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SDDCs doubling every year

Firm boosts CAGR from 69% from 2013-2018, to 98% from 2014-2018
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Thu, 11/21/13 - 4:45pm.

The global software defined data center market is now expected to grow at a compounded annual rate of 97.48% from 2014-2018, , up from the 68.7% CAGR published by the firm just a few months ago.

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Router start-up gets boost from Cisco

Compass-EOS gets $42M more for its silicon photonics-based system
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Tue, 11/19/13 - 11:43am.

Compass-EOS, a start-up shipping a silicon photonics-based router, this week closed a $42 million round of funding with the help of existing investor Cisco. Other existing vendors participating in the latest round include Comcast Ventures, Pitango Venture Capital, Benchmark Capital, Northbridge Venture Partners and Marker LLC.

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Cisco facing product transition issues

Q1 results and Q2 shortfall not all due to overall economy
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Thu, 11/14/13 - 4:16pm.

Downgrades of Cisco stock have begun following the company's shocking outlook on its fiscal second quarter. Cisco expects Q2 revenue to decline 8% to 10% from last year due to a shortfall in orders and backlog, especially from emerging market countries.

That dropped Cisco stock by as much as 13% on Thursday, Nov. 14.

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Cisco claims scuttled by VMware

NSX supports multiple hypervisors, and no hypervisors; and endpoint policy and profile changes do not impact scale
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Mon, 11/11/13 - 4:21pm.

In criticizing software-only overlays for network virtualization, two points Cisco continually brings up are hypervisor dependency and the need to touch all endpoints when network changes are made. But VMware, the chief target of Cisco's criticism, takes issue with both counts.

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Lonely week for the Cisco Catalyst 6500

Insieme and Arista announcements target its replacement, and its caretaker leaves
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Thu, 11/07/13 - 3:31pm.

Perhaps overlooked in all of the Insieme/Arista news this week are references to Cisco's venerable Catalyst 6500 switch.

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Cisco, NetApp stock FlexPod

New additions address disaster recovery, orchestration and automation, and Citrix
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Thu, 10/31/13 - 12:14pm.

Cisco and NetApp have expanded their three year FlexPod partnership to address disaster recovery, scalable cloud infrastructure, orchestration and automation, and multi-hypervisor support.

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Cisco adds color to Internet of Things effort

Names officials to head initiative and dedicated group; expects $27B to $80B market by 2016
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Tue, 10/29/13 - 11:28am.

Cisco this week provided a bit more detail into the Internet of Things group it announced in June, and in the initiative overall. Cisco's IoT effort will have an initial focus on security, sensors, real-time analytics and applications, with Cisco specifically developing the connectivity infrastructure between sensors and applications. 

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Network spending patterns unchanged in 3 years

Study by 451 Research finds little deviation in budgets since 2011
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Fri, 10/25/13 - 11:38am.

Less than half of the respondents to a recent survey say their networking budgets are increasing this year and next from 2012 levels. The InfoPro Networking Survey from 451 Research found that 40% of the 155 networking professionals interviewed note a spending increase in 2013, while only 38% expect a budget increase in 2014.

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Cisco Nexus 9000: OpenFlow? or ACI

Low-cost 40G Broadcom-based standalone mode could trump Insieme's custom ASIC value-add
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Tue, 10/22/13 - 4:20pm.

Will Cisco position the upcoming Nexus 9000 as the foundation for its proprietary Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) fabric? Or as a cost-effective 40G platform for OpenFlow software-defined networks?

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Cisco/Insieme 40G pricing comes in close to that of 10G

Spin-in developed transceiver for 30% premium over 10G; leaf, spine switches mix merchant, custom ASICs; ACI fabric based on VXLAN
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Fri, 10/18/13 - 1:59pm.

As the November 6 launch date gets closer, more details are emerging on Cisco/Insieme's Nexus 9000 and Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) introduction.

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ONF now looking northbound

A reversal? SDN organization forms working group to define controller-to-app API
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Wed, 10/16/13 - 3:56pm.

The Open Networking Foundation, a user-driven organization defining and promoting OpenFlow-based software-defined networks, has established a working group to define a "northbound" API between SDN controllers and applications.

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What about Ex-Cisco exec Bates as Juniper's next CEO?

Microsoft EVP has the service provider routing creds, Skype CEO background, Microsoft connection...
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Thu, 10/10/13 - 12:54pm.

It's Blue Sky Thursday here at Network World, so allow me...

Why not Tony Bates as Juniper's next CEO? He has the service provider routing credentials from Cisco; and he's got the Microsoft connection that pervades Juniper's top ranks; and he has CEO experience from his short tenure at Skype.

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Cisco's Nexus 9000, ACI strategy

Not only to restructure the data center, but remove competitive obstructions
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Tue, 10/08/13 - 3:07pm.

Cisco has four strategic imperatives for its Nexus 9000 data center product and its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) focus: attack VMware/Nicira's software-intensive network virtualization technique; combat

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Cisco paints its IT portrait

In first Interop keynote in six years, Chambers splashes broad strokes of the application centric landscape to come
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Thu, 10/03/13 - 10:11am.

It's been six years since John Chambers delivered a keynote address at the Interop conference and exhibition.

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Cisco's new core

Looks like NCS and ASR will get an 800G NPU, while CRS will not
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Tue, 10/01/13 - 9:16am.

Despite Cisco positioning as a "fabric" or "central nervous system" for installed CRS core and ASR edge routers, Cisco's new NCS Network Convergence System indeed appears to be an eventual successor to the CRS in the core.

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Cisco Nexus 9000 aimed at 40G?

Sources say first release of Insieme switch will use Broadcom chips
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Fri, 09/27/13 - 1:48pm.

Unconfirmed details are starting to emerge on the Cisco Nexus 9000, the new data center switch being developed by spin-in candidate Insieme Networks. Cisco is expected to introduce the Insieme-built Nexus 9000 line Nov. 6.

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Cisco's Unified Access plan challenged

Brocade and Aruba allie for converged wired/wireless campus alternative
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Wed, 09/25/13 - 12:43pm.

Cisco's Unified Access campus networking strategy is about to get some revived competition.

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Cisco to launch Insieme Nov. 6

New York event with partners to usher in "next generation of data center infrastructure"
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Mon, 09/23/13 - 2:58pm.

It's official, but a month later than Cisco initially planned: Insieme Networks will debut in New York on Nov. 6.

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Prime time for Cisco vulnerabilities

Data center and hosted unified communications managers have holes
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Fri, 09/20/13 - 3:08pm.

Vulnerabilities have cropped up in two versions of Cisco's Prime network management software.

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OpenDaylight "Hydrogen" taking shape

Slated for December release with sneak peeks beforehand; Juniper dismissal shrugged off
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Wed, 09/18/13 - 4:26pm.

The OpenDaylight Project has announced new details on its SDN controller architecture, including the name of the first release scheduled for December: "Hydrogen."

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