Well, we’ve seemed to finally get beyond the rumor phase with NSN. Nokia has offered to buy Siemens out of the joint venture, one of several possible outcomes that I’d heard rumors on over the last several month. The big question is whether this will matter to NSN or to Nokia, and that depends on…
Three Network Sign-Posts
It’s been an interesting week for the markets, in all of the dimensions that drive us forward. There are glimmers of technology change in SDN, there are signs of vendor shifts, and there are macro indicators that might tell us a bit about demand. So, given that it’s Friday and a good day to take…
Three Network Sign-Posts
It’s been an interesting week for the markets, in all of the dimensions that drive us forward. There are glimmers of technology change in SDN, there are signs of vendor shifts, and there are macro indicators that might tell us a bit about demand. So, given that it’s Friday and a good day to take…
“Insieme” Spells “Operationalization” for Cisco
Cisco’s comments on its new “Application-Centric Infrastructure” vision is yet another proof point for my argument that Cisco has successfully played the weaknesses of SDN players against them. In military tactics, seizing the high ground is a maxim. So it is in marketing, and Cisco has done that with finesse. You can harp on about…
“Insieme” Spells “Operationalization” for Cisco
Cisco’s comments on its new “Application-Centric Infrastructure” vision is yet another proof point for my argument that Cisco has successfully played the weaknesses of SDN players against them. In military tactics, seizing the high ground is a maxim. So it is in marketing, and Cisco has done that with finesse. You can harp on about…
More Interesting Stuff in Overlay SDN
The SDN game never ends, possibly because nobody wants to diss a good market hype wave while it still has momentum, and possibly because there’s still room to do something useful given the rather vague utility of some current strategies. In any case, PLUMgrid has joined the fray with an offering they call “Virtual Network…
More Interesting Stuff in Overlay SDN
The SDN game never ends, possibly because nobody wants to diss a good market hype wave while it still has momentum, and possibly because there’s still room to do something useful given the rather vague utility of some current strategies. In any case, PLUMgrid has joined the fray with an offering they call “Virtual Network…
Is Cisco the New King of the Supercloud?
Cisco has used its Cisco Live event to buttress its Open Network Environment and the onePK API set that’s designed to address the SDN and NFV space. In the move, Cisco is showing us why they’re able to grow sales when others are under pressure, and also why the notion of a network revolution isn’t…
Is Cisco the New King of the Supercloud?
Cisco has used its Cisco Live event to buttress its Open Network Environment and the onePK API set that’s designed to address the SDN and NFV space. In the move, Cisco is showing us why they’re able to grow sales when others are under pressure, and also why the notion of a network revolution isn’t…
The Age of Do-It-Yourself Networking?
Who’d have thought that Google and Facebook and Netflix might be the face of competition for network vendors? Well, it’s happening, and while the risk isn’t acute at this point for reasons I’ll get into, the actions of these three OTT giants is a symptom of the issues that face networking and network equipment. Google…