Cisco has ceased development on the IPSec VPN client, and shifted to pushing the SSL VPN client. But that costs up to USD$125 per VPN client. Is that good for customers ?

Cisco Systems won't try to compete with pay-as-you-go cloud computing providers such as Amazon, and instead will sell its infrastructure to those companies and provide its own software as a service.

By Simon Gallagher

VMware have an interesting proof of concept document posted online here, this is great progress for the platform and it can only be helped out by the close partnership with Cisco that has resulted in the NX1000V switch.

I’m no networking expert but to my understanding there are issues with extending Layer 2 networks across multiple physical locations that ...

Should the storage system or the virtualization platform be in control when thin provisioning? Your thoughts...

By Dave Graham

In my first article on the Emulex E3S Gateway, I simply relayed a high-level look at the device as well as a sample diagram of how integration would look within a very simplistic block-based environment. Overall, it appears that the concept of a hardware “gateway” to the cloud is very well accepted as a mechanism for enterprise cloud integration but, ...

By Chad Sakac

Scott Lowe recently wrote a good post on FCoE, and his thoughts here.   The comments of his readers are comments I’ve heard from others as well, so I posted a response in the comments, but I think Scott and I don’t have the same readership (and perhaps those that do may not read the comments)

This is an important dialog, IMHO, [...]

Broadcom raised its hostile takeover bid for Emulex from $9.25 a share to $11 a share and told its target that it shouldn’t get too cocky about its future prospects. The message from Broadcom: Without a buyout Emulex is unlikely to see $11 a share for a while. In addition, Broadcom gave Emulex a July 14 [...]

Businesses might not want to buy enterprise network gear from bankrupt Nortel, but how about from Bay Networks?

Online application service would put Cisco alongside Google and others in going after a slice of Microsoft's lucrative Office software franchise.

With its new Cisco Certified Architect (CCA) program, Cisco has introduced a new pinnacle Cisco certification for network engineers. With CCA on their resumes, networking professionals will demonstrate that they understand the business requirements just as thoroughly as they understand the technical specifications for complex networks.

By Eric Gens

In the past year, I’ve had hundreds of conversations with client and press about the emerging cloud services model, and its impact on the IT industry.  As you might imagine, more than a few folks question whether the cloud services model will really be as pervasive and transforming as its proponents argue.   The skeptics point, legitimately, to the many remaining challenges of cloud services adoption, particularly around security, availability, performance, limited customization, lack of standards, etc.

Hoff’s Metastructure and the Intercloud   The intercloud is the most interesting development in cloud computing (and perhaps the data center) since the migration of hypervisors into production environments.  It’s a model for driving incredible scale and efficiency from IT systems and hardware, and it can be architected for both public and private clouds.