Cisco Nexus 6000 is EOL

Cisco has killed the Nexus 6000 product line and you have 12 months to get your last orders in. This is long overdue. I’ve never understood why Cisco has so many different different Ethernet switch products that are effectively identical. The impact of merchant silicon and the success of the Nexus 9000 product overshadowed this […]

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iPhone 7 may come in three distinct models

Apple's iPhone 7 may come in three distinct models, according to a recent report from Mobipicker. Based on a photo obtained from an anonymous tipster, Mobipicker relays that Apple later this year may release three iPhone models: an iPhone 7, an iPhone 7 Plus and an iPhone 7 Pro.While details remain scant, a three-model release cycle would prove intriguing and would certainly be a shrewd way to bump up iPhone sales that, according to some analysts, have plateaued. That being the case, and based on other rumblings from the rumor mill, there exists a possibility that Apple this fall will release a 4.7-inch iPhone 7, an 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Plus and a 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Pro that will exclusively feature an advanced dual camera system.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Mininet flow analytics

Mininet is free software that creates a realistic virtual network, running real kernel, switch and application code, on a single machine (VM, cloud or native), in seconds. Mininet is useful for development, teaching, and research. Mininet is also a great way to develop, share, and experiment with OpenFlow and Software-Defined Networking systems.

This article shows how standard sFlow instrumentation built into Mininet can be combined with sFlow-RT analytics software to provide real-time traffic visibility for Mininet networks. Augmenting Mininet with sFlow telemetry realistically emulates the instrumentation built into most vendor's switch hardware, provides visibility into Mininet experiments, and opens up new areas of research (e.g. SDN and large flows).

The following papers are a small selection of projects using sFlow-RT:
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Here’s a look inside Google I/O’s playground for developers

Here's a look inside Google I/O's playground for developersImage by Blair Hanley FrankGoogle held its massive I/O conference this week at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. It turned the concert venue into a giant playground for developers, with whacky exhibits and a chance to check out Google's latest products. Here's a look inside, starting with this massive I/O sign which greeted people as thery arrived.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

VMware vForum Live Chicago is Here May 25th

VMware vForum Live Chicago is rapidly approaching and if you’re an IT professional interested in exploring the benefits of virtualization, mobility, or cloud, then join our experts in-person for an interactive, all-day event that will take you through technical deep dives of VMware solutions. Sign up today for vForum Live in Chicago on May 25th and discover the myriad ways you can simplify your IT and receive actionable advice on how to deliver an effective cloud strategy from our keynote speakers, breakout sessions, hands-on lab environments, and more. Plus, you’ll have the chance to win some pretty sweet prizes, too!

In the morning, enjoy breakfast with your peers and make sure to snag your VMware lanyard and logo bag at the registration table. Then take a seat in the main plenary and take in our world-class keynote speakers as they divulge tips, tricks and insights into their various fields. Here’s the list of IT’s biggest names and VMware technical leaders who will be presenting:

  • Chris Wolf, VMware’s CTO of the Americas – “How to Build a Successful Digital Business in the New Economy”
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Google declares war on copy and paste

Google’s ready to kick Control+C and Control+V to the curb – the company on Thursday announced new APIs and new enterprise partnerships today at its annual I/O developer conference, designed to simplify common workflows and make its Google Apps product line more competitive.The new partners include big business software names like Sage, Salesforce, and ProsperWorks, among others, and the new APIs allow for impressively complete integration with Google Apps, providing the potential for broad new feature sets.+ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD: Google dives into the future with a focus on A.I. + Google I/O 2016: Android N hits beta, boasts VR and moreTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

17% off Sphero Star Wars BB-8 Droid – Deal Alert

Meet BB-8 - the app-enabled Droid that's as authentic as it is advanced. BB-8 has something unlike any other robot - an adaptive personality that changes as you play. Based on your interactions, BB-8 will show a range of expressions and even perk up when you give voice commands. Set it to patrol and watch your Droid explore autonomously, make up your own adventure and guide BB-8 yourself, or create and view holographic recordings. It currently averages 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon (read reviews). With a regular list price of $149.99, you can buy it now with this deal for just $124.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Worth Reading: IPv6 at LinkedIn

One of the advantages of end-to-end control with a mobile product is the ability to do effective measurements at scale. I wanted to share our RUM-based measuring techniques and also encourage other folks in the content/application space to do so. As a summary, we are seeing 10% adoption of IPv6 from our member base which is very much in line with what Google is reporting as well. —APNIC

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IDG Contributor Network: Time for digital detox? Searching for Wi-Fi becomes normal vacation behavior

Almost a quarter (21 percent) of Americans would rather give up sex than lose Wi-Fi for a month, and 10 percent would give up a friend than forego wireless connectivity.Those are just two of the findings in a survey conducted by a travel agency that runs digital detox tours.Digital detox vacations are trips where social media, smartphone and camera use is banned by the tour organizers. The idea is that a more in-the-moment experience is obtained when devices aren’t used.Intrepid Travel, which has four detox vacation tours lined up for this upcoming winter season, says there’s a market for vacations free from technology. And to prove it, the company commissioned a study.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Google is bringing Android apps to Chromebooks

Google's Play Store for Android will be coming to Chrome OS, the lightweight operating system that powers Chromebook laptops, the company announced Thursday.That means Chromebook users will be able to download and install apps made for Android onto their Chromebooks, expanding the base of applications available for those devices. Prevously, Chromebooks were able to run only applications built for Chrome.It's an important enhancement for Chrome OS, which Google has been touting as the perfect operating system for schools and businesses, but which is lacking applications compared to Android. By bringing the two together, Google will expand the utility of both Android apps and Chromebooks.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Kubernetes – the platform for running containers – is getting more enterprisey

Application containers are all the buzz nowadays. They’re an easy way to package applications and their dependencies into Linux container boxes and run them anywhere – public cloud, a private data center or a developer’s laptop.The problem comes when managing a whole lot of containers together.+MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: Everything you need to know about Google I/O 2016 | Will containers kill the virtual machine? + There are a handful of platforms emerging for managing containers at scale. Docker – the company that is credited with generating much of the market buzz about containers – has its own tool called Swarm. Google – which has said that most of its internal apps run in containers – has open sourced its own container management platform named Kubernetes.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Google doubles down on the enterprise at I/O

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google this week made a concerted effort to highlight its growing presence in enterprise at its annual Google I/O developer conference. The company announced new development APIs for its Sheets, Slides and Classroom apps. It also unveiled a major update to its backend-as-a-service platform Firebase, a custom chipset for machine learning, and an API partner ecosystem with Salesforce, SAP and others.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Google’s mobile productivity apps bury Microsoft’s

Two years after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella cut the cord between his firm's biggest money makers -- Office and Windows -- by introducing mobile productivity apps for Apple's iPhones and iPads, the Redmond, Wash. company remains far behind rival Google in the category, a researcher said today.According to data provided to Computerworld by SurveyMonkey Intelligence, the monthly-active users of Google's mobile productivity apps in April vastly outnumbered those for Microsoft's Office."I was surprised that Google was dominating as much as it is," said Bonnie Yu, a product manager at SurveyMonkey. "I really expected Microsoft to be a better competitor."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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