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• VMware Augments vCloud Suite With Hybrid Cloud Service
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  VMware adds hybrid cloud IaaS to its catalog with vCloud Hybrid Service, which will extend VMware private cloud software to public clouds.
  
• F5 Acclerates Web Content and Optimizes the WAN
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Thu, 23 May 2013
  

  Effective delivery of applications is not just about load balancing traffic flows.

  
  
• Blue Coat Acquires Solera Networks
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Thu, 23 May 2013
  

  Blue Coat Systems is growing its security business by way of acquisition.

  
  
• Bob Metcalfe on Why Ethernet is Called Ethernet
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Thu, 23 May 2013
  

  On May 22, 1973, Xerox PARC researcher Bob Metcalfe drew a diagram that would change the world.

  
  
• Cisco Saves Support Costs with BYOD
  Thu, 23 May 2013
  For Cisco, supporting 66,000 BYOD employees turns into a cost savings exercise thanks to social support.
  
• Metcalfe's Law: How Ethernet Beat IBM and Changed the World
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  On the 40th anniversary of Ethernet, Bob Metcalfe explains how his open standard was born and why he was terrified of IBM for 10 years.
  
• Review: Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 2013
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Simplicity and accessibility make SEP SBE 2013 a strong security choice for small and medium businesses.
  
• VMware vCloud Hybrid Service Debuts
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 22 May 2013
  

  VMware is the company that has transformed modern data centers and enterprises from being tethered to hardware to running virtualized workloads.

  
  
• Aruba Goes Gigabit for WLANs with 802.11ac
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 22 May 2013
  

  With new product rollouts, Aruba takes a purpose-built approach to high-speed 802.11ac Access Points.

  
  
• F5 Unifies Traffic Acceleration Technology
  Wed, 22 May 2013
  Networking vendor debuts BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager for both web content and WAN optimization
  
• Aruba Rolls Out Sticky Solution for 802.11ac WLANs
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  With new product rollouts, Aruba takes a purpose-built approach to high-speed 802.11ac Access Points.
  
• [VIDEO] Juniper's Bob Muglia - A Software Guy at a Hardware Vendor
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Tue, 21 May 2013
  

  What's a software guy doing at a hardware networking company?

  
  
• Unified Communications 101: UC Monitoring Tools
  Tue, 21 May 2013
  Elizabeth Harrin breaks down the unified communications monitoring market and explains why enterprises need UC monitoring tools.
  
• Juniper's Bob Muglia on Software Inside a Networking Vendor [VIDEO]
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Software Defined Networking takes hold at Juniper, thanks in part to the use of Linux.
  
• Aruba 3Q13 Revenues Hit $147 Million
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  The WLAN market is one of the fastest growing segments of networking IT

  
  
• Brocade Reports 2Q13 Revenues of $539 Million
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  Brocade's new CEO, Lloyd Carney, wants his company to focus more on key growth areas in 2013 and beyond.

  
  
• Virtual Switches Gain Ground
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Learn the pros and cons of virtual network switching, and how to choose the right virtual switches for your enterprise.
  
• Brocade CEO Focuses on Growth Areas for 2013
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Brocade CEO reveals IP growth, SAN slowdown, and future plans during the vendor's Q2 FY2013 earnings call.
  
• Cisco Reports 3Q13 Earnings
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  Thanks to strong data center business and the growing shift towards 10 GbE and SDN, Cisco has good fiscal news to share.

  
  
• [VIDEO] Dan Pitt, Exec Director of ONF Defends and Promotes OpenFlow
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 17 May 2013
  

  The OpenFlow protocol stands at the center of the Software Defined Networking (SDN) revolution, and at the center of OpenFlow stands the Open Networking Foundation (ONF).

  
  
• Aruba Brings GPS Indoors for WiFi Context
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Aruba's third quarter revenues rise; vendor announces acquisition of Meridian Apps for application and location awareness capabilities.
  
• Enterprise Networking Week in Review: VXLAN, SDN, and Open Source
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  May 13 - 17, 2013: Exclusive video interviews with open source leaders, as well as Cisco, Aruba, and Brocade earnings calls, and more.
  
• SDN: A Babe in the Enterprise Woods
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  SDN is still a long way from fulfilling its much-hyped promise, but that's not a bad thing. Art Cole explains why.
  
• Cisco Optimistic About SDN as Revenues Grow
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Cisco switching revenues impacted by 2 percent decline in the third quarter of FY 2013, though CEO John Chambers sees opportunity in SDN.
  
• VIDEO: ONF Chief on the Future of OpenFlow SDN
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  Dan Pitt of the Open Networking Foundation rebukes OpenFlow SDN critics, plays nice with OpenDaylight, and details future plans.
  
• [VIDEO] Cisco CTO Lew Tucker Maps the Intersection of OpenStack, SDN and the Internet of Things
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 15 May 2013
  

  Lew Tucker details Cisco's progress in the cloud and explains why VLANs are still important.

  
  
• VXLAN: Beyond the Hype
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  VXLAN is one way to take your network above the tag limit of the traditional VLAN. But is it right for you?
  
• How to Choose the Best Software for Your Enterprise Needs
  Mon, 13 May 2013
  PricewaterhouseCoopers experts discuss how enterprises can maximize the value of their software buys.
  
• Cisco Cloud CTO Updates OpenStack Progress [VIDEO]
  Mon, 13 May 2013
  Lew Tucker details Cisco's progress in the cloud and explains why VLANs are still important.
  
• Open Season on Proprietary Networks
  Fri, 10 May 2013
  Cisco, Facebook, Avaya, and others open up to open source. What does this mean for network managers?
  
• Open Compute Project Aims to Open Source Networking Gear
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 10 May 2013
  

  Open Compute has already delivered new open source designs for server and storage racks, disrupting those markets. That was, apparently, only the beginning.

  
  
• [VIDEO] Don't Bet Against Ethernet
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 10 May 2013
  

  Ethernet luminary John D'Ambrosia plugs Ethernet (literally).

  
  
• Enterprise Networking Week in Review: SDN, Interop, BYOD, and Ethernet
  Fri, 10 May 2013
  May 6 - 10, 2013: We covered Interop, SDN, Ethernet switching, and BYOD network security.
  
• Elvis or SDN? What Are You More Likely to See?
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 10 May 2013
  

  Cisco global study reveals real IT pros' attitudes towards SDN and the Internet of Things.

  
  
• Interop: How Will SDN Impact Network Awareness?
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 10 May 2013
  

  In a roundtable keynote discussion, VMware, Broadcom, and Microsoft heavyweights discuss SDN, network awareness, and the future of the network admin in an SDN world.

  
  
• IDC Pegs Networking Market at $42.4 Billion in 2013
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 10 May 2013
  

  At its annual Interop breakfast meeting this week, analyst firm IDC revealed its forecast for the SDN market and enterprise networking in general.

  
  
• Interop: How to Be Successful Moving to Private Cloud
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 10 May 2013
  

  Moving from bare metal to virtualization and private cloud server infrastructures is not always an easy task.

  
  
• Huawei Goes Big with New Enterprise Switch
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 08 May 2013
  

  Huawei is not leaving the U.S. market.

  
  
• Juniper Details SDN Controller Plans
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Tue, 07 May 2013
  

  OpenFlow support still on the roadmap as overlay approach lands in first iteration of Juniper's SDN controller.

  
  
• Alcatel-Lucent Expands Copper Networking Options
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Tue, 07 May 2013
  

  Alcatel-Lucent is growing its portfolio of Application Fluency-enabled switches.