SDN, or software-defined software, is one of the latest networking strategies. Open Networking Foundation defines ''a network control plane that controls several devices and is physically separated ...

Hewlett-Packard and Cisco are at odds over just about everything else at this point, so why not software-defined networking (SDN) strategies, too? Michael Nielsen, director, solution marketing for HP ...

Cisco CEO John Chambers is claiming victory in the company’s battle with SDN. If you read or listened to his somewhat chilling comments during Cisco’s Q1, FY 2015 quarterly conference call this week, ...

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The pending acquisition of Sourcefire Inc. gives Cisco a boost in security products, but it could also be a key component of Cisco's push to make more money from services using SDN and NFV. Cisco ...

VMware is closing the SDN gap with Cisco ever so slightly. Last fall saw Cisco with a 2:1 edge in customer adoption but the most recent numbers fall just a hair below 2:1. Even though Cisco’s second ...

At Interop this week, Cisco is unveiling an alternative to OpenFlow for software-defined networking and proposing it as a standard, while adding it as a vital component of the company’s new ...

Cisco unveiled its own open protocol for software defined networking (SDN) that is alternative to OpenFlow, an already popular standard among SDN vendors. The networking giant has convinced a number ...

As solution providers see it, Cisco isn't late to the software-defined networking (SDN) game -- it's changing it. "They are changing the market completely," said Steven Reese, Chief Technology Officer ...

Cisco has been among the key evangelists of the Internet of things. Executives have been talking about it for several years, and in October the company created an IoT business unit. The growing ...

Whoever is writing the marketing materials at Cisco these days has a sense of humor. Cisco recently polled more than 1,300 IT professionals in 13 countries to get their take on a variety of technology ...

Cisco plans to beef up its SDN [software-defined networking] technology by acquiring Embrane, a startup with an architecture for virtualized network appliances. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.