Self-driving cars? Get ready for self-driving data

Self-driving cars? Get ready for self-driving data

Once the dreams of science-fiction, self-driving cars will soon allow passengers to specify a destination and let the car pick the best route based on factors such as time, traffic, freeways and fuel consumption. This kind of automation for an enterprise’s most precious commodity – data – is also soon coming to a data center near you.Intelligent data mobility delivered through data virtualization will allow IT professionals to specify service-level objects (SLO) such as performance, reliability, high availability, archiving and cost, and then let software automatically move data to the right storage in real time. Let’s examine the problem of data immobility and how data placement through data virtualization will finally solve common mismatch of compute and storage, resource sprawl and the cost of overprovisioning.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Qualcomm may adapt LTE into a network anyone can deploy

As if the all the controversy over LTE networks crowding out Wi-Fi isn’t enough, a new technology in the works at Qualcomm Research might allow a lot more people to set them up.LTE was designed to run on frequencies licensed by mobile operators for their exclusive use. But an emerging technology called LTE-Unlicensed allows the cellular system to supplement those frequencies with unlicensed spectrum that’s shared with systems like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. This gives the carriers additional spectrum that they don’t have to pay for in an auction.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

SDxCentral Live Stream Alert: Open Networking Summit — June 16, 2015

The 2015 Open Networking Summit will be available live on SDxCentral on June 15, 2015. Tune in to watch industry leaders present use cases as they discuss the state of SDN.

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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Facebook releases a separate app for private photo sharing

Facebook has taken a step away from its main site to develop what it thinks is a better way to share photos privately.Moments, released Monday for iOS and Android, is a standalone app that will organize the photos on people’s smartphones, and let users share them privately with a select set of friends. The app groups photos together based on when they were taken, and, who’s in them. It uses the same facial recognition technology that powers the suggested tagging feature on Facebook’s site.Moments lets users sync photos with the people who are at a specific event, like a party or wedding.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

MIT researchers find unemployed workers stay off their phones

The amount of time people in a given area spend using their cell phones shrinks when the job market begins to dry up, according to a study co-authored by researchers at MIT.The study, which tracked people living in a European town in which a plant had just closed, found that the total number of calls made by laid-off workers fell by 51%, when compared to the phone activity of the employed. Individually, each unemployed worker made 5% fewer calls.+ ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD: First Look: How will Windows 10 play on tablets + What do today's graduates expect in the workplace? +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Dell adds Pluribus, brings Linux-based OS to its data center switches

Dell has added Pluribus Networks to its lineup of disaggregation partners.Dell will now offer Pluribus’ Open Netvisor Linux operating system on its S6000-ON and S-4048-ON 10G/40G switches. This is an addition to the Cumulus Networks, Big Switch Networks, Midokura and VMware packages Dell already supports on those switches.Dell’s strategy is to make its merchant silicon-based hardware appealing to cloud providers who usually opt for bare metal switches running a variety of operating systems that they can easily replace or expand for scale or other requirements.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Dell adds Pluribus, brings Linux-based OS to its data center switches

Dell has added Pluribus Networks to its lineup of disaggregation partners.Dell will now offer Pluribus’ Open Netvisor Linux operating system on its S6000-ON and S-4048-ON 10G/40G switches. This is an addition to the Cumulus Networks, Big Switch Networks, Midokura and VMware packages Dell already supports on those switches.Dell’s strategy is to make its merchant silicon-based hardware appealing to cloud providers who usually opt for bare metal switches running a variety of operating systems that they can easily replace or expand for scale or other requirements.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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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Greg Ferro

Greg Ferro is a Network Engineer/Architect, mostly focussed on Data Centre, Security Infrastructure, and recently Virtualization. He has over 20 years in IT, in wide range of employers working as a freelance consultant including Finance, Service Providers and Online Companies. He is CCIE#6920 and has a few ideas about the world, but not enough to really count.

He is a host on the Packet Pushers Podcast, blogger at EtherealMind.com and on Twitter @etherealmind and Google Plus.

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Network Dictionary: Consolidation versus Convergence

What is the difference between Consolidation and Convergence in a technology market ?

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Brocade Retires ‘Vyatta’ and Other Acquired Brand Names

Vyatta, Connectem, VistaPointe, SteelApp — now they're all 'Brocade.'

EU Council OKs contentious data privacy plan, pushing reform forward

The EU Council has issued a long-awaited, hotly debated plan for online privacy, moving the EU’s reform of data-protection laws closer to reality.The Council says that the plan will give people more control over their personal data, but privacy groups say the proposal actually weakens privacy safeguards.Data protection reform is important for European citizens, tech companies and any business processing personal data in the EU. Current data protection rules stem from a 1995 law and urgently need an update for an era in which cloud computing, smartphones and high-speed Internet access are common.The Council plan revealed on Monday requires, among other things, that companies get unambiguous consent from individuals in order to be allowed to process personal data. Companies will also be obliged to implement appropriate security measures to protect personal data and notify affected people when breaches occur.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

SpaceX wants you to build Elon Musk’s Hyperloop pod

Looking to hasten the development of a Hyperloop pod transportation prototype, SpaceX this week said it would open a public completion to build a half-scale passenger system capable of traveling at speeds in excess of 760MPH.SpaceX founder, entrepreneur Elon Musk in 2013, envisioned the Hyperloop concept. He proposed building a network of elevated pneumatic tubes where specially build passenger pods could zip between two points – in this case between San Francisco and Los Angeles at speeds over 760MPH. Reuters Elon MuskTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Cisco vet to head SDN start-up

SDN start-up PLUMgrid has named a former Cisco veteran as its new CEO.Larry Lang, who left Cisco in 2009 after a 16-year career, is PLUMgrid’s new CEO. He replaces founder Awais Nemat, who has been appointed chairman of the board of directors.Lang held various positions in enterprise and service provider management and marketing at Cisco. His last role there was vice president and general manager of the company’s Services and Mobility business unit, responsible for Cisco’s mobile Internet strategy.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Playing in the Lab: DMVPN and Per-Tunnel QoS

There is this really cool thing about DMVPN that I came across a while back:  DMVPN Per-Tunnel QoS.  Apparently it isn’t just me (as a lab rat) that thinks this is cool.  Every time I show this to people I... Read More ›

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Traction Watch: Talkdesk Lets Businesses Create a Call Center ‘In 5 Minutes’

Editor’s note: Traction Watch is a new column focused obsessively on growth, and is a companion to the DEMO Traction conference series, which brings together high-growth startups with high-potential customers. The next DEMO Traction will take place in Boston on September 16, 2015. Growth companies can apply to present, or those similarly obsessed can register here to attend. This is the fourth in a series of posts profiling the Spring 2015 Demo Traction Champions. Talkdesk was named a Traction Watch: Smart Data Champion. Read more about the winners in “Traction Watch: Meet The Spring 2015 DEMO Traction Champions.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Group asks FCC to make websites honor do-not-track requests

A consumer rights group wants the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to address growing online privacy concerns by requiring websites to honor do-no-track requests.Consumer Watchdog filed a formal petition on Monday calling for new FCC rules forcing companies like Google, Facebook, Pandora and Netflix to respect do-not-track requests from a visitor’s browser.While some websites do honor the requests, there’s no regulation requiring them to do so, and many do not, noted John Simpson, Privacy Project director at the organization. Many available tools for online users block targeted advertising based on online tracking, but don’t block data collection, he said. Specific regulations that require websites to honor a do-not-track request and spell out penalties if it’s not “are essential,” he said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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