Concepts
Network Overlays: An Introduction
While network overlays are not a new concept, they have come back into the limelight,…
Concepts
Why We Need Network Abstraction
The move to highly virtualized data centers and cloud models is straining the network. While…
Concepts
Data Center Overlays 101
I’ve been playing around with Show Me (www.showme.com) as a tool to add some white…
Concepts
Stateless Transport Tunneling (STT)
STT is another tunneling protocol along the lines of the VXLAN and NVGRE proposals. As…
Technical Deep Dive
VXLAN Deep Dive – Part II
In part one of this post I covered the basic theory of operations and functionality…
Technical Deep Dive
VXLAN Deep Dive
I’ve been spending my free time digging into network virtualization and network overlays. This is…
Concepts
Something up Brocade’s Sleeve, and it looks Good
Brocade’s got some new tricks up their sleeve and they look good. For far too…
Concepts
The Art of Pre-Sales Part II: Showing Value
Part I of this post http://www.definethecloud.net/the-art-of-pre-sales received quite a few page views and positive feedback…
Quick Thoughts
A Salute to Greatness
There are two things I’ve spent my life doing: being a class clown (laughed at…