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VMworld 2013 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the day 2 keynote at VMworld 2013 in San Francisco. Depending on network connectivity, I may or may not be able to update this post in real-time. Supposedly there are more than 22,000 people in attendance at VMworld 2013, making it—according to Carl—the largest IT infrastructure event.

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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? So, in a similar fashion to my post on network overlays vs. network virtualization , I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts. With this definition in hand, let’s compare network virtualization to SDN.

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Fountainhead: What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application?

Fountainhead

Monday, March 25, 2013. unique network topology (including load balancing, firewalls, etc.). connected to differing forms of storage (not to mention storage tiering, backup etc.) location of app images and VMs), network (including load balancing and. Balancing these. Fountainhead.

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Technology Short Take #25

Scott Lowe

Networking. I think this three-part series on new network models for cloud computing ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ), while almost a year old, is quite good. Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post.

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How does your SaaS vendor respond to the scalability question.

Social, Agile and Transformation

I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 How do they manage network operations? ► 2013. (21). and business transformation. Older Post.

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Fountainhead: HPQ & CSCO: Analysis of New Blade Environments

Fountainhead

” From a network performance perspective, Matrix includes 2x10Gb ‘fabric’ connections, 16x8Gb SAN uplinks, and 16x10Gb Ethernet uplinks. As you would expect, the system has pretty fast networking; Cisco’s system includes 2x10Gb fabric interconnects, 8x4Gb SAN uplink ports, and 8x10Gb Ethernet uplink ports.

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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea

Data Center Knowledge

Cloud Computing » Storage. By: Bill Kleyman July 23rd, 2013. With a well-planned deployment, and a good infrastructure, companies can efficiently load-balance their IT environment between multiple active, cloud-based, sites. Remote backup and storage. This is where cloud storage can really help.

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