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In February 2017, we introduced VMware NSX-T Data Center to the world. For years, VMware NSX for vSphere had been spearheading a network transformation journey with a software-defined, application-first approach. In the meantime, as the application landscape was changing with the arrival of public clouds and containers, NSX-T was being designed to address the evolving needs of organizations to support cloud-native applications, bare metal workloads, multi-hypervisor environments, public clouds, and now, even multiple clouds.
Today, we are excited to announce an important milestone in this journey – the NSX-T 2.4 release. This fourth release of NSX-T delivers advancements in networking, security, automation, and operational simplicity for everyone involved – from IT admins to DevOps-style teams to developers. Today, NSX-T has emerged as the clear choice for customers embracing cloud-native application development, expanding use of public cloud, and mandating automation to drive agility.
Let’s take a look at some of the new features in NSX-T 2.4:
What if delivering new networks and network services was as easy as spinning up a workload in AWS? In keeping with the ethos that networking can be made easier, over the past few releases, we Continue reading
Albert Siersema sent me his thoughts on lock-in and the recent tendency to sell network device (or software) subscriptions instead of boxes. A few of my comments are inline.
Another trend in the industry is to convert support contracts into subscriptions. That is, the entrenched players seem to be focusing more on that business model (too). In the end, I feel the customer won't reap that many benefits, and you probably will end up paying more. But that's my old grumpy cynicism talking :)
While I agree with that, buying a subscription instead of owning a box (and deprecating it) also makes it easier to persuade the bean counters to switch the gear because there’s little residual value in existing boxes (and it’s easy to demonstrate total-cost-of-ownership). Like every decent sword this one has two blades ;)
Read more ...This blog will be part of a series where we start off with a basic re-introduction of VMware AppDefense and then progressively get into integrations, best practices, mitigating attacks and anomaly detection with vSphere Platinum, vRealize Log Insight, AppDefense and NSX Data Center. Before we get into the meat of things, let’s level-set on a few core principles of what VMware believes to be appropriate cyber hygiene. The full white paper can be viewed here.
I’m doing a live webinar at Safari Books Online on March 15thabout the operation of the ‘net—
This live training will provide an overview of the systems, providers, and standards bodies important to the operation of the global Internet, including the Domain Name System (DNS), the routing and transport systems, standards bodies, and registrars.
My friends from ECI join the Network Collective to discuss 5G—well worth listening to for an understanding of 5G from a wired network perspective.
Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We need to do “upgrades in the network” is one of those phrases that chills the bones of all IT engineers. Upgrades don’t have to be so painful and in this blog, we’re going to discuss the upgrade process recommended by Cumulus and leave you with some example automation to make the process as efficient as possible.
Upgrades are necessary to maintain stable and secure code but bring the risk of new bugs and sustained outages due to unforeseen circumstances, and they’re generally not very easy to perform. Anyone who has worked network operations knows that upgrade windows could run as quickly as an hour or as long as all night (and maybe for the next three nights). Even as I write this I am remembering experiences from upgrade windows of old where things did not go according to plan. But before we get into the specifics of the upgrade process with Cumulus, it is worth discussing why upgrades in the network are so fraught with peril.
DISCLAIMER: Rant Incoming
The biggest impediment to network upgrades is complexity. When we say complexity we mean the conscious choice to add complexity into the design of the network that most folks undertake Continue reading
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