SDN

June 23, 2013

DATA CENTER

Leading the Network Evolution to SDN – Helping You with Your SDN Adoption Strategy

3 min read

  If you are following the industry debates around Software Defined Networking (SDN), and are wondering “What really is SDN?”, “How the concepts of network virtualization and network programmability relate...

Hitchhiker’s Guide for Service Providers at Cisco Live Orlando

4 min read

Written by Amrit Hanspal, Sr. Product Manager, Service Provider Segment Lead, Network OS Tech Group Cisco Live at Orlando in...

June 20, 2013

NETWORKING

Let’s Clear Up Some Misconceptions – Is SDN Relevant to the Enterprise WAN?

3 min read

June is summer weather in the San Francisco Bay Area, but quite different from the June I was used to in Boston. A common misconception around Mark Twain and his relationship with San Francisco summer is that he never said “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” But he did […]

June 19, 2013

DATA CENTER

#EngineersUnplugged S3|Ep1: Cloud Workloads

1 min read

Welcome back! Season 3 of Engineers Unplugged starts now. The premiere episode  features Aaron Delp (@aarondelp) and Giles Sirett (@shapeblue) discussing the evolution from traditional to cloud workloads. What are the costs, the barriers to entry, and the reasons to change? Great discussion about the pros, cons, and the future. Watch and see: Welcome to […]

June 17, 2013

NETWORKING

Enterprise Networks Week in Review Two

2 min read

Hi All!  This is the second of what I’m hoping will be a weekly recap for Enterprise Networks.I say “hoping” because we’re just testing it out for now to see if people like it and if it adds value. In this video I give a short summary of what happened this last week, then I […]

June 14, 2013

OPEN AT CISCO

Open Source in the Network

1 min read

Join me and my good friends Dan Frye and Jim Zemlin, Tuesday June 18th at 8:30 am Pacific, in a webcast as we discuss open source, networking, communities and projects, the opportunities entailed, the win-win-win model (or win-cube model as I like to call it, for the Authors, for the Community and for the Enterprise), […]

June 7, 2013

DATA CENTER

Services – the Missing “S” in the SDN Debate

5 min read

While I’ve been writing about Cisco Domain TenSM, I’ve been watching the SDN debate evolve in our industry, and I have to say, I’ve had my concerns.  Don’t get me wrong – I personally see SDN as an important and very much required evolution (and note: ‘evolution’ – not ‘revolution’) of the networking industry.  Being […]

May 15, 2013

DATA CENTER

Data Center and Cloud @ Interop 2013

1 min read

Interop 2013 took place last week in Las Vegas from May 6-10 and despite wireless connectivity at the Mandalay Bay being dreadful,  #Interop 2013 was very well received by customers, partners, and analysts. Our booth location was ideal, and we were situated in between Huawei and HP. This made for interesting conversations as attendees went […]

May 13, 2013

DATA CENTER

Open Networking and SDN perspectives with Dr.Jim Metzler

1 min read

As the hype cycle around aspects of  concepts like software-defined networking continue, customers are continuing to sift through and educate themselves to determine what is real and actionable.  I have had my fair share of participation in several events over the last 24 months,  and have been speaking to different audiences both gaining and sharing insights […]