In this iteration of Gestalt Networking News:
– Monitoring Network Flows with Plixer
– The best of both worlds with Array Networks’ Flexible NFV
– A deep dive into Aruba’s new 8400 series switch
Plus Network Collective digs into networking history with Fred Baker!
GPUs, Big Data, Security, and the IoT
Edward Haletky of The Virtualization Practice comments: Like a car, Z-Wave in a home or industrial plant, and many other controllers, the IoT starts with a mesh of devices all talking to each other locally. GPUs further enable the mesh of devices and local control of data, forming automatic actions on ingest of data local […]
Is SDDC a Product or a Mindset?
Edward Haletky of The Virtualization Practice writes: My response to Stephen Foskett’s tweet of a post about the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) Symposium led to an interesting conversation about the nature of the SDDC–what it is, what it is not, and why we should care. The software-defined data center is considered by some to be […]
Virtual Networking is not Network Virtualization
Edward Haletky of The Virtualization Practice writes: Recently, I had the opportunity to talk about the shortest path bridging (SPB) protocol with Avaya while at Interop. This conversation was one of many with networking companies. While SPB is a very interesting protocol, my questions were about how deep into the virtual environment the protocol extends. […]