News
Software defined data center
- May 15, 2018
15 May'18
HPE to acquire hyper-converged networking company Plexxi
Plexxi bolstered its hyper-converged networking fabric to further support VMware vSAN and NSX amid the news of HPE's acquisition intent.
- December 20, 2017
20 Dec'17
Biggest SDN and SD-WAN news and trends of 2017
Check out the top SDN and SD-WAN news and trends stories from 2017 to prepare for what comes next in 2018.
- December 13, 2017
13 Dec'17
CORD project updates platform to support edge computing
With its latest release, the CORD project moves to become a primary infrastructure to support edge computing. Also, Juniper plans to move OpenContrail to The Linux Foundation.
-
- April 25, 2017
25 Apr'17
Pluribus replaces controller SDN architecture with adaptive cloud fabric
Pluribus Networks announced a Netvisor SDN upgrade with its adaptive cloud fabric that replaces controller SDN architecture. Cradlepoint upgrades its SD-WAN and 4G LTE foundation.
- December 08, 2016
08 Dec'16
County government redesigns data center around Cisco ACI fabric
Durham County, N.C., had a traditional data center. But it also had forward-thinking employees looking at Cisco ACI fabric to lay the groundwork for tech innovation.
- November 22, 2016
22 Nov'16
Furniture manufacturer deploys data center SDN despite fear of change
After learning about the benefits of data center SDN technology, Steelcase Inc. overcame a fear of change and made the leap to Pluribus Networks' Netvisor operating system.
- June 14, 2016
14 Jun'16
VMware's Arkin acquisition to bolster NSX microsegmentation
VMware says it will acquire startup Arkin to provide analytics that help customers broaden the use of NSX microsegmentation.
- February 12, 2016
12 Feb'16
Don't write off BGP in data center fabrics
In recent blog posts from around the Web, experts discuss BGP as a routing protocol in data centers, whether software will really 'eat hardware' and the role of SDN in IoT.
- January 27, 2016
27 Jan'16
Big Switch releases freemium software for SDN developers
Big Switch Networks hopes to boost brand awareness and market reach with freemium software for SDN development.
- January 15, 2016
15 Jan'16
Stop thinking of yourself as a network specialist
Many network engineers position themselves as specialists, but one SDN blogger says it's time to stop. Also in this blog roundup: network resolutions and predictions for 2016.
-
- December 04, 2015
04 Dec'15
Cisco seeks to please customers in SDN framework update
Cisco has launched an update of its SDN framework. The latest features stem from customer demands for broader support for non-Cisco technologies.
- October 15, 2015
15 Oct'15
BofA confronts OpenStack problems in data center overhaul
Bank of America has solved enough of OpenStack's troubles to start running production workloads on the platform next year.
- August 03, 2015
03 Aug'15
Multiple SDN protocols eclipse OpenFlow
An overabundance of SDN protocols are expected to dim OpenFlow's importance and eventually lead to less flexible network controllers for corporate data centers.
- June 15, 2015
15 Jun'15
ICYMI: Group issues open source NFV app to spur expansion
In this week's SDN news, the OPNFV Project releases its open source NFV platform to help companies add virtual functions while NEC releases two new switches to help build large software-defined data centers.
- May 13, 2015
13 May'15
Big Switch Networks boosts security, VMware integration
Big Switch Networks boosts monitoring applications within Big Tap 4.5, and adds support for VMware environments within Big Cloud Fabric 2.6.