Networking Devices

Cisco offers ACI alternative for Nexus 9000 switches

BGP Control Plane for VXLAN uses Ethernet VPN for multitenancy, scalability

Zero Touch Provisioning can help the network world catch up to server advances

Rather than using CLI to configure systems one at a time, ZTP can roll out new switches with a click of a mouse

Data center, cloud, SDN driving Ethernet switch market to $25B

Over 2% CAGR in next five years for Ethernet switch sales, according to market researchers

SDN start-up says it is best funded in industry

Pluribus Networks rounds up another $50M for a total of $95M

Cisco building switch ports to feed faster Wi-Fi

Juniper taps switching chief to run product development

Davidson replaces Rahim, who became CEO last year

Open vSwitch to gain network virtualization

Developers plan Open Virtual Network extension for L 2/3 abstractions

Why SDN all-stars are heading to Brocade

Company assembling impressive lineup of software-defining heavy hitters

Will enhanced servers do away with need for switches?

Some functions will likely be subsumed, but disaggregation not likely to replace ToR switches

In Cisco tiff, Arista taps Gandhi

Compares its legal battle to that of legendary nonviolent civil disobeyer