Is Networking Gear the Last Stand Against Commoditization in the Data Center?
Brocade’s hanging of a “for sale” sign shines the spotlight on the one area of cloud and enterprise expansion that up until now has been largely overlooked: the network. Pick your model — cloud or...
View ArticleDell Plays the Networking Field With Juniper Deal
Dell (s dell) today said it’s agreed to resell gear from Juniper Networks (s jnpr) as the Round Rock, Texas, computer maker attempts to fill the networking hole in its product line. It signed a similar...
View ArticleHP Buys 3Com to Play Cisco's Server Game
Updated: HP (s hpq) said today that it plans to buy router and switching gear maker 3Com (s coms) for $2.7 billion — a deal that seeks to put HP on better competitive footing against Cisco (s csco) and...
View ArticleThe new iPad has CIOs quaking in their cubicles
Apple’s newest iPad has some new elements that could make it a (bigger) hit in the enterprise, such as a higher-resolution screen for video conferencing and presentations as well as taking dictation....
View ArticleBrocade’s SDN vision sheds some light on OpenFlow’s evolution
Brocade (s brcd) has joined the parade of vendors, large and small, trumpeting their software-defined networking strategies. The company, which makes networking chips and gear, laid out a strategy that...
View ArticleHow Vyatta buy helps Brocade in a software-defined world
Brocade (s brcd), the networking and switch company, is buying Vyatta, a company that pioneered the idea of open-source routing software, in a bid to compete in a networking world where...
View Article2012: The year software-defined networking sold out
The network was the star of the data center this year as hype around software-defined networking hit the mainstream tech press and consciousness of IT professionals. There were company fundings,...
View ArticleBrocade unveils network virtualization software and gear
Brocade (s brcd) on Tuesday unveiled new software following on its November acquisition of Vyatta, showing that the network vendor, like Cisco (s csco) and others, is indeed going after higher layers...
View ArticleHey software engineers, if you want the big bucks, think networking
The company paying the highest salaries for software engineers is not one of the usual suspects, like Google(S goo) or Microsoft(s msft) or Facebook(s fb). Instead it is Juniper Networks(s jnpr), a...
View ArticleWho Will Buy Brocade?
Brocade (s brcd), which makes switches and storage networking gear that connect servers to the storage and communications networks inside data centers, has put itself up for sale, according to the Wall...
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