SDN has Buzz, But Can it Deliver?

Although details may vary from platform to platform, SDN essentially involves abstracting the network control plane from underlying hardware — a truer form of network virtualization than many of the technologies that have adopted that term in the recent past. The practical benefits here are twofold: it makes the control plane remotely accessible, providing greater…

Adapting Legacy Networks to the Cloud

What is the best way to design network architectures for the cloud? That is literally the million-dollar question as cloud computing quickly evolves into the new normal for IT. No network at all? As I’ve mentioned before, many of the new Flash storage proponents say the best network is no network at all. Simply load…

Brocade One Takes Aim at Data Centers

The word “convergence” is now taking on new meaning for data center networks as networking vendors aim to create unified fabrics. The latest entrant into the space is Brocade, which this week announced its Brocade One unified network strategy for convergence and data center networking. With the new effort, Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) is aiming to…