OpenFlow and SDN: Networking's future?

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	OpenFlow and SDN: Networking's future? The future of networking will be defined by software. That was the overriding theme after the first day of the inaugural Open Networking Summit, a conference dedicated to software-defined networking (SDN)and OpenFlow, the open source API defined to enable multivendor switches and routers to be programmable. Read More WHITE PAPER: Certeon, Exinda & Cisco Special Digital Edition: Wan Optimization This Network World Spotlight Digital Edition, prepared by Network World editors, provides an in-depth look at the latest WAN optimization developments. Read now In this Issue Gartner: 16 long-held IT business practices you need to kill Enterasys OneFabric makes sense Amazon Silk offers increased security on open Wi-Fi networks Touring the MIT Media Lab during Emtech 2011 Gartner: Private clouds are a last resort Open Networking Summit Day 2: Cisco says "We see SDN as the next evolution of networking" Ford connecting cars to cloud-based apps Google's Brin initially thought Circles was too complicated Gartner: Big challenges lurk in building enterprise wireless networks VMware, Nvidia work to improve virtual desktop performance WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Most Important Metric for your VMs The management tools selected to support virtualization is essential to the ability of IT to grow the virtual environment without proportionately increasing the staff to manage all of the new physical host servers and their guest VMs. Learn More Gartner: 16 long-held IT business practices you need to kill With CIO budgets heading for their 11th consecutive year of growing at 3% or less, it's time to offer up some sacred caws for sacrifice. Read More Enterasys OneFabric makes sense Just what is a "network fabric?" Generally, the term is used to describe a low-latency, loss-less, converged, flat network architecture for data centers. That said, the term has been co-opted by marketing types so it's hard to know what "network fabric" means anymore. Read More Amazon Silk offers increased security on open Wi-Fi networks The cloud-based design of Amazon's Silk browser has positive security side effects because it encrypts all traffic between users and websites, especially important when connected over unprotected Wi-Fi networks where session hijacking attacks can occur easily, the company said. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Gartner Report: Network Infrastructure Segmentation This research looks at how segmenting the network infrastructure into foundational building blocks provides clarity on the networking requirements and the ability to make better vendor choices at each layer of the network. Read now Touring the MIT Media Lab during Emtech 2011 I visited the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass., yesterday for the first time while attending Technology Review's annual and excellent Emtech event.The building opened last year and boasts open work spaces, robots and other gadgets everywhere, and glass walls to keep things out in the open and to encourage researchers in different disciplines to interact. Read More Gartner: Private clouds are a last resort Enterprises should consider public cloud services first and turn to private clouds only if the public cloud fails to meet their needs. Read More Open Networking Summit Day 2: Cisco says "We see SDN as the next evolution of networking" I have to say that after an amazing Day 2 at the Open Networking Summit, I am convinced that OpenFlow and Software Defined Networking (SDN) are not only here to stay, but they will define the future of networking. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Reduce Networking Costs by 66% This IDC paper highlights interviews with customers who have implemented a complete HP networking solution from the edge to the core. Read IDC's opinion on HP's networking solutions since its recent acquisition of 3Com and see how customers on average have reduced networking costs by 66% and achieved a ROI of 466%. Read now! Ford connecting cars to cloud-based apps Ford is testing technology that would create a wireless network between cars and with cloud-based services to enable drivers to avoid traffic jams, speed traps or even find out their last blood glucose level. Read More Google's Brin initially thought Circles was too complicated Sergey Brin initially considered the Circles content-sharing mechanism on Google+ to be too complicated, but after he started using the site he changed his mind and now thoroughly enjoys using the company's social networking site. Read More Gartner: Big challenges lurk in building enterprise wireless networks When you start off with this bit of information from Gartner -- by 2015, 80% of newly installed wireless networks will be obsolete because of a lack of proper planning -- you understand the challenges enterprises face in ramping up mobile environments. Read More VMware, Nvidia work to improve virtual desktop performance VMware and Nvidia will work together to implement the graphics company Quadro's Virtual Graphics platform on VMware's View virtual desktop platform in order to allow more users to ditch the traditional workstation. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 2011 tech industry graveyard Fortunately for the tech industry, there's a lot more living than dying, with 2011 seeing the birth of everything from Apple's iPad 2 to the Google+ social network. But inevitably, 2011 has also seen its share of dead, killed, murdered, offed, obliterated companies, technologies and ideas as well. Here's your chance to pay last respects, and who knows, maybe a few of these will sprout back to life. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here.Also: Please take our survey on certifications and your career MOST-READ STORIES Cisco unveils latest Nexus data center switch Day 1: Giving up Windows 7 for Ubuntu 11.10 for two weeks Cheap power: An overnight revolution Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012 Ballmer feels lucky Microsoft didn't buy Yahoo in 2008 Death to firewalls; long live firewalls Google unveils what's new in Android 4 'Ice Cream Sandwich' The challenge of managing mountains of information Researchers discover keyboard keylogger attack via iPhone? Gartner: Big challenges lurk in building enterprise wireless networks
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