Although datacenters dedicated for cloud computing
\nservices are becoming increasingly prevalent, the current
\ndatacenter network security architecture is poorly suited
\nfor this application. Policy enforcement is smeared between
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\ncomplexity while reducing flexibility and security. Enforcement
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