Network design, architecture, thinking, working. Tech.
Pondering on data ownership, and whether governements could legally steal data from offshore organisations
Exposing cloud failures The result of the Amazon EC2 failure this week has exposed a number of technology strategies in cloud infrastructure as being less than perfect. Complex systems have complex failures The most vexing problem of Cloud Computing is that these systems are complex, and the more complex system the more complex the failure. [...]
Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 21 Apr 11:
I’ve got a Cloud Security Blanket. Got to know that all my data is safes now.
I was intrigued and excited about the Junipers announcement last week of QFabric. I was vaguely aware of TRILL and Cisco implementation (Fabric Path), but came to the table (so to speak) with no pre-conceptions of what I might expect. SCI-FI ñ Is this just me? Is the ëQí in †QFabric taken from sci-fi [...]
Comparing Cisco Cius and the iPad in the Enterprise
HP has developed a Cloud Workshop for Managers. Which means that you might not have to teach your managers about Cloud Computing after all. Huzzah.
Apparently VMware vCloud product supports the use of “isolated networks”. What I just found out is that Isolated Networks are MAC-in-MAC encapsulated Ethernet. Oh my.
Did we forget that change is the only constant in IT ?
Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 31 Aug 10:
