6MARCH - APRIL 2017Copyright © 2017 ValleyMedia Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.MARCH - APRIL 2017Mailing AddressValleyMedia Inc.44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510 230 0396, F:510-894-8405 March - April 2017, volume 03 - Issue 03 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to Enterprise Networking MagVisit www.enterprisenetworkingmag.com Editor-in-ChiefLena HeadeyEditorial StaffSalesAaron PierceJade RayJoshua ParkerVisualizerIssac GeorgeDATA CENTER NETWORKING SPECIALLawrencelawrence@cioreview.comEditorialLena Headey Editor-in-ChiefEnterprise Networking MagThe Power of Next Generation NetworksAn effective data center operation, in an era of cloud computing is imperative and can be achieved only through a balanced data center networking, where a pool of resources--computational, storage, and network is interconnected using a communication network. Network architects and managers are expected to continually recalibrate and evolve the network to keep in pace with the increasing requirements from users as well as the resource hungry applications. . Today, the adoption of more virtualized, dynamic application environments is affecting the design of traditional enterprise, or multi-tenant data centers--requiring a new set of technology across servers, storage, and networking domains. Companies are moving towards virtualization of networks--that covers multiple server operating capabilities, by combining all the available network resources--LAN, WAN, VLANs, into a single pool, making it easy for IT to automate the provisioning of network resources. In addition, network virtualization promises to resolve other networking challenges--the risk of data breaches, declining budgets, and the push for speedy delivery of applications and services.Software-defined networking (SDN) is also becoming the new norm of networking within the data center--giving cloud providers and enterprises complete programmatic control of a vibrant, conceptual view of the network. SDN allows IT to be more agile by orchestrating network services to deliver the expected service level to users. SDN also promises to enable the full value of data center virtualization, since it offers the vision of real-time control of the behavior of parts or all of network via centralized software.With the development of new technologies and standards that can optimize network capacity, security and flexibility, all the while keeping costs under control, it is crucial for organizations choose a right partner that can provide them with the efficient data center networking strategies. Featuring insights from the industry thought-leaders and showcasing innovative technologies in the data center networking arena, we hope this edition will a valuable asset in your journey toward revamping the data center networking strategies.Let us know your thoughts.Ava GarciaJasmin AlicJohn Smith
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