SDN

September 9, 2013

MANUFACTURING

Industrial Grade SDN

3 min read

The software defined network has become all the rage lately for reasons that seem to vary and are caught up in interesting perceptions.  One view was that it allowed a single network to be controlled centrally and divided up logically to prevent different groups from interfering with one another, well that’s true.  Another view is […]

August 29, 2013

DATA CENTER

Limitations of a Software-Only Approach to Data Center Networking

3 min read

To learn more about Application Centric Infrastructure, join us for a special webcast with John Chambers and Soni Jiandani on November 6th at 10:30 am EST/7:30 pm PST/15:30 GMT. Register here I want to address some questions about VMware’s NSX virtual networking announcement that have been asked of us by the media and social Web commentators […]

August 26, 2013

NETWORKING

ONE + ONE = 6: New Math for Enterprise Programmability

4 min read

In my previous 3-part blog series I discussed the challenges in the Enterprise WAN and relevancy of SDN in overcoming these challenges and how Cisco ONE Enterprise Networks Architecture addresses these WAN challenges. In this blog post I will discuss how Cisco ONE (Open Network Environment) and ONE Enterprise Networks Architecture fit together. In a […]

August 21, 2013

DATA CENTER

#EngineersUnplugged S3|Ep9: The Underlay Network (SDN w/PacketPushers)

1 min read

Welcome back loyal viewers–this is an episode not to be missed. Engineers Unplugged is thrilled to welcome the Packet Pushers (@packetpushers), aka Greg Ferro (@etherealmind) and Ethan Banks (@ecbanks), as they discuss the underlay network. Yes, they’re showing us the underside and future of software defined networking. Watch and see: Welcome to Engineers Unplugged, where […]

August 21, 2013

DATA CENTER

Cisco vPath Technology Enabling Best-In-Class Cloud Network Services

2 min read

vPath, a Cisco innovative technology developed within Cisco Nexus 1000V, has been shipping for more than 2 years, enabling customers to seamlessly create policy-based multi-tenant / multi-container Data Centers across multiple hypervisor environment. Increasingly, customers are implementing network services into their virtualization and cloud networks in order to meet regulatory, security and service levels. To […]

August 21, 2013

DATA CENTER

Speaking proposal submissions for OpenStack Summit – Voting is Open!

2 min read

Cisco celebrated OpenStack’s 3rd birthday recently by releasing the Cisco OpenStack Installer for Grizzly. This blog post has more details. The OpenStack foundation organizes a four-day OpenStack Summit every six months for contributors, enterprise users, service providers, application developers and ecosystem members. It facilitates the community to gather, discuss and present on several different streams ranging from […]

August 16, 2013

DATA CENTER

Celebrating 5 Year Anniversary of Cisco Nexus 1000V Launch

4 min read

Today marks an important milestone for one of our most strategic data center products and the foundation of virtual networking portfolio. Five years ago, the Nexus 1000V virtual switch...

August 14, 2013

PERSPECTIVES

SDN in the Enterprise: aligning with business needs part 2

4 min read

“I confess that in 1901, I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years . . . Ever since, I have distrusted myself and avoided all predictions.” — Wilbur Wright, 1908 In SDN in the Enterprise: aligning with business needs I highlighted one of what some people are claiming to […]

August 2, 2013

OPEN AT CISCO

Why I Chose the Open Source Model I did for OpenDaylight

4 min read

Now that OpenDaylight has arrived, it’s time to explain why I made the Open Source choices eventually embraced by its Founders and the community at large.  One doesn’t often see such leaders as Cisco, IBM, Intel, HP, Juniper, RedHat, VMWare, NEC, Microsoft and others agree, share and collaborate on such key technologies, let alone the latter engaging in a […]