Cisco has made an oblique response to Juniper's QFabric data centre network announcement with a blog posting claiming it has been shipping data centre network products based on a fabric architecture for several years, but which leaves the definition of fabric unspecified.
Juniper has unveiled the fruits of its four year $US100m R&D Stratus project to develop a new single tier architecture for data centre networks, claiming not only that it enables massively increased efficiencies and lower costs but that it will usher in huge increases in available computing power by removing the limitations on multiple computer networks imposed by present day network topologie
In the data center, the Cisco vs. Juniper argument will hinge on which company has the more compelling unified data center fabric architecture: Cisco's Unified Computing System or Juniper's single-layer Stratus.
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: DealsGlobal digital media company, Terra, which reaches a monthly worldwide audience of around 100 million with entertainment, sports and news, has selected Juniper Networks QFabric architecture for its data centre network.
Juniper this week unveiled a version of its fabric switches for mid-sized data centers and also increased the scalability of its core Ethernet switches.
Networking market leader Cisco Systems has raised more than a few eyebrows by unveiling a new website specifically dedicated to dumping on its chief competitor Juniper Networks. The move, which breaks one of the cardinal rules of sales and marketing, has shocked more than a few market watchers and caused some to speculate whether Cisco has been unnerved by its rival.
Juniper is expected to unveil on Monday the first products embodying its new 'flat' for data centre networking, announced in February 2009 as the Stratus Project, and has hinted at very significant efficiency gains for data centre networks.
Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) is questioning rival Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), claiming the industry’s “big dog” will have a hard time transitioning to software-defined networks (SDN). Bob Muglia, executive VP of Software Solutions at Juniper, questioned Cisco’s ability to get all of its business divisions focused on a common SDN goal.
Bret Hartman, a well-known and highly regarded 30-year security industry veteran, is Cisco System’s (NASDAQ: CSCO) new chief technology officer for the Security Technology Group, according to a blog by Chris Young, Cisco senior vice president, Security and Government Group.
Hartman, most recently CTO at RSA, EMC’s (NYSE: EMC) security division, is tasked with defining Cisco’s overall security tech
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