With a basic web application, the user sends a request over the network to a server that returns the application or content to the user’s browser. The browser simply renders and displays the information from the formatted pages sent from the server. However, many of today’s web applications are much more complex with a lot [...]
If Content Is King, The Network Is The Queen
Apr 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The game of chess requires a keen awareness of the positions for all the pieces, both yours and your opponent’s. Chess requires patient planning and vision; each piece has a different value, and some are more strategic than others. Of most importance is maintaining the safety of the king, by controlling squares on the board. [...]
It’s Time to Chop Down the Spanning Tree
Mar 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I believe it was the esteemed singer/songwriter, John Lennon, who uttered the words: “Imagine there’s no spanning tree, it’s easy if you try, No multi-tiers below us, just a flat network like the sky, Imagine all the users, living for the apps…” I recently spoke at Avaya’s Technology Forum, the company’s data networking event (yes, [...]
Factors Driving WAN Evolution
Mar 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In a blog entry I wrote at the end of last year I pointed out that while the LAN is going through a period of rapid change, there are few if any fundamentally new WAN technologies under development. As a result, when IT organizations look to evolve their WAN they need to do so based [...]
Don’t Let Your Network Suffer From Tunnel Vision
Mar 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
“Tunnel Vision” is a medical condition involving a loss of one’s peripheral vision, but most also know the term as a description of a certain mentality: the tendency to focus on a narrow or limited point of view or perspective. Most, if not all, organizations have many applications going over WANs. They may even have [...]
WAN Optimization: More Byte For The Buck!
Feb 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Network budgets, at least the data-center segment (10% compound annual growth through 2017), are outpacing overall IT budget growth (3.9% for 2013), but with network demands growing in double and triple digits, just throwing more money at the problem won’t do. Your network not only has to be bigger and faster, it has to be [...]
It’s All About The RPO
Feb 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I read with great interest a recent article by InfoWorld contributing editor Matt Prigge titled, “When WAN optimization really boosts network performance.” In general, I agree with the bulk of Matt’s comments — storage vendors are getting better at replication over long distance, some WAN optimization products don’t benefit from every type of replication — [...]
Is Your Network a Racehorse or a Pack Mule?
Nov 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The great Seabiscuit was an undersized racehorse with a history of failure, but he went on to become a legend. Even though he was small, this horse possessed incredible speed. And when physical ability wasn’t quite enough, he had a winning heart that helped carry him across the finish line first. Many IT organizations have [...]
Giving Thanks for the Future of SDDC
Nov 22, 2012 by 1 Comment
When I come back from an industry conference, I always like to see what members of the press have had to say about it. It’s interesting to compare the writer’s take to my own and see if we agree or differ on some of the prime messaging that occurred at the show. One synopsis of [...]
SNW Europe: When SSD turned disruptive
Nov 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s hard to miss that this is the year of SSD, or solid-state disk. There is a certain irony therefore – or possibly, given its location, schadenfreude – in an event being ‘themed’ to keep up with the latest trends, only to find out that the new theme is already out of date. So it [...]
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