HP and VMware Enable Customers to Unify Data Center Networks

HP and VMware, Inc. today announced plans to collaborate to deliver the industry’s first federated network solution, designed to provide customers unified automation of, and visibility into, their physical and virtual data center networks, enabling business agility and improving business continuity.(1) As companies embrace cloud and mobility, manual network configuration has proven time and resource… Continue reading HP and VMware Enable Customers to Unify Data Center Networks

ONUG Announces Open SDN and Network Virtualization Test

The Open Networking User Group (ONUG™) is conducting open industry SDN network virtualization testing to provide its members with comparative performance, scalability, reliability, and functionality test data. Results of the testing will be shared at ONUG Fall 2013, which will be hosted by JPMorgan Chase on October 29-30, 2013 in New York City. “As IT… Continue reading ONUG Announces Open SDN and Network Virtualization Test

F5 Enhances SDN Integration and Cloud Scaling Capabilities

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) announced new solutions to make it easier for organizations to scale to the cloud, extend software defined networking (SDN) deployments, and add intelligence and programmability to IT environments. With a unified suite of physical and virtual products featuring F5’s innovative ScaleN™ architecture, organizations can seamlessly scale operations to realize the… Continue reading F5 Enhances SDN Integration and Cloud Scaling Capabilities

NEC Introduces Integrated Server and Network Virtualization Solution with System Center 2012 and Windows Server 2012

IRVING, Texas: NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider of advanced IT solutions, and a pioneer in OpenFlow-based Software Defined Networking (SDN), will unveil at Microsoft’s TechEd conference the award-winning NEC ProgrammableFlow Network Suite optimized to integrate with Microsoft’s System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager, delivering automated server and network orchestration for virtualized data… Continue reading NEC Introduces Integrated Server and Network Virtualization Solution with System Center 2012 and Windows Server 2012

SDN and Virtualization of Evolved Packet Core to be a $400 Million Market by 2018

Cloud Computing, Virtualization and Software Defined Networking – three sides of the same coin – will soon bring the benefits of IT evolution to the mobile broadband EPC. In the past, cellular networks were, by necessity, hierarchical with centralized control and data structures. These architectures required high performance, custom hardware to process, and route traffic.… Continue reading SDN and Virtualization of Evolved Packet Core to be a $400 Million Market by 2018

F5 Solutions Combine with VXLAN to Support Software Defined Networking

VMworld Europe 2012 BARCELONA, Spain: F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today at VMworld® 2012 Europe announced support for VXLAN functionality, enabling organizations to seamlessly support software defined networking (SDN) initiatives by combining VMware and F5 solutions. F5® BIG-IP® products can natively take advantage of the benefits of… Continue reading F5 Solutions Combine with VXLAN to Support Software Defined Networking

Study: Virtualization of Network Services is a Top Priority for Enterprise Adoption of Cloud IaaS

SANTA CLARA. Embrane,™ the leader in delivering on-demand virtual network services for both traditional and software defined networks (SDN), today released the results of an independent survey it commissioned to learn more about enterprise adoption of cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS). The most significant finding across responses from more than 170 enterprise IT professionals… Continue reading Study: Virtualization of Network Services is a Top Priority for Enterprise Adoption of Cloud IaaS

VMware Unveils Industry’s Most Comprehensive Cloud Infrastructure and Management Solution

Onstage at VMworld® 2012 today, VMware unveiled a comprehensive solution of cloud infrastructure and management products, expertise and ecosystem support to help customers drive greater efficiency and improve operational agility. At the heart of today’s announcement is the new VMware vCloud® Suite 5.1 – the first solution to deliver the software-defined datacenter. The vCloud suite… Continue reading VMware Unveils Industry’s Most Comprehensive Cloud Infrastructure and Management Solution