Automation And Orchestration: Speed Vs. Efficiency
Any discussion of DevOps or SDN is almost certain to devolve to a discussion around automation. Early on, this frustrated proponents of DevOps because the premise of DevOps is that it’s an approach,...
View ArticleThe Need For Network Code Reviews
While it’s true that network engineers and operators aren’t necessarily going to become app developers, it’s also true that most network professionals have been developing and using scripting for...
View ArticleWhy You Should Adopt A Cloud-First Networking Strategy
A recent survey of more than 13,000 developers, published by research firm VisionMobile, noted that developers (and in particular enterprise developers) aren’t always in control of the environments in...
View ArticleWhy The Business Needs SDN
Ultimately, programmability of the network will be critical for business growth. The traditional methods of management -- device by device and system by system using manual methods -- simply cannot...
View ArticleThe Network Skills Shortage
When the hubbub around SDN and then DevOps began to grow loud enough to elicit a response, the response from the network side of the IT house was somewhat expected. As is often the case when automation...
View ArticleThe Data Center In 2016: Automation Takes Hold
Every year pundits make their predictions for the next year, based largely on the technology cycles they see, knowledge of the market and its history, and the formation of coffee grounds left on the...
View ArticleThe Problem With SDN
The importance of automation and orchestration (operationalization) of the network cannot be understated. Its role in improving time to market and reducing operating costs – both priorities for today’s...
View ArticleWhy Private Cloud Needs DevOps And SDN
There’s long been a belief that DevOps and public cloud go hand in hand, like beer and brats. Hey, I’m from Wisconsin, okay? You use your similes, I’ll use mine. This isn’t wrong, but what we seem to...
View ArticlePrivate Cloud: A Guilty Pleasure
We all have guilty pleasures, like binge watching reruns of some cheesy '80s sitcom on Netflix or hiding in the basement and playing Dungeons & Dragons. They’re activities we enjoy, but aren’t...
View ArticleNFV And SDN: Enabling Agility
The networking industry has always been obsessed with speeds and feeds. At the end of the century, proprietary hardware rose to the top of the technology heap, responsible for increasing both in the...
View ArticleInfrastructure Management Vs. Orchestration
Are you managing or orchestrating? We are at a point at which this question has become pertinent and, unfortunately, confusing to organizations everywhere. That’s because pundits not only conflate,...
View ArticleSDN Lessons From Assembly Lines
When software-defined networking (SDN) first blasted its way onto the scene, many experts pointed to the classic “30/30/3” problem as the reason for its existence. The problem, if you aren’t familiar,...
View ArticleData Center Architecture Lessons From Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton remains our favorite source for axiomatic laws of physics, despite giving us the language of calculus. Particularly relevant for today’s discussion is Newton's third law as formally...
View ArticleNetworking In The IoT Age: The Cloud Latency Factor
Back at the turn of the century (heh, I love saying that) my better half was tasked with migrating the local utility’s meter reading capabilities from manual to mechanical. The hundreds of thousands of...
View ArticleRegaining Control In The Cloud
Since the rise of the internet as a medium for business, organizations have protected their digital assets through strategic points of control in their data center. By funneling all traffic through...
View ArticleMicroservices: The Infrastructure Impact
Time for a pop quiz. Simplify the equation 14 = X – 7. Ready? Go. Okay, enough time. You figured that out using what today’s elementary schools call “mental math.” You probably added 7 to 14 and came...
View ArticleThe Cloud In 2017: Unleashing The Apps
For 10 years now, we’ve been talking about cloud and more quietly, the network infrastructure that makes it possible. Don’t let anyone tell you differently, either, because it's the abstraction and...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery In The Cloud: Key Considerations
More on Cloud Live at Interop ITX When the notion of cloud computing first arose, there was a lot of talk about how wonderful it was to have an affordable, manageable “secondary” data center available...
View ArticleCloud Security Fears Evolve
Since the inception of cloud, the number one inhibitor of adoption has been security. What’s changed is that the concern is no longer about security of the cloud itself, but security of the apps being...
View ArticleCloud Portability and Predictability
Since the cloud rose to dominate the trends that IT and business leaders consider as having strategic impact on their organizations, portability has been a common theme. Being able to seamlessly move...
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