Planning for SDN; what to look for in an SDN controller

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	Planning for SDN Software-defined networking (SDN) is the hottest thing going today, but there is considerable confusion surrounding everything from the definition of the term to the different architectures and technologies suppliers are putting forward. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Virtualizing Your Infrastructure with a Path to the Cloud IT needs to deliver more services, with greater agility and a high level of availability while keeping operational expenses low. This paper explains 5 reasons to deploy blades as you build out your virtualized infrastructure. Learn More In this Issue What to look for in an SDN controller Meet WISP, the wireless future of Internet service Google Cloud Compute goes live Boston sight-seeing guide for IT pros Targeted attacks spotted in the wild exploiting Windows XP zero-day Cisco has this SDN thing covered D-Link issues fixes for firmware backdoor in routers Containers: The new Hypervisors Akamai to buy DDoS protection specialist Prolexic Windows 8 uptake needle sticks as growth stalls WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Application Performance in a World of Cloud and Mobility Cloud, mobility, and networking have shifted the dynamics of application performance. As a result, IT is under more pressure than ever to improve application performance. Learn how to ensure that employees and customers can access applications effectively without being forced to expend more resources on network upgrades. Read more >> What to look for in an SDN controller One of the key challenges confronting potential users of software-defined networking is discerning the specific value of particular SDN controllers. Controllers, after all, play critical role as the key arbiter between network applications and network infrastructure. Read More Meet WISP, the wireless future of Internet service The Internet connection we all rely on is about to change, now that WISP is coming to town. Read More Google Cloud Compute goes live After running the service in preview mode for over a year, Google is making its IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) Google Compute Engine (GCE) available as a full-fledged commercial service. Read More WHITE PAPER: Stratacache Accelerating In-Store Mobile Apps at Retail In this whitepaper, we examine how on-premise caching technology can take the guesswork out of mobile retailing with staggering results. Learn More. Boston sight-seeing guide for IT pros Geek's guide to Boston and surrounding area. Read More Targeted attacks spotted in the wild exploiting Windows XP zero-day Microsoft can preach about the evils of clinging to Windows XP all that the company wants, but the desktop operating system market share for November 2013 still shows Windows XP at over 31%, according to NetMarketShare. Windows 7 is the most popular OS offering at 46.6%. Read More Cisco has this SDN thing covered Who says SDNs threaten Cisco? It may be another market transition that Cisco embraces as an opportunity and growth engine. Read More WEBCAST: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Combat Disasters And Optimize Business Operations Offsite data replication is key to ensuring ongoing business operations, but it can be complex and costly, especially when performed over long distances. Join this discussion to discover how you can apply fast, cost effective and reliable remote replication strategies and technologies. View now >> D-Link issues fixes for firmware backdoor in routers D-Link published patches on Monday for a firmware coding goof that could allow attackers to remotely change the settings of several of its router models. Read More Containers: The new Hypervisors Much of the growth in IT over the last 10 or so years can be attributed in some way or another to virtualization. They key to virtualization is the hypervisor. Whether open source such as Xen or VMware or even Microsoft's HyperV, the hypervisor has ushered in a revolution in IT. There would be no cloud and certainly no Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) without the hypervisor. Read More Akamai to buy DDoS protection specialist Prolexic Content delivery services provider Akamai Technologies plans to buy Prolexic Technologies, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation specialist, for US$370 million in cash. Read More Windows 8 uptake needle sticks as growth stalls Windows 8's uptake stalled in November, while the now-aging Windows 7 continued to gain ground, a Web metrics company said Sunday. Read More
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