What's fun about being a journalist/analyst (or "Janalyst" as I call it) is you get to meet lots of people -- and learn new things. Sometimes these things are

With cloud-computing and massive data-center virtualization technology all the rage, maybe it's time to virtualize the wide array of storage technologies. Atlantis Computing, a venture-backed startup focused on virtualization

So much for fears about the flash-storage market. Nimble Storage (NMBL) boomed in its IPO on Friday, rising 60% above its initial public offering IPO price. This morning the

Violin Memory should serve to refresh investors' own memories of the dangers of technology IPO froth. You know what that means -- among the few gems going public, you

With Microsoft drawing closer to the era of its next CEO, it's becoming clear that its Xbox division is coming under closer scrutiny as a potential spinoff candidate.

In joining the OpenDaylight Project as its first executive director, Neela Jacques got to hear a lot — a whole lot — about why the open-source SDN effort is

In the tech world, Big Data and Hadoop are all the rage. You can tell the marketing folks aren't really sure what it all means yet, but know they

Virtualization software specialist VMware (VMW) reported a solid Q3 on Monday night, boosted by strong growth in new enterprise license agreements (ELA), including the biggest deal in its history

The flash-storage market is exciting these days, just because it has all the hallmarks of technology bloodbath. Some people will get killed and others will make a killing.

Firespotter Labs has shifted from developing apps for the restaurant industry to helping business communicators. Call it a food-to-phone transition.

One of today's fresh tech IPOs is Violin Memory (VMEM), a Silicon Valley maker of flash-memory storage systems. But Violin's IPO wasn't anything like the FireEye (EYE) and Rocket

The financial mavens are taking notice of the tech IPO market. They're worried, 'cause it's gotten too hot. On Friday, two tech IPOs covered here, Rocket Fuel (FUEL) and

SAN FRANCISCO -- Michelangelo "Mike" Volpi, the former Cisco Systems executive who is now a venture partner with Index Ventures, sat across from me in the comfy chairs of

VMWorld, for those of you not in the know, is where ever-powerful virtualization technology company VMware (VMW) shows off its stuff, along with many partners (and many parties). This

Canadian security company AFORE Solutions thinks it has a new security approach to prevent insiders such as former NSA analyst Edward Snowden from sneaking off with sensitive data.

Yesterday I covered the Rocket Fuel IPO filing. The digital marketing analysis firm plans to raise up to $100 million going public. Even more insightful are the many digital

A big theme of the Rayno Report is innovation in the connected world. That is, how do our network connections create value. We have seen this over time with

Cisco just pulled off the biggest deal since its blockbuster acquisition of NDS for $5B in 2012, buying publicly traded SourceFire (FIRE) for $2.7B. The move is an interesting

AT&T on Friday announced it's buying independent carrier Leap Wireless Inc. (LEAP) for about $1.2 billion in a bid to scale up in its battle against goliath rival Verizon.Leap's

The big news in the tech press this week is Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is reorganizing his company to try to make it good again (or at least boost

SDxCentral Exclusive: SDN Market Size Expected to Reach $35B by 2018

SDN Start-Ups You Will Hear About In 2013 - Snapshots of Big Switch, Contrail, Embrane and Lyatiss

Interview with Jayshree Ullal of Arista Networks on Network Virtualization and SDN

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