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Open Source Network Tools News
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November 03, 2017
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Nov'17
Cisco strategy puts software in the lead
Channel partners can expect to see Cisco software play a bigger role on projects as the vendor bundles hardware with subscriptions and organizes its offerings around suites.
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March 10, 2017
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Mar'17
Open Compute Summit all promise, no delivery, for enterprise
Announcements from Facebook and Microsoft were the highlight of this year's Open Compute Summit, which remains a showcase for hyperscale cloud technology.
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February 01, 2017
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Feb'17
Open source network software promises major industry shifts
Let the disruption commence! Observers say it's high time the networking sector accepts and sorts out open source, arguing it's not a question of if enterprises use it, but how.
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April 06, 2015
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Apr'15
Nebula falls victim to OpenStack market shifts
OpenStack startup Nebula's demise is the result of market consolidation and selling a product that went against the market trend.
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Combat OpenStack scalability issues with the latest Ocata release
Scalability is a major benefit of the cloud, but enterprises have struggled to achieve the scale they need with OpenStack. A new Ocata release offers a few services to help. Continue Reading
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Bare-metal networking: Facebook shares progress of Open Compute switch
Facebook revealed that Open Compute will likely accept contributions from Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox and Cumulus into its bare-metal switch project. Continue Reading
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Open source network monitoring with Nagios
Network consultants and value-added resellers (VARs) can use the open source network monitoring tool Nagios to stop problems before they reach end users. VARs will learn about the usefulness, the architecture and the configuration of Nagios. ... Continue Reading
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Traffic Talk: Testing Snort with Metasploit
Are your customers' network security solutions working as expected? Learn about testing Snort with Metasploit in this detailed tip from Richard Bejtlich, complete with code examples and step-by-step instructions. Continue Reading
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How to deploy NetFlow v5 and v9 probes and analyzers
Session data from NetFlow is useful for network intrusion detection and collecting network security monitoring data on your customers' networks. It's Cisco's preferred method for providing session data, although the open source community provides ... Continue Reading
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Wireshark 1.2 tutorial: Open source network analyzer's new features
Wireshark, the open source network analyzer, is useful for network solution providers or consultants who troubleshoot business networks. Find out about new features of Wireshark 1.2 in this tutorial. Continue Reading