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NETWORKING UPDATE    Friday, July 27, 2012 News   |   Commentary   |   Slideshows   |   Reports   |   Videos   |   TechCenters   |   Events   |   RSS Feeds   TOP STORY How To Stop Storage Node Sprawl By George Crump Many IT departments deal with capacity demands in scale-out storage by adding nodes. That may not be the best way to fix the problem. MUST READ Google IaaS Vs. Amazon EC2: New Benchmarks Zencoder's new benchmarks find that Google Compute Engine offers a powerful and competitive infrastructure-as-a-service option to Amazon. VMware Revenue Grows 22%, But Profits Decline VMware's ability to sustain high growth rates appears to be tapering off as annual revenues approach $5 billion. VMware Buys Nicira: Start Of Networking Wars? VMware's $1.26 billion bid for OpenFlow startup Nicira may herald a new round of competition between physical, virtual network switch vendors. 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