As I noted previously, two surveys give different pictures about SDNs. My take: every enterprise will adopt SDNs, but lower hardware prices will not be the biggest reason. Here’s why: To hear proponents tell it, Software Defined Networks (SDNs) are going to commoditize switching and routing, […]
Software Defined Networking (SDN)
There’s so much talk about software defined networks (SDNs) and OpenFlow that it’s easy to lose sight of why you actually want SDNs in the first place. So without further ado and with a bit of help from this blog, here are eight reasons to […]
This week, Pacific Crest Securities is hosting its 14th annual Global Technology Leadership Forum and Silver Peak CEO Rick Tinsley is participating on the keynote panel titled: “Next Wave Tech Disruptors: Impact of Smart Network, SDN & 10GE.” The panel is being moderated by Brent Bracelin, […]
VMware’s acquisition of Nicira made waves across the industry. Watch this video of Silver Peak CEO Rick Tinsley commenting on the VMware acquisition of Nicira, and the impact virtualization will have on networking.
As the economy continues to struggle, the news for IT networks and WAN optimization has been mixed. Almost half – 45% – of networks will be totally obsolete within five years, while Q1 data center equipment sales rose 17% with Fibre Channel (FC) and Ethernet […]