Data Networking
Arista touts next-gen switch as malleable as a T-1000 Terminator
Plunder me x86, programmable pipeline, and OpenFlow booty
Cisco EOLs ACE load balancer platform
Borg bullets Application Control Engine
How to be a Puppet master: Make Amazon, VMware dance for YOU
Sysadmin blog Deployment tool jumps onto the cloud train
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Intel shows off Seacliff Trail SDN-enabled switch
IDF 2012 Hardware, software, your brand not included
Speaking in Tech: In the cloud biz? Cut through the waffle and listen up
Podcast Experts discuss real world issues in the enterprise
Oh no, sysadmins! VMware touts data centre that runs ITSELF
Storage bods, your time is up
Huawei looking into critical router flaw claims
Telecoms kit maker defends its incident response system
Opinion
How to be a Puppet master: Make Amazon, VMware dance for YOU
Sysadmin blog Puppet, if you haven't heard of it, is automation software that takes on a role similar to Active Directory's group policy. Puppet can also handle application deployment, image deployment and anything else you can imagine that you would typically manage with scripts.
Cisco hits the roof in Olympics marketing dash
Cisco has thrown open its Olympics hospitality suite, giving partners and customers both a panoramic view of the Olympic Park and an up-close, 3D view of Stephen Fry loitering on a London Underground platform.
Exercises to keep your data centre on its toes
Given the size of networks today, networking should be open to promote interoperability, affordability and competition among suppliers to provide the best products.
News
Yes, yes, the Olympics are near. But what'll happen to its IT afterwards?
2,200 switches, data-centre-sized halls up for grabs
VCE hires Cisco exec to run the company
Takes nearly a year to fill the role
Mellanox makes InfiniBand hay while the sun shines
But can you hear the ground shake? Chipzilla's a-comin'
Speaking in Tech: Did Yahoo! suddenly get ... interesting?
Podcast Plus: Post-Katrina IT culture in New Orleans
Samsung swoops on Brit chip biz CSR, grabs talents'n'patents
Actual real technology, no web-2.0 rubbish here
Cisco predicts 1.3 zettabytes of annual data movements
WiFi to account for >50% of fixed data downloads by 2016
Speaking in Tech: The worst government IT deal of ALL TIME
Podcast The one about the oversized Cisco routers
The Ethernet Alliance is thinking fast
Make no mistake: the flood of data flowing across networks today will grow into several Niagaras. We can foresee zettabytes of information crossing the internet – and the lion's share will flow via Ethernet links.
Intel reels in Cray's supercomputer interconnect biz
Intel really is taking networking and system interconnects very seriously, and is buying the interconnect hardware business from massively parallel supercomputer maker Cray for $140m.
Dell flashes 40GE blade switch, fabric manager
The engineers who used to work at the formerly independent Force 10 have forged the first 40 Gigabit Ethernet switch for new owner Dell's PowerEdge M1000e blade server chassis.
Spotlight
Feature Adapteva's parallel dash for community cash
Blocks and Files Storage line-up needs more than 3PAR and StoreOnce arrays
Oi, who's uploading all the source code?
Deep dive Enterprise automation software for the masses
Sysadmin blog I'm not ashamed to admit I was drooling over those racks
Comment Stupidometer reading: 'Bad competitive analysis 101'
Interview Chris Mellor chats with Exagrid CEO Bill Andrews
Insiders claim former top dog Petersen wanted more control
Analysis IBM needs to swing both ways in server land
Spinning disks and squabbling sisters
