Much of the discussion about software-defined networks focuses on the network side of the story. But vendors are revealing plans that will allow applications and services to take advantage of the programmability promised by SDN. Citrix Systems has announced a forthcoming version of its NetScaler SDX application delivery controller that aims to do just that. [Full Story]
EVault Makes Its Management Dashboard ‘Social’ [Portfolio]
EVault has launched the latest version of its cloud-connected backup and recovery platform, which the Seagate-owned company said is a significant update to its predecessor and takes a cue from social media with its streamlined management interface. [Full Story]
Tufin Tracks Applications for Better Firewall Policy Management [Portfolio]
Tufin Technologies has added another arrow to its quiver to help network administrators improve firewall management and security with SecureApp, which specifically addresses the connectivity of enterprise applications. [Full Story]
Dell Strengthens VNA, Thanks to Force10; Refreshes PowerConnect [Portfolio]
One year after acquiring Force10 Networks, Dell continues to solidify its Virtual Network Architecture (VNA) while rolling out new products for its PowerConnect line. [Full Story]
GoDaddy Outage a Harsh Reminder That Enterprises Need DNS Redundancy [Portfolio]
A six-hour outage for GoDaddy, one of the largest website hosting companies and domain registrars, affected thousands and possibly millions of customers earlier this week and serves as a warning for enterprises not to put their DNS eggs all in one basket. [Full Story]
Dell, Nimble, GreenBytes and NetApp Up the Ante to Support VDI [Portfolio]
Ask network admins, and they’ll tell you a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) can offer enterprises several benefits over traditional PCs–among them, mobility, security and manageability. Then, they’ll tell you the barriers they’ve faced toward VDI adoption–according to InformationWeek Reports’ “Informed CIO: VDI Snake Oil Check,” they range from the inability to work when disconnected from the network to initial costs and a lack of ROI. And then there’s storage. [Full Story]
Riverbed Extends VMware Partnership With Flurry of News at VMworld [Portfolio]
Riverbed Technology unleashed a volley of new product announcements at this week’s VMworld, including integration of its Stingray Traffic Manager with VMware’s vFabric Application Director. [Full Story]
Quest’s vRanger 6.0 Combines Physical and Virtual Server Backup [Portfolio]
Quest Software joined a growing number of vendors offering a single tool to back up and recover data on both physical and virtual servers with the release this week of its vRanger 6.0. [Full Story]
Can SIP and IPv6 Co-Exist? [Portfolio]
SIP and IPv6 will get along, but the transition from IPv4 will be a challenge, as running a dual-stack environment will not always work on devices with limited memory and operating systems that support only one version of IP. [Full Story]
Nimble’s ‘Scale to Fit’ Storage Architecture Can Scale Up or Scale Out [Portfolio]
Enterprises are often forced to scale up storage to meet capacity needs rather than just scaling out. Nimble Storage is addressing the problem with what it calls a “scale to fit” approach, a storage architecture that allows customers to choose performance or capacity as required.
Nimble’s new architecture gives enterprises the ability to scale the capacity and performance of their storage arrays individually based on immediate and near future requirements and budgets, says Dan Leary, the company’s VP of marketing. Often, companies often have to predict capacity and performance needs several years in advance. [Full Story]