Data centre networking
Towards software-defined and cloud-native networking
As networking equipment rapidly evolves to being software-defined and cloud-native, there is pronounced interest in products and services to accelerate service delivery, improve end-user experiences, and reduce infrastructure and operational costs in service delivery applications.
News : Data centre networking
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July 05, 2021
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Jul'21
Ascendas India Trust to build datacentre near Mumbai
New datacentre campus near Mumbai will deliver 90MW of power to host technology and cloud suppliers as well as large Indian companies in a fast-growing market
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June 28, 2021
28
Jun'21
Swisscom embarks on public cloud migration with AWS to power 5G innovation
Switzerland-based telco Swisscom has named AWS its preferred public cloud partner to power its digital transformation plans
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June 24, 2021
24
Jun'21
Extreme Networks taps up Microsoft Azure to provide UK customers with locally hosted cloud service
Extreme Networks will draw on Microsoft Azure's UK datacentre region to provide its customers with locally hosted versions of its flagship cloud management platform
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June 09, 2021
09
Jun'21
Triggered dormant bug sees Fastly CDN cut to the quick
Cloud provider acts quickly to restore content delivery network after software bug disrupts service for major firms spanning media, e-commerce and government websites, including Amazon, The Guardian and Gov.uk
In Depth : Data centre networking
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Cisco's future banks on security, service providers, 5G
A big part of Cisco's future strategy will be enhancing its global presence and service provider customer base. For networking, it still pursues software and subscription models. Continue Reading
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A safe bet: How Covid-19 is fuelling investor interest in the datacentre industry
With demand for cloud and colocation capacity soaring on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic, datacentres are looking like an increasingly attractive bet for the investor community. Computer Weekly finds out why Continue Reading
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Future of networking technology relies on 5G, edge computing
In this roundup of networking blogs, experts discuss the key trends they look forward to in 2020 and how these advancements could benefit networking's future. Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Data centre networking
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Juniper Is Getting The Hang Of Acquisitions...
Had an excellent catch-up with Apstra, a company I’ve followed since day one, fascinated by its concept of “intent-based networking”. After all, my IT raison d’etre is to prove that stuff “does ... Continue Reading
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Homeworking - the new norm - is there any other option...
In the last blog, I touched on the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; the obvious fallout here is the massive increase in home/remote working, something I’ve been practicing since 1989 – ... Continue Reading
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What's In A Number? Er, Lots Of Packets Per Second...
I remember when first testing Gigabit Ethernet (Packet Engines and Foundry Networks for the record) and thinking: "how do we harness this much bandwidth - maybe take a TDM approach and slice it? ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Data centre networking
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Storage: How ‘tail latency’ impacts customer-facing applications
Henry He of Virtual Instruments looks at tail latency, the small percentage of storage I/O that could be causing big and costly problems for business applications Continue Reading
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Max Schrems’s mass surveillance complaint knocked back another year or two by Irish judge
Irish data protection commissioner Helen Dixon has neatly avoided having to deal with the US surveillance of Facebook users in Europe by referring a complaint by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems to the European Court of Justice Continue Reading
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Sale, spin-off or stay put? What should EMC do next?
With reports suggesting some major changes may be afoot at EMC, Clive Longbottom looks at the reasons why Continue Reading