December 2009
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“Counterintuitively, though, a pure cloud solution also makes sense even if its...”
– Mathematical Proof of the Inevitability of Cloud Computing « Cloudonomics.com
Dec 23rd
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“The biggest miss ing ele ment of a mod ern data net work is decent, work able...”
– Blessay: FCoE is JUST a transition Technology | My Etherealmind
Dec 21st
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“Because FCoE takes the exist ing FC installed base, and neatly removes all the...”
– Blessay: FCoE is JUST a transition Technology | My Etherealmind
Dec 21st
“Our global technology and telecom analysts set out to do a deep dive into the...”
– Morgan Stanley - Institutional Services - The Mobile Internet Report
Dec 21st
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“The AWS Economics Center provides access to information, tools, and resources to...”
– AWS Economics Center
Dec 21st
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“There are other data center operators that use utility power that is sourced...”
– Data Center Powered Entirely By The Wind « Data Center Knowledge
Dec 21st
Dec 21st
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“That’s the way it all went down. And now, repeating history, Intel has published...”
– Intel Takes Vyatta to 10Gig « Kelly Herrell’s Blog
Dec 18th
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“TCP Chimney Offload is a networking technology that helps transfer the workload...”
– Information about the TCP Chimney Offload, Receive Side Scaling, and Network Direct Memory Access features in Windows Server 2008
Dec 18th
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“One of the things that TMForum announced the day that I was down there was the...”
–  The Enterprise Cloud Buyers Council (ECBC)
Dec 17th
“Looking for a tech job? Well read on for the results of a new poll from...”
– Which Is the Top Tech Company to Work For? – GigaOM
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Technical Deep Dive - with nigel poulton →
@nigelpoulton has started a great blog focused on data center, networking, storage, virt topics.
Dec 15th
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“It also surprises me that so many IT groups base their purchasing decisions on...”
– ms datacenters : Rightsizing Servers to Achieve Cost and Power Savings in the Datacenter
Dec 15th
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“However, the success of both options likely left Amazon with a big problem:...”
– Putting Amazon’s spot pricing into perspective | The Wisdom of Clouds - CNET News
Dec 15th
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“Last Thursday Google said it would team with KDDI, Bharti Airtel, Reliance to...”
– Google, Cables and the Future of the Web « Data Center Knowledge
Dec 14th
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“Nortel was chosen by Verizon for its European optical upgrade in November 2007....”
– Light Reading Europe - Optical Networking - Verizon Switches On 100G in Europe - Telecom News Analysis
Dec 14th
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Dec 11th
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the consultant's mantra
[written when I was a consultant] It’s not about me; it’s about your business. And your business is not about you; it’s about your customers. If you want someone to act in your best interest, don’t call me. If you want someone to act in your business’s best interest, I’m your man. Hopefully though, your best interest is your business’s best interest is your customer’s best interest. That’s...
Dec 11th
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the choice to create value
I’ve been meaning to write this for months.. Over the summer I had reason to visit one of my last clients from my consulting days. At the time, I was called in to do a no-bullshit workshop about the future state of networking and where the client should put it’s “practically unlimited” networking budget for a new hq & datacenter. It was fun. The IT execs in charge...
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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“If you read the IT press regularly, you’ll see this sort of question again...”
– Schneier on Security: Reacting to Security Vulnerabilities
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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“VEPA off-loads all switching activities from today’s hypervisor-based...”
– The VEPA standard — a potential game changer? | NetworkWorld.com Community
Dec 10th
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“From a physical networking perspective, most of these providers rely, in some...”
– Dear Public Cloud Providers: Please Make Your Networking Capabilities Suck Less. Kthxbye | Rational Survivability
Dec 9th
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“So, putting this all together: what do you get when you have an SR-IOV-enabled...”
– What is SR-IOV? - blog.scottlowe.org - The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers
Dec 8th
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Cloud storage what the hell is EMC building? -... →
Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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“However, I’d like to propose a variation of my original argument. What if...”
– TaoSecurity: Let a Hundred Flowers Blossom
Dec 7th
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“How is this different from, say, the way Henry Ford moved the production process...”
– Page 2 - IBM Cloud Guru Erich Clementi Looks Back at IT History to Gauge Its Future
Dec 1st
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“While enterprises are actively deploying Layer 3 MPLS IP VPNs, they are...”
– Enterprises move to hybrid WANs with Ethernet services and MPLS IP VPNs
Dec 1st