The move to highly virtualized data centers and cloud models is straining the network. While traditional data center networks were not designed to support the dynamic nature of today’s workloads, the fact is, the emergence of highly virtualized environments is merely exposing issues that have always existed within network constructs. VLANs, VRFs, subnets, routing, security, etc. have been stretched well beyond their original intent. The way these constructs are currently used limits scale, application expansion, contraction and mobility. To read the full article visit: http://www.networkcomputing.com/next-gen-network-tech-center/why-we-need-network-abstraction/240142588
Horton Hears Hadoop
I’m feeling Seuss-ish so here goes (Line 1 and 2 by Ken Oestreich @fountnhead.) Of this poem you should first realize, of course, Is based on Big Data, and code open-source. On disk that was spinning sat data quite large So much that in fact it would fill up a…
Private Cloud: An IT Staffer’s Guide To Success
Recently I wrote The Biggest Threat to Your Private-Cloud Deployment: Your IT Staff as a call to management to understand the importance of their IT staff and the changes that will be required to move to a cloud model. That post received some strong criticism from readers who took it…
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Reassesing ‘Vendor Lock-In’
Lock in is an oft discussed consideration when making technology decisions. I tend to see it used more by vendors seeding Fear Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD), but I also see it in the native decision making processes of many of my customers. Let’s take a look at it, starting with…