Aug
28
2012
With the various acquisitions of companies focused on network virtualization (e.g. VMware and Nicira) as well as VMware’s announcement regarding the expansion of their networking portfolio to “revolutionize networking for the cloud” – network virtualization is a topic that has the industry buzzing! We are particularly excited about the industry embracing network virtualization since it …
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Aug
17
2011
Bluesocket is now part of ADTRAN and we are thrilled with the acquisition. ADTRAN made a smart move by going for a challenger and innovator in the market rather than an established player with a conventional controller-based solution. The enterprise wireless network is under tremendous scale pressure to support more devices, more bandwidth, and more …
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May
06
2011
Bluesocket will be featured in the following sessions at Interop Las Vegas: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 2:15 PM-4:30 PM (Wireless & Mobility Conference Track) Just What is a Controller, Anyway?: The Great WLAN Architecture Debate Location: Lagoon L With wireless LANs now the edge of the corporate network, many firms have big expansion plans for …
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Apr
27
2011
Just came off an interesting discussion with David Willis from the Gartner Group. David is an analyst who covers networking and communications equipment for Gartner. He has written a number of intriguing papers including “Key Issues for Communications Enterprise Strategies, 2011″ which he published in March. We discussed the impact to the enterprise network of …
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Apr
06
2011
If you like buying hardware, you are going to love Aruba’s new MOVE architecture. Surprisingly, the “V” stands for virtual but there is nothing virtual about this monstrosity. Aruba boldly takes on the challenge of supporting wired users by introducing a wired switch, the S3500. What? Wait a minute. The last time I checked, there …
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