When I was younger I waited tables at a neighborhood restaurant. When I first met with the general manager, I promised to work hard to make the customer’s dining experience exceptional. I knew the difference between a good dining experience and a bad one. Little did I know how difficult it would be to deliver [...]
SDN, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Software-Defined Everything
Apr 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
As someone who actually practiced atomic bomb drills at public school — “bend over, put your head between your knees and kiss your @$$ goodbye” — ‘Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb‘ was not only a rollicking good black comedy, but a very alarming and cautionary tale. I’m [...]
Happy Days at Big Switch
Mar 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
There’s an old song — I’m not sure who wrote it but I know Barbara Streisand sang it — that goes, “Happy days are here again, the skies above are clear again, so let’s sing a song of cheer again, happy days are here again!” I’m sure that describes the mood over at SDN start-up [...]
Arista, Brocade, Silver Peak talk SDN
Mar 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The excitement and interest around software defined networking (SDN) continues to grow, with new webinars, white papers, press releases, and conference presentations being published every day. Today, at the Piper Jaffray Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference being held at the Le Parker Meridien hotel in New York, Silver Peak joins Arista and Brocade for a powerhouse [...]
Hardware Refresh Backlash Reaches Boiling Point (Video)
Mar 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Part six of a video series on 2013 IT trends features Silver Peak founder and CTO David Hughes talking about the vendor-imposed hardware refresh cycle. Hughes highlights which networking and data center functions will remain hardware and which will move to software. Watch part 1: Software Defined Networking (SDN) – Hype or Reality? Watch part 2: Virtualization [...]
In the Eye of the Storm with SDN
Feb 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
With winter storm Nemo fresh on our minds, we may consider just how vulnerable we are when weather pressure systems converge upon us. Just a few short months ago Hurricane Sandy and another powerful storm system collided and profoundly affected tens of millions of people on the Eastern Seaboard. Hurricane Sandy’s turbulent convergence with a [...]
Every Platform Needs Good Foundations
Feb 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
As plans for 2013 kick in, more organizations are looking at adopting a new IT “platform” on which to carry their applications, functions, and services. 2012 was the year of cloud computing — at least from a vendor point of view, talking the subject up but seeing mainly proof-of-concept (PoC) projects and some toe-in-the-water stuff [...]
Leading Tech Analyst Zeus Kerravala Joins WAN Speak
Feb 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I’m excited to announce that respected information technology (IT) analyst and networking pundit Zeus Kerravala has joined the WAN Speak stable of contributing writers. Kerravala is one of the most frequently-quoted technology experts in business and technology trade press. He writes the “Network Intelligence” column for Network World and is a regular speaker at major industry events such as [...]
SDN Promises To Be A Turning Point
Feb 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A “turning-point” is always a critically defining point in history. Something significant occurs, and things are never the same again. History is full of “turning-point” events; some good, and some bad. Despite the consequences, they have all shaped life as we know it today. The discovery of penicillin, the creation of the atomic bomb, the [...]
Kicking The Tires Of The Network Virtualization Bandwagon
Feb 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Network virtualization, especially anything having to do with software-defined networking, was all the rage in 2012, with the pundits predicting massive adoption – soon. Vendors big and small (Cisco and Silver Peak), old and new (VMware and Midokura) have been quick to jump on the bandwagon and offer solutions, from hybrid architectures to virtual appliances. [...]
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