VMware’s Casado talks about evolving SDN use cases, including a prominent role for security

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	VMware's Casado talks about evolving SDN use cases, including a prominent role for security Martin Casado, who helped launch the Software Defined Networking concept in the labs at Stanford, was recently elevated to the top business slot in VMware’s Networking and Security Business Unit, giving him the rare opportunity to see the technology through from the incubator to the data center. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix sat down with Casado for an update on the company and his thoughts on how the technology is maturing.  Martin Casado, Senior Vice President of VMware's Networking and Security business unitTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Upsite Don't let your cooling capacity limit your IT deployment Is lack of cooling capacity hampering your efforts to deploy more IT equipment? You may have more capacity than you think. 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