Why SDN all-stars are heading to Brocade

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	Why SDN all-stars are heading to Brocade Why is it that a who's who of SDN developers is landing at Brocade? Over the past two years, the company has lured a handful of industry All-Stars to work on software enabling its networking portfolio, including Fibre Channel storage-area network switches, and Ethernet switches and routers. The most recent hire is Michael Bushong, who jumped from start-up Plexxi to Brocade late last year to run product management.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WHITE PAPER: PC Connection | EMC 8 Questions to Ask While Considering VDI Storage Solutions Does it offer the best user experience? How flexible is the deployment model? Will it support future requirements? Does it reduce other costs? See how you can ensure success with VDI. Learn More In this Issue Will enhanced servers do away with need for switches? Samsung jumps into external SSD market Linksys Unveils a Storage Companion for its WRT-Series Routers, and a Passel of Other Devices at CES 2015 2015 IT Data Center Infrastructure Convergence Predictions 'What do I do if my Internet pipes freeze?' WHITE PAPER: NetApp Attributes of SAN Storage Required for Critical Workloads This IDC white paper reviews the key SAN storage features required to meet such challenges and the NetApp SAN storage portfolio offerings that best address your needs. View Now>> Will enhanced servers do away with need for switches? With seemingly everything in IT converging – servers, switching, storage, virtualization – will servers ultimately take on the role of the top-of-rack data center switch? Read More   WHITE PAPER: Zero Turnaround   What Developers Want: The End of Application Redeploys Eliminate application restarts in Java with JRebel! JRebel is a JVM plugin that eliminates application redeploys from the Java development cycle, a process that takes over 10 minutes of coding time away from developers each working hour. Learn More Samsung jumps into external SSD market It took longer than expected, but Samsung is expanding its product line to include external solid-state drives with a new line of Portable SSD T1 products.The lightweight drives have capacities of up to 1TB and are small enough to fit in your pocket. They're significantly more expensive than magnetic hard drives, though, which come in capacities of up to 6TB.Samsung's 250GB external SSD is priced at US$179.99, a 500GB drive is $299.99, and a 1TB drive is $599.99. By comparison, a 1TB magnetic drive can be acquired for under $100.External storage is mostly used for data backup. But demand for external drives is growing as users download and store more multimedia and programs. Storage is also limited in Chromebooks and lightweight Windows laptops and hybrids, so users have to revert to external storage to preserve files.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WHITE PAPER: NetApp Benefits of Flash for Database Workloads IT leaders are required to deliver improved performance and increase efficiencies while maintaining an enterprise-class infrastructure for their customer's database environments. View now>> Linksys Unveils a Storage Companion for its WRT-Series Routers, and a Passel of Other Devices at CES 2015 The collection includes new 802.11ac routers, innovative range extenders, and high-gain antenna upgrades. Read More   2015 IT Data Center Infrastructure Convergence Predictions Major IT system vendors Cisco, EMC/ VCE, HP, Dell, and IBM will broaden their infrastructure portfolio to include hyper-converged solutions. Read More   'What do I do if my Internet pipes freeze?' The question in the headline, posed by an impish troll to readers of Reddit's section devoted to networking – r/networking -- was followed by this plea: Hello there,I live in Chicago and recently it has been very cold outside and I've noticed that my Internet is running super slow. And sometimes it refuses to connect at all. I think my pipes are frozen due to the extreme cold. I asked my IT guy at work and he said to check out Reddit for an answer so here I am IT gurus! Please help me. … Thanks.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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