Cisco fills out SDN family with 40G switch, controller

Juniper routers open to attack 2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Network World Daily News PM February 04, 2013 Share this email Cisco fills out SDN family with 40G switch, controller Cisco this week will fill out its programmable networking family with a new line of data center switches, cloud connectivity extensions and a software-based SDN controller. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Juniper routers open to attack 2. 2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries 3. Microsoft and Google push for FCC's public Wi-Fi for free networks 4. U.S. inventiveness at highest point since Industrial Revolution 5. Intel shrinks its Solid-State Drives, aims for tablets 6. INSIDER Security-as-a-service gaining popularity 7. Microsoft issues tools to block IE10 upgrades on Windows 7 8. Competing in the API frenzy WEBCAST: Salesforce.com Social Revolution: Connecting with Today's Customer Learn to connect with today's customer. 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