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JULY 18, 2023
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Barracuda Networks Launches 40G Load Balancer Appliance
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 12, 2015
Barracuda's new 40G load balancer appliance designed to offload network and security traffic from virtual machines. Read More.
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Akanda Releases Orchestration Software for OpenStack Networks
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 14, 2015
The company’s orchestration software is designed to function as the centralized management layer for all OpenStack-related networking decisions, including managing routing, load balancing, firewall and more Read More.
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100 Solarflare’s Open Compute Platform, Software-Defined, NIC Card
CTOvision
MAY 16, 2017
Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment. Marty Meehan.
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Solarflare’s Open Compute Platform, Software-Defined, NIC Card
CTOvision
MAY 9, 2017
Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment.
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Fountainhead: What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application?
Fountainhead
MARCH 25, 2013
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. unique network topology (including load balancing, firewalls, etc.). location of app images and VMs), network (including load balancing and. Balancing these. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).
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Is Cisco fighting a losing battle over SDN?
Virtualized Greek
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
Basically, they are looking to provide programmability to the network via their Application-Centric Infrastructure. This is different from the current software first movement in that Cisco’s approach is based on their hardware first view of the network. Juniper – Data Center Core. F5 – Security/Load Balancing.
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Thinking Out Loud: Targeting the Real Problem
Scott Lowe
APRIL 3, 2013
Clearly there are some real benefits to using OpenFlow in certain use cases (here’s one example ), but that doesn’t mean OpenFlow—especially hop-by-hop OpenFlow, where OpenFlow is involved at every “hop” of the packet forwarding process throughout the network—is the right solution for all environments.
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Fountainhead: New AWS enable "Real" Elastic Clouds
Fountainhead
MAY 18, 2009
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. It provides customers with visibility into resource utilization, operational performance, and overall demand patterns—including metrics such as CPU utilization, disk reads and writes, and network traffic. skip to main | skip to sidebar.
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Why Kubernetes Is So Popular in the Tech World
Galido
APRIL 27, 2020
On top of that, the tool also allows users to automatically handle networking, storage, logs, alerting, and many other things related to containers. Therefore, this allows users to save on hardware and data center costs. Traffic routing and load balancing. Is deploying Kubernetes a good idea for you?
IBM to Acquire Cloudant: Open, Cloud Database Service Helps Organizations Simplify Mobile, Web App and Big Data Development
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 24, 2014
Five petabytes of data are created every day by mobile phone subscribers around the world. To meet this growing demand, data must be always available and easily accessed by massive volumes and networks of users and devices.
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268 CLDS006: Exploring New Xeon E5 Optimizations for 10 Gb Ethernet
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
This is session CLDS006, “Exploring New Intel Xeon Processor E5 Based Platform Optimizations for 10 Gb Ethernet Network Infrastructures.” The session starts with Rodriguez giving a (thankfully) brief overview of Expedient and then getting into the evolution of networking with 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE).
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Technology Short Take 101
Scott Lowe
JUNE 8, 2018
I have (hopefully) crafted an interesting and varied collection of links for you today, spanning all the major areas of modern data center technology. Networking. If you’re a networking pro and didn’t understand most of that last sentence, I’d content that you’ve got some learning to do.
Technology Short Take #78
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
Here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Internet discussing various data center-focused technologies. Networking. The Pivotal Engineering blog has an article that shows how to use BOSH with the vSphere CPI to automate adding servers to an NSX load balancing pool. Servers/Hardware.
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Technology Short Take #81
Scott Lowe
APRIL 6, 2017
I have another collection of links, articles, and thoughts about key data center technologies, and hopefully I’ve managed to include something here that will prove useful or thought-provoking. Networking. Speaking of Ivan, he pointed out this post with 45 Wireshark challenges to help you improve your network analysis skills.
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Technology Short Take 119
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
As usual, I’ve collected some articles and links from around the Internet pertaining to various data center- and cloud-related topics. Networking. This installation in the Tech Short Takes series is much shorter than usual, but hopefully I’ve managed to find something that proves to be helpful or informative!
