Tilera Rescues CPU Cycles with Network Coprocessors
Should an X86 processor be running network functions, or should those jobs be offloaded to a coprocessor? Tilera thinks it is time to get that work off the CPU ...Full Article
Facebook Tech Director Reveals Open Networking Plan
Facebook is a classic example of an exponentially growing business with extreme scale IT needs that cannot do things in the data center the way traditional large enterprises do. ...Full Article
Cisco Aims Low Latency Switches at the Enterprise Masses
One of the missions here at EnterpriseTech is watching high-performance technologies trickle down from on high and get adopted by large enterprises. This week, Cisco Systems is taking some ...Full Article
Brocade Dials Bandwidth Up With Latest Ethernet Switches
With 10 Gb/sec Ethernet finally taking off in the data center, large enterprises now need more bandwidth on uplinks coming off their top-of-rack switches and into the core switches ...Full Article
EDR Debuts on Newest IBTA Integrator List
The InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) is distributing the most recent release of its Combined Cable and Device Integrators List, which shows all products that passed the compliance and interoperability ...Full Article
HP Targets vSwitch with 5900v
Adding another brick in the software-defined networking wall, HP announced their newest HP FlexFabric VirtualSwitch 5900v earlier this year, which they say targets VMware’s vSwtich by simplifying the network, ...Full Article
Dell Certifies QLogic Adapters for Converged Network Switch
Dell has given its stamp of approval for a pair of QLogic adapters to be used in its converged S5000 networking switch, which is a key component of Dell’s ...Full Article
OpenDaylight Lifts the Veil on ‘Hydrogen’ SDN Software Stack
The OpenDaylight consortium is trying to do for software-defined networking what Linux did for operating systems. And that is to provide an open source set of tools for virtualizing ...Full Article
Juniper’s Contrail Virtualizes Networks Without OpenFlow
Like other switch and router suppliers, Juniper Networks has to bring virtualization to the network to make connectivity more malleable and manageable. It's either that or someone else will. ...Full Article
