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SDN This, SDN That, SDN Everywhere…
I was not planning to blog this week as I have plenty of other content to produce, but sometimes the urge to blog is difficult to ignore. Here are some links to posts I have been reading over the...
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Notebook 12.18.12
The last few months have been a blistering pace at Plexxi and it has impacted my time to write. Writing is important to me as it is my method of thinking in depth without the interruptions of email,...
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Ich bin ein SDNer!
I am an admirer of John Kennedy and I think he was a wonderful speaker, especially with gifted writers such as Ted Sorensen. Kennedy’s administration changed social culture in America. It ended the...
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Looking for a Few Good Networks in 2013
I am looking for a few networks in early 2013. I need a Hadoop/MapReduce network and a couple of networks with NAS. I have a lead on a ~400 server Hadoop cluster and we are already doing testing with...
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Networking: Time to Change the Dialog
I am off to NYC to present at an SDN gathering hosted by Oktay Technology. I am going to change up my standard pitch deck, so I am curious to see the reaction. I have decided that I have been too...
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Notebook 01.24.13
On board the train heading out of a cold NYC. Had a super cool day at the Oktay Technologies SDN conference. They had an A-list line up of speakers with the CEO of Arista, Martin Casado of...
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Notebook 02.04.2013: SDN, VXLAN vs STT, Portfolio Changes and stuff…
For me, airplane time is writing time. I am presently inbound to SFO from BOS. When I am trapped in a metal tube for six hours, this is what you get. 1. Plexxi/Boundary News Plexxi and Boundary have...
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Talking SDN or Just Plain Next Generation Networking…
Tomorrow in SF, I will be talking about SDN, or as I like to call it next generation networking at the Credit Suisse Next Generation Data Center Conference. It will be a panel discussion and each...
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It is all about Doctrine (I am talking about Networking and that SDN thing)
Last year, I wrote a long post on doctrine. I was reminded of that post three times this week. The first was from a Plexxi sales team who was telling me about a potential customer who was going to...
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Notebook 3.9.13: NFD #5, Portfolio Changes, Daylight-ONF, OFC
Last week was busy with travel to SF and the snow storm in Boston. This week is no easier as I spend part of the week in Boston and part of it in SF with meetings in the SV. Networking Field Day #5...
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Demonstrating AWESOME in the Pursuit of the Optical Data Center
This week at OFC, Plexxi and Calient are showing the power of SDN and optics. The idea to use some sort of optical or hybrid optical architecture for the data center has been pursued for years. Here...
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Self Similar Nature of Ethernet Traffic
With all the debates around networking at ONS 2013, I found myself reading competitive blog posts and watching competitive presentations from vendors. It was the most entertaining part of ONS and it...
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Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love SDN
If you have not seen the movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, you should. It is an important point of cultural reference in our contemporary history. I have...
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SDN, It’s Free just like a Puppy!
I have written both and will post at the same time because I believe we are conflating many issues when it comes to networking. For example: SDN, ONF, OpenFlow, Overlays, Underlays, Tunneling, VXLAN,...
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Fluidity of Network Capacity, Commoditization, DIY Openness and the Demise of...
Be forewarned, this post is a bit of rant on variety of subjects that typically get asked of me at conferences or I see written by analysts, sycophants and self decreed intelligentsia. The four most...
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Go Back There is No Place for You Here in the Future
I was reminded of a scene from Field of Dreams the other day. The scene I was reminded of occurs when Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) meets Terrance Man (James Earl Jones) in his apartment. I am...
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Are You Building a Company or Managing an Engineering Project?
Earlier today I read this post titled “SDN is Not a Technology, It’s A Use Case.” Shortly after, I found myself in a conversation with one of our lead algorithmic developers. We were discussing...
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Working on Mysteries Without Any Clues
Heading out to VMworld for a second time as member of the Plexxi team. I am really looking forward to the SDN, networking, overlay, switching banter during the show week. During my first year at...
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SDN and VMWorld:::WWJTD Edition
I had a great week at VMWorld. The show was fantastic for Plexxi as we recorded 6x as many leads as last year, but the friction simmering in networking has emerged from behind closed doors and spilled...
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Framing Exercise:::What if we Turned the Network Off?
While I was out at VMWorld, I was telling my colleague @cloudtoad about how I learned to sell multi-protocol networking to SNA shops. This conversation started me thinking about network. Since that...
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