The Brocade acquisition of Vyatta was announced today. On the surface Vyatta is functionality we have in today’s routers to load in VMs or on physical gear as a software router. It is complete with IGPs, EGPs, QOS, PBR, Crypto (no MPLS) and about everything else you find in a traditional router. Vyatta is not a vSwitch, it is routing functionality… Continue reading Brocade Acquisition of Vyatta
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The Potential Impact of Software Defined Networking SDN on Security
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]The Potential Impact of Software Defined Networking SDN on Security[/fancy_header3] The Potential Impact of Software Defined Networking SDN on Security is something that is quite exciting as we explore the new opportunities that are enabled by SDN. Security is a perfect spot to begin contemplating the impact of SDN use cases to the infrastructure… Continue reading The Potential Impact of Software Defined Networking SDN on Security
Revisiting the vCider SDN Solution Prior to Cisco Acquisition
Revisiting the vCider SDN Solution Prior to Cisco Acquisition : I never really got a chance to know what vCider brought to the menu of network industry disruption prior to their recent acquisition by Cisco. Matt Nabors @itsjustrouting and I were talking about vCider the other day and I realized I never knew much about them other than… Continue reading Revisiting the vCider SDN Solution Prior to Cisco Acquisition
Why We Expect More From Technology Providers? We Don’t Have a Choice
Why We Expect More From Technology Providers? We Don’t Have a Choice: Network Architects, engineers and operators is often where the buck stops in the infrastructure world. Our jobs implicitly depend on robust and reliable networks while trying to absorb exponential growth, coupled with flat or even shrinking budgets. We are real world people in Healthcare,… Continue reading Why We Expect More From Technology Providers? We Don’t Have a Choice
Brocade on SDN at Network Field Day
Brocade on SDN at Network Field Day: I was honored with participating in Network Field Day #4 which had loads of top notch presenters from the biggest names in Networking and IT in the industry today. Each of those organizations have people who believe in the value in open public dialogue with the consumers. This is becoming… Continue reading Brocade on SDN at Network Field Day
HP Announces Their SDN Controller
HP Announces Their SDN Controller Hp announces their SDN controller at Interop: HP is not new to the OpenFlow conversation. HP was one of the first, if not the first networking companies to make their OpenFlow enabled switch firmware agent GA (generally available) in 16 products in 2011 and now up to 24 products in… Continue reading HP Announces Their SDN Controller
Does the Cost of Cloud IaaS Intersect the Local VM?
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Does the Cost of Cloud IaaS Intersect the Local VM?[/fancy_header3] Does the Cost of Cloud IaaS Intersect the Local VM? In the 90’s if you were to recommend hosting your corporate email from a provider for cost savings you would probably get laughed out of a job. Today depending on the sensitivity of your data… Continue reading Does the Cost of Cloud IaaS Intersect the Local VM?
IETF Draft – BGP-signaled end-system IP/VPNs Contrail
[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]IETF Draft – BGP-signaled end-system IP/VPNs Contrail[/fancy_header3] There is a new IETF Draft – BGP-signaled end-system IP/VPNs draft-marques-l3vpn-end-system submitted for review. It is quite the whose who on the working group of traditional networking vanguard companies like Cisco, Juniper, Infinera, AT&T labs, Verizon and a new comer to the race Contrail. Contrail is an… Continue reading IETF Draft – BGP-signaled end-system IP/VPNs Contrail