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Advanced Load Balancing For Developers. The Network Dev Tool

— It has been a while since I wrote an installment of Load Balancing for Developers, and now I think it has been too long, but never fear, this is the grad-daddy of Load Balancing for Developers blogs, covering a useful bit of information about Application Delivery Controllers that you might want to take advantage of. Fo...

Feb 03 06:54:59 pm GMT / DevCentral Weblogs»

SeaMicro brings a very high density Xeon server to the datacenter

— How many CPUs can you stick in a single rack and still have room for storage and networking? Quite a few, apparently.

Feb 03 06:11:34 pm GMT / data center Resources | ZDNet »

Herding Cats: No Bubble People (February 2012)

— kitten, by Clevergrrl Have you checked out ISSA Connect yet? The next issue is up there with my column, No Bubble People. We must assume malware will end up in our network. Unless we treat our users like the Boy in the Bubble, they will click things and infect themselves—many times without ev...

Feb 03 06:03:13 pm GMT / EMC Feeds »

CloudPassage and Yubico Partner

— Yubico has announced a partnership with CloudPassage designed to deliver strong, secure authentication and protection of administrative network access in the cloud. Rand Wacker, vice president of product management for CloudPassage, noted that “security is a paramount concern for companies making the move to the clou...

Feb 03 12:00:00 pm GMT / Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal»

ShoreTel To Acquire Cloud Communications Company M5 Networks For Up To $146 Million

— IP phone company ShoreTel has today announced that it is beefing up its offerings by acquiring unified communications company M5 Networks in a deal that is valued up to $146 million in cash and stock.

Feb 01 11:44:03 pm GMT / TechCrunchIT»

Communities Will Lead the Way

— Competitive advantage for network technologies will be determined by a vendor’s ability to allow its customers to create custom features through a programmable front end and then share these ideas with a broader community. The community will become a self feeding ecosystem that will create a higher level of st...

Feb 01 06:19:41 pm GMT / DevCentral Weblogs»

Cisco CTO: Software integration will drive intelligent networks

— Networking giant Cisco plans to make software one of the company's “core competencies”, with the aim of creating a networking operating system that is more intelligent and contextualised.

Feb 01 12:05:00 pm GMT / Techworld.com Virtualisation»

Explore new Hyper-V 3 networking features

— As you may know, Hyper-V 3 includes a lot of new networking capabilities. Here, I’m going to discuss a few of the new features you’ll find in virtual machine configurations in Hyper-V 3. more...

Jan 31 12:20:55 am GMT / VirtualizationAdmin Blogs»

My Continuing Infatuation With Storage

— During my many decades as a technology guy, I've been exposed to all sorts of interesting things: compilers, AI, networks, security, processors, databases, virtualization, apps, mobile, etc. etc. But no technology has held my interest over the many years as... Update your feed...

Jan 30 05:31:43 pm GMT / EMC Feeds »

MetaFlows launches low-cost SaaS product that unifies network security

— Network security monitoring startup MetaFlows launched a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product that can be installed on low-cost hardware to monitor network traffic flow, detect possible intrusions and analyze event logs.

Jan 30 02:59:00 pm GMT / Computerworld SaaS News»

F5 says Big-IP is now a network firewall

— F5’s Big-IP application delivery controllers are now certified as network firewalls, meaning they can replace separate network firewalls businesses might already have in place to meet regulators’ requirements.

Jan 30 09:08:00 am GMT / Techworld.com Data Centre»

Juniper's financial challenges continue

— Juniper Networks' challenges are due to timing with new product rollouts and shifts in investments from customers and channel partners.

Jan 27 09:18:00 pm GMT / Computerworld Cisco News»

It’s Game On for CPBN with Rackspace

— You’re watching the big game; your favorite player shoots the ball, and…nothing. That’s what happened to University of Connecticut women’s basketball fans last year when Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network’s (CPBN) servers buckled under unexpectedly heavy traffic while broadcasting an inte...

Jan 26 02:00:31 pm GMT / Rackspace Cloud Computing & Hosting»

EU’s Proposed Data Laws Can Only Produce One Thing: Outsourcing User Data

— In 2011, Sony had several major security breaches: Sony Online Entertainment, Sony Pictures, and Playstation Network all were attacked and private data was successfully stolen. Their handling of the attacks, particularly the larger PSN one, was widely criticized. Many users are either unaware or acutely aware of how m...

