First, let me say that I have been using Google Wi-Fi for over two months now and it has virtually eliminated all of the Wi-Fi handoff problems and all of the dead zones in the house. Let’s get this out of the way early: it’s powerful, it is designed for easy setup and management. Compared to the other folks in the market, it is the price:performance leader by far. But it has some warts too. Big warts. I will continue to use it (for now), but I am not 100% bought in on the long-term strategy. Continue reading
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Security Follows Compute to the Edge
Edge compute has become more prevalent as technologies like IoT are beginning to be deployed and more enterprises are becoming more distributed. Hewlett-Packard Enterprise has a strategy to ensure security throughout the chain, from the datacenter to the edge.
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A Networking Open Source Innovation Pipeline Can Accelerate Businesses
Open source and networking are getting closer together as more innovation is being driven in the networking space by open source organizations, not proprietary vendors. The Open Networking Foundation and ON.LAB are merging to help drive more innovation by aligning resources.
Home Wi-Fi Gets A Big Boost Led By Google
Mesh networking, a staple in enterprise environments, is finally coming to the home in order to solve some of the nagging issues of coverage and performance. Google is leading the pack but there are plenty of other competitors lining up to try their hand in this space.
Consumer Networking Gains Wi-Fi Mesh
Home networking has been a morass of spotty products and difficult interfaces, whereas enterprise networking has been far more seamless for the end user. Now mesh capabilities are coming to consumer WiFi in order to address the current products’ limitations.
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Networking Predictions for 2017
Everyone has to start their year with predictions of what will happen. Generally we’ll all be simultaneously right and wrong because nobody can predict the future. But the trend lines are there and I believe that we are heading towards some major changes in 2017.
Home Wi-Fi Is Broken, But Enterprise Technology Can Fix It
Home WiFi is irreparably broken through a combination of poor products and inhospitable environments. Mesh networks may be the answer, but in dumbing down smart technology can we really end up with something that is both powerful and user-friendly?
The Dell EMC Networking Strategy
As the Dell and EMC merger works through its paces, the networking strategy becomes more important because storage is becoming more network-dependent than in the past.
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Recommended Daily Security Allowance
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.
ONUG Provides A Front Line View In The War On Stagnant Networking
The world of networking has two opposing forces, the customers and the vendors. Open networking has gotten a big boost from vendors in recent years through the efforts of groups like ONUG that advocate for customers, helping drive those requirements over to vendors for implementation.