Altor Networks has rewritten its firewall for virtual machines so the software plugs directly into VMware hypervisors, boosting the performance of the firewall by a factor of 10, the company says.

The firewall in decades past was mainly the port-based guardian of the Internet. Now vendors are vying to build so-called “next-generation firewalls” that are “application-aware” because they can ...

When people think of network virtualization, the advantages that come to mind typically include faster provisioning of networks, easier management of networks and more efficient use of resources. But ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

BELMONT, Calif., Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Vyatta, the leader in software-based networking for physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures, today announced that the Vyatta virtual machine and ...

Building on the Project Monterey enterprise virtualization strategy it outlined at its VMworld conference last month, VMware Inc. today announced a framework for network, security and physical ...

Virtual firewalls can be a useful security tool, but their efficacy depends heavily on how you have set up your networks One of the hot topics on the VMware Forums lately has been about the ...

Network virtualization is not only essential to a mature cloud infrastructure, it also beefs up security, argues VMware's Rod Stuhlmuller Virtualization has brought IT many gifts. It has made the ...

The age of the external perimeter is gone. The modern firewall is a different creature from the one in place before the rise of digital platforms, public cloud, distributed applications, the internet ...

The firewall and IPS have proven versatile, available not only as hardware appliances but as software too, sometimes specifically designed to push security into virtualized desktop and server ...