Data Networking
Juniper betas Contrail control freak for software-defined nets
Interop 2013 Getting into the encrowdening field earlier than expected
HP revamps FlexFabric fixed and modular switches
New carrier-grade router and a virty one, too
A10 ships new iron, OS
Layer 4 connections per-second-per-Watt as a measure of green, anyone?
Mellanox boffins concoct chips for 100Gb/sec InfiniBand
Swings to a loss in Q1 as R&D, sales, and marketing costs rise
Juniper pushes up sales and profits in Q1
Data center switches, service provider routers start to pick up
Alcatel-Lucent uncloaks its software-defined network tech
Troubled company dispatches SDN lifeboat named Nuage Networks
Virty network whisperer Midokura takes VC cash
Skeptical SDN punters unlikely to start paying en masse till 2014
Opinion
Soz, switch-fondlers: Doesn't look like 2013 is 10Gb Ethernet's year
It is becoming increasingly unlikely that 2013 will be the year that sees widespread adoption of 10 gigabit Ethernet. Of course we'll be told it will be, just as we have been told for years that wholesale shift is right on the horizon. The reason? It's not a question of technological capability – the technology for 10GbE has been solid for quite some time – but rather a simple question of cost.
Cisco hits the roof in Olympics marketing dash
Cisco has thrown open its Olympics hospitality suite, giving partners and customers both a panoramic view of the Olympic Park and an up-close, 3D view of Stephen Fry loitering on a London Underground platform.
Exercises to keep your data centre on its toes
Given the size of networks today, networking should be open to promote interoperability, affordability and competition among suppliers to provide the best products.
News
IBM unfurls SDN network manager
If you've got it, Big Blue will manage it
Juniper goes skinny to pack routers into little racks
A central office router staff won't trip over
VMware NSX mashes up Nicira and homegrown network virt
Virtualizing entire data centers, including admins for systems and networks
Riverbed rolling script language and SDK everywhere
GUIs waste so much time
Ethernet switch pitch less of a b*tch as 2012 comes to a close
10GE starts to ramp and the 40GE shows some backbone
Heavenly networker Pertino pockets $20m to take on Cisco Meraki
Cloud Network Engine powers up for epic battle
Linaro Linux-on-ARM effort sets sights on network gear
PowerPC, x86, and MIPS can run, but they can't hide
From stage to stream: The unseen tech at the BRIT Awards 2013
Feature You'll never moan about the price of Thunderbolt cables again
HP brings wired and wireless nets under single SDN umbrella
Shiny stackable OpenFlow and hybrid wired/wireless switches
Virtual Instruments plans probe 'n' sniff tools for Ethernet networks
But Arista bloodhounds are hot on its heels - analyst
Arista wants to DANZ for high freaky traders
Transmuting switches to tap aggregators to tap into a new source of revenues
Traceroute reveals Star Wars Episode IV 'crawl' text
A bored, snowbound network admin has made something lovely: a traceroute that produces the text of the opening crawl to Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope.
F5 Networks scarfs up LineRate Systems for SDN smarts
Another software-defined networking startup has been scarfed up before it got rolling very far on its own. In this case, network-acceleration and load-balancing juggernaut F5 Networks has acquired LineRate Systems, whose founders have spent the better part of the last decade figuring out how to shape traffic way up in the stack to improve application performance.
Mellanox shoots higher and lower with long-haul switches
InfiniBand and Ethernet switch maker Mellanox Technologies, recently hammered because it missed its latest quarterly results big-time and gave a weak forecast for the first quarter, is sticking to its switched-fabric knitting and expanding its product portfolio, making good on its promise to flesh out a series of long-haul switches to link data centers scattered around campuses or separated by relatively large distances.
