PlexxiPulse—Reflections in Networking
2014 was a busy year in networking, and our friend Marcia Savage did a great job of summarizing the industry highs and lows – from ACI to white box switches – this week in a slideshow for Network...
View ArticleI (don’t) like Big Buffers.
Recently Arista released a white paper surrounding the idea that having deeper buffers running within the network can help to alleviate the incast congestion patterns that can present when a large...
View ArticleThe Next Network Transformation: We have only just begun
Whenever we get to the end of a year we have this tendency to reflect on what has happened in the past year and how we can improve in the coming year. It’s natural to use the change of calendar year as...
View ArticlePlexxi Pulse—Networking Predictions: 2015 Edition
Happy New Year! The year is off to a great start and we are excited to see what 2015 will bring to the networking space. I have a few predictions of my own (think policy and disaggregation) that were...
View ArticleSDN and Gartner’s Hype Cycle
Many years ago Gartner introduced their technology Hype Cycle, which maps visibility against maturity for new technology. The Hype Cycle in essence states that many new technologies get a large amount...
View ArticlePlexxiPulse—Simply A Better Network
As enterprises move from experimentation to full-fledged deployments of Big Data, supporting networks need to have the capabilities to support increased bandwidth. Our CEO, Rich Napolitano spoke with...
View ArticlePlexxiPulse—What Does a Third Era Network Look Like?
You may have noticed that we’ve been spending some time out west demonstrating our big data fabrics and sharing our vision for the third era of networking. You’ll be seeing more meet-ups and live...
View ArticleThe Future of the Distributed Network
Back in December of 2014, I wrote a blog post about the complexities of the network as a distributed system. In it I pointed out that networks have traditionally been built as distributed systems, and...
View ArticlePlexxiPulse—Breaking Down the Distributed Network
Most networks today (including Plexxi solutions) are built as distributed networks. This type of infrastructure reduces complexity and significantly increases network capabilities. Our own Marten...
View ArticlePlexxiPulse—Have you heard of Bimodal IT?
The networking space is buzzing about “Bimodal IT.” Simply defined, Bimodal IT is the segmentation of application deployments into cloud (public and/or private). Ben Kepes of Forbes included the...
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