Scott Lowe

APRIL 3, 2013

Based on what I’ve seen and read so far, it seems like a lot of folks see software-defined networking (SDN), especially hop-by-hop OpenFlow, as the solution to manual VLAN provisioning. The real problem is the configuration and management of network policy: stuff like QoS, VLANs, ACLs, NAT, VRFs, firewalls, load balancing, etc.

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Galido

OCTOBER 20, 2018

They should institute measures including encrypting data, establishing secure network firewalls, monitoring the networks with testing, ensuring access controls, and establishing vulnerability management programs. How Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) Helps. This is known as TLS handshake. Is AWS PCI DSS Compliant.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2013

“This is the power of software”, according to Carl. Kit shows tasks in vCenter Server that reflect the automation being done by NSX with regard to automatically creating load balancers, firewall rules, logical switches, etc., IT management giving way to automation.

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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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Scott Lowe

APRIL 30, 2013

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? These are all software—does that make them SDN? Are they now SDN?

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Johnson shows a great diagram that reviews all the various types of VM-to-VM communications that can exist in modern data centers: VM-to-VM (on the same host) via the software-based virtual switch (could be speeds of 30 to 40 Gbps in this use case). Johnson next transitions into a discussion of VF failover using NIC teaming software.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Fishbowl , providers of software and services to the restaurant industry, has leveraged Latisys for a hybrid solution that encompasses colocation, managed services, and cloud. The company has a typical software as service setup with a few pieces added in. We had the same conversation about firewalls.

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Virtualized Greek

JANUARY 30, 2014

While Dell isn’t exactly the biggest player in networking, it’s still relevant to note how important their announcement of a bare metal switch is to Software Defined Networking (SDN). I’ve long struggled with the idea of using VXLAN to extend a software based overlay to individual ports on a physical switch.

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Galido

JANUARY 23, 2019

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. Security is a big deal. It is important that you keep user information secure, and it’s not just credit card information either.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

The latter can be open-source software such as OpenStack, CloudStack or commercial products such as Citrix CloudPlatform or VMware Cloud Director (VCD). The user level elements that are managed within such an IaaS cloud are virtual servers, cloud storage and shared resources such as load balancers and firewalls.

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Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

The ability to virtualize the network devices such as firewalls, IPS and load balancers also means that these once physical devices that have discrete interfaces can be controlled by software. Since they can be provisioned and configured by software means that they can now be automated using vCAC and vCD.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

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. Oh, and if you’re looking for a good book on vRealize Operations, look no further.).

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Combined with a strong management layer and hybrid cloud solutions, this becomes the software-defined data center (SDDC). Casado starts his discussion about how the application has changed—the application is now a combination of servers, clients, load balancers, firewalls, and storage repositories.

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