After all of the excitement caused (primarily by the price tag of) VMware's Nicira acquisition, we find that nobody including VMware/Nicira is the VMware of networking. VMware enabled server ...

The boss as asked you to deploy telepresence and your job is the network. The first decision to make is: Do we implement an overlay network or converge the telepresence traffic on the data network? An ...

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One way to ensure the security of business transactions, customer data and intellectual property is to use IPSec to provide data encryption and authentication services. However, the management of ...

The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. Thanks to on-going increases in processor performance, the number of Virtual Machines per server blade is ...

So the debate is whether to use encrypted tunnels or perimeter-based controls for security -- in other words, whether it is better to place more or less emphasis on the network perimeter? David ...

Last week’s update about the Proxim-Avaya-Motorola voice-centric wireless roaming partnership made me wonder where the wireless overlay vendors fit into the “fast-roaming” craze. I’m talking about ...

With telecommunications carriers failing, merging, pulling out of certain markets and letting service (or talent) deteriorate, this is a tough time to be a corporate network manager. It seems like ...