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FCoE or iSCSI? Doesn’t matter! It’s about Ethernet

Some question the path to network convergence - is it through FCoE or iSCSI? Either way, preparing the existing infrastructure will be key to a healthy network environment.
Is cloud computing bad for your networking career?

Many network managers may have an emotional resistance to cloud computing, but experts explain the economic benefits and positive career impact outsourcing data centre resources can have.
Data centre interconnect using VPLS

Virtual private LAN services offer an alternative to traditional WAN links and solve enterprise data centre interconnect problems. VPLS also opens the door to new data centre network management str...
TRILL to replace spanning tree protocol -- eventually

The Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) protocol is a pending IETF standard that could eliminate spanning tree protocol from standard data centre network design. Vendors like Broca...

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Can VXLAN and NVGRE solve your cloud network VLAN shortage?

Both VXLAN and NVGRE offer encapsulation methods that create thousands more VLANs in heavily virtualised environments and extend subnets over Layers 2 and 3. Do either work? Tip
Virtualisation management requires planning

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How to optimise Ethernet for data centre networks

It will take time for super-fast data centre Ethernet technologies to evolve, so managers of data centre networks must optimise existing Ethernet through a series of strategies that range from choosing very large switches to isolating storage network... Tip

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