Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2013

“This is the power of software”, according to Carl. Carl also revisits the three “imperatives” that Pat shared yesterday: Extending virtualization to all of it. Carl brings out Kit Colbert, a principal engineer at VMware (and someone who relatively well-recognized within the virtualization community).

Vmware 67

Vmware Load Balancer Storage Firewall 67

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.

Intel 109

Intel Virtualization Data Center Network 109

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. Virtualization.

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Data Center Firewall 189

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 believe people inside of the virtualization community get the advantages of SDN. These hosts can be physical servers, firewalls or load balancers.

Dell 83

Dell Load Balancer Virtualization Network 83

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

The term “Cloud Management” is nebulous, but typically refers to a distinct set of tasks related to managing the infrastructure level (IaaS) cloud layers, typically comprised of the physical and virtual infrastructure, as well as the cloud orchestration layer – whether inside a corporation or a Service Provider cloud. Firewall rules.

Data Center 203

Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

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.

Vmware 58

Vmware Load Balancer Data Center Virtualization 58

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

tech preview of virtual networks for Docker. 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. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

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.

Vmware 60

Vmware Applications Network Video 60