Jan 25 11:24:07 pm GMT / TechCrunchIT»

Alas, Poor Virtensys, I Knew Virtual I/O Horatio

— I must admit I was one of those folks who was intrigued by the idea of I/O virtualization. I led sessions at conferences exploring the various ways one could connect servers and peripherals to each other. The very idea that I could share expensive resources like RAID controllers and network connections from a shared po...

Jan 25 03:00:00 pm GMT / Network Computing»

Tibco adds geolocation to its Tibbr social platform

— Tibco has added geolocation technology to its Tibbr enterprise social-networking platform, in a move that will allow companies to use physical spaces as "data hubs," or launching points for information delivery and collection.

Jan 25 02:05:00 pm GMT / Computerworld NOSes and Server Software News»

Piracy and privacy

— Internet activists flexed some impressive muscle over the last couple of weeks in working to block Congress from enacting the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA), which would have put legal restraints and restrictions on search engines, advertising networks, internet service providers, and other online sites and services as...

Jan 24 07:07:33 pm GMT / Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog»

Can Nokia Crack The Verizon Nut?

— To be successful in North America, you have to have a device on the biggest network, Verizon.

Jan 20 04:30:00 pm GMT / InformationWeek Virtualization Weblog»

Buffalo Technology Delivers Enterprise-Level Storage to Branch Offices With TeraStation

— Review: When is a NAS not a NAS? Thats a question Buffalo Technology wants its prospective customers to ask before picking a storage solution for SMB and branch office networks. Buffalo Technologys TeraStation is designed to add up to more than the sum of its parts and deliver a storage device that goes beyond what one...

Jan 18 05:49:03 pm GMT / Data Storage - RSS Feed»

Need an agile infrastructure? Do your homework

— Companies looking for more agile data centers are increasingly turning to public (external) or private (internal) clouds with virtualized servers, storage and networks. Getting the lowest cost and the best speed and flexibility from those systems requires assessing everything from performance to control and interoperab...

Jan 17 05:31:05 pm GMT / Virtualization - Infoworld»

VMware Tools installation problems? Try this.

— In order to be able to make full use of your VMware implementation, whether it’s a vSphere install Workstation or Fusion, you really need to install VMware Tools inside each virtual machine that you create. At times, you may receive an error that starts with “Error 1316. A network error occurred while a...

Jan 15 11:37:38 pm GMT / VirtualizationAdmin Blogs»

Verizon Gains More Than Consumers With LTE Shift

— To ease traffic on its 3G network, Verizon wants all future smartphone releases to support LTE.

Jan 13 07:59:00 pm GMT / InformationWeek Virtualization Weblog»

Consolidation Still Rules Virtual Strategies

— Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization Virtualization has taken a firm hold at most enterprises these days, but the fact is we've only just begun to unleash the true potential of the technology. With all the talk about cloud architectures, network

Jan 12 08:55:38 pm GMT / Arthur Cole»

AT&T adds 11 cities to 4G LTE network

— AT&T announced Thursday it has rolled out 4G LTE services to 11 more markets, including New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Jan 05 06:14:00 pm GMT / Computerworld Cisco News»

How to handle virtual desktops, wireless, network performance issues

— Schools are for learning, and the information technology and security professionals who support networks and applications in the nation's K-12 and university systems are discovering new tactics in what can be challenging IT environments. Here we talk to four professionals in the education realm to get a sense for their...

Jan 04 05:00:33 pm GMT / Virtualization - Infoworld»

Extreme CEO: New products in 2012, growth in 2013

— After years of stagnant or lackluster growth, Extreme Networks tapped Oscar Rodriguez to bring new life to the switch maker in 2010. He scrutinized global operations, streamlined the product line and brought a new focus that he says will really come through this spring with a new wave of switches.

Dec 21 10:36:00 pm GMT / Computerworld Cisco News»

Online retailers turn to social networks for holiday profits

— Retailers are going out of their way this year to integrate holiday season sales efforts with social networking sites to boost bottom line profits. Insider (registration required)

Dec 16 05:34:00 pm GMT / Computerworld Dell News»

Facebook becomes renewable energy activist

— Social networking giant will include renewable energy criteria in its data center siting decisions.

Dec 15 06:10:43 pm GMT / data center Resources | ZDNet »

Sprint Beefs Up Network For iPhone

— Carrier takes action to remedy users' reports of subpar smartphone speeds.

Dec 01 04:59:00 pm GMT / InformationWeek Virtualization Weblog»

Cisco stock jumps after earnings report beats expectations

— Cisco's comeback continued Thursday, as the San Jose networking company's stock received a healthy bump after its earnings report beat analysts' expectations.

