Earlier this week I was being pre-briefed on an interesting open-source productivity suite when our VoIP-based connection crashed, and it took over 7 minutes before we were able to reconnect. That’s not a long time for a journalist or a couple of vendor executives, but for many others, 7 minutes is an eternity. What’s worse, [...]
How Is Application Delivery like a Successful Economy?
Apr 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A successful economy begins with government leaders who empower their people to thrive and prosper. But, what really defines a growing, successful global economic system? A successful and growing economy provides adequate jobs, affordable housing, and accessible medical care. It’s about having the right resources to meet consumer and business demands. A successful economy maintains [...]
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, [...]
The Cloud Redefines Corporate WAN Strategies
Mar 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The cloud is everywhere today and has become one of the biggest — if not the biggest — topics of conversation in the tech industry. I recently did a CIO roundtable where we discussed the cloud, and the big topics of conversation revolve around security and deployment strategies. This makes sense, based on where we [...]
WANop: Dying to be Different
Jun 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The latest market research on SAN and data center network equipment shows that bigger, faster pipes are driving the biggest growth, but in many respects, it can be characterized as business as usual, says Sam Barnett, directing analyst for data center and cloud at Infonetics Research. But there are a number of trends emerging that [...]
Caution: Merging Traffic Ahead
Mar 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I dread merging traffic signs. We all know what happens when the road we’re merging with another road: traffic congestion. It’s logical, right? When 30 cars on one road converge with 50 cars from another, a backup is eminent. (The 101 and 280 interchange in the Bay Area is a perfect example.) Network traffic experiences [...]
Just Because You Don’t See It, Doesn’t Mean It’s Not There
Jan 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“I think the most difficult thing had been scaling the infrastructure. Trying to support the response we had received from our users and the number of people that were interested in using the software.” Shawn Fanning, Napster Founder Planning to support data center growth with reliable and sustainable network infrastructure is in some ways like [...]
Dreading the end of the game
Oct 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I never look forward to leaving at the end of a ball game. Not because I don’t want the game to end, but because I dread the mass exodus of tens-of-thousands of people congesting aisles, corridors and parking lots. This “bottlenecking” affects the capacity of the entire stadium and is typically limited by the number [...]
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