Is it time for virtual switch abstraction to fade?
There’s an inflection point when a new concept just clicks. It happened to me when I was designing a cloud-based infrastructure for a file transfer application. My initial concepts were within the constraints of the traditional data center. In the …
Network as a Service provider TeloIP #NFD15
Are all Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) solutions alike? With over 40 vendors in this space, I’d say that it’s likely not. Talking with The PacketPushers’ Greg Ferro on Twitter, he believes that many of these vendors will survive. While the …
[Video] Gigamon Network Field Day 15 Preview
Gigamon is a company most networkers already know. It’s difficult to do a preview on a company so well known. In my coffee chat, I talk about what I want to see out of Gigamon at #NFD15.
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IP Infusion: Network Field Day 15 Preview
Up next on the preview of presenters for Network Field Day 15 (NFD15) is IP Infusion. I’m going to attempt to build upon the research from my fellow NFD15 delegate Phil Gervasi. Phil provided an in-depth technical introduction to …
Ah… NSX, We Meet Again. #NFD15
Coming up – my fourth Tech Field Day event but my first Network Field Day 15 (NFD15). I’m carrying over the tradition of previewing each presenting company before the event. Up first is VMware and their NSX platform. I’ve written…
25Gbps vs. 40Gbps Ethernet
Before Ethernet won the LAN wars between Ethernet and token ring, there was a legitimate debate of speed over architecture. In the 90’s, Ethernet moved from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps while token ring moved from 8 Mbps to 16 …