Networking Devices

Tempered Networks extends Bring Your Own Network across the enterprise

Tempered Networks makes it easy for non-networking professionals to instantly create their own secure overlay networks, eliminating the need for network operations to be involved.

The King is dead?! Heck, no!

Aside from being a major revenue stream, the Cisco 6500 chassis family remains a solid platform that Cisco has made extensible by creating the Catalyst 6800 family.

Ethernet frames and packets: what’s the difference?

...and why does it matter?

Cisco’s Nexus 9516 review: About line rate

For the purposes of testing network gear, what is the appropriate definition of line rate?

Cisco Nexus 9516 review: How we did it

Cisco Nexus 9516 data center switch aces a grueling high-density stress test

Our test of a Cisco Nexus 9516 with 1,024 fully loaded 50G Ethernet ports - the highest density core-switch test ever done by Network World - found it capable of handling the strain without dropping a packet.

AMP and ThreatGrid Integration into Meraki UTMs

A fun overview of Cisco's AMP and Threat Grid technology, a little history, and a look into "Meraki-fying" the technology.

Lenovo ThinkSystem product barrage targets data centers

Lenovo's new Data Center Group throws a coming-out party with new servers, switches and SAN arrays

Arista’s new solutions sets the standard for cloud scale

Hyperscale data centers are pushing the limits in the Gigabit Ethernet switching market

10 GbE switches set to lose share this year as 40, 100 GbE switches gain traction