(NOTE: This story was originally posted to CRN.com Feb. 15.)

New Year, New Stuff

Looking to line up a few new networking products for your customers?

Network vendors big and small are racing out of the gate in 2017 with new innovative products and revamped solutions, some from the likes of Cisco, VMware and Dell. Smaller networking companies such as Aerohive Networks and Cato Networks are also bringing fresh ideas to the market with software-defined WAN solutions and new Wave 2 access points.

With Dell-EMC's massive open network push in 2017, VMware's new software-defined networking product NSX-T, and Cisco's new version of Tetration, this year is shaping out to be a memorable one as the cloud continues to make vendors think outside the box.

Here are 10 products launched in 2017 that are turning heads.