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Data Center Bridging

By Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick) on March 12, 2010

Data Center Bridging (DCB) is a group of IEEE standard protocols designed to support I/O consolidation. DCB enables multiple protocols with very different requirements to run over the same Layer 2 10 Gigabit Ethernet infrastructure. Because DCB is currently discussed along with Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) it's not uncommon for people to think of […]

Business Drivers for Cloud Infrastructures

By Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick) on March 12, 2010

There are several business challenges that drive the cloud discussion and cloud infrastructure market. These business challenges are very different from the technical challenges that are more commonly discussed along with cloud. It's key to differentiate between the two because typically only one or the other is relevant to any given audience. If you're talking […]

Consolidated I/O

By Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick) on March 11, 2010

Consolidated I/O (input/output) is a hot topic and has been for the last two years, but it's not a new concept. We've already consolidated I/O once in the data center and forgotten about it, remember those phone PBXs before we replaced them with IP Telephony? The next step in consolidating I/O comes in the form […]

What's a cloud?

By Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick) on March 10, 2010

So to start things off I thought I'd take a stab at defining the cloud. This is always an interesting subject because so many people have placed very different labels and definitions on the cloud. YouTube is filled with videos of high dollar IT talking heads spitting up non-sensical answers as to what cloud is, […]

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