Takeaways:

1. The network is for passing packets between two points in a complex network graph.
2. Everything else is done in the application and networkers need to become application aware.
3. Virtual machines and virtual switches are in a stage of change and confusion but ultimately will converge on a single method of configuration and usage.

Topics Covered:

• Will networking be actively interdicting traffic flows or will they be over the top
• Is it possible to map OpenFlow to Tag Based networks.
• moving packets in a complex network
• MPLS, BGP and tagging architectures make sense in the WAN
• Networking is a path between two points in a [complex graph]
• In a world of point solutions, the network could be used to organise these service chains. But long term the applications will self-organise and part of the development process.
• Are there too many virtual switching platforms and how will the market shake out.
• The impacts of IOT on networking and application selection.
• The non-future of IP Multicast & QoS

Martin Casado is senior vice president and general manager of the networking and security business (NSX) unit at VMware. He’s co-founder of Nicira, an SDN startup acquired by VMware in 2012. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University. Stanford Page