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This article is part of the August 2011 Vol. 2, No. 4 issue of Is the network ready for the private cloud?
A private cloud architecture represents a major shift in not only how enterprise data centers are built, but ultimately how IT services are delivered to the end user. Compute, storage and networking form a collective pool of resources that can be tapped directly by the enterprise user. To support this agility, a private cloud needs to be a self-monitoring, self-healing, cohesive infrastructure. Private cloud orchestration tools, such as those available from Joyent, Cloud.com, Platform Computing and Cisco’s newScale, are needed to take over the monitoring and automation components. Private cloud orchestration is like a modern, fly-by-wire aircraft, according to Andre Kindness, senior analyst for enterprise networks at Forrester Research. The plane's flight control system collates thousands of readings from throughout the aircraft, and then it automatically adjusts systems to keep the plane flying. The flight crew steering the aircraft is simply one more set of inputs to the overall system. “Private cloud orchestration needs to operate in the same vein, ... Access >>>
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Developing a private cloud computing strategy for your network
by Shamus McGillicuddy
Engineers need better automation and monitoring tools for private cloud.
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Developing a private cloud computing strategy for your network
by Shamus McGillicuddy
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Is OpenFlow networking bunk? What vendors don't want to discuss
by Ivan Pepelnjak, CCIE No. 1354, Fast Packet Blogger
OpenFlow networking may offer programmable switching in distributed networks, but there are drawbacks, including the fact that someone has to develop using the specification.
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Zappos cloud security strategy: Distributed management
by Rivka Gewirtz Little, Senior Site Editor
Zappos might be owned by cloud king Amazon, but the organization is still grappling with creating a measured cloud security strategy. The answer? Distributed management.
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Networker's guide to private cloud orchestration
by Michael Brandenburg, Technical Editor
Network admins are turning to private cloud orchestration software that uses integrated service catalogues in order to enable automation and on-demand provisioning.
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Is OpenFlow networking bunk? What vendors don't want to discuss
by Ivan Pepelnjak, CCIE No. 1354, Fast Packet Blogger
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