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Big Switch aims to control the cloud with SDN product
Big Switch Networks this week is unveiling an SDN controller designed to bring Google-like hyperscale networking to enterprises. The software, called Cloud Fabric, runs on bare metal switches and allows users to build cloud “pods” where racks of servers, switches and applications can be grouped logically to serve a specific function, such as an OpenStack private cloud (http://www.networkworld.com/article/2172063/cloud-computing/gartner-analyst-slams-openstack--again.html), Hadoop big data cluster, or a virtual desktop infrastructure.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More


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MIT may have just solved all your data center network lag issues
New Fastpass system opts for counter-intuitive central processing architecture. Read More

Internet of Things spawns horde of imitators
This was inevitable: Endless hype about the Internet of Things has produced an endless string of imitators; the Internets of This, That and Whatever.There is the Internet of Newsletters, which is devoted to … go ahead, take a wild guess.The Internet of Caring Things feels your pain. So, too, does the Internet of Pain, especially when “suffering goes viral.”The Internet of Odd Future Remix seems to be a song, which, presumably, can be heard on the Internet of Sound.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More


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The idea of devops is to better streamline the work of developers and operation professionals. This integrated approach, in theory, will allow developers to build applications faster and operators to launch them quicker and with fewer errors. It's juxtaposed to an idea of a separate development and operations organizations; when these groups act in silos, problems are more likely to arise (developers build an app one way and ops folks need to deploy it another way). Read More

New products of the week 07.21.14
Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as IBM and HP. Read More


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A Better Way to Manage and Deliver Cloud Services
As more enterprises make the transition to cloud, a new type of management option is emerging: cloud services brokerage. Neovise reviews the Gravitant cloudMatrix offering, outlining the unique value it provides in the right cloud and provider Learn More

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Whatever happened to Green IT?
Green initiatives have withered, but IT execs who think green can still make a difference. Read More

MIT invention to speed up data centers should cheer developers
Fastpass uses parallel processing to eliminate the need for complicated network queues, researchers say Read More

D-Wave wants more real-world deployments for its quantum computer
D-Wave will release faster quantum computers starting later this year Read More


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