For the Cisco fans or those curious about Cisco’s VN-Link see my post on my colleagues Unified Computing Blog: http://bit.ly/dqIIQK.
SDN – Centralized Network Command and Control
Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a hot topic in the data center and cloud community. The geniuses <sarcasm> over at IDC predict a $2 billion market by 2016 (expect this number to change often between now and then, and look closely at what they count in the cost.) The concept…
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Why NetApp is my ‘A-Game’ Storage Architecture
One of, if not the, most popular of my blog posts to date has been ‘Why Cisco UCS is my ‘A-Game’ Server Architecture (http://www.definethecloud.net/why-cisco-ucs-is-my-a-game-server-architecture.) In that post I describe why I lead with Cisco UCS for most consultative engagements. This follow up for storage has been a long time coming,…
How to Boost Cloud Reliability
Clouds fail. That’s a fact. But if your company uses business apps that are tied to the availability of public cloud services, you can—and must—take steps to mitigate these failures by getting schooled on a few key factors: service-level agreements (SLAs), redundancy options, application design, and the type of service…