Data Center

  • Google opens up on its SDN

    For first time, hyperwebscale company details its data center network, offers it to developers At this week’s Open Network Summit, Google spoke for the first time publicly about its custom data center network. For nearly a decade, we’ve been hearing, reading and writing about how Google was building its own […]

  • Cisco fills out SDN family with 40G switch, controller, cloud gear for data center

    Nexus 6000 designed for high-density 40G; InterCloud, for VM migration to hybrid clouds; ONE Controller for programming Cisco switches, routers Cisco this week will fill out its programmable networking family with a new line of data center switches, cloud connectivity extensions and a software-based SDN controller. The new products fill […]

  • 12 effective habits of indispensable IT pros

    12 effective habits of indispensable IT pros How do you keep your job — or get a better one — in an era when hiring is slow and budgets are squeezed? Follow these 12 maxims. Some are practical advice you’ve heard before (and ignored). Being familiar with how technology can […]