“Cloud and managed hosting providers are continuing to make the transition from physical to virtual computing,” said Lauren Robinette, principal analyst, managed services and cloud, ACG Research. “As ...

The network team is being bombarded with configuration requests that can take days or weeks to handle, but luckily several approaches are emerging that promise to increase network agility, chief among ...

NV provides the ability to create logical, virtual networks that are decoupled from the underlying network hardware. NV creates a logical, software-based view of the hardware and software networking ...

Vyatta is joining the ranks of suppliers offering tool designed to support software defined networks. The company is calling this new capability "vPlane™." vPlane is a clever routing plane that ...

For decades, networks have been built on the same fundamental principle: dedicated hardware appliances for each network function. Need a firewall? Buy a box. Need load balancing? Purchase another ...

Wind River Open Virtualization Profile delivers extremely low latency that rates among the industry’s best, as well as high performance that rivals physical devices. Services can be run flexibly ...

VMware has updated its stack of data center virtualization software, rounding out capabilities that allow an organization to run an entire data center operation and related cloud services as a single ...

The ConteXtream Grid is a distributed virtual L4-7 switch based on the principles of SDN. The solution works as a Distributed Edge Overlay on existing networks to connect an unlimited number of ...

Telecom and internet service providers have turned to faster networking technology—whether it be 5G, DOCSIS 4.0 or fiber-optic cables—to boost sales and profitability. But even with these new network ...

At VMworld this year, VMware is laying the foundation for what it hopes will be its next big thing: the software-defined data center. In the software-defined data center, servers, storage and ...

As virtualization software continues to evolve, so do the options for network specialists, IT managers, CTOs, and CIOs. In order to help make the best decision for your organization, it’s important to ...

While the advantages of virtualization are widely acknowledged with regard to servers, desktops and storage devices, this is also leading military organizations to examine how virtualization can be ...