The Internet of Things is exploding, but even faster than its rate of growth is the rate of known exploits. Manufacturers have built devices with little or no regard to security best practices and this is leaving customers and consumers exposed.
Category Archives: Convergence
SD-WAN: Driving Business Benefits
Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) is changing the technology landscape, but more importantly, SD-WAN is having a real impact on the business side of the equation. SD-WAN vendor Silver Peak is recognized for the WAN expertise and driving the clear business benefits with SD-WAN.
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IoT, Mobility, And SDN Are Changing Your Network, Are You Ready?
There is plenty afoot in the datacenter that is impacting networks, but the drive for new network technologies will not come from hardware or even networking software. True change will be driven by the applications that need a different network to support massive data needs.
Cisco And Apple: Not-So-Strange Bedfellows?
While most consider Cisco Systems and Apple to be at different ends of the technology spectrum, their relationship as endpoint and network controllers is deepening with announcements that tie the two together.
Bringing Dev Ops to WAN Orchestration
The movement to dev ops was primarily focused on application development but Glue Networks brings the concepts of dev ops to WAN (and network orchestration) through their latest Glueware release.
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HP’s Vision for Tomorrow’s IT
HP has a vision for the future of the data center and that vision centers around the concept of Compute. Compute will drive everything, but most importantly Compute is flexible and can scale with business needs.
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Bringing Intelligence to the Cloud Edge
As more data is being collected at the edge, the need for processing in place is growing as networks simply cannot handle the deluge. In this environment, ARM has the performance and low power CPUs that make processing at the edge a more reasonable proposition.
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Highlights of the Fall 2014 ONUG Meeting
Twice a year, the Open Networking User Group convenes to discuss needs, use cases and the future of networking. These meetings are especially candid and provide a great source of customer input for networking vendors.
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Can IBM Revitalize 8P with x86?
For years the 8P market has been in decline, primarily because these complex systems required significant R&D and long product cycles, falling behind business needs. IBM’s unique design enables a more modular and scalable 8P to address these challenges.
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HP Apollo 6000 and 8000 Advanced Cooling Solutions
Density compresses the problems with heat and makes it even more difficult to drive high performance. Optimal cooling can help to overcome this challenge, enabling both high performance without overtaxing the data center. HP’s advanced cooling solutions enable the Apollo 6000 and 8000 to deliver outstanding HPC performance.
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