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• ​Go software-defined or go home? Market prepares for 50 percent growth boom

  "Cloud computing and the 3rd Platform have driven the need for SDN..."

• ​Spotlight on software-defined enterprise as ViFX teams up with VMware NZ

  “Over the past eight years, all the projects have led to this point...'

• ​INSIGHT: How Kiwi businesses can enhance IT infrastructure

  James Knapp, CTO ViFX outlines IT infrastructure benefits for New Zealand businesses.

• In Pictures: Hot products at Interop

  These products are on display at the annual tech conference in Vegas.

• In Pictures: Software-defined networking explained

  Understand how SDN will change everything in 10 easy steps

• Is converged infrastructure the future of the datacentre?

  If the term 'converged infrastructure' (also called integrated systems or unified computing) sounds like a mix of grid, Cloud, utility, on-demand and shared computing services, you're right. However, this complexity doesn't seem to bother customers, especially small and midsize enterprises. But will this trend continue?

• Juniper exec gets into nitty-gritty of SDN plan

  Front-and-center in Juniper's SDN strategy is a new software business model that will emphasize variable packaging and licensing of software to implement the company's software-defined networking design. Bob Muglia, executive vice president of Juniper's Software Systems Division, shared some finer points of the company's plan with Network World Managing Editor Jim Duffy.

• Cisco, VMware and OpenFlow fragment SDNs

  Juniper Networks Executive Vice President Bob Muglia spelled it out succinctly: the nascent software-defined networking market is morphing into three camps - OpenFlow/open source, Cisco and VMware.

• Alcatel-Lucent to take on Cisco, VMware in crowding SDN field

  Alcatel-Lucent's enterprise division this week jumped into the SDN market with a strategy to fortify products to enhance network programmability and virtualization.