Plexxi Pulse – New Directions in the Network
This week the networking world focused its attention on two major announcements from Arista and Cisco. Michael Bushong discussed why these announcements represent two different points of view in the...
View Article5 Networking Thank You’s and Turkeys
Everyone and their mother does a light blog before the holidays. US Thanksgiving lends itself well to Thank You's and Turkeys. Here are my top five of each: Cisco – A big thank you goes out to Cisco...
View ArticleWhat is it that drives an industry towards DIY?
For some, it is a predetermined conclusion that white box switching is the future. They envision a world of commodity switches and independently distributed software. Some IT shops will manage their...
View ArticleNetwork operating systems and white box switching
The white box switching movement appears to be gaining some momentum. For some, it is a fait accompli that hardware and software will be meaningfully separated, allowing users to procure each...
View ArticleEvolution from CapEx to OpEx to AppEx
Purchasing decisions in networking have long been dominated, especially on the non-provider side, by CapEx. At one point, Cisco had commissioned a study from IDC that indicated just under two-thirds of...
View ArticleCisco Classic, Cisco ACI, Arista, and Dual Vendor Strategies
That networking gear is expensive is not really a new phenomenon. SDN and bare metal switching have kicked the industry dialogue about cost up a notch, but this has obviously been a focal point for...
View ArticleSimplifying network simplification
Simplify. We all hear it all the time. We hear how this tool or that technology will simplify. In networking, we hear how controllers, protocols, APIs, and virtualization layers will all simplify....
View ArticleNetwork cost and complexity: As simple as changing the y-intercept?
In a previous post, I wrote about the incremental nature of innovation, particularly in the networking space. My point was that innovation (both from a product and a deployment perspective) occurs from...
View Article5 things Arista’s impending IPO says about networking
Networking seems to be an industry that thrives on anticipation. At various times, the anticipation bounces between topics (when SDN will hit production environments, when Cisco would spin in Insieme,...
View ArticleWhat can we learn from Cisco’s latest results?
As we head through earnings season, we get the opportunity to learn a bit about the state of the networking industry. Each data point gives us a bit more information about how the competitive landscape...
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