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Entries Tagged as 'vmware'

Quoted on ZDnet – Shameless self promition

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments · CISCO, vmware

As the buzz surrounding Cisco’s foray into the virtual networking space spreads, the folks over at ZDnet quoted the recent article I wrote about the Nexus 1000V – Cisco , VMware collaborate on desktop virtualization

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Tags: shameless self promotion

Altor Virtual Network Security Analyzer (VNSA) integrated with Cisco’s Nexus 1000v for VMware

September 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · altor, CISCO, vmware

Altor networks is the first vendor to announce that it will be leveraging the additional visibility and security features of Cisco’s Nexus 1000v virtual switch for VMware. Their Virtual Network Security Analyzer and Virtual Network Firewall products are targeted at the emerging virtual machine security markets. Altor networks goal is to provide a single pane [...]

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Cisco releases Nexus 1000V virtual switch for VMware

September 16th, 2008 · 7 Comments · CISCO, cloud computing, DC3.0, Nexus 7000, vmware

This afternoon Cisco released a new member of the Nexus family of switches, the Nexus 1000V. This is the first switch to take advantage of VMware opening up their ESX and ESXi platforms to for third party network device manufacturers. This switch directly address some pretty big pain points surrounding current virtualization implementations. The boundary [...]

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