VMworld 2013 Day 2 Keynote
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 27, 2013
Depending on network connectivity, I may or may not be able to update this post in real-time. Next they move into a discussion of the networking side of the house. (My Kit quickly reviews how NSX works and enables the creation of logical network services that are tied to the lifecycle of the application.
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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 4, 2024
Also less obvious is domain 4, where the encryption of data in transit is handled by upstream services, such as reverse proxies and load balancers, an enterprise web portal and a file transfer service. In terms of numbers of requirements, the load on the business unit assessments is significantly reduced.
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105 Fountainhead: HPQ & CSCO: Analysis of New Blade Environments
Fountainhead
JUNE 29, 2009
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Both are implicitly or explicitly taking aim at each other as they chase the enterprise data center market. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Monday, June 29, 2009. HPQ & CSCO: Analysis of New Blade Environments.
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Fountainhead: CA's Acquisition of Cassatt - Hindsight & Foresight
Fountainhead
JUNE 2, 2009
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. Big Data. (6). Fountainhead.
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Technology Short Take #58
Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 17, 2015
Before I present this episode’s collection of links, articles, and thoughts on various data center technologies, allow me to first wish all of my readers a very merry and very festive holiday season. Networking. Mustafa Akin has an article on Docker’s new overlay networking functionality. Now, on to the content!
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Technology Short Take #56
Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
In this post, I’ve collected a few links on various data center technologies, news, events, and trends. Networking. Open Virtual Network (OVN) is really ramping up and getting lots of attention, which I personally think is absolutely well-deserved. Matt Oswalt also tackled the topic of network namespaces recently as well.
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VDI is dying so what now?
Virtualized Greek
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
Citrix is the king of VDI and has looked to diversify into server virtualization, cloud computing and other data center technologies such as load balancers. But companies like Novell figured a way to proxy the connection to the mainframe and eliminate the expense of a second network.
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84 Managing What Matters In the Cloud: The Apps » Data Center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 17, 2013
This pertains to managing the infrastructure elements on which the cloud is running – including the physical infrastructure elements such as servers, networks and storage, as well as the virtualization layer and the cloud stack. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers.
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Looking back at 10 years of compartmentalization at AWS
All Things Distributed
MARCH 26, 2018
Powering the virtual instances and other resources that make up the AWS Cloud are real physical data centers with AWS servers in them. Each data center is highly reliable, and has redundant power, including UPS and generators. Availability Zones draw a hard line around the scope and magnitude of those interruptions.
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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 23, 2013
One cloud computing solution is to deploy the platform as a means for disaster recovery, business continuity, and extending the data center. With a well-planned deployment, and a good infrastructure, companies can efficiently load-balance their IT environment between multiple active, cloud-based, sites.
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Fishbowl Finds the Right Fit for Hybrid Cloud With Latisys » Data.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 23, 2013
They manage dedicated firewalls for us, but as far as load balancers we use the cloud. I wasn’t sure cloud load balancing would be right, for example, but they showed us the numbers. Managed Data Becomes Latisys. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers.
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CIOs Need To Realize That Virtualization Isn't All That It's Cracked Up To Be (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)
The Accidental Successful CIO
AUGUST 3, 2011
In the old days, IT departments had developed the tools and processes that they needed in order to deal with building large groups of new servers or handling a planned data center maintenance activity. Kotsovinos points out that a VM is really a collection of interconnected physical subsystems : server, storage, and network.
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Aruba switch can cut the need for separate, single-function appliances
Network World
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Hewlett Packard Enterprise company Aruba is taking the wraps of a new flagship data-center switch aimed at helping to better control and secure hybrid-cloud traffic in the enterprise. The 10 most powerful companies in enterprise networking 2021. and Insieme Networks for software-defined networking systems.
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167 Fountainhead: Emergence of Fabric as an IT Management Enabler
Fountainhead
DECEMBER 8, 2009
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Last week I attended Gartners annual Data Center Conference in Las Vegas. Four days packed with presentations and networking (of the social kind). Virtual networking. This permits physically flatter networks. Fountainhead.
