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• Neohapsis and Mocana Partner Up for Mobile App Security
  Tue, 30 Apr 2013
  Neohapsis and Mocana partner up to make mobile apps, and your network, more secure.
  
• Riverbed Looks to Grow Beyond WAN Optimization in 2013
  Tue, 30 Apr 2013
  As U.S government sales slow, Riverbed plans to expand its footprint beyond Steelhead.
  
• [VIDEO] Martin Casado Co-Founder of Nicira Talks about SDN, Hype and Skynet
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Tue, 30 Apr 2013
  

  The Software Defined Datacenter is not necessarily about replacing humans with some form of autonomic intelligence: it's no SkyNet.

  
  
• Brocade Debuts On-Demand Network for the SDN Data Center
  Tue, 30 Apr 2013
  Vyatta technology helps to infuse Brocade's Software Defined Networking architecture.
  
• Future-Proofing for SDN
  Mon, 29 Apr 2013
  How should enterprises prepare for the SDN future? Julie Knudson talks to industry leaders to find out.
  
• [VIDEO] Midokura CEO Dan Miahi Dumitriu
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Mon, 29 Apr 2013
  

  With millions in funding, where is the Japanese network virtualization startup now headed?

  
  
• OpenFlow Inventor Martin Casado on SDN, VMware and Software Defined Networking Hype [VIDEO]
  Mon, 29 Apr 2013
  Casado details the origins of SDN, wonders what SDN means today, and plans to change the laws of physics in the future.
  
• Small Connections Enable Big Networks
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  New server interconnect technology will help enable big changes in the data center.
  
• Juniper Reports 1Q13 Earnings
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  

  Juniper Networks reported its first quarter 2013 results this week, revealing some weaknesses in the vendor's enterprise networking and security platform divisions.

  
  
• F5 Reports 2Q13 Earnings as BIG-IQ Release Nears
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  

  F5 Networks reported its Q2 fiscal 2013 earnings late Wednesday, with numbers that demonstrated the effects of a slowing economy.

  
  
• Midokura CEO on OpenStack, SDN and the Future of Network Virtualization [VIDEO]
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013
  With Millions in funding, where is the Japanese network virtualization startup now headed?
  
• F5 Gears up for BIG-IQ
  Thu, 25 Apr 2013
  Despite the slowing economy, application delivery controller vendor F5 plans big upcoming releases.
  
• Akamai Reports on the State of the Internet for 4Q12
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Thu, 25 Apr 2013
  

  Year after year, the Internet continues to grow, and connection speeds continue to get faster.

  
  
• [VIDEO] HP Cloud Chief Explains How OpenStack is a lot like Ethernet
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 24 Apr 2013
  

  Saar Gillai is a familiar name in the networking industry. Over the course of his career, Gillai has held multiple high-level roles, including the CTO position of HP Networking.

  
  
• Juniper Enterprise Networking Sales Slow
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013
  Juniper execs address Q1 networking and security weaknesses in earnings call.
  
• UC 101: Intro to Unified Communications
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013
  Considering a unified communications deployment? Start here for an overview of the major players in the UC market.
  
• The Cloud and Public Internet: Keep the Data Flowing
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013
  Can the telecom industry keep up with the increasing bandwidth demands of the cloud?
  
• Internet Speeds Ahead in Fourth Quarter of 2012
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013
  Akamai report shows the Internet speeding up, with global average peak connection speeds up by 35 percent.
  
• SDN: On Select Hardware Only?
  Fri, 19 Apr 2013
  Major hardware vendors aim to cut themselves a slice of the SDN pie.
  
• Intel Building Reference Platforms for SDN
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Thu, 18 Apr 2013
  
  
• Why Former HP Networking CTO Now Runs the Cloud [VIDEO]
  Thu, 18 Apr 2013
  Saar Gillai explains why he made the move from networking to cloud and why OpenStack's evolution is a lot like Ethernet's.
  
• Intel Launches SDN Switch and Server Platforms
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013
  Intel announces strategic direction and product plans for SDN.
  
• Cisco and Juniper Reveal SDN Strategies
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013
  Major hardware vendors' SDN strategies pave the way for the mainstreaming of Software Defined Networking.
  
• Polycom CloudAxis Ships
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 17 Apr 2013
  

  A key challenge for many enterprises in getting Unified Communications solutions operational is actually unifying all the different communications tools.

  
  
• Dell Networking Debuts New Active Fabric Management
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Tue, 16 Apr 2013
  

  There was a time when the LAN and SAN were two entirely separate logical and physical domains.

  
  
• Polycom Delivers on CloudAxis Vision
  Tue, 16 Apr 2013
  After months of beta testing, new Unified Communications tech hits general availability.
  
• SolarWinds Firewall Security Manager Brings Unified Management to Firewalls
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013
  Firewall Security Manager (FSM) from SolarWinds centralizes firewall management and control into a single easy-to-use application.
  
• Dell Activates Network Fabric
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013
  Dell announces new converged network management and control solutions.
  
• Cisco Goes All In for OpenDaylight
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Mon, 15 Apr 2013
  

  Networking giant Cisco Systems is no stranger to the world of open source software.

  
  
• What is Cisco's Biggest Open Source Contribution Ever?
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013
  Cisco bets big on SDN with its ONE Controller.
  
• Cisco Doubles Down on Microsoft Cloud OS
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 12 Apr 2013
  

  When Cisco first debuted its Unified Computing System (UCS) in 2009, Microsoft was part of the party, alongside VMware and Linux.

  
  
• Brocade Mobilizes the HyperEdge for SDN
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 12 Apr 2013
  

  Modern networks typically involve multiple layers of control that can make them difficult to manage.

  
  
• Aruba Expands ClearPass for BYOD
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 12 Apr 2013
  

  The BYOD trend impacts devices, applications and the network itself. BYOD demands policy and control of applications as well as the network itself.

  
  
• Avaya Gives Aura Virtualized Unified Communications a Hardware Home
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 10 Apr 2013
  

  While Aura has been available on dedicated hardware and as software, Avaya is now extending the platform with a virtual edition running in an engineered collaboration pod.

  
  
• OpenDaylight Project Aims to Redefine Software Defined Networking
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Tue, 09 Apr 2013
  

  Linux Foundation brings together major networking vendor and operating system vendors in the most ambitious Software Defined Network initiative yet.

  
  
• Oracle Extends Virtual Networking
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Mon, 08 Apr 2013
  

  Oracle is jumping into the SDN space to support T5/M5 SPARC

  
  
• Juniper Expands Switching Portfolio with EX9200
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 05 Apr 2013
  

  Juniper is expanding its product portfolio in support of its emerging SDN vision.

  
  
• Nuage Networks Launched by Alcatel-Lucent for SDN
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Thu, 04 Apr 2013
  

  In the race to build Software Defined Networking (SDN) capabilities, some vendors buy companies while others try and build their own SDN features.

  
  
• Cisco Acquires Small Cell Maker Ubiquisys for $310 Million
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Thu, 04 Apr 2013
  

  Cisco is now buying into the small cell movement in a big way.

  
  
• Midokura Raises Millions to Expand SDN Virtual Networking
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 03 Apr 2013
  

  It takes money to build out a modern networking startup.