There are a number of emerging and proposed standard protocols focused on optimizing the support that data center Ethernet LANs provide for server virtualization. Several of these protocols are aimed ...

With the growth in cloud computing applications, the industry is transitioning from traditional campus enterprise data centers to hyperscale cloud and mega data centers. According to IDC Research, ...

The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. IBM now has a virtual overlay solution (similar to what VMware provides with VXLAN, and Nicira's STT) ...

More and more of the networking that is done in the datacenter is performed on software-defined networking whiteboxes rather than on proprietary black box machinery that was controlled by one supplier ...

When getting to know software defined networking, you’ll encounter a number of terms that are used in conjunction with the technology. Some of the terms are unique to SDN, while others describe ...

The complicated relationship of Cisco Systems Inc. with the upstart software-defined networking (SDN) movement took another twist with new support for open standards overlay technology. Many industry ...

Moving to give IT organizations more flexibility in terms of how to make the shift to a new era of programmable software-defined networks (SDN), Cisco today announced that it is adding support for the ...