Cisco's mixed messages

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	Cisco's mixed messages In positioning its OpFlex policy protocol and the declarative policy programming model in which it operates, Cisco marketing officials noted repeatedly how it was an optimal southbound protocol alternative to OpenFlow, OVSDB and the imperative network programmability model preferred by many others in the industry, including VMware - sans OpenFlow. Read More WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Survival Tips for Big Data's Impact on Network Performance The pressure is on to show tangible value from big data rollouts. Learn how performance monitoring tools can provide network managers and IT administrators insight and visibility into networks, infrastructures and applications far in advance, resulting in smooth transitions, accomplished network managers, and project success. Learn More In this Issue OpFlex: Another example of Cisco being Cisco Addressing WAN edge networking complexity with SDN and NFV Cisco, VMware take SDN battle to policy arena Enterprise WLANs 2014 – A Few More Announcements The worst data breaches of 2014…so far (Q1) Review: Fluke reinvents handheld network testing QFabric vs MetaFabric: What's the difference? WHITE PAPER: HP SANS Survey on Network Security Results This study details a survey of 439 IT security and network professionals conducted by the SANS Institute. It explores use of IPS within respondents' organizations and their plans for future NGIPS. Read the results to understand how contemporaries are using IPS and how NGIPS is evolving to counter today's cyber threat. Learn More OpFlex: Another example of Cisco being Cisco Why do customers pay a premium for Cisco? My research shows that Cisco owns about 75% of switching share but only about 55% of port share, showing Cisco's obvious revenue per port advantage over everyone else. Why does this discrepancy exist? I know some of you will disagree with this, but in general, customers pay up for Cisco infrastructure because it does more stuff faster than competitive products.... Read More Addressing WAN edge networking complexity with SDN and NFV As enterprises add mobile users, virtualized services, and public and private clouds, they're running into constraints that threaten to limit their ability to scale their network infrastructure appropriately. Contrary to what many assume, the constraints are not so much bandwidth and cost, the real culprit is complexity. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Accelerating Network Convergence Adopting a converged networking strategy enables organizations to traffic server and storage I/O workloads on consolidated data throughput channels. Intelligent software helps optimize management of separate network architectures in converged network channels. View Now Cisco, VMware take SDN battle to policy arena The focus in SDNs and programmable networking is shifting to application policy, an area where vendors can instill their unique architectures and maintain customer dependency. Read More Enterprise WLANs 2014 – A Few More Announcements Who was it that said that anything in print is out of date? I think such may be true for anything published on the Web as well - as I received notice of two more announcements just after I posted my note on this subject last Friday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Come to Citrix Synergy to get the latest on cloud networking This global IT conference provides targeted business and technical content and training focused on virtualization, mobility, networking and cloud solutions. Synergy provides a customized experience featuring professional networking, information sharing and strategic insights. Learn more The worst data breaches of 2014…so far (Q1) Read More Review: Fluke reinvents handheld network testing The Fluke Networks LinkSprinter makes on-the-fly network testing quick, easy, and more affordable than ever Read More QFabric vs MetaFabric: What's the difference? I believe Juniper was the first mainstream network vendor to use the term "fabric" aggressively to describe its next-generation network architecture when the company announced QFabric back in early 2011. There may have been another vendor that used it first, but Juniper made it mainstream. Since then, almost every network vendor uses the term "fabric" broadly, and Juniper itself announced its next... Read More
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