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Google opens second cloud region in Germany

CIO Business Intelligence

Dubbed the Berlin-Brandenburg region, the new data center will be operational alongside the Frankfurt region and will offer services such as the Google Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, Persistent Disk, CloudSQL, Virtual Private Cloud, Key Management System, Cloud Identity and Secret Manager.

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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? So, in a similar fashion to my post on network overlays vs. network virtualization , I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts. With this definition in hand, let’s compare network virtualization to SDN.

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VMworld 2013 – Network Virtualization: Moving Beyond the Obvious (My Notes)

Virtualized Greek

I asked the question earlier how does NSX bring value to the enterprise. For example, the server virtualization value proposition is simple. Once server virtualization is in the door more of the operational advantages and efficiencies appear. Network virtualization allows for more powerful automation. Operations.

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Solarflare’s Open Compute Platform, Software-Defined, NIC Card

CTOvision

Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment. Flexible layer 2-4 flow steering.

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Solarflare’s Open Compute Platform, Software-Defined, NIC Card

CTOvision

Delivers 1000s Virtual NICs for Ultimate Scalability with the Lowest Possible Latency. Scalable, High-Performance Virtualization with 2048 vNICs, SR-IOV, overlay network acceleration e.g. VXLAN, NVGRE. Marty Meehan. These include leading edge cloud service providers, Web 2.0 Up to 30 million packets per second processing rates.

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Why Kubernetes Is So Popular in the Tech World

Galido

This tool automates deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications on a cluster of servers (virtual or bare metal). This is especially true when compared to making a virtual machine with its own OS for each application. Traffic routing and load balancing. Is deploying Kubernetes a good idea for you?

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Fountainhead: What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application?

Fountainhead

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. landscape will include many servers (often virtual machines) linked by. unique network topology (including load balancing, firewalls, etc.). location of app images and VMs), network (including load balancing and. Balancing these.