Why Enterprise Wireless Networks Got it Right

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Why Enterprise Wireless Networks Got it Right[/fancy_header3] I wanted to post some 802.11 wireless usage numbers and device breakdowns. These are two week University usage numbers in August of 2012. This period is right before students return so I wanted a baseline to capture the diff when students 25,000+ students come back with the… Continue reading Why Enterprise Wireless Networks Got it Right

Building a Windows Image for OpenStack

[fancy_header3 variation=”steelblue”]Building a Windows Image for OpenStack[/fancy_header3] Building a Windows Image for OpenStack :  Here is a how-to for building a Windows image to import into OpenStack or a KVM Hypervisor. We need to sysprep the image before we can import it into Glance. [colored_box variation=”steelblue”]For a tutorial on getting OpenStack Folsom up and running… Continue reading Building a Windows Image for OpenStack

XRDP Installation: An Easy Remote Desktop Setup for Linux

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]XRDP Installation: An Easy Remote Desktop Setup for Linux[/fancy_header3] [image_frame style=”framed_shadow” align=”right” alt=”XRDP for Linux Remote Access” height=”160″ width=”160″]http://networkstatic.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/xrdp-logo.jpg[/image_frame] XRDP Installation: An Easy Remote Desktop Setup for Linux – Quick tutorial for an installation on Linux (Ubuntu specifically but easily ported) for an easy remote desktop (RDP) setup for Linux. Setting up remote GUI… Continue reading XRDP Installation: An Easy Remote Desktop Setup for Linux

Thoughts from the PacketPusher Show 112 SDN’s SDN’s Potential as a Displacement Technology

If anyone has not listened to the PackPusher Show 112 – SDN’s Potential as a Displacement Technology With Jeff Doyle & Bill it is a must listen. A comment made by Greg who has rationalized and articulated the SDN conversation as well or better than anyone so far got me thinking. It was something I… Continue reading Thoughts from the PacketPusher Show 112 SDN’s SDN’s Potential as a Displacement Technology

Floodlight OpenFlow Controller GUI Applet

[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]Floodlight OpenFlow Controller GUI Applet[/fancy_header3] There is a new FloodLight OpenFlow SDN controller GUI out from a Marist College and IBM research group/internship. I am guessing it is the same IBM researcher that developed the FloodLight web UI. This applet allows one to instantiate a flow from the GUI along with a couple of… Continue reading Floodlight OpenFlow Controller GUI Applet

Why Community Counts

  I was graciously invited to join some of the best in the business which each of the folks rounding out my top 5 technologist hero list. The panel included Stephen Foskett, Brad Casemore, Ivan Pepelnjak and Greg Ferro to join Omar Sultan from Cisco to discuss the Cisco SDN strategies and what problems it may solve someday if… Continue reading Why Community Counts

Nicira Acquisition by VMWare Winners and Losers

VMware acquired Nacira today. They were one of the two (not including Embrane) venture cap groups that came out of the of Stanford group that developed among other things the OpenFlow and much larger the concepts around making Software Defined Networks (SDN) a potential reality. They open sourced and upstreamed Open vSwitch, two big contributions.… Continue reading Nicira Acquisition by VMWare Winners and Losers