Nicira, the network virtualization company, today publicly unveiled its Network Virtualization Platform (NVP). NVP is a software-based system that creates a distributed virtual network infrastructure in cloud data centers that is completely decoupled and independent from physical network hardware. W... Read More...

CompTIA, the leading provider of vendor-neutral skills certifications for information technology (IT) professionals, today launched a new version of the CompTIA Network+ certification exam.... Read More...

Back in April, Big Switch Networks dropped out of stealth mode to announce a $13.75 million round of financing, led by Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures. At the time, the company said it was building a new platform that would bring the benefits of virtualization and cloud architecture to enterprise... Read More...

Big Switch Networks, an OpenFlow company bringing the benefits of virtualization and cloud architecture to enterprise networks, today announced that Howie Xu has joined the company to lead the R&D organization.... Read More...

Big Switch Networks, a startup just emerging from stealth mode, is said to be building a new platform that will bring the benefits of virtualization and cloud architecture to enterprise networks. To help see that vision through, the company recently announced it has secured $13.75 million in a Serie... Read More...

Solarflare, the leader in standards-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) network adapters, silicon and middleware, announced today support for Citrix XenServer®, offering near-native performance for 10GbE network traffic to virtual machines using standards-based hardware I/O virtualization with its SFN... Read More...

Vyatta, the leader in open networking and network virtualization, today announced Vyatta Version 6.1, the latest release of the company’s open network OS encompassing enterprise-class routing and network security. With several key advances including IPv6 certification, cloud-specific features and en... Read More...

The evolution of the IT industry is like a pendulum that sometimes has Russian roulette consequences. An architectural theme starts, gains speed, and then ultimately stalls until a new theme starts. It takes years to get through a single swing of the pendulum, and the existing industry structure m... Read More...