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SAI 1.5

The Open Compute Project (OCP), "is a rapidly growing community of engineers around the world whose mission is to design and enable the delivery of the most efficient server, storage and data center hardware designs available for scalable computing."

The OCP SAI (Switch Abstraction Interface) Project is an important part of the networking effort, defining "a vendor-independent way of controlling forwarding elements, such as a switching ASIC, an NPU or a software switch in a uniform manner." SAI 1.5 Release Notes describe enhancements to existing sFlow API, in particular adding support for the Linux psample netlink channel, see  Linux 4.11 kernel extends packet sampling support. Supporting the standard Linux interface for packet sampling simplifies the implementation of sFlow agents (e.g. Host sFlow) and ensures consistent behavior across hardware platforms to deliver real-time network-wide visibility using industry standard sFlow protocol.

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Verizon Maintains 5G, Virtualization Spend

The carrier will maintain the approximately $18 billion it spent on capex in 2019.

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Apstra’s Intent-Based Networking Brings Enterprises to Cloud Parity

For some companies, things like cloud native deployments on Kubernetes with microservices is a given. For others, those technologies comprise a still distant future, and contemporary complexities include the stuff of network switches, proprietary, vendor-specific configurations, and on-prem networks that require manual operations to manage. For companies in the latter category, intent-based networking (IBN), which means to replace the manual processes of configuring networks and reacting to network issues with a system that responds to a system administrator’s outcome-focused requests. Apstra has been in the business of delivering intent-based networking since 2014, emerging from stealth in 2016. Apstra CEO and co-founder SONiC network operating system, which is based on Linux and is meant to run on switches from various vendors. Much like Apstra’s initial intention of providing a singular, automated entry point to manage a variety of different network components, SONiC provides “a full-suite of network functionality, like BGP and RDMA” that functions regardless of proprietary hardware. Feature image by Pixabay. The post Apstra’s Intent-Based Networking Brings Enterprises to Cloud Parity appeared first on The New Stack.

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Microsoft Cloud Momentum Sends Q2 Earnings Soaring

Azure revenue grew 62% during the quarter, which was down from 76% revenue growth a year ago, but...

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You’re Responsible for Resiliency of Your Public Cloud Deployment

Enterprise environments usually implement “mission-critical” applications by pushing high-availability requirements down the stack until they hit networking… and then blame the networking team when the whole house of cards collapses.

Most public cloud providers are not willing to play the same stupid blame-shifting game - they live or die by their reputation, and maintaining a stable service is their highest priority. They will do their best to implement a robust and resilient infrastructure, but will not do anything that could impact its stability or scalability… including the snake oil the virtualization and networking vendors love to sell to their gullible customers. When you deploy your application workloads into a public cloud, you become responsible for the resiliency of your own application, and there’s no magic button that could allow you to push the problems down the stack.

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Cisco offers on-prem Kubernetes-as-a-Service to challenge public cloud

Cisco says it will offer a Kubernetes-based “container-as-a-service” for its HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) environment.The turnkey system, called HyperFlex Application Platform (HXAP), is Kubernetes at its core and includes all manner of integrated tools such as container networking, storage, a load balancer and more to let customers install, manage, and maintain a complete platform for cloud-native application development, Cisco stated.See predictions about what's big in IT tech for the coming year. HyperFlex is Cisco’s HCI that offers computing, networking and storage resources in a single system.To read this article in full, please click here

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Cisco offers on-prem Kubernets-as-a-Service to challenge public cloud

Cisco says it will offer a Kubernetes-based “container-as-a-service” for its HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) environment.The turnkey system, called HyperFlex Application Platform (HXAP), is Kubernetes at its core and includes all manner of integrated tools such as container networking, storage, a load balancer and more to let customers install, manage, and maintain a complete platform for cloud-native application development, Cisco stated.See predictions about what's big in IT tech for the coming year. HyperFlex is Cisco’s HCI that offers computing, networking and storage resources in a single system.To read this article in full, please click here

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Cisco offers on-prem Kubernets-as-a-Service to challenge public cloud