Nov 10 10:54:46 pm GMT / Cisco»

For ISPs Skype sounds better on iPads, worse on MacBooks

— From the perspective of an ISP, making Skype calls on your iPad is far better than doing so on a MacBook Pro, while making calls via an Android handset falls in the middle when it comes to adding to the congestion of the overall network.

Nov 07 02:00:02 pm GMT / GigaOM � Cloud Computing»

Linksys refocuses on Wi-Fi, video

— Cisco Systems' Home Networking Business Unit will keep both its Linksys brand and its place in the parent company as Cisco pares down its business, but the unit is also sharpening its focus.

Oct 27 12:56:00 am GMT / Computerworld Cisco News»

Software Define Networking Comes of Age

— From the Last Bastion of Mainframe Computing Perspectives post: The networking equipment world looks just like mainframe computing ecosystem did 40 years ago. A small number of players produce vertically integrated solutions where the ASICs (the central processing unit responsible for high speed data pac...

Oct 23 03:57:07 pm GMT / Perspectives»

Changes in Networking Systems

— I’ve been posting frequently on networking issues with the key point being the market is on the precipice of a massive change. There is a new model emerging. · Datacenter Networks are in my way · Networking: The La...

Oct 01 04:08:59 pm GMT / Perspectives»

Notes from geekSessions – Network and Infrastructure Scalability

— Here are my notes from today’s geekSessions 2.2 in San Francisco: Allan Leinwand, CTO Zynga Allan gave a short talk on Zynga’s infrastructure, in particular Z Cloud, and Amazon EC2-compatible private cloud. Seems like another proof that AWS is the de-facto standard, at least for compute cloud and storage ...

Jul 27 04:57:46 am GMT / Cloudy Times»

Challenges and Trade-offs in Building a Web-scale Real-time Analytics System

— Ben Black always has interesting things on the go. He’s now down in San Francisco working on his startup Fastip which he describes as “an incredible platform for operating, exploring, and optimizing data networks.” A couple of days ago Deepak Singh sent me to a recent presentation of Ben’s I found interesting:...

Feb 11 01:41:36 pm GMT / Perspectives»

A Recipe for Cloud Design

— The deployment of infrastructure systems to support applications has been a challenge since we first developed a choice beyond the venerable mainframe. To some it’s a simple formula; take a server, toss in a little network and storage, bake for a few weeks and you’re done. If you’re having a few friends over (nee...

Jan 03 11:30:00 am GMT / Latest News from Blueprint4IT»

Enterprise Cloud Unified Footprint – Network Ensemble(s)

— A complex system such as an enterprise network is subjected to many kinds of stresses from a large variety of business applications that have different demand profiles. Dig deeper into any large network and you will see that one solution doesn't solve all problems. Pockets of point solutions are installed to solve prob...

Jul 12 01:30:00 pm GMT / Latest News from Blueprint4IT»

Technology as a service

— Cloud computing concept is transforming the IT industry and shaping the IT service delivery into a pay-as-you-grow model. Here’s a whitepaper from Cisco on Cisco-powered “network clouds”. Thought I’d share some keypoints / highlights… Abstraction of physical hardware (virtualization) &...

Sep 23 12:31:59 am GMT / The AppGirl Blog»

Silicon Architecture will change the way we work

— I've been exposed recently to some incredible developments in the silicon world. Some that I cannot mention. However, I do want to share with you an opinion about how this world will impact our world. Over the years, servers, storage and network systems...(read more)

Feb 26 09:10:00 pm GMT / Thoughts from the raised floor. Lewis Curtis Blog site»

EU code of conduct signed

— TelecityGroup is the first network independent provider to sign up to the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres.The EU Code of Conduct is a European-wide voluntary initiative, developed in collaboration with the industry, which promotes energy efficiency performance standards for data centres.

Feb 26 12:00:00 am GMT / Servers/Hardware»

SoftLayer's network gets more awesometastic.

— Shawna Furr over @ SoftLayer told me today that SL just undertook quite a network upgrade this past month. For Seattle they've added 10G connections to Comcast, SIX, Level3, and NTT adding to their existing 2x 10G connections to Internap for a total of 60Gbps of network capacity. In their Dallas datacenter they've bro...

Dec 16 01:02:46 am GMT / mhalligan's blog»

HP’s Virtual Connect Flex-10 Technology

— The lowest cost, most flexible way to connect virtual servers to your networks.

Nov 18 10:22:38 pm GMT / HP Server News & Podcasts»