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	<title>My EtherealMind&#187; Opinion</title>
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		<title>Does SDN Represent the Evolution of Network Management ? Yes but No It Doesn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/sdn-evolution-network-management/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/sdn-evolution-network-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SDN/OpenFlow is about Network Management, at least, in part. But the rich tools for software control dont' exist. I also think don't think that todays management _platforms_ (such as Tivoli, OpenView and BMC) are suitable for network orchestration in the future.]]></description>
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		<title>Check Point Launches ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus and Firewall 2013</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/check-point-launches-zonealarm-free-antivirus-and-firewall-2013-pc-advisor/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/check-point-launches-zonealarm-free-antivirus-and-firewall-2013-pc-advisor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 11:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=6575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, ZoneAlarm was the best personal firewall available. It was free, stable and excellent. I seem to remember using it from 2002-2003 or so &#8211; then Zonealarm was acquired by CheckPoint and the product was lost to the retail market. CheckPoint moved the product to corporate desktops and was lost to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cloud Isn&#8217;t Cheap &#8211; Part Four or Five I Think</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/the-cloud-isnt-cheap-part-four-or-five-i-think/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/the-cloud-isnt-cheap-part-four-or-five-i-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=6481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I wrote ConsultoBabble Report for Cloud Deployment of EtherealMind.com wherein I pointed out that Cloud Computing is not cheap. It&#8217;s cheap in terms of CapEx, but expensive as OpEx. Over a five year ROI, I&#8217;ve never managed to make a significant corporate project come out cheaper with cloud services of any sort. It&#8217;s always [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>OpenFlow Might Lower CapEx While SDN Will Increase OpEx</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/openflow-might-lower-capex-while-sdn-will-increase-opex/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/openflow-might-lower-capex-while-sdn-will-increase-opex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=6467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of people have talked extensively about OpenFlow making significant changes to the networking business. In particular, many writers have focussed on the possibility that OpenFlow enables a choice of using low cost network equipment instead of the expensive networking equipment that we use today.

Well, that's highly unlikely.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Seth Godin on Offshore Call Centres Has Parallels With Offshore Network Operations</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/seth-godin-on-offshore-call-centres-has-parallels-with-offshore-network-operations/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/seth-godin-on-offshore-call-centres-has-parallels-with-offshore-network-operations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=6324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seth Godin strikes a chord with how I view outsourcing network administration and network operations except that he is talking about offshore call centres being "scalable engines of annoyance". That's a brilliant summary of my experience when working with Service Providers using offshore operations. Or customers with outsourced network management.]]></description>
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		<title>Comment: John Chambers on Why Cisco Never Bought Skype &#8212; GigaOm</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/comment-john-chambers-on-why-cisco-never-bought-skype-gigaom/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/comment-john-chambers-on-why-cisco-never-bought-skype-gigaom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=6175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article made me laugh. John Chambers is trying to rewrite history here.]]></description>
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		<title>Comment: Juniper Acquiring Mykonos Software</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/comment-juniper-acquiring-mykonos-software/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/comment-juniper-acquiring-mykonos-software/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=6170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Couple of days back, Juniper announced acquisition of Mykonos Software. After reviewing the web site I find that I'm interested in this acquisition as signal of change.]]></description>
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		<title>Predicting What Will Be Big in 2012 &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/etherealmind-prediction-2012-big-part1/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/etherealmind-prediction-2012-big-part1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=6168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following from my predictions on what WILL NOT be big in 2012, finally, my predictions for 2012. Not early, but hey, the future never arrives on time anyway.]]></description>
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		<title>Will SDN/OpenFlow Be Used in the Enterprise ?</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/will-sdn-openflow-used-enterprise/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/will-sdn-openflow-used-enterprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=6101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the OpenFlow/SDN webinar last week, Brad sent me this question: 
<blockquote>What does your crystal ball tell you regarding industry acceptance?  I can see the Google&#8217;s of the world needing this&#8212;but what about the average enterprise?</blockquote>

