In early October, at the Interop conference in NYC, I gave a one-hour presentation on the impact of cloud computing on the network. That presentation highlighted the stark differences between the LAN and the WAN. For example, the LAN, particularly the data center LAN, is undergoing dramatic change. As part of that change, IT organizations [...]
When “East-West” is More than Pacific to Atlantic
Oct 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
When discussing cloud computing, the term “East-West latency” often comes up as users on one coast of the US have found themselves using data centres on the opposite coast – and find that the user experience was not quite as they would wish. The direct distance between San Diego, California on the western seaboard to [...]
Triple Your WAN Performance
Jun 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
We’ve heard about a lot of benefits driving SDNs, but this week we found about a new one of particular importance to anyone building multi-site networks: Google is using an SDN to improve its WAN investment by more than three times. Network engineers play a bit of a cat-and-mouse game to get the most of [...]
Make Your Networks 10x Simpler to Manage
Jun 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
An important message came out of EMCWorld that should interest anyone looking to run a major data network. Both EMC and VMWare drew attention to the importance of making our networks simpler to run and manage. If organizations are going to build truly massive networks efficiently, reducing the time it takes to deploy and manage [...]
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