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		<title>SDN&#8217;s Continuing Evolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the risk of understatement, I’ll begin this post by acknowledging that we are witness to intensifying discussion about the applicability and potential of software-defined networking (SDN). Frequently, such discourse is conjoined and conflated with discussion of OpenFlow. But the &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/sdns-continuing-evolution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3583&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IBM and NEC Find Early Adopters for OpenFlow-based SDNs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News arrived today that IBM and NEC have joined forces to work on OpenFlow deployments. The two companies’ joint solution integrates IBM’s Open Flow-enabled RackSwitch G8264 10/40GbE top-of-rack switch with NEC’s ProgrammableFlow Controller, PF5240 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch, and PF5820 &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/ibm-and-nec-find-early-adopters-for-openflow-based-sdns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3577&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Symbiosis Between Merchant Silicon and Software-Defined Networking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post at EtherealMind.com, Greg Ferro examined possible implications associated with the impending dominance of merchant silicon in the networking industry. Early in his post, Ferro reproduces a Broadcom graphic illustrating that the major switch vendors all employ &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/exploring-the-symbiosis-between-merchant-silicon-and-software-defined-networking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3571&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big Switch Hopes Floodlight Draws Crowd</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the curtain came down on 2011, software-defined networking (SDN) and its open-source enabling protocol, OpenFlow, continued to draw plenty of attention. So far, 2012 has been no different, with SDN serving as a locus of intense activity, heady discourse, &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/big-switch-hopes-floodlight-draws-crowd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3566&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Nicira Says Networking Doesn&#8217;t Need a VMware</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Martin Casado’s Network Heresy blog yesterday, a guest post was offered by Andrew Lambeth, who once led the vDS distributed switching project at VMware but is now, like Casado, ensconced at Nicira.  The post was titled provocatively, “Networking Doesn’t &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/why-nicira-says-networking-doesnt-need-a-vmware/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3561&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Questioning Cisco&#8217;s CES Presence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent piece at Forbes, Roger Kay complained that parasitic vendors are killing the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the 2012 edition of which kicks off next week. When Kay refers to parasites, he means vendors that avail themselves &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/questioning-ciscos-ces-presence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3557&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dell’s Bid for Data-Center Distinction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Dell’s acquisition of Force10 Networks, many of us have wondered how Dell’s networking business, under the leadership of former Cisco Systems executive Dario Zamarian, would chart a course of distinction in data-center networking. While Zamarian has talked about adding &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/dells-bid-for-data-center-distinction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3541&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflecting on the Big Acquisition Cisco Didn&#8217;t Make</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been nearly eight years since EMC acquired VMware. The acquisition announcement went over the newswires on December 15, 2003. EMC paid approximately $635 million for VMware, and Joe Tucci, EMC’s president and CEO, had this to say about &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/reflecting-on-the-big-acquisition-cisco-didnt-make/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3532&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Embrane Emerges from Stealth, Brings Heleos to Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had planned to write about something else today &#8212; and I still might get around to it &#8212; but then Embrane came out of stealth mode. I feel compelled to comment, partly because I have written about the company &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/embrane-emerges-from-stealth-brings-heleos-to-light/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3528&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BMC Still Likelier to Buy than to be Bought</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading a recent Network Computing piece on BMC Software, it struck me that the management-software purveyor finds itself in a Darwinian dilemma: acquire or be acquired. If it chooses to acquire, something to which it has not been averse &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/bmc-still-likelier-to-buy-than-to-be-bought/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3520&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. National-Security Concerns Cast Pall over Huawei</title>
		<link>http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/u-s-national-security-concerns-cast-pall-over-huawei/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As 2011 draws to a close, Huawei faces some difficult questions about its business prospects in the United States.  The company is expanding worldwide into enterprise networking and mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, even as it continues to &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/u-s-national-security-concerns-cast-pall-over-huawei/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3512&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting the Nicira Break-In</title>
		<link>http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/revisiting-the-nicira-break-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While doing research on my last post, I spent some time on Martin Casado’s thought-provoking blog, Network Heresy. He doesn’t generate posts prolifically &#8212; he’s preoccupied with other matters, including his job as chief technology officer at Nicira Networks &#8212; &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/revisiting-the-nicira-break-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3509&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring OpenStack&#8217;s SDN Connections</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pursuant to my last post, I will now examine the role of OpenStack in the context of software-defined networking (SDN). As you will recall, it was one of the alternative SDN enabling technologies mentioned in a recent article and sidebar &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/exploring-openstacks-sdn-connections/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3503&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vendors Cite Other Paths to SDNs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Duffy at NetworkWorld wrote an article earlier this month on protocol and API alternatives to OpenFlow as software-defined network (SDN) enablers. It’s true, of course, that OpenFlow is a just one mechanism among many that can be used to &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/vendors-cite-other-paths-to-sdns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3497&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alcatel-Lucent Banks on Carrier Clouds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last week, I had the opportunity to speak with David Fratura, Alcatel-Lucent’s senior director of strategy for cloud solutions, about his company’s new foray into cloud computing, CloudBand, which is designed to give Alcatel-Lucent’s carrier customers a competitive edge &#8230; <a href="http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/alcatel-lucent-banks-on-carrier-clouds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nerdtwilight.wordpress.com&amp;blog=275482&amp;post=3482&amp;subd=nerdtwilight&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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