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• Broadcom unveils 25G Ethernet, SDN optimized chip

  Broadcom this week announced availability of new Ethernet switch silicon optimized for cloud-scale data centers.

• Brocade unveils OpenDaylight SDN controller

  Brocade this week unveiled an SDN controller based on open source code from the OpenDaylight multivendor and community consortium.

• Citrix touts new ‘software-defined workplace' focus

  Citrix is laying out a new strategy to position itself as a "software-defined workplaces" company that enables its customers to have a mobile workforce that can access everything they need to be productive from anywhere and on any device.

• SDN market could hit $US18bn by 2018

  The enterprise and data centerSDN market grew 192 per cent in 2013 and is poised to reach $US18 billion by 2018, according to Infonetics Research.

• Can SDN usher in better IT security?

  That software-defined networking (SDN) is a coming reality is starting to gain traction in IT security circles, with some vendors arguing it could lead to a level of interoperability in security largely missing at present.

• VMworld 2014: VMware calls new "hyper-converged" system a building block for software-defined datacentres

  VMware this week unveiled at its VMworld event the first in a family of "hyper-converged" systems, a product called EVO:RAIL that it says will help customers build software-defined datacentres.

• Top 5 things to watch for at VMWorld 2014

  A year ago everyone wanted to know about VMware's big plan.

• Start-up fights ambush attacks on SDN, virtual machine networks

  Start-up GuardiCore is working on a security product that works through a 'honeypot' approach to detect and block stealthy attacks on software-defined networks (SDN) and multi-vendor virtual-machine infrastructures for enterprise customers as well as cloud-service providers.

• F5 CTO: We're working hard on the transition to software

  F5 Networks is a veteran player in the network management market, having sold its load balancing hardware - or application delivery controllers, as it prefers to call them - to large numbers of data center customers.

• Big Switch aims to control the cloud with SDN product

  Big Switch Networks this week is unveiling an SDN controller designed to bring Google-like hyperscale networking to enterprises.

• Cisco enterprise controller going through paces

  Cisco is adding its APIC Enterprise Module, an enterprise controller for its programmable Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), to its software development community to ready it for general release.

• Open user group specs out SDN expectations

  The Open Networking User Group (ONUG) this week established working groups to address what it sees as the biggest pain points in networking and issued a white paper describing the current challenges and future needs.

• How to prepare for SDN

  Making the leap to SDN? Don't jump in blind. It helps to know what software-defined networking is, first off, and then what it can do for you.

• SDN start-up reaches for its "Wedge"

  Pluribus Networks, the SDN start-up with the server/switch combination and network hypervisor/operating system, is looking to make a gradual exit from the hardware end of that market. Pluribus this week said distributor Arrow Electronics will now supply the Pluribus-branded, 1RU E-68 Server-Switch that combines Broadcom Trident II chips with Intel Xeon server-class, multi-core processors.

• SDN: The next steps

  Software Defined Networking technology is maturing and there are several real world use cases, but for most shops it is still a question of figuring out how we get there from here. In this Network World special report we analyze the promise and the options: