Friday, January 06, 2012

How OpenFlow Changes Networking

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TechWeb Networking News Update -- Issue Highlights:
TOP STORY: How OpenFlow Changes Networking
ALSO SEE: Cisco Leads Tight Pack In Data Center Networking
ANALYTIC REPORT: Research: Windows 8
WHITE PAPER: Five Simple Steps for Transforming Your Application Backup with Online Recovery Services
MOST POPULAR: Facebook Worm Siphons 45,000 Accounts
BLOG: ESG Provides Big Data Primer
WEBCAST: The Rise of Social Networks in the Enterprise
RESOURCES: Take Our State of Enterprise Storage Survey

TechWeb
NETWORKING NEWS UPDATE 
  Friday, January 06, 2012
REPORTS & WHITEPAPERS   |     MOST POPULAR   |     BLOG   |     WEBCASTS   |     RESOURCES  
TOP STORY
How OpenFlow Changes Networking
OpenFlow is a new standard made for virtualized server environments. It is a software-defined way of controlling network traffic, completely changing their architecture. BigSwitch, one of the early players, shows us at the Valley View Whiteboard.

ALSO SEE
Cisco Leads Tight Pack In Data Center Networking
Data center architects are open to adding or changing vendors, our research reveals, even if they're mostly satisfied with current vendors.

HP-Cisco Networking Rivalry To Intensify
As cloud computing, consumerization, and mobility boost demands on enterprise networks, HP and Cisco will escalate their battle to supply the IT infrastructure.

CA's 3Tera AppLogic Graphically Deploys Stacks To Data Centers
At Cloud Connect 2011 in Silicon Valley, TechWeb's David Berlind gets a demonstration of CA's recently acquired 3Tera AppLogic graphical private cloud deployment tool.

Process Analysis: A Necessary First Step To Automation
Process automation has many benefits, but getting there can be tricky. Start with small, targeted projects.

Security Researcher Details New SCADA Bugs
Supervisory control and data acquisition systems' programmable logic controllers could be remotely accessed and loaded with trojanized firmware.


 

ANALYTIC REPORTS & WHITEPAPERS:
FEATURED REPORTS
Research: Windows 8
Microsoft's ambitious new OS tackles servers, PCs and mobile devices. But it has yet to prove it can compete with Apple, Google and RIM.
DOWNLOAD NOW (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)
Featured Report

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TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM:
Facebook Worm Siphons 45,000 Accounts
Ramnit financial malware gets social with new variant.

10 Epic Android Apps
Among the hundreds of thousands of Android apps, we've rounded up 10 epic, must-have choices. These apps will save your bacon, day in and day out.

$200 Nexus Tablet Could Spell Trouble For Apple
An inexpensive Android tablet could be just what Google needs to attack Apple.

 

FROM THE NETWORK COMPUTING BLOG:
Featured Blogger ESG Provides Big Data Primer
By Sharon Fisher
Tackling 'big data' challenges is a growing concern for enterprises looking to mine their data stores, according the Enterprise Strategy Group. ESG defines big data as data sets that exceed the boundaries and sizes of normal processing capabilities, forcing you to take a non-traditional approach. With big data, such data sets can range from ten to hundreds of terabytes in size.

Time to Reconsider the Data Center
By Mary Shacklett
As enterprises push out data centers into cloud-based computing and virtual applications, traditional data center planning and practices haven't necessarily kept pace. It is time to reshape definitions of classic brick and mortar data centers into a new computing concept with different performance and total cost of ownership expectations? If nothing else, the business cases now driving data center services are beginning to demand it. "As a global organization, we know that we must not only provide 24/7 IT, but also enterprise-strength IT support on a "follow the sun" basis," said John Heller, CIO of Caterpillar.

Private Cloud Success Factors: Service Catalog
By Joe Onisick
A commonly overlooked component of a private cloud deployment is the service catalog. In many cases a great deal of time is spent architecting and discussing, infrastructure, virtualization and automation processes with little thought of the actual service delivery. Service catalogs are key to successful private cloud deployment, and the overall usability of the services your cloud delivers.

 

WEBCASTS:

The Rise of Social Networks in the Enterprise
Join this webinar to hear from the real experts -- the IT and finance executives who have implemented ERP in the cloud. Learn how they dealt with old systems and challenges, understand their evaluation process and the questions they asked, and hear how their deployments are today. It happens December 15.
More Information & Registration
 

RESOURCES AND EVENTS:
Take Our State of Enterprise Storage Survey
InformationWeek is conducting our third annual State of Enterprise Storage survey on data management technologies and strategies. Upon completion, you will be eligible to enter a drawing to receive an Apple 32-GB iPod Touch.
It happens March 25-29 in Orlando, Fla.


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