Networking 2014: Putting SDN To The Test [Portfolio]

December 20, 2013 / Gary Hilson

Increased data center virtualization will drive enterprises to develop software-defined networking pilot projects in 2014, and network security will remain a priority as organizations grapple with the BYOD trend, experts said.

Infonetics Research’s “2013 Data Center and SDN Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey” found that respondents expect more than half of the servers in their data centers will be virtualized by 2015, and this uptake of virtual servers as well as switches will pave the way for SDN. Read my full article on Network Computing.

Citrix Merges Repeater Features With CloudBridge [Portfolio]

May 9, 2013 / Gary Hilson

My latest news round up for Network Computing: CloudBridge now optimizes WANs; WatchGuard appliances expand Hyper-V support; Aryaka portal monitors more than WANs; Enterasys builds out SDN ecosystem. [Read more…]

Barracuda Boasts ‘Bare Metal’ Performance With Eon [Portfolio]

May 8, 2013 / Gary Hilson

My latest news round up for Network Computing: Network virtualization platform delivers up to 240 Gbps throughput; Big Switch uses F5 API for cloud orchestration; Dell brings high-performance firewall to midmarket; McAfee acquires Stonesoft; Motorola unveils 11ac access points. [Read more…]

Juniper Pushes SDN Strategy Ahead With JunosV Contrail [Portfolio]

May 7, 2013 / Gary Hilson

My latest news round up for Network Computing: JunosV line includes open controller; Riverbed debuts ADC-as-a-service; Huawei expands CE12800 switch series; Ixia simulates data centers for validation; BMC agrees to acquisition. [Read more…]

Gigamon Unveils Branch Office Node, FlowVUE App [Portfolio]

May 6, 2013 / Gary Hilson

My latest news round up for Network Computing: News roundup: GigaVUE-HB1 leverages GigaSMART; Ixia debuts ControlTower architecture; CipherCloud bolsters compliance policies; ForeScout and FireEye team up to combat malware. [Read more…]

F5 Tackles BYOD with MDM Products and Services [Portfolio]

February 22, 2013 / Gary Hilson

F5 has announced Mobile App Manager, a new set of products and services that puts F5 squarely in the mobile device management space. F5 aims to address one of the key challenges of mobile devices: how to protect corporate apps and data on mobile devices that are owned by the end user. [Read about this and more at Network Computing]

VMware Launches New VDI Software, Updates VDI Suite [Portfolio]

February 21, 2013 / Gary Hilson

VMware has released a new product and upgrades to its suite of VDI products. The suite consists of three packages, all under the Horizon brand: Horizon View, Horizon Mirage and Horizon Workspace, a new product. [Read about this and more at Network Computing]

McAfee Launches Real-Time Security Policy Software [Portfolio]

February 15, 2013 / Gary Hilson

McAfee has released Real Time for ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) software that lets enterprises gather up information about any computer for real-time analysis during investigations of security incidents. [Read about this and more at Network Computing]

F5 Acquires SDN Startup LineRate Systems [Portfolio]

February 12, 2013 / Gary Hilson

F5 Networks has snapped up the startup LineRate Systems. The company created Line Rate Proxy, software that provides Layer 7 services such as load balancing, acceleration, SSL offload and traffic management. [This story and more news at Network Computing]

Ospcode’s Private Chef Gets Cooking with Facebook [Portfolio]

February 8, 2013 / Gary Hilson

The latest version of Opscode’s Private Chef is now available and has been deployed by Facebook to automate systems configuration in the social network’s Web-tier infrastructure, including thousands of servers. Private Chef uses the codebase of Opscode Chef 11, also just released, and features a new management console and centralized activity reporting. [Read more on Network Computing]