After all of the excitement caused (primarily by the price tag of) VMware's Nicira acquisition, we find that nobody including VMware/Nicira is the VMware of networking. VMware enabled server ...

One way to ensure the security of business transactions, customer data and intellectual property is to use IPSec to provide data encryption and authentication services. However, the management of ...

The increasing need for compute resources can strain traditional infrastructure, as well as the IT teams responsible for delivering on time and under budget. Previously, scaling a business required ...

The boss as asked you to deploy telepresence and your job is the network. The first decision to make is: Do we implement an overlay network or converge the telepresence traffic on the data network? An ...

Overlay networks and peer-to-peer (P2P) systems form a cornerstone of modern distributed computing, offering resilient, scalable frameworks for resource sharing and content distribution. By creating a ...

So the debate is whether to use encrypted tunnels or perimeter-based controls for security -- in other words, whether it is better to place more or less emphasis on the network perimeter? David ...