Security is a mess. Half of the problems can be traced to vendors and the other half can be traced to customers. Part of the challenge on the vendor side is that they have the ability to claim capabilities without really spelling out what “secure” means. This needs to change.
Category Archives: Cloud
Software-Defined Networking: Not Just For Datacenters Anymore
Since its inception, software-defined networking (SDN) has primarily been viewed as a tool, driven in part by its fast acceptance through web-scale datacenters. But in reality there is an opportunity outside of the datacenter for SDN.
The ‘Hybrid Cloud’ Dilemma
Everyone is talking about “Hybrid Clouds” but the definition is as stable as a house built on a beach. Previously vendors talked about how elements of a single cloud could live in both public and private spaces. More recently, reality is saying that clouds will live in one or the other, not both. But customers will have a mix of public and private.
IoT Analytics at the Edge
IoT is generating large amounts of data at the edge and this data is better served if it can be acted on at the edge versus being shuttled back and forth over the network. Hewlett-Packard Enterprise has an edge compute strategy for handling IoT data in order to optimize its value and not bog down the network.
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Wal-Mart Proves Open Source is Big Business
While many consider open source to be the province of free software advocates and hobbyists, in enterprise technology, open source has made many inroads, especially as businesses move to the cloud
OpenStack Network Maturity
OpenStack is an open solution for deploying private cloud in enterprises, but networking has always been the biggest challenge. New options for networking and overall maturity are quickly picking off those challenged and enabling OpenStack to become a more robust solution for private cloud.
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Spring 2016 ONUG Meeting Highlights
A summary of the Spring 2106 meeting of the Open Networking User Group where leading customers have an opportunity to provide candid and concise input to the vendors who are creating products in the open networking space.
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OpenStack Grows Up: Observations From The OpenStack Summit
The annuals OpenStack Summit in 2016 was held in Austin, TX, giving me plenty of opportunity to spend time with vendors and customers to see where things are heading. Interestingly, “maturity” was one of the most common themes among both groups.
Open Networking Continues Momentum
The customer demand for open networking continues to grow as customers tire of being tied into proprietary networking stacks that don’t match the dynamic needs of their current environments. Dell’s fully open networking portfolio is helping drive this momentum.
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Fall 2015 ONUG Meeting Highlights
The Fall 2015 meeting of the Open Networking User Group (ONUG) gave customers a chance to hone their use cases and deliver the candid, critical feedback to vendors who are working on open networking products.
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