If the VMware vFabric speculation is true, then the service focussed data centre designs just got very, very, interesting.
VMware “vFabric” And the Potential Impact on Data Centre Network Design
11 August 2010 By 9 Comments
Show 15 – Saving the Web With Dinky Putt Putt Firewalls
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Why Buy Dual Supervisors on Cisco Nexus 7000 ?
9 July 2010 By 25 Comments
The TRILLing Brain Split
6 July 2010 By 3 Comments
The split personality Cisco has exposed at Cisco Live 2010 is amazing: on one hand you have the Data Center team touting the benefits of Routing at Layer 2 (an oxymoron if I’ve ever seen one), on the other hand you have Russ White extolling the virtues of good layer-3 design in the CCDE training (the quote I like most: “It all meets at Layer 3 … that’s why CCDE is layer-3 centric”). If you’re confused, you’re not the only one, so let’s try to analyze what’s going on.
Cisco and Their Security Strategy
3 July 2010 By 2 Comments
Recently, the Security Strategy from Cisco has become vague and ill defined.
TRILL: It’s a DéJà-Vu All Over Again
1 June 2010 By 5 Comments
Market Positioning Acadia, EMC, Cisco and the Whole vBlock Idea
17 May 2010 By 6 Comments
So a while back, Cisco, VMWare and EMC announced that they are forming a partnership to co-operatively sell and support products in a joint venture named Acadia. Selected engineers and sales grunts, USD$200 million bucks and “no large customer left untouched” door to door marketing campaign. Is there anything to it ?
Cisco FWSM and ACE Resource Allocation Strategies
20 April 2010 By 1 Comment
Opinion: Giving Up on Cisco CS-MARS
12 April 2010 By 3 Comments
Google: Meet Skipfish, Our Automated Web Security Scanner. Security Industry – You Failed.
21 March 2010 By 3 Comments
Google releases Skipfish into open source for automated web security scanning. The fact that this exists is an inditement on IT Security and their failure to address threats.
Blessay: Autonegotiation on Ethernet – It Works, It Should Be Mandatory!
12 March 2010 By 37 Comments
Interesting Switch Designs for Data Centre Racks From Juniper
8 March 2010 By 8 Comments
I was reviewing the Juniper Virtual Chassis Technology and there are some very interesting designs possible with their specific stacking technology.
The Harbinger of Death for PABX and IP Telephony
2 March 2010 By 5 Comments
Unlimited voice/text/data plans in the UK signal the end of Legacy and IP Telephony market as we know it.
Blessay: On Stackable / Fixed vs Chassis / Modular Ethernet Switches
27 February 2010 By 17 Comments
The debate on Stackable vs Chassis based switches has a long and proud pedigree. Here is my addition to the debate.
The Ten Networking Commandments
18 February 2010 By 4 Comments
If you run a Network team using these as a basis for business planning and operational excellence then you won’t go wrong.
Is EEM Ready for the Big Time ?
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