Here is my best effort at answering:]]></description>
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		<title>Is OpenFlow Open ? I Ask &#8211; Compared to What ?</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/is-openflow-open-i-ask-compared-to-what/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/is-openflow-open-i-ask-compared-to-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=6088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always wondered whether the Open Networking Foundation is the correct caretaker of the standards process for Software Defined Networking. Recently, we&#8217;ve seen some questioning of the direction of those standards on OpenFlow, and, now that we are beginning to understand the concepts of controllers, Software Defined Networking these are good questions to ask. it shows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comparing Embrane and Nicira Is Pointless &#8211; They Are Different</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/comparing-embrane-and-nicira-is-pointless-they-are-different/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/comparing-embrane-and-nicira-is-pointless-they-are-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=6076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Had a few conversations, and some articles, where comparisons are being made between Embrane and Nicira  and wanted to point out that there are few similarities between these companies.]]></description>
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		<title>Predicting What Will Not Be Big in 2012</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/predicting-what-will-not-be-big-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/predicting-what-will-not-be-big-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=6030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been working on making some predictions about 2012 and networking. I like to do this in the year of 2012 (not 2011 like everyone else) and I like to go further than anyone else and predict what WILL NOT be big in 2012.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Using Underscores, Hyphens or CamelCase in Naming Standards</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/using-underscores-hyphens-or-camelcase-in-naming-standards/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/using-underscores-hyphens-or-camelcase-in-naming-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=6009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been considering a small but vital problem in naming conventions in Networking. Namely, the use of underscores and hyphens in object names and devices. It&#8217;s a hot topic for argument when the time comes for corporate standards (and when Network Engineers have beverages in  a public house). Now, I figure that there are three possible grammar options for making names - hyphens, underscore and CamelCase.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>VRRP. CARP. Open Standards and Royalties on LC Connectors</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/vrrp-carp-network-protocol-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/vrrp-carp-network-protocol-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=5996</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In which I look at CARP vs VRRP, the nature of open standards and closed source fibre optic connectors that you pay royalties on, but you probably don't know about.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Merchant Silicon and Vendor Software &#8211; The Hype in 2012</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/merchant-silicon-vendor-software-rise-lost-opportunity/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/merchant-silicon-vendor-software-rise-lost-opportunity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=5970</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The thing about merchant silicon is how far it has penetrated the network vendors. In fact, it's getting difficult switches that don't have the same Network Processor inside as any other vendor. Networking hardware is looking like servers hardware - glue some chips and then market the heck out of your pretty colours.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Musing:Cloud Data, Ownership and Government Sponsored Data Theft</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/cloud-data-and-ownership/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/cloud-data-and-ownership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=5968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pondering on data ownership, and whether governements could legally steal data from offshore organisations]]></description>
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		<title>Responding: On Optimizing Traffic for Network Virtualization</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/responding-on-optimizing-traffic-for-network-virtualization/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/responding-on-optimizing-traffic-for-network-virtualization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=5955</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm responding to Brad Hedlund's post "On optimizing traffic for network virtualization" where he seems to missed a key point. It's about cost of ownership in terms of ability to troubleshoot. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dear Network Santa, for Christmas Can I Have ……</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/dear-network-santa-christmas-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/dear-network-santa-christmas-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm sitting on Santa's knee, and telling him how good I've and been and what I would like for Christmas. 

When you say it like that, it's kind of creepy.]]></description>
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		<title>European Research on Future Internet Design &#8211; White Paper</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/reaerch-future-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/reaerch-future-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=5941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading this research paper "European Research on Future Internet Design" and was struck by this diagram&#8230;.]]></description>
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		<title>Worklife &#8211; Should You Take Share Options in Your Salary Package ?</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/share-options-big-gamble/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/share-options-big-gamble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://etherealmind.com/?p=5894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A reader wrote asking about whether share options are a good bet. Answer: Only if you think winning the lottery is realistically possible. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Requirements Terminology &#8211; Defining MUST, SHOULD and MAY</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/requirements-terminology/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/requirements-terminology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the problems of working with the PRINCE2 practitioners is that the people tend to get highly focussed on definitions in the Scope of Works. A Scope of Works defines what the deliverables the customer is to received. 

The problem with a Scope of Works is that it is usually prepared before the work is started and/or fully understood. maybe you have a Gap Analysis, or a Consulting Reports or a Requirements Document to setup the initial engagement (every company has their own name of the same thing).]]></description>
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		<title>Knowledge + Experience = Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/knowledge-experience-wisdom/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/knowledge-experience-wisdom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knowledge + Experience leads to Wisdom]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Twenty Percent Growth Mean ?</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/what-does-twenty-percent-growth-mean/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/what-does-twenty-percent-growth-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I've had many CIO/CTO deliver the news that the company plans to have twenty percent growth for the next five years. I've often noticed that most people in IT Infrastructure don't find this staggering. I find it hard to  believe that many people just blindly accept this and fail to make the differences when planning. ]]></description>
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		<title>So Long and Farewell ATM : EOS &amp; EOL for Cisco MGX Media Gateway Product Family</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/atm-bye-cisco-mgx-end/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/atm-bye-cisco-mgx-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's been a long time coming but this EOL/EOS notice from Cisco on the MGX family signals the final death throes for ATM.]]></description>
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		<title>Rant: Who Is Cisco&#8217;s Customer ? Me or the Reseller ?</title>
		<link>http://etherealmind.com/cisco-customer-reseller-or-me/</link>
		<comments>http://etherealmind.com/cisco-customer-reseller-or-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Ferro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I resent the fact that Cisco partners get more information than Customers on Cisco's website. Shows you who Cisco thinks the Customer really is. 

What special powers do resellers have that makes them more effective ? 

How does withholding information from Customers give a better outcome ? 

Me ? Many resellers are not competent enough to be business and need a headstart to be useful to customers. Without some sort of "special needs" assistance, they wouldn't be in the race. 

Too harsh ? IBM and HP don't rely on resellers to win business. Why does Cisco ?]]></description>
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