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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? I encourage you to read Keith’s full blog post, but I think the key point he makes is right here: How is this different from Software Defined Networking or SDN? We can use the definition currently in use within the industry.

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How does your SaaS vendor respond to the scalability question.

Social, Agile and Transformation

Ask some CTO’s about how their product scales and they’ll whip out a logical diagram showing you redundant networks, redundant firewalls, load balancers, clustered application servers, redundant databases, and SAN storage. You’ll definitely want to be evaluating their leadership and their business plan.

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Five Things Your Startup Has to Do, Even After Your App Is Built

Galido

Unfortunately, that’s definitely not the case. Security is a big concern for mobile apps, and you’ll pay for firewalls, encryptions, and compliance,” according to BuildFire. Instead, you should build your app with load balancers and autoscalers. Not if you want your app to perform well! Security is a big deal.

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Technology Short Take #48

Scott Lowe

Tom’s key point is that disaggregating software from hardware—which is kind of a given if you’re buying whitebox networking gear—gives you the (potential) flexibility to repurpose network gear based on the software running on it. Great article, and definitely something to keep in mind.