VMware and VeloCloud: A Hedge Against Hyperconvergence?
VMware announced on Thursday that they are buying VeloCloud. This was a big move in the market that immediately set off a huge discussion about the implications. I had originally thought AT&T would buy VeloCloud based on their relationship in the past, but the acquistion of Vyatta from Brocade over the summer should have been a hint that wasn’t going to happen. Instead, VMware swooped in and picked up the company for an undisclosed amount.
The conversations have been going wild so far. Everyone wants to know how this is going to affect the relationship with Cisco, especially given that Cisco put money into VeloCloud in both 2016 and 2017. Given the acquisition of Viptela by Cisco earlier this year it’s easy to see that these two companies might find themselves competing for marketshare in the SD-WAN space. However, I think that this is actually a different play from VMware. One that’s striking back at hyperconverged vendors.
Adding The Value
If you look at the marketing coming out of hyperconvergence vendors right now, you’ll see there’s a lot of discussion around platform. Fast storage, small footprints, and the ability to deploy anywhere. Hyperconverged solutions are also starting to focus on Continue reading
What will it take? Building a future so the Internet brings opportunity to Europe.
Wondering how the Internet will impact your future in Europe? You’re not the only one.
We are only beginning to understand the full value that the Internet can bring to tomorrow’s world.
So how can we make certain the Internet of the tomorrow will help to do things like create jobs, ensure every citizen has access to municipal services, and close the divide between urban and rural areas?
A series of global talks now known as the Internet Society’s Regional Internet Development Dialogues are intended to help answer those questions and more.
The next one is in Brussels, Europe on November 7th 2017 and you’re invited:
Internet of Opportunity: Will the Internet Benefit all Europeans?
By bringing together people from very different backgrounds, these dialogues are meant to create a way for people to hear views and opinions outside of their comfort zone – and also to build understanding and unexpected partnerships.
The full day event, which is open to everyone who feels they have a stake in the Internet’s future, will bring together policy and decision makers, business leaders, and Europeans who want to make sure people can build a prosperous future.
Now is your chance to tell some Continue reading
DNS: Valuable and Vulnerable
The domain name system is vital for operating in a digital economy, but a target for cybercriminals.
Good to Great: Hallmarks of High-Tech Leadership
You are probably expecting me to write another monthly blog on exciting innovative technology. Today I digress and reflect on recent awards and accolades Arista has received and how we got here. At Arista, we have worked very hard to become a great company. Building a good company takes constant hard work and heavy lifting. Making a great company is an even harder work-in-progress, demanding tenacity, especially in high technology, where disruptions are daunting and challenges are frequent.
Good to Great: Hallmarks of High-Tech Leadership
You are probably expecting me to write another monthly blog on exciting innovative technology. Today I digress and reflect on recent awards and accolades Arista has received and how we got here. At Arista, we have worked very hard to become a great company. Building a good company takes constant hard work and heavy lifting. Making a great company is an even harder work-in-progress, demanding tenacity, especially in high technology, where disruptions are daunting and challenges are frequent.
Some Yubikeys Affected by Infineon Security Weakness
As Robin Wilton discussed a few days ago in Roca: Encryption Vulnerability and What to do About It, yet another security vulnerability has been discovered. If you have one of the ISOC-branded Yubikey 4s that we have given out at some conferences, they were affected by the recently disclosed Infineon vulnerability. See these two links for details:
- https://www.yubico.com/2017/10/infineon-rsa-key-generation-issue/
- https://www.yubico.com/support/security-advisories/ysa-2017-01/
This issue impacts only some limited uses of the keys. For details, see
https://www.yubico.com/keycheck/functionality_assessment.
You can get your ISOC-branded Yubikey 4 replaced at no cost to you by going to this page and following the instructions.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact Steve Olshansky, Internet Technology Program Manager, at <[email protected]>.
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Broadcom Trumpets Plans to Domicile to the US as Brocade Deal Lingers
President Trump touted the announcement during an Oval Office event.
VMware Branches Out with VeloCloud Deal
Virtualization giant extends networking reach beyond the data center with purchase of SD-WAN supplier
Google Improves Latency 40% Within its Software-Defined Networking
New software delivers reductions in VM-to-VM latency.
CORD: The $300 Billion Opportunity at the Network Edge
ONF says 80 percent of the telco spending is at the edge of the network.
AT&T Expands AWS Partnership to Focus on Enterprise Security
Company claims new Threat Management platform can process 5 billion security threats in 10 minutes.
Fortinet Next Generation Firewalls : Fortinet 5000 Series Firewalls
Today I am going to talk about Fortinet Next Generation Firewalls. As i already wrote many articles on Next Generation firewalls. Below are some of the links of other vendors describing Next Generation Firewalls
Above are some of the articles i wrote about Firewalls on different vendors which includes Cisco, Sophos, Checkpoint, Symantec, Meraki and Palo-Alto.
Now I am going to talk about the Fortinet Next Generation Firewalls.
Fortinet Next Generation Firewalls
Now I am going to talk about the Fortinet Next Generation Firewalls.
Fortinet Next Generation Firewalls
The Fort iGATE High-end series of Data Center and Next-Gen Firewalls deliver all the top-rated security effectiveness you expect from Fortinet, in an ultra-low latency compact appliance and flexible chassis platform.
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| Fig 1.1- Fortigate Next Generation Firewalls |
Purpose built Forti-ASIC processors and FortiOS, delivers exceptional throughput and enables security, scalability, flexibility and manageability you demand for data center edge Continue reading
Reaction: Enabling Privacy is not Harmful
The argument for end-to-end encryption is apparently heating up with the work moving forward on TLSv1.3 currently in progress in the IETF. The naysayers, however, are also out in force, arguing that end-to-end encryption is a net negative. What is the line of argument? According to a recent article in CircleID, it seems to be something like this:
- Governments have a right to asymmetrical encryption capabilities in order to maintain order. In other words, governments have the right to ensure that all private communication is ultimately readable by the government for any lawful purpose.
- Standards bodies that enable end-to-end encryption that will prevent this absolute governmental good endanger society. The leaders of such standards bodies may, in fact, be prosecuted for their role in subverting government power.
The idea of end-to-end encryption is recast as a form of extremism, a radical idea that should not be supported by the network engineering community. Is end-to-end encryption really extremist? Is it really a threat to the social order?
Let me begin here: this is not just a technical issue. There are two opposing worldviews in play. Engineers don’t often study worldviews, or philosophy, so these questions tend to get buried in Continue reading