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IDF 2014: Architecting for SDI, a Microserver Perspective
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
Microservers share some common characteristics, such as high integrated platforms (like integrated network) and being designed for high efficiency. He starts the discussion by talking about NFV and SDN, and how these efforts enable agile networks on standard high volume (SHV) servers (such as microservers).
Fountainhead: Differing Target Uses for IT Automation Types
Fountainhead
OCTOBER 6, 2009
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. That is, I/O is virtualized, networking is frequently converged (i.e. a Fabric), and network switches, load balancers, etc. e.g. networking, load balancing, etc. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead.
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100 Fountainhead: An Ideal Datacenter-in-a-Box, Part II
Fountainhead
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The 13 different functions are mapped onto the data center "stack" at right. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Data Center Design. Green Data Center blog. Fountainhead. Ken Oestreich.
Fountainhead: IO Virtualization: The ?Hypervisor? for Your.
Fountainhead
DECEMBER 13, 2010
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Its similar in concept to how the hypervisor is an enabler (but usually not used as a stand-alone product) of data center management services. Converged Networking Adapters (e.g. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. What is IOV?
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157 Technology Short Take #48
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
Networking. Matt Oswalt recently wrapped up his 3-part “DevOps for Networking” series. The NFV discussion seems to be heating up a bit, particularly the “networking” part of NFV. Jason Edelman has posted a self-compiled list of networking projects that are open source ; this is a useful list, so thanks for compiling it Jason!
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Fountainhead: Converged Infrastructure. Part 1
Fountainhead
MAY 6, 2010
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Part 1: What is Converged Infrastructure, and how it will change data center management. The result is a pooling of physical servers, network resources and storage resources that can be assigned on-demand. skip to main | skip to sidebar.
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100 Fountainhead: An Ideal Datacenter-in-a-Box
Fountainhead
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Thats to say it includes I/O virtualization, a converged network fabric (including virtual switches and load balancing - based on std. If you dont believe Dell hardware is ready for the Data Center, then think again.
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VMworld 2015 Day 2 Keynote Liveblog
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
It starts by building upon the core of virtualized infrastructure, made possibe by VMware’s compute, storage, and network virtualization solutions. Combined with a strong management layer and hybrid cloud solutions, this becomes the software-defined data center (SDDC). Applications are now truly distributed systems.
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60 Technology Short Take #27
Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 6, 2012
This is my usual collection of links, thoughts, rants, and ideas about data center-related technologies. Networking. If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out.
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VMworld 2013 – Keynote Day 2 – NSX, vCAC, vSAN
Virtualized Greek
AUGUST 27, 2013
According to VMware a mature NSX environment allows you to orchestrate and provision layer 2 and 3 characteristics of the network associated to the application and VM’s but the network elements all the way up to layer 7.
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58 The Hacker Mind Podcast: Bug Bounty Hunters
ForAllSecure
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
I wasn't really interested in security because I was mainly interested in enterprise infrastructure, how to design, big LANs for for networking on organizations like getting file shares up and running so I was an early adopter of Windows infrastructure like Windows, and early, Windows for Workgroups later on, like, NT 4.0 And I did terribly.
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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Bug Bounty Hunters
ForAllSecure
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
I wasn't really interested in security because I was mainly interested in enterprise infrastructure, how to design, big LANs for for networking on organizations like getting file shares up and running so I was an early adopter of Windows infrastructure like Windows, and early, Windows for Workgroups later on, like, NT 4.0 And I did terribly.
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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Bug Bounty Hunters
ForAllSecure
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
I wasn't really interested in security because I was mainly interested in enterprise infrastructure, how to design, big LANs for for networking on organizations like getting file shares up and running so I was an early adopter of Windows infrastructure like Windows, and early, Windows for Workgroups later on, like, NT 4.0 And I did terribly.
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40 Fountainhead: Converged Infrastructure Part 2.
Fountainhead
JUNE 7, 2010
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. And I mean I/O components like NICs and HBAs, not to mention switches, load balancers and cables. And, once the I/O and network are now virtualized, they can be composed/recomposed on demand. Big Data. (6). Fountainhead.
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