What are the killer apps for software defined networks?

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	What are the killer apps for software defined networks? With their ability to decouple network control from the physical infrastructure, OpenFlow and software-defined networks have been touted as the Next Big Thing in networking. They've been pitched as a way for cloud service providers and webscale companies like Google, Facebook and Yahoo to ease or automate network configuration and reconfiguration, and quickly add more functionality without manually touching each and every switch or router in the network. Read More WEBCAST: Cisco Systems Listen and Learn: "Countdown to Cloud" Webcast Cisco TechWiseTV's Jimmy Ray Purser walks through steps required to prepare your WAN for public, private, & hybrid clouds, as well as how to best scale those services across your organization. Listen See how you can deliver a better cloud experience with a Cisco Cloud Intelligent Network. Watch Now Learn more. In this Issue Cisco on why OpenFlow alone doesn't cut it Surface for Windows RT vs. the iPad Is Juniper's QFabric a big deal or a big bust? US pushes forward on public-safety LTE network Cisco's own BYOD policies and practices helped kill Cius Big Data and your network Have LinkedIn's security woes permanently damaged the social network? SDN/OpenFlow has Cisco jumping Experts show how 'Flame' malware fakes Windows Intel buys wireless patents from Interdigital for $375 million WEBCAST: VCE/VMware Demystifying Desktop Virtualization Organizations faced with the growing costs and security concerns created by the quantity and diversity of personal computers and devices need a more secure, cost effective, flexible desktop environment. Now organizations can rapidly deploy a more secure, cost effective and flexible desktop environment. View Now Cisco on why OpenFlow alone doesn't cut it The rationale for opening up more layers than just the control and forwarding planes in network programmability is to glean as much statistical and analytical information as possible from the router or switch so the programming application can make more specific decisions on network behavior and customization. That's how Cisco's Open Network Environment (ONE) programmability strategy was explained. Read More Surface for Windows RT vs. the iPad A Windows 8 tablet that's thin, light and easy on power consumption naturally invites comparisons with the iPad, so here goes. Read More Is Juniper's QFabric a big deal or a big bust? Many vendors will claim to have invented the term "network fabric." I'm not 100% sure who actually used it first but in my mind, Juniper was the first to go mainstream with it. 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BYOD trends globally - and locally, officials said this week -- forced the company to cancel development of the collaboration endpoint two weeks ago, later than it apparently should have. Read More Big Data and your network With all the talk about big data, we hear comparatively little about the challenges it'll pose for the WAN. So it was particularly interesting to hear what one university learned when they ran Hadoop over their WAN. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. WAN Optimization eGuide In this eGuide, articles from Network World examine the maturing WAN optimization market, collect advice from experts and users on how best to implement these products, and look at new trends. Read on to discover how to make the most of WAN optimization in enterprise networks. Read now. Have LinkedIn's security woes permanently damaged the social network? After last week's breach of the LinkedIn site, analysts are debating whether the attack will cause long-term damage to the social network. Read More SDN/OpenFlow has Cisco jumping You can gauge the promise of an emerging technology by the reaction of the biggest legacy player potentially threatened by the new arrival. It walks a fine line between jumping in too quickly and sanctioning a nascent movement that may not otherwise get off the ground, and reacting too slowly and losing advantage to fleet-footed upstarts. Read More Experts show how 'Flame' malware fakes Windows Security researchers have published detailed information about how Flame malware spreads through a network by exploiting Microsoft's Windows Update mechanism. Read More Intel buys wireless patents from Interdigital for $375 million Intel on Monday spent US$375 million to buy around 1,700 wireless networking patents from subsidiaries of digital communications company Interdigital. Read More
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