Rodos faces the reality of big data and machine intelligence and comes away with a solid "meh". Not an indictment, but not an endorsement either. More like a little comfort.
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Putting an ONF Conspiracy Theory to Rest
Brad Casemore doesn't buy the conspiracy theory that says the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) is a vehicle for a vendor (read Cisco) coup. Here's why.
Cyclomatic Complexity of OpenFlow-Based SDN May Drive Market Innovation
Lori MacVittie dives into the difficulty of enabling SDN/OpenFlow controllers. It's really worth a read!
MSSQL must really love Oracle (pun intended)
I don't really agree with Hans' "positive" lightning comment, unless you call it positive when you discover that Microsoft licensing is just as bad as VMware... But here you go! A great discussion of SQL Server licensing changes...
UCS and VCS a great combination
I'm not sure many Cisco UCS customers are really going to go out and buy Brocade VCS for converged networking, but they could. Here's "UCS Guru" Colin Lynch on the benefits of this combination.
Layer-2 Network Is a Single Failure Domain
Surprise! No amount of networking technology will make Layer-2 networks be the correct choice for everything they're being pitched for.
Equal-Cost Multipath in Brocade’s VCS Fabric
It's amazing to watch folks come to understand and appreciate new technology. Even more so when it's Ivan Pepelnjak learning a new networking technology! Here's his take on Brocade VCS fabric.
The Stack Wars: OpenStack vs. CloudStack
Is it too confusing to have two different open cloud stacks? I guess not, as long as they're clearly differentiated and targeted at different use cases...
Defining EMC VSPEX
EMC is following NetApp and Dell in introducing standard "cloud" configurations, and these aren't vBlocks. Is this an admission that vBlock wasn't a good idea after all?
Dell Unveils ARM-based Server Ecosystem
So Dell has introduced ARM servers for hyperscale/cloud applications. This is very, very interesting, but also quite puzzling. Will they sell these to "regular" customers? And who would buy them?