Stories by Jim Duffy

OpenDaylight: Where's the love?

Almost a year after OpenDaylight's introduction was deluged with skepticism, the open source SDN consortium is still struggling to improve industry perception despite meeting many of its initial goals.

Written by Jim Duffy05 Feb. 14 22:15

OpenDaylight's delayed SDN now available

OpenDaylight, the vendor-heavy consortium developing an open source SDN framework, has announced that its first software release is available for download.

Written by Jim Duffy04 Feb. 14 18:40

Cisco puts enterprises under Insieme control

Cisco this week is unveiling an enterprise version of its Insieme controller that's intended to allow IT to extend policy-based automation and configuration to WAN and access networks.

Written by Jim Duffy28 Jan. 14 14:58

Cisco UCS 2.0: Flashy new data center servers revealed

Cisco this week unveiled the second generation of its successful data center server system with versions that incorporate solid state flash memory designed to speed data access and cut power usage.

Written by Jim Duffy23 Jan. 14 20:08

Brocade exits network adapter business

Brocade late last week said it has sold its network adapter business to QLogic to better focus on data center fabrics and software defined networking.

Written by Jim Duffy21 Jan. 14 17:03

SDN startup looks to program the enterprise

SDN startup Anuta Networks has unveiled its second product, a network services virtualization systems for midsize and large enterprises.

Written by Jim Duffy16 Jan. 14 21:58

Riverbed suitor takes stake in Juniper

Activist investor, Elliott Management, which last week made an unsolicited bid to buy Riverbed Technology, this week took a 6.2 per cent stake in Juniper Networks.

Written by Jim Duffy13 Jan. 14 18:24

Juniper SDN veteran lands at Brocade

Brocade has named former Cisco and Juniper engineer Benson Schliesser as distinguished engineer, responsible for helping shape the company's network virtualization strategy.

Written by Jim Duffy10 Jan. 14 16:28

Cisco takes TV to the Cloud

Cisco has extended its Videoscape Internet TV services platform into the Cloud by adopting OpenStack orchestration to allow content providers to offer video "as-a-service."

Written by Jim Duffy07 Jan. 14 20:04

SDN in 2014: More of everything

Last year saw tons of activity in software-defined networking, including the introduction of Cisco's response to the hardware-marginalizing trend. This year promises to be no different for SDN.

Written by Jim Duffy02 Jan. 14 14:09

2013: The 12 months of Cisco

This past year saw several major events and product introductions unfold at Cisco, beginning with an effort to connect cars to the Internet and ending with a solid pipeline in place for its new data center switches and fabric technology. The following is a review of the highlights of the year that was at Cisco, 2013.

Written by Jim Duffy17 Dec. 13 14:00

Juniper buys net optimizer WANDL for $60M

Juniper Networks this week said it is acquiring WANDL, a maker of network planning, management, design and optimization software for service providers, for $60 million.

Written by Jim Duffy16 Dec. 13 23:47
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