SDN

May 7, 2015

CLOUD

OSPod #30: Edgar Magana of Workday

39 min read

If there was an award for “The Nicest Guy in OpenStack” my vote would be coin toss between Edgar Magana from Workday and Tim Bell of CERN. Actually, Sean Lynch, Metacloud Co-founder is right up there, too, but since he’s technically my boss’s boss, he’s inelgible for my vote. But I digress…. Edgar’s story begins […]

May 1, 2015

NETWORKING

Don’t be Bewitched by the Switch – What You Need to Know when You Evaluate Solutions

4 min read

It’s undeniable that the biggest convergence happening in the access layer is Wired/Wireless. Today, we’re no longer forced to treat wired and wireless any differently when it comes to network...

April 29, 2015

PERSPECTIVES

SDN – A Cisco Champion’s perspective

2 min read

Software defined networking (SDN for short) is going to be an important technology that will change the way we do networking. But what is SDN today and even more important, what is it going to be? When you start reading about SDN as a network engineer, you ask yourself what your future job will look […]

Cisco Spring PONC on the heels of a strong OFC insertion

2 min read

By Leonard Luna, Senior Marketing Manager, Cisco Service Provider Solutions Cisco’s one-two punch for IP Optical Convergence in 2015 began with an impressive showing in March at OFC in Los Angeles, and crescendos with our annual Spring Packet Optical Networking Conference (PONC) being held May 12 -14 in Dallas TX – shaping up to be […]

April 22, 2015

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Myth-busting: White-box Switches are No Bargain

1 min read

In the last episode of our myth-busting series, Cisco SDN expert Frank D’Agostino and I are debunking the myth of the bargain priced white-box switch. White boxes aren't a new...

April 20, 2015

DATA CENTER

Interop 2015 : ITD is Best of Interop finalist

1 min read

  ITD (Intelligent Traffic Director) has been selected in Top 3 finalists in the Best of Interop 2015 Data Center category. ITD Delivers: $2 Billion TAM disruptive technology: This technology innovation disrupts today’s $2 Billion TAM for load-balancers, redirection and clustering solutions 100x Scale improvement: The high-end load-balancers today can handle about 200Gbps traffic. ITD can load-balance 20Tbps […]

April 20, 2015

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Myth-busting: Is Cisco’s Approach to SDN Open?

1 min read

In our continuing myth-busting series, Cisco SDN expert Frank D’Agostino and I are debunking trendy technology myths around SDN. The more I speak to customers these days, the more I hear them talk about open. Customers want an infrastructure that is programmable and based on open standards. They want rapid feature integration and network automation. […]

April 16, 2015

DATA CENTER

How and Why We Created “Software Defined Networking for Dummies”

6 min read

Last week we launched our new book, Software Defined Networking for Dummies, which I wrote the vast majority...

April 15, 2015

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Myth-busting: ACI or NSX, which is the Real SDN Leader?

1 min read

I speak with customers every day and often hear they are confused by conflicting vendor claims, marketing hype and embellishments. This is especially true when discussing SDN, where both the...