Taking shortcuts with changes can snowball into configuration chaos.

Customers need flexible cloud platforms without the risk of vendor lock in.

Configuring access to corporate resources is multi-faceted in the age of the digital workspace.

Recent improvements in solid-state drives accelerate their ascendance over HDDs.

We are proud to announce the winner of our Interop Caption Contest, who will attend Interop Las Vegas on the house!

Use techniques like traffic policing and WAN optimization to get the most out of your bandwidth.

Is your IT organization guilty of data hoarding or lusting after big data?

Evaluating container technologies and tools requires looking at appropriate metrics and asking the right questions.

Don’t leave your Cisco device exposed on the Internet. Take these steps for basic security.

We collect the top expert content in the infrastructure industry and fire it along the priority queue.

SSDs are on the rise as HDDs and traditional arrays decline in a turbulent market.

IT leaders need to fully understand costs and business need of the DIY model when considering cloud.

Peter Welcher provides tips on how to get the most value from your network management tools.

Synergy Research report shows HP Enterprise is the top supplier of cloud equipment, followed by Cisco.

Cloud computing is pervasive, but enterprise IT is still struggling to adapt.

Looking for a high-paying, high-tech job? Explore your options for skills development.

An ingenious new method to deliver connectivity at low power is ideal for the Internet of Things.

In this episode of Network Matters with Ethan Banks, learn about the basics of OpenStack and why the open-source cloud platform has become so popular. Ethan explains exactly what OpenStack is, then dispels some of the myths around IT's expectations for OpenStack adoption.

Ethan is the co-host of the Future of Networking Summit at Interop Las Vegas. Learn more about the conference program or register for Interop, May 2-6 in Las Vegas.

These companies are forging new frontiers in software-defined networking.

If you're looking for a practical, hands-on, real world approach to learning and implementing SDN and OpenFlow, look no further. The video course Practical SDN and OpenFlow Fundamentals from GNS3 Academy offers a unique way to learn about and experiment with SDN with no risk -- using your own laptop along with free or demo software.

GNS3 Academy courses are low-cost, self-paced, work on any device, and access never expires. Plus, courses are updated monthly with new material to keep your skills current.

In this course, instructor and CCIE emeritus David Bombal demonstrates SDN and OpenFlow in detail, covering everything from the basic definition of SDN to capturing messages with Wireshark and even building your own SDN switch with Raspberry Pi.

Register for this course and you can delve into:

• SDN architecture tiers
• Controller configurations including OpenDaylight, ONOS, RYU, Floodlight and HP VAN
• Overlays, underlays and APIs
• How companies like Google, Facebook, and the NSA use SDN
• How OpenFlow works
• Configuring Mininet switches using Open vSwitch
• Installing and configuring OpenDaylight
• Traffic engineering

The first 10 Network Computing members to register receive the course FREE, so register now and enter the code NETWORKCOMPUTING.