Cisco says it will offer a Kubernetes-based “container-as-a-service” for its HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) environment.The turnkey system, called HyperFlex Application Platform (HXAP), is Kubernetes at its core and includes all manner of integrated tools such as container networking, storage, a load balancer and more to let customers install, manage, and maintain a complete platform for cloud-native application development, Cisco stated.See predictions about what's big in IT tech for the coming year. HyperFlex is Cisco’s HCI that offers computing, networking and storage resources in a single system.To read this article in full, please click here

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Cisco offers on-prem Kubernetes-as-a-Service to challenge public cloud

Cisco says it will offer a Kubernetes-based “container-as-a-service” for its HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) environment.The turnkey system, called HyperFlex Application Platform (HXAP), is Kubernetes at its core and includes all manner of integrated tools such as container networking, storage, a load balancer and more to let customers install, manage, and maintain a complete platform for cloud-native application development, Cisco stated.See predictions about what's big in IT tech for the coming year. HyperFlex is Cisco’s HCI that offers computing, networking and storage resources in a single system.To read this article in full, please click here

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BrandPost: Choose Your Optics: Security Through the SD-WAN Lens in a Hybrid IT World

When we gaze at the crowded eye-chart of technologies commonly associated with digital transformation, few of the markets we follow have been frothier over the last two years than SD-WAN and cybersecurity.The rate of change is remarkable by any long-range indicator: revenue growth rates, investment, acquisition and consolidation activity, and innovation speed. Clearly the essential elements of an extended software-defined network deployment and its critical security posture are inexorably intertwined in the future fabric of a cloud-native, Hybrid IT application delivery world.To read this article in full, please click here

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Daily Roundup: SDN Kills AT&T Jobs

SDN killed AT&T jobs; VMware lost $237M in a patent infringement lawsuit; and Windstream...

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5G, WiFi 6 Set to Battle for Control of Enterprise Private Networks

The propositions for private cellular networks in the enterprise environment are myriad and...

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Day Two Cloud 033: Cloud Governance – Bringing Order To Your Cloud Chaos

Your cloud is starting to look like the wild West. Accounts and subscriptions are created willy-nilly. Your devs have stitched together a networking nightmare. Nothing is named or tagged consistently. Today's Day Two Cloud episode explores how to bring some governance order to your chaos. Our guest is Steve Buchanan, Cloud Architect at Avanade. We discuss how to apply practical governance to the nebulous and ever-changing world of cloud.

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Day Two Cloud 033: Cloud Governance – Bringing Order To Your Cloud Chaos

Your cloud is starting to look like the wild West. Accounts and subscriptions are created willy-nilly. Your devs have stitched together a networking nightmare. Nothing is named or tagged consistently. Today's Day Two Cloud episode explores how to bring some governance order to your chaos. Our guest is Steve Buchanan, Cloud Architect at Avanade. We discuss how to apply practical governance to the nebulous and ever-changing world of cloud.

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EtherealMind’s Fifteen Networking Truths (Rules of Networking)

My take on RFC1925.

The post EtherealMind’s Fifteen Networking Truths (Rules of Networking) appeared first on EtherealMind.

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AT&T Employees Pay Price for SDN

“By going SDN these very big network operations are becoming extremely efficient to run, and that...

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Windstream SD-WAN Gains Data Analytics Services

WE Connect Insights gathers and evaluates data to help users make better-informed decisions about...

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SAP’s Cloud Focus Shows Promise

However, modest 2020 growth expectations left investors feeling mixed.

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Dremio CEO: Open Cloud Data Lake Levels on the Rise

Open cloud data warehouses are still data warehouses, and savvy enterprises are moving directly to...

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Intel denies reports of Xeon shortage

Intel has denied reports that its Xeon supply chain is suffering the same constraints as its PC desktop/laptop business. CEO Bob Swan said during the company's recent earnings call that its inventory was depleted but customers are getting orders.The issue blew up last week when HPE – one of Intel's largest server OEM partners – reportedly told UK-based publication The Register that there were supply constraints with Cascade Lake processors, the most recent generation of Xeon Scalable processors, and urged HPE customers "to consider alternative processors." HPE did not clarify if it meant Xeon processors other than Cascade Lake or AMD Epyc processors.To read this article in full, please click here