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Virtual Appliance Transition Pain for Barracuda & The Addiction to Hardware Revenues
Barracuda share price drops 16% as the shift to virtual appliance reduces sales dollars but increases profits.
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You Cannot Buy A Software Defined Network
Really.
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Network Break 43
Network Break episode 43 looks at Cisco's OpenDNS acquisition, the OpenDaylight Lithium release, a global IT spending forecast, and Amazon's s2n open source TLS implementation
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Musing: Currency Fluctuations and Cloud Computing
Price uncertainty in the public cloud has taken a serious turn for the worse.
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Network Break 42
Take a Network Break! Grab a coffee, a doughnut and then join us for an analysis of the latest IT news, vendor moves and new product announcements. We’ll separate the signal from the noise–or at least make some noise of our own. Sponsor: Sonus Networks This week’s show was sponsored by Sonus Networks. Sonus wants […]
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Network Break 42
Take a Network Break! Grab a coffee, a doughnut and then join us for an analysis of the latest IT news, vendor moves and new product announcements. We’ll separate the signal from the noise–or at least make some noise of our own. Sponsor: Sonus Networks This week’s show was sponsored by Sonus Networks. Sonus wants […]
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Musing: Virtual Appliances and Shorter Lifecycles
I’ve been writing and talking about the need for IT teams to reduce the lifecycle of infrastructure to 3 years. For this to happen, the following items: pay less for products so that money can be spent on projects to replace and upgrade pay less so that ROI can be achieved 3 years design so […]
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Bi-Modal IT Bemusement – I Call It Project-Driven IT
I’ve been much amused byBi-Modal IT that Gartner coughed up a few months back. Bimodal IT refers to having two modes of IT, each designed to develop and deliver information- and technology-intensive services in its own way. Mode 1 is traditional, emphasizing scalability, efficiency, safety and accuracy. Mode 2 is nonsequential, emphasizing agility and speed. […]
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Network Dictionary: Blast Radius
Define "Blast Radius"
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Concerns about SD-WAN Standards and Interoperability
Ivan raises good points about SD-WAN and interoperability on his blog today. But I think the benefits of SD-WAN are too good to wait for ten years for standards to catch up. Oh, and its up to you to demand standards from the vendors.
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Arista Gets An SDN Strategy With CloudVision
In 2014, Arista was telling me that SDN was "Still Don't kNow" and "Still Does Nothing". In 2015, Arista releases their CloudVision™ SDN controller for cloud networks.
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Network Break 41
Take a Network Break! Grab a coffee, a doughnut and then join us for an analysis of the latest IT news, vendor moves and new product announcements. We’ll separate the signal from the noise–or at least make some noise of our own. Sponsor: Sonus Networks This week’s show was sponsored by Sonus Networks. Sonus wants […]
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Musing: Increasing Dependence on DNS in SDN World
Containers, IPv6 and “SDN DNS” is why DNS is critical to your network architecture and day-to-day operations. At the same time, "DNS operations" doesn't seem to be getting the attention considering how critical it is to network, servers and DevOps alike. I wonder if I am missing something.
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Network Break 41
Take a Network Break! Grab a coffee, a doughnut and then join us for an analysis of the latest IT news, vendor moves and new product announcements. We’ll separate the signal from the noise–or at least make some noise of our own.
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Show 242 – Where Have All The Good Staff Gone ?
Simple two man show this week with Ethan & Greg talking through, oh, I don't know ..... stuff like this
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Show 242 – Where Have All The Good Staff Gone ?
Simple two man show this week with Ethan & Greg talking through, oh, I don't know ..... stuff like this
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Response: The Wetware Crisis: the Dead Sea effect Or Where Have All the Good Staff Gone
Nodding my head so hard my chin is hitting my chest. "What tends to remain behind is the ‘residue’ — the least talented and effective IT engineers. They tend to be grateful they have a job and make fewer demands on management; even if they find the workplace unpleasant, they are the least likely to be able to find a job elsewhere. "
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Differentiation in Software Defined WAN
One of the most interesting things about SD-WAN is the level of real differentiation between the different vendors that has actual business outcomes. Let me explain, most SD-WAN vendors are using overlay networks to bypass the restrictions and limitations of IP routing. A few of the features in common are: multi-path networking dynamic and temporal […]
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Network Break 40
Take a Network Break! Grab a coffee, a doughnut and then join us for an analysis of the latest IT news, vendor moves and new product announcements. We’ll separate the signal from the noise–or at least make some noise of our own. Cisco Execs Quit, Naturally. The predicted leadership exodus at Cisco has started. Leadership […]
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Network Break 40
Take a Network Break! Grab a coffee, a doughnut and then join us for an analysis of the latest IT news, vendor moves and new product announcements. We’ll separate the signal from the noise–or at least make some noise of our own. Cisco Execs Quit, Naturally. The predicted leadership exodus at Cisco has started. Leadership […]
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