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Patent Holder Pursues IP Grab on TCP/IP
A networking hardware vendor based in Austin, Texas says it's going to pursue royalties on the implementation of the TCP/IP set of protocols. Formerly known as Dellor, KCIR Networks acquired Nett Labs in 1997, acquiring this patent into the bargain. The patent claim was filed in 1975, but Nett Labs never pursued royalties.
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The Software-defined Datacenter Has Arrived
VMware and Microsoft provide solutions for software-defined datacenters where all resources – compute, storage, availability, networking and security – are virtualized and automated. This article focuses on the latest additions: virtualized networking and security.
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Network Virtualization Makes its Way to Major Cloud Software Vendors Via Acquisitions
Recent acquisitions by Oracle and VMware accentuate the growing network virtualization market.
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Dave McCrory Unveils Initial Formula for Principle of Data Gravity
Does data have its own gravitational pull that attracts applications and services into its orbit? That was the proposal in 2010 by VMware’s Dave McCrory who has recently put some mathematical prowess beneath his principle. In his new website, DataGravity.org, McCrory outlines the formula for data gravity and asks the technical community for help in vetting and applying his formula.