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News and Analysis
The Internet Of Pointless, Perilous Things
Network-aware appliances and everyday objects may be inevitable, but they should be developed and deployed with some of the smarts they supposedly possess.
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- 8 CES Gadgets You Have To See
- Why Application Performance Management Matters Now
- IT Perceptions, End User Realities
- Intel Hedges Bets, Gets Cozy With Android
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Architectures
SDN: From Slideware to Software in 2013?
2013 should be the year SDN transitions from an over-hyped R&D; project to an actual product category. At same time, the market will split into several distinct architectural approaches.
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- Big Switch's OpenFlow Controller Guns for SDN Leadership
- HP EVI vs. Cisco OTV: A Technical Look
- Android, iPad Tablets Drive Enterprise App Development
- Desktop Virtualization No Cost Saver?
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Reviews & Workshops
EMC, VMware, Cisco Earn Top Scores for Data Center Management
IT pros rate 10 data center management products in an InformationWeek survey. EMC emerges as the surprise leader. IT puts a priority on system health and service monitoring.
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Blogs
Are Big UC Vendors Missing SMB Opportunities?
January 11, 2013 04:58 PM
Posted by Michael Finneran
Unified communications vendors typically target enterprise customers, but more than half of private-sector jobs are in small and medium-size businesses. Are UC vendors ignoring a potential customer pool?
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WLAN Survey Says Give Us Better Management
December 20, 2012 12:28 PM
Posted by Lee H. Badman
I surveyed 181 WLAN operators in higher education to get their input on WLAN management platforms and other issues. The results show respondents feel locked in to vendor systems that leave them wanting more.
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Weighing Cloud UC Options and Costs
December 19, 2012 12:10 PM
Posted by Michael Finneran
Unified communications can be provided as a cloud service, and customers have a huge number of options. But in the long term, cloud UC isn’t necessarily cheaper than premises deployments.
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Intel Gets Serious About Microservers with New Chips
December 13, 2012 02:09 PM
Posted by Art Wittmann
Intel's Atom S1200 chips are built with low-power servers in mind; they draw just 6 to 9 watts. The chips also demonstrate Intel's commitment to a market it once thought was not worth pursuing.
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Cisco’s Spending Spree: An Analysis
December 06, 2012 07:07 AM
Posted by Greg Ferro
This November Cisco bought three companies in the space of about 10 days. I’ll examine whether these purchases are part of a larger strategic move, or simply the result of internal competition among Cisco’s business units.
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Object Storage's Path to the Enterprise
December 05, 2012 10:42 AM
Posted by Howard Marks
Object storage is a smart fit for enterprise use cases such as backup, but the need to write to custom APIs impedes adoption.
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VXLAN termination on physical devices
VXLAN is an Experimental IETF draft of protocols to enable the creation of a large overlay, multi-tenant network.
ONF Deadly Serious About OpenFlow-Based SDNs
: OpenFlow is poised to reach over-hyped status, yet there are practical, useful reasons for keeping an eye on Openflow. The biggest cloud players are involved and driving the feature creation.
Practical Introduction to Applied OpenFlow
Get a primer on the Openflow protocol and what it can do for networking.
On Resilience of Spit-Architecture Networks
This research papers investigates the practical issues in split-architecture networks and the placement of the controllers, such as Openflow controllers, in the network.
