Fabrics have been the talk of the industry for the last few years but they are getting overshadowed by the buzz around software defined networking (SDN) and OpenFlow. It is easy to see why based on what I saw at last weeks Open Network Summit (ONS). There were dozens of vendors showcasing OpenFlow based solutions including six […]
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Your Network Is About To Get Simpler
February 21, 2012 
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It was 2004 when I saw vMotion for the first time. I was in a room with a bunch of very excited server administrators cheering at the amazing feat they just witnessed. The discussion quickly turned to how this will enable a level of flexibility only dreamed of before. I, as the lone network engineer […]
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October 18, 2011 1 Comment
Last week I was sitting in a cafeteria on Cisco’s San Jose campus drinking my morning Latte (tall with non-fat milk, in case anyone is running to Starbucks) when I had a chance encounter with a former colleague of mine. I asked the typical small talk questions about how he was doing and what he […]
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