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Application-Defined Networking Basics: Definitions and reasons to think ADN vs. alternatives

CTOvision

Virtualization first hit compute in a big way in the late 1990s, fueling VMware’s growth. In a somewhat overlapping timeline, virtualized storage gave administrators the ability to chunk up disks in a similar way. But networking hung in there.

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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. ” These definitions are, in my humble opinion, reasonably precise and accurate. .”

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Wrapping libvirt Virtual Networks Around Open vSwitch Fake Bridges

Scott Lowe

In this article, I show you how to wrap a libvirt virtual network around your OVS fake bridge. You might ask, “Why wrap a libvirt virtual network around an OVS fake bridge when you can just use the OVS bridge directly?” Next, create an XML definition for a libvirt virtual network.

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Salesforce debuts Zero Copy Partner Network to ease data integration

CIO Business Intelligence

The zero-copy pattern helps customers map the data from external platforms into the Salesforce metadata model, providing a virtual object definition for that object. “It Zero-copy integration means teams access data where it lives, through queries or by virtually accessing the file. You can do flows and automations on it.

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Network Virtualization vs. SDN

Virtualized Greek

Scott Lowe was a guest on the latest episode of VMware Community Podcast and was discussing Network Virtualization. He has deep experience with both Networking and Server Virtualization. He was a guest on the podcast to discuss Network Virtualization. The claim is that virtualization already exists in network technologies.

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Very Early Thoughts about EMC ViPR

Scott Lowe

I’ve had a few conversations about network virtualization and software-defined networking (SDN) recently (see here and here ) and the amorphous use of the term “software-defined.” Separating the storage control plane from the storage data plane is a much closer storage analogy to SDN, in my opinion.

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Broadcom: 2023 Tech Trends That Transform IT

CIO Business Intelligence

For many organizations, these changes demand “resilience-by-design” and “adaptive-by-definition.” Consumers have high expectations for digital experiences in online banking, email, cloud storage, video on demand (VoD), smart digital assistants, and virtual reality.

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