Conforming to the axiom that it’s easier to join ’em than fight ’em, Cisco launched its first software based network switch this week – the Nexus 1000V – as an integrated component of VMware’s ESX ...

An often discussed VMware ESX issue is how to combine the various networks within the virtual infrastructure or even if they should be combined on the same vSwitch. Combining networks should only be ...

Pendulums are always swinging back and forth in the datacenter, with functions being offloaded from one thing and onloaded to another cheaper thing that is often more flexible or faster. So it is with ...