Why SDN all-stars are heading to Brocade
Why is it that a who's who of SDN developers is landing at Brocade?
Why is it that a who's who of SDN developers is landing at Brocade?
As it faces down a litigious assault from rival Cisco, Arista Networks is enhancing its switch operating system to expedite DevOps deployments.
SAN JOSE -- By the end of 2015, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2365282/data-center/3-steps-for-moving-ciscos-catalyst-6500-to-the-nexus-9000.html">all of Cisco's Catalyst 6500 data center customers will have deployed the company's new Nexus 9000 switch</a>.
Cisco is getting a lift from apparent momentum behind its Nexus 9000 switches and Application Centric Infrastructure fabric. Investment firm UBS boosted its Cisco stock price targets after discussions with EMEA chief Chris Dedicoat yielded numbers UBS found encouraging.
The switch/software disaggregation derby has begun.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2175670/lan-wan/extreme-binds-enterasys-gear-tighter-to-its-own.html">Extreme Networks</a> this week announced new products and technology partners for its <a href="http://www.extremenetworks.com/solutions/sdn/">Software Defined Architecture</a> data center product line.
Cisco this week announced it will soon ship its Application Centric Infrastructure controller and rolled out other extensions across its data center portfolio.
Arista Networks this week unveiled a fixed configuration top-of-rack switch with 100G Ethernet uplinks for congestion-sensitive big data, streaming video and IP storage workloads.
The Ethernet switch market eked out modest growth in 2012 against the backdrop of an uncertain global economy, underscored by weakness in Europe and lower public sector spending.