In an effort to attract a more diverse set of contributors, enterprise software vendor Citrix has donated its open source Xen hypervisor to the Linux Foundation. Citrix announced the donation Monday at the Linux Foundation's Collaboration ...
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Oracle has extended its data center fabric to its Sparc-based Unix platforms, promising to let enterprises tie more servers and applications into the high-speed infrastructure. The fabric technology, which Oracle acquired in its purchase ...
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A Cisco-funded router startup has unveiled its first product, which the company says implements breakthrough silicon-to-photonics circuitry for scaling service provider networks and enabling them for software-defined networking (SDN). ...
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Startup Pertino -- backed by former executives from Packeteer and Apple -- has what one analyst calls the most advanced networking as a service (NaaS) product on the market, available starting today as a public beta. To spin up a ...
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Semi-conductor giant Intel has invested about $6.5m (£4.1m) in software-defined networking (SDN) firm Big Switch Networks, as it looks to diversify its portfolio away from PCs and servers. The investment by Intel comes in Big ...
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Brocade has announced its acquisition of Vyatta, a privately held maker of open source-based network software, for an undisclosed amount of cash. Vyatta develops an open source network operating system that is relevant for multiple ...
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Network World - Cisco, Brocade, Dell among others have jumped on board and look to ride the wave that is software defined networking. This despite experts' assertions that SDNs threaten Cisco's dominance in the tech industry. As is ...
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Market dominating suppliers have been forced to get onboard with software defined networking (SDN) or face losing their customers as the trend takes off. This was the claim made by Shaun Walsh, vice-president of marketing at Emulex, who ...
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VMware today announced its intention to buy Nicira for $1.05bn. VMware already dominates the server virtualisation market, but with this latest buy is looking towards a stronger play in networking, thanks to Nicira’s focus on ...
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HP has announced a range of new products with built-in software-defined networking (SDN) capabilities, placing a huge bet on the emerging technology. The company claimed that while other vendors have embraced SDN – which offers ...
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The sixth and latest version of OpenStack software, code named Folsom is generally available today with new support for next-generation software-defined networking (SDN) baked in as a core component. OpenStack backers say Folsom continues ...
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Brocade has bought Vyatta to boost its talent in the growing space of software-defined networking (SDN). Brocade did not reveal the value of the acquisition but confirmed the deal was all cash. Vyatta is known for its network ...
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Cisco has acquired vCider, a provider of virtual network overlay technology to support its Open Network Environment (ONE) strategy. VCider will become part of the company’s cloud computing division and support Cisco’s role in ...
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This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach. Software-defined networking (SDN) is emerging as an alternative to ...
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As is somewhat typical of emerging technologies, there isn't a universally agreed to definition of what is meant by software defined networking (SDN). Over the last year or two most of the definitions have focused on the decoupling of the ...
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