Arista heading off Cisco/Insieme at 100G SDNs?

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	Arista heading off Cisco/Insieme at 100G SDNs? Arista is raising the ante in high-density programmable core switching and perhaps setting the stage for things to come. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Tackling Peak Traffic Demands in Today's Data Center As demands on data center infrastructure increase, both IT professionals and their tools will need to adapt. Learn how application delivery controllers (ADCs) can accommodate enterprise needs for performance and scalability while providing a unified platform for application services. Download the report today. Download Now In this Issue Clarifying the role of software-defined networking northbound APIs Federal CIOs Fret Over Budget Pressures, IT Talent and Cybersecurity Data centers under water: What, me worry? NASA smartphone satellites beam clear images of Earth Wicked cool things to do in Las Vegas – after the tradeshow Interop: The quiz The birth of the network function virtualization (NFV) ISV community WEBCAST: IBM The Power of Predictive Analytics and Optimization See how predictive analytics and optimization can enable automated decision-making to better cope with new business conditions, improve the quality and effectiveness of decisions, and learn what works best to continuously improve over time. Learn More Clarifying the role of software-defined networking northbound APIs With software-defined networking the control of the network is pried out of the data handling devices and centralized on a controller that uses a common protocol, OpenFlow, to direct the switches on the southbound side. That much has been established. But what of the oft-mentioned northbound APIs that will let applications tell the controller what they need from the network? What kind of progress is the Open Networking Foundation making on that front? Network World Editor in Chief John Dix put the question to Robert Sherwood, CTO of Big Switch Networks and head of the ONF's Architecture and Framework Working Group, which is responsible for multiple things, including the creation of these northbound APIs. Read More Federal CIOs Fret Over Budget Pressures, IT Talent and Cybersecurity TechAmerica's annual survey of federal CIOs reveals anxieties over chronic fiscal constraints and lack of budget authority. But there's more: Add security threats and challenges of recruiting and retaining top talent to the list of CIO concerns. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Winning Strategies for Omnichannel Banking Research reveals new ways for banks to prosper. Customers are ready for omnichannel experiences. Respond now-learn how to manage the transition to omnichannel banking and reap the rewards of delivering innovative services. Read Now Data centers under water: What, me worry? Given the dire warnings about climate change, some business and IT people are pondering this question: How should data center managers handle the crop of 100- and even 500-year storms, coastal flooding and other ecological disasters that climatologists predict are heading our way? Read More NASA smartphone satellites beam clear images of Earth The trio of Android smartphones NASA blasted into orbit recently have ended their journey by burning up in the atmosphere, but not before snapping shots of Earth -- and the pictures don't look too bad. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel Big Data Requires a Remodeling of the Data Warehouse Take a few moments to learn about a data warehouse appliance that is a massively parallel server optimized to run Microsoft's SQL Server that delivers enterprise scalability, ease of maintenance, and a single version of the truth, all for a low cost. Read Now! Wicked cool things to do in Las Vegas – after the tradeshow Vegas is Sin City, which means there's plenty to do there other than just attend Interop, tech shows Read More Interop: The quiz From strange titles of talks to the use of exotic broadcast media, Interop has been drawing attention for more than two decades Read More The birth of the network function virtualization (NFV) ISV community A key requirement for the success of the nascent network functions virtualization (NFV) market is the emergence of an independent software community to drive innovation in telecom software. At the recent Open Network Summit (ONS) event there was significant activity around NFV, including a number of smaller suppliers demonstrating products. Read More
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