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VMworld 2013 – Network Virtualization: Moving Beyond the Obvious (My Notes)

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For example, the server virtualization value proposition is simple. Once server virtualization is in the door more of the operational advantages and efficiencies appear. So, NSX would sit on top of the physical network, which would give you the same capability to provision extremely complex virtual networks from Layer 2 to 7.

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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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VMworld 2013 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the day 2 keynote at VMworld 2013 in San Francisco. Supposedly there are more than 22,000 people in attendance at VMworld 2013, making it—according to Carl—the largest IT infrastructure event. At Carl’s prompting, Kit goes yet another level deeper into how network virtualization works.

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

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Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Monday, March 25, 2013. landscape will include many servers (often virtual machines) linked by. unique network topology (including load balancing, firewalls, etc.). location of app images and VMs), network (including load balancing and.

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Fountainhead: New AWS enable "Real" Elastic Clouds

Fountainhead

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. While not new concepts, they illustrate how "real" cloud computing elasticity works, and challenge a few other virtualization & automation providers to do the same. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Monday, May 18, 2009.

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Technology Short Take #25

Scott Lowe

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. Virtualization. I’m not sure if this should be considered “storage” or “virtualization,” as the lines continue to blur every day.

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Fountainhead: CA's Acquisition of Cassatt - Hindsight & Foresight

Fountainhead

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The instantiation of these observations was a product that put almost all of the datacenter on "autopilot" -- Servers, VMs, switches, load-balancers, even server power controllers and power strips. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead.