The Attributes of a Great CLI

So, there I was, innocently browsing the OpenDaylight wiki after listening to Show 148 – Talking With OpenDaylight … [Read more...]

You’ve Changed – SDN’s Casualties

I've a few things to thank Ivan for this last week. First off, this post led me to some great career-related articles and … [Read more...]

VMware VCDX Lab: The Hardware

I have to admit I'm a big VMware fanboy. Wanting to master the art of virtualization, I've set out to build out a personal … [Read more...]

NetCitadel and Software Defined Security

OneControl uses a common policy definition language to define security policies

It's been an exciting couple of weeks in the security realm, with a number of innovative startups appearing. That's … [Read more...]

The Cost of IPv6 on Amazon Web Services

AWS is a great platform for businesses that have the technical savvy to administer servers and applications but do not want … [Read more...]

OpenStack Quantum Network Implementation in Linux

Quantum logical topology

So there I was, a shiny new OpenStack Folsom install (via DevStack) on a single server, and everything seems to be working -- … [Read more...]

Brocade Virtual Symposium – Soft Core and Hard Edges (Sponsored)

The fourth discussion in the Tech Field Day/Packet Pushers Virtual Symposium with Brocade, this video focuses on Ivan … [Read more...]

POLL: CCIE Data Center – Who’s In?

I have one primary question for the Packet Pusher's community regarding the newly announced CCIE Data Center track: Who's … [Read more...]

The Sad State of Data Center Networking

The Inconsistent Network

Something about next-generation Data Center networking has been bothering me lately.  For a while now, there has been this … [Read more...]

Virtualizing Network Services, Part 1: the Beginning

An abstract representation of network functions

  The Purpose of the "Network" In this series of articles I intend to walk through a series of diagrams with a … [Read more...]

Network, Interrupted

Dear Cisco and Juniper: Its been a good run, Cisco.  Thank you for the CCIE.  Thank you Juniper for the JNCIE.  I … [Read more...]

More Open Flow Symposium Notes…

RF-Componentes-With-RouteFlowServer

1. OpenFlow and standards. "Laws, decrees, edicts, ordinances, writs will shower down upon the poor people like … [Read more...]

Who Owns What? on Service Demarcation

This is my first post in a couple of weeks.  I've been busy tidying up a lot of loose ends in preparation for officially … [Read more...]

Secure Multi-Tenant VMWare, vGW, and VLAN Normalization

smtvmware

Yesterday I did some lab work with an SE from Juniper with their hypervisor-based FW solution, vGW.  As a virtual-networking … [Read more...]

“Virtual-Networking” Is as Meaningless a Term as “Cloud” Now.

With so much virtual-networking stuff going on these days, its worth taking a step back and trying to understand what the … [Read more...]