boost its virtual storage capabilities
Just weeks after we reported a shift in strategy at VMware, the virtualization giant has announced its intent to acquire Virsto Software, a provider of storage performance optimization software....
View ArticleVMware to launch public cloud to fight Amazon & Nicira-based software-defined...
Sept. 9 - 10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale VMware picked an unusually busy day (new pope, new Android head, new Kickstarter record) to dump a...
View ArticleIntel aims to disrupt proprietary networks with software-defined open networks
Computer networking is the heart of the cloud data centers that power the Internet. But those networks are complicated, and they aren’t as open as they could be. Intel is attacking this problem — and...
View ArticleVMware’s networking push complicates its relationship with Cisco
Photo Illustration: Eric Blattberg (original image via Shutterstock)The VMware-Cisco relationship is under increasing strain following the reveal of VMware's NSX platform. Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood...
View ArticlePertino rolls out world’s first cloud network app store
PertinoPertino competes with software-defined networking vendors like VMware Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now Networking startup Pertino thinks there’s a hunger in the market for...
View ArticleWhat is application-centric infrastructure?
VKA / Shutterstock Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now With the launch of Cisco’s software-defined networking startup Insieme expected tomorrow, our industry is about to hear a lot...
View ArticleSequoia invests $33M in secretive networking startup Viptela
Bob Mical/FlickrA well used Cisco switch. For networking startup vIPtela, it's all about the software that can make switches work smarter.VMware’s $1.26 billion acquisition of networking startup Nicira...
View ArticleCisco’s and VMware’s networking tech win analyst points but little revenue
Leonardo Rizzi/FlickrCisco and VMware have made significant progress this year by announcing products that give data center administrators more control over their networks in the field generally known...
View ArticleOracle buying Corente to quickly connect data centers through software
Improvize/ShutterstockOracle today revealed plans to bolster its networking portfolio by buying Corente, a company that has developed software for programming network resources between data centers....
View ArticleKhosla: Software-defined networks are not the be-all, end-all
Above: Vinod Khosla, onstage at VentureBeat's DataBeat conference.Image Credit: Michael O'Donnell SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Silicon Valley star investor Vinod Khosla is fully aware of the software-defined...
View ArticleThis Stanford team is reinventing the entire Internet for just $10M
Above: MobiSocial co-founders T. J. Purtell, Ian Vo, Monica Lam, and and Ben Dodson.Image Credit: MobiSocial Sign up for our weekly newsletters, and you’ll get the latest insights from our Dylan's Desk...
View ArticleCloudGenix shows up with software for managing networks in many data centers
Image Credit: Patrick Stahl/FlickrA startup called CloudGenix came out of stealth mode today with plans to sell software for simplifying network operations at companies’ on-site data centers and remote...
View ArticlePssst. IBM has quietly walked away from the software-defined networking...
Image Credit: Iouri Goussev/FlickrIBM has silently taken steps out of the nascent market for software-defined networking (SDN), which at one point showed the potential to shake up big networking...
View ArticleCisco’s $20B lunch: Arista and 20+ other startups line up for the buffet
Image Credit: Norlando PobreLast week, software-defined networking startup Arista Networks made an initial public offering that hit a lofty $3.8 billion. And that’s just the first of over 20 similar...
View ArticleCisco buys hot software-defined networking startup Tail-f for $175M
Image Credit: CiscoCisco announced this morning that it has agreed to buy Tail-f Systems for $175 million. The company offers “multi-vendor service orchestration,” which essentially means that it...
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