Cisco, VMware Expand Partnership to Deliver Next Generation Cloud Infrastructures

Today Cisco and VMware announced they plan to expand their strategic partnership to include integrated products and solutions aimed at delivering the software defined datacenter. This partnership expansion will be highlighted by an investment in dedicated engineering teams collaborating on deeper integrations across the VMware cloud infrastructure and management stacks and Cisco’s Data Center Networking… Continue reading Cisco, VMware Expand Partnership to Deliver Next Generation Cloud Infrastructures

VMware vSphere 5.1 New Features and Enhancements

Vmware announced the new release of its virtualization software, vSphere 5. Below is just brief list of new features. VMware vSphere 5.1 Features Setup and Install vSphere 5.1 will introduce two installation methods: vSphere Simple Install – allows you to install required vSphere vCenter server components in a single run. vSphere Custom Install – allows… Continue reading VMware vSphere 5.1 New Features and Enhancements

First Point-and-Click Solution for Accelerating Virtual Workloads over Distance Unveiled

VMWorld US 2012: Silver Peak Systems, the leader in accelerating data over distance, today introduced the first point-and-click solution for accelerating individual workloads directly from VMware vCenter and other virtual infrastructure management consoles. This is part of Silver Peak’s new “Agility” technology initiative that focuses on improving the application owner’s experience through software-defined virtual workload… Continue reading First Point-and-Click Solution for Accelerating Virtual Workloads over Distance Unveiled

NEC to Demo SDN for Hyper-V 2012 with ProgrammableFlow Network Suite

NEC Corporation of America (NEC) announced today that it will be demonstrating its ProgrammableFlow software defined networking (SDN) fabric for Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V environments in Booth 18 at Microsoft TechEd North America 2012, to be held in Orlando on June 11-14. ProgrammableFlow, which recently earned the Grand Prize at Best of Interop, also has… Continue reading NEC to Demo SDN for Hyper-V 2012 with ProgrammableFlow Network Suite

Nicira Virtualizes the Network for Offshore Cloud Specialist Calligo

Nicira, the network virtualization company, today announced that Calligo, a full-service cloud service provider based in the Channel Islands, has adopted Nicira’s Network Virtualization Platform (NVP) to support its customers in the offshore industries in the region. Calligo is using NVP to make two data centers – one in Jersey and one in Guernsey –… Continue reading Nicira Virtualizes the Network for Offshore Cloud Specialist Calligo

Citrix NetScaler 10 Brings the Power of the Cloud to Any Network

Citrix unveiled NetScaler 10, a landmark release that brings the elasticity, simplicity and expandability of the cloud to both enterprise and carrier networks. NetScaler 10 features the groundbreaking new Citrix TriScaleTM technology, making it easy for businesses of any size to scale their networks “up, in and out” with ease, just like the world’s largest… Continue reading Citrix NetScaler 10 Brings the Power of the Cloud to Any Network

Network Virtualization Platform Reinvents Network Operations and Economics

Nicira, the network virtualization company, today publicly unveiled its Network Virtualization Platform (NVP). NVP is a software-based system that creates a distributed virtual network infrastructure in cloud data centers that is completely decoupled and independent from physical network hardware. With Nicira NVP, global market leaders such as AT&T, eBay, Fidelity Investments, NTT and Rackspace are… Continue reading Network Virtualization Platform Reinvents Network Operations and Economics

IT Networking Equipment/Products Market to Reach $214.2 Billion by 2015

The last couple of decades have witnessed a broad sweep of technological developments in computer networking. Computer networking speeds are accelerating significantly beyond the standard 10-Gigabit Ethernet (GbE). From data transmission speeds of 100 megabits per second to 10 gigabits per second to now over 100 gigabits per second, networking speeds have been evolving in… Continue reading IT Networking Equipment/Products Market to Reach $214.2 Billion by 2015