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Network Services Headers (NSH): Creating a Service Plane for Cloud Networks
In the past, we have pointed out that configuring network services and security policies into an application network has traditionally been the most complex, tedious and time-consuming aspect of deploying new applications. For a data center or cloud provider to stand up applications in minutes and n…
New Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch Release 3.1 Now Available
There has been some seismic activity happening in Bay Area and the epicenter for all Virtual Networking shifts is right here at Cisco HQ in San Jose. (Our sympathies go to all those affected by the real earthquake further to the north.) At Cisco, it’s all about the applications and the shift to dyn…
Cisco and Citrix Partnership will shine at Citrix Synergy 2014
In case you didn’t notice , the partnership between Citrix and Cisco has been growing nicely over the part 2 years in many areas . Amongst numerous areas of collaboration here are some common solutions that will be highlighted at the coming conference Citrix Synergy Cisco Enterprise Mobility soluti…
Cisco vPath Technology Enabling Best-In-Class Cloud Network Services
vPath, a Cisco innovative technology developed within Cisco Nexus 1000V, has been shipping for more than 2 years, enabling customers to seamlessly create policy-based multi-tenant / multi-container Data Centers across multiple hypervisor environment. Increasingly, customers are implementing network…
Nexus 1000V Winning Multiple Awards; VXLAN Scaling with BGP and More on Display at Cisco live!
Cisco live is here and the news and awards around the Nexus 1000V cloud networking and services platform just keep rolling in. Last week we announced the Citrix NetScaler 1000V virtual application delivery controller, which will be sold by Cisco. The Microsoft Hyper-V version of Nexus 1000V was offi…
Citrix and NetScaler 1000V Taking Cisco Cloud Network Services to the Next Level
With Cisco Live! in Orlando on the horizon, we are kicking off the news cycles and technology innovation a little early. Today we’re teaming with our friends at Citrix to announce the expansion of our virtual networking portfolio and provide clarity around our strategy for application delive…
Three Data Center Security Innovations to Accelerate Your Business
How can you get your data center off to a smooth start? At the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit this week, I presented three data center innovations that hold the key to accelerating business securely. Ease of provisioning According to a recent Cisco IT case study, data center provis…
Lippis Podcast on All Things Great and New with VXLAN
This week Nick Lippis from the Lippis Report sat down with Cisco Nexus 1000V Product Manager, Han Yang, to talk about the latest enhancements and trends with VXLAN, the primary virtual overlay tunneling technology in Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual networks. In this 15 minute podcast (registration require…
Cisco Ramps Up Microsoft Momentum at TechEd North America, June 3-6
Cisco is making a big splash with our virtual networking portfolio at Microsoft TechEd North America 2013, running June 3-6 in New Orleans, Microsoft’s premier event for IT professionals and developers. There will be over 7,000 attendees and there is still time to make plans to get there yourself if…