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• Riverbed Debuts Granite for the Edge
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Sun, 05 Feb 2012
  

  New Edge Virtual Server Infrastructure effort is introduced to aid branch consolidation and WAN optimization and powered by a new hardware series called Granite.

  
  
• HP Opens Up Its Switches to OpenFlow
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012
  OpenFlow technology has been used for years by researchers and early adopters as a way to build software defined networks. OpenFlow is now getting a major vote of confidence from HP with a portfolio of at least 16 switches that will offer full support for OpenFlow.
  
• Riverbed Debuts Granite for the Edge
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012
  Riverbed (NASDAQ:RVBD) wants to help enterprises consolidate their operations without duplicating much between the edge of the network and the data center. To that end, the networking vendor is introducing a new architectural approach called, Edge Virtual Server Infrastructure (edge-VSI). Edge-VSI is powered by a new hardware series called Granite, as well as a new set of Steelhead WAN optimization appliances that can run Granite as a virtual service.
  
• Cloud Storage Vendors Offering Encryption as a Service
  Thu, 02 Feb 2012
  “2011 was a watershed year for encryption,” said Tsion Gonen, corporate vice president of Products and Marketing at information security firm SafeNet. “Driven by the need to secure growing virtualized infrastructures, as well as high profile security breaches, encryption emerged as one of the most effective means to protect sensitive data, no matter where it lives.”
  
• Cisco Brings 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet to its Switching Portfolio
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Thu, 02 Feb 2012
  

  Catalyst and Nexus switches will now benefit from 40G and 100G Ethernet speeds as well as more ports and virtual networking technology.

  
  
• Cisco Speeds Up Wireless Access with Aironet 3600
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 01 Feb 2012
  

  New access point, includes four antennas and 802.11r support for fast roaming.

  
  
• Brocade Opens Up ADX with Openscript
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Wed, 01 Feb 2012
  

  Following on the heels of it's 12.3 ADC release that improved IPv6 performance, Brocade is providing more scriptable extensibility via Perl but it staying away from the firewall moniker unlike rival F5.

  
  
• Cisco Accelerates Switching Portfolio
  Wed, 01 Feb 2012
  Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is giving more power to its Catalyst and Nexus switch customers with new modules that support the 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40 GbE) and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100 GbE) standards.
  
• Brocade Leveraging Perl to Boost ADCs
  Tue, 31 Jan 2012
  Brocade (NASDAQ:BRCD) is updating its' ADX Application Delivery Controller (ADC) operating system providing new scriptable extensibility. The Brocade ADX 12.4 release is the first major update to the platform in nearly a year, following
  
• VeriSign Growing Revenues as .com Renewal Nears
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Mon, 30 Jan 2012
  

  As renewal of the .com registry nears, VeriSign posts strong 2011 results

  
  
• Time for a WAN Optimization Do Over?
  Mon, 30 Jan 2012
  WAN optimization is moving from per-need to must-have as cloud infrastructures, offerings, services and Big Data become the norm in most data centers.
  
• Juniper Networks Hit By Service Provider Slowdown
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 27 Jan 2012
  

  The big carriers are starting to spend less on networking gear and services and wasn't good for Juniper's Q4 but, for the year, the company came out nine percent ahead.

  
  
• Intel Jumps Into InfiniBand with $125 Million Acquisition
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Tue, 24 Jan 2012
  

  Intel is best known in the networking space for its 10 GbE networking dominance, but now it's moving to take a place in InfiniBand too

  
  
• F5 Lays out 2012 Roadmap
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 20 Jan 2012
  

  Revenues continue to grow at F5, as CEO maps out product plans for 2012.

  
  
• Data Center Equipment Market Growing
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Tue, 17 Jan 2012
  

  Infonetics Research report puts F5 ahead of HP for the No.2 spot, but there is a catch.

  
  
• Aruba Brings Wi-Fi to Wall Plates
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 13 Jan 2012
  

  802.11n with GbE backhaul in a wallplate is now a reality.

  
  
• Internet Top Level Domain Set to Expand
  By Sean Michael Kerner | Fri, 13 Jan 2012
  

  A historical day dawns as the formal process that will expand the number of top level domains available on the Internet begins.