While researching for another blog post, I stumbled upon this speech by Winston Churchill:
When the situation was manageable it was neglected, and now that it is thoroughly out of hand we apply too late the remedies which then might have effected a cure. There is nothing new in the story. It is as old as the Sibylline Books. It falls into that long, dismal catalogue of the fruitlessness of experience and the confirmed unteachability of mankind. Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong -these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.
Obviously mr. Churchill wasn't talking about IPv6 but about way more serious matters… but it's also obvious he was right abut the unteachability of mankind.
SDxCentral’s editors survived another busy week out in the hot, dusty ol’ Wild West of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV). Here are a few stray bits we rounded up: As rumors swirled that Dell might acquire EMC, Bloomberg reported Friday that a deal could be close, with a reported price tag of... Read more →
From Re:Invent, a few tidbits to tickle developers.
Firing a shot across Broadcom's bow, open source style.
Please join us in congratulating the following iPexpert students who have passed their CCIE lab!
We're over-the-moon excited to announce the Ansible online store is live. In response to all of the love you've shown us, we had to step up our swag game. The Ansible Store carries a variety of our best items, and we can't wait to see you showing off your Ansible pride.
You can find your all-time favorites, like t-shirts, mugs and stickers. Plus, we've added a few exciting new items, like Ansible + Patagonia backpacks and onesies for our youngest fans.
For now we're only shipping throughout the United States while we get up and running. For our international friends, we'll expand shipment in the future. Stay tuned.
Don't be surprised when you don't see our lovable Ansi-bull on the site. You'll need to attend a meetup or spot us at an event for one of those.
So what are you waiting for? Start shopping and join the A team.
Everything you need to know about SDN and NFV will be at your fingertips during next week's World Congress
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The next generation of networking is more complex and multi-functional compared to the networks of today. Networks are moving from “connectivity as a service” to “multi- service platform. Takeaways SDN & NFV are complementary technologies NFV depends on SDN to deliver network features that enable it. Both use controller concepts for Operations and Administration (OAM). […]
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