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Software-Defined Networking

Articles published in August 2012
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10 published in august 2012

Photos: VMworld 2012


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August 29, 2012 : The show that's about to become big on software-defined networking took to San Francisco this week

Who's King of M&A?


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August 29, 2012 : There have been some major mergers and acquisitions during the past year, but who will make the Leading Lights Best Deal Maker shortlist?

VMware Looks Into the Network


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 27, 2012 : The company's VMworld conference kicks off with a big software release and nibbles of news about networking and Nicira

Cisco's Insieme Building Massively Scalable Switch


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
August 24, 2012 : The Cisco spin-in isn't just doing software-defined networking, sources say

Big Switch Claims Its Place in SDN


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 20, 2012 : The OpenFlow startup says it's playing a key role in spreading SDN to the masses

Cisco CEO Sees Glimmers for the Economy


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
August 15, 2012 : Not for Europe. But in the US, there's maybe, possibly a chance that business for Cisco is about to get better

Does Cisco Need Nicira?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 14, 2012 : VMWare reportedly outbid Cisco for the software-defined networking startup

6 SDN Startups to Watch


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
August 10, 2012 : A few names to note before every startup starts saying it does software-defined networking

SDN Startup Traces Roots to Cisco


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 8, 2012 : Plumgrid's founders gave Cisco a taste of software-defined networking a few years ago. Now they've got the VC backing to try it on their own

Japan Has an SDN Startup, Too


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
August 3, 2012 : Midokura is pretty much unknown, even in software-defined networking circles, but it claims to have a unique scope in its approach
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Arista Leads SDN Demo


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August 27, 2012 : Arista, F5, VMware and EMC Isilon demonstrate multi-vendor software defined cloud networking at VMworld 2012

Broadcom Intros Trident II


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August 27, 2012 : Broadcom extends leadership with new StrataXGS Trident II switch series optimized for cloud-scale data center networks

Big Switch Notes SDN API Momentum


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August 20, 2012 : Big Switch Networks delivers more than 6,000 downloads of the Apache-licensed Floodlight controller and APIs

Huawei Licenses Metaswitch Control Plane


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August 17, 2012 : Huawei selects Metaswitch for PCE and unified control plane software

Ericsson Exec Joins PLUMgrid


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August 16, 2012 : PLUMgrid appoints former VP/GM of Cisco Systems Lele Nardin as vice president of engineering

Cyan Goes Down Under


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August 15, 2012 : Vocus Communications selects Cyan’s SDN solution for New Zealand network capacity expansion

Cariden Offers SDN Blueprint


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August 8, 2012 : White Paper hosted by SDNCentral discloses Network Services OS (NS-OS) details and value propositions

Plumgrid Raises $10.7M


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August 8, 2012 : PLUMgrid raises $10.7M in Series A funding from US venture partners and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

NEC Enhances OpenFlow-based SDN Fabric


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August 1, 2012 : Enhancements allow enterprises and cloud operators to automate provisioning of high-performance network services, says vendor
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v0dgeball!


LRTV Documentaries - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
August 30, 2012 : Networking's best and brightest face off in a dodgeball match to the death. Or at least until dinnertime

Matchmaking NSN


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (13)
August 2, 2012 : 7:05 AM Forget Alcatel-Lucent – NEC could be the best bet to merge with Nokia Siemens Networks