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Blessay: IPv6 was Designed For Different Era
IPv6 is badly designed. Constant updates make us uncertain. Lack of features make us unwilling. The post Blessay: IPv6 was Designed For Different Era appeared first on EtherealMind.
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Gartner Being Wrong on OpenStack
This week saw established analyst firm scrambling to recover after realising that OpenStack is a huge, unstoppable thing. Sean Kerner writes that 451 Research released some data : 451 Group now...
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Open Source in The Enterprise Panel
Open Source TL:DR – I hosted a keynote panel during Interop Las Vegas 2016 on the topic of Open Source in the Enterprise. Here are the panel notes I prepared. Network Computing wrote up the article...
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H3C/Tsinghua Completes
A new IT behemoth has bellied its way up onto the beach. IDC has issued a press release: One year after the announcement of the subsidiary of Tsinghua Holdings, Unisplendour Corporation Limited’s plans...
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Federated Systems & Network Protocols Are Unfixable
Federation means that nothing can change in networking. Right ? The post Federated Systems & Network Protocols Are Unfixable appeared first on EtherealMind.
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Response: Broadcom’s Secretive Behaviour
The limited about of public information available on Broadcom products is frustrating and annoying. The post Response: Broadcom’s Secretive Behaviour appeared first on EtherealMind.
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Cisco Nexus 6000 is EOL
Cisco has killed the Nexus 6000 product line and you have 12 months to get your last orders in. This is long overdue. I’ve never understood why Cisco has so many different different Ethernet switch...
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Blessay: Proof of Concept Testing Should Never Happen
Its “best practice” to assume that IT vendor products are faulty, have serious bugs and will fail in normal operation at anytime. The post Blessay: Proof of Concept Testing Should Never Happen appeared...
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Response: Fibre Optic Multi-Core per Core Is Exciting
This article has opened my eyes to a future where a single fibre cable can have multiple cores. The future of Ethernet is yet to be determined as the IEEE community fights over whose technology patents...
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Useful Tools for Firewall Rules Checking
This app looks useful for testing firewall rules after they have been applied The post Useful Tools for Firewall Rules Checking appeared first on EtherealMind.
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DELL OS10 – FIB Optimisation
Dell OS10 is an open network operating system ounces its open network operating system(NOS) called OS10. Here are my thoughts and reactions. Operating System OS10 is a open source linux for networking...
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Response: OpenSwitch now a Linux Foundation
Openswitch has transioned from HPE to Linux Foundation project. The post Response: OpenSwitch now a Linux Foundation appeared first on EtherealMind.
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Response: Videoconferencing Numbers
IDC published a promo piece about their research into videoconferencing market. From a market segment perspective: Multi-codec telepresence equipment revenue ($23.9 million) was down 44.4% quarter over...
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Musing: Cisco ACI Bosses Quit, Will it Survive ?
This article at Recode : In what appears to be a messy shakeup with hints of an internal power struggle nearing an end, Mario Mazzola, Prem Jain, Luca Cafiero and Soni Jiandani are leaving the company....
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TCP/IP Is Lossy Protocol
The foundation of TCP/IP design is that the network is unreliable and packets will be lost. The post TCP/IP Is Lossy Protocol appeared first on EtherealMind.
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Response: Why On-Premises Software Will Die Sooner
This is the most compelling article I’ve ever read about why on-premises applications/software are less competitive. I am reasonably certain that private cloud infrastructure can be as efficient as...
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Tools: Conn-check
conn-check – A deployment utility to check connectivity between services conn-check is a small utility, written in Python using the Twisted network library, that verifies outgoing connections from your...
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Corporate to Consumer Devolution
Selling Enterprise IT is moving to bottom up instead of top down. Consumer first. The post Corporate to Consumer Devolution appeared first on EtherealMind.
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Basics: Is there always a feasible successor in EIGRP ?
Question : Is there always a feasible successor in EIGRP ? The post Basics: Is there always a feasible successor in EIGRP ? appeared first on EtherealMind.
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Basics: What is the difference between routing, switching, bridging and...
The terms routing, switching, forwarding and bridging have different meanings that have changed over time. The post Basics: What is the difference between routing, switching, bridging and forwarding...
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