OpenFlow and SDN: Networking's future?

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	OpenFlow and SDN: Networking's future? The future of networking will be defined by software. That was the overriding theme after the first day of the inaugural Open Networking Summit, a conference dedicated to software-defined networking (SDN) and OpenFlow, the open source API defined to enable multivendor switches and routers to be programmable. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Eliminate Architectural Limitations of WLANs Reduce the cost and complexity of wireless networks with cloud-enabled, distributed Wi-Fi and routing. By removing the architectural limitations of traditional WLANs, you can support identity-based access and enable delivery of mission-critical applications and services to any user, on any device, at any time without a single point of failure. Read now! In this Issue Open Networking Summit Day 2: Cisco says "We see SDN as the next evolution of networking" Open Networking Summit Day 1 Recap Hell Has Frozen Over: HP and Cisco Collaborate in the Data Center Death to Firewalls; Long Live Firewalls WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Building the Next Generation Data Center Virtualization promotes flexible utilization of IT resources, reduced capital costs, high energy efficiency, highly-available applications, and improved business continuity. Learn More Open Networking Summit Day 2: Cisco says "We see SDN as the next evolution of networking" I have to say that after an amazing Day 2 at the Open Networking Summit, I am convinced that OpenFlow and Software Defined Networking (SDN) are not only here to stay, but they will define the future of networking. I speak to a lot of enterprise customers about Software Defined Networking, and outside of the academic and development communities; it is still a new and somewhat unfamiliar term. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Database Security What to Look for With this paper Tanya Baccum, SANS Institute analyst, examines these measures for holistically protecting Oracle database from the inside out. Learn More Today! Open Networking Summit Day 1 Recap Tech industry leaders converged on Stanford University today to kick off the 2011 Open Networking Summit. It has been a big year for Open Networking, and the sell-out crowd at Stanford attests to the rising popularity and influence of the Open Networking Foundation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Wildpackets Eliminate Packet Loss during 10G Monitoring There are a number of choices for deploying packed-based monitoring and analysis against 10G segments, but as traffic volumes grow, the limitations of many options become problematic. This EMA paper examines the issues surrounding 10G network management and monitoring with emphasis on effective packed-based instrumentation. Read More Hell Has Frozen Over: HP and Cisco Collaborate in the Data Center Despite the on going feud between Cisco and HP, the two IT giants put aside their difference and jointly collaborated to co-engineer a Cisco Fabric Extender (FEX) blade that will be the network inside an HP BladeSystem chassis. Read More Death to Firewalls; Long Live Firewalls Firewalls have been slowly changing over the years as their network architectures have been evolving. Firewalls are becoming more decentralized and becoming increasingly virtualized. As firewalls move from solely located at the perimeter inward toward the servers, many other changes are taking place. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 2011 tech industry graveyard Fortunately for the tech industry, there's a lot more living than dying, with 2011 seeing the birth of everything from Apple's iPad 2 to the Google+ social network. But inevitably, 2011 has also seen its share of dead, killed, murdered, offed, obliterated companies, technologies and ideas as well. Here's your chance to pay last respects, and who knows, maybe a few of these will sprout back to life. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here.Also: Please take our survey on certifications and your career MOST-READ STORIES Cisco unveils latest Nexus data center switch Day 1: Giving up Windows 7 for Ubuntu 11.10 for two weeks Cheap power: An overnight revolution Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012 Ballmer feels lucky Microsoft didn't buy Yahoo in 2008 Death to firewalls; long live firewalls Google unveils what's new in Android 4 'Ice Cream Sandwich' The challenge of managing mountains of information Researchers discover keyboard keylogger attack via iPhone? Gartner: Big challenges lurk in building enterprise wireless networks
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