Network Management Strategies for the CIO
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Next-generation application delivery controllers: Cloud and mobility
Next-generation application delivery controllers are evolving to play a role in cloud balancing, as well as in optimizing mobile application delivery and policy enforcement. Tip
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NVGRE standard primer: More VLANs and isolated tenants in the cloud
Microsoft's NVGRE standard offers competition to VMware's VXLAN standard, promising to create more VLANs that stretch across Layers 2 and 3 for multi-tenant cloud networks. Tip
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VXLAN standard primer: Extended VLANs, long-distance VM migration
The VXLAN standard aims to solve the long-distance VM migration dilemma by enabling extended VLANs across geographically dispersed data centers for a multi-tenant cloud network. Tip
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Virtualization security challenges are plentiful: What's the answer?
The network plays a role in addressing virtualization security challenges, but typical firewalls are not necessarily part of the solution. Tip
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The ideal virtualization networking solution may not exist yet
In a perfect world, virtualization networking would mean non-blocked, any-to-any access between nodes on the network, but that doesn't really exist yet. So what's the alternative? Tip
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Virtual network appliances: Benefits and drawbacks
There's lots of talk about network virtualization benefits, but are virtual network appliances all they're cracked up to be? Only in some scenarios. Tip
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Integrating public and private cloud services
Network managers must support integrated public and private cloud services because users will go under the radar to use public cloud services that help them get their work done more easily. Tip
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Building a private cloud? Start slowly
If you're learning how to build a private cloud, it's best to begin slowly. In this tip, learn the phases to building a private cloud, including implementing server and storage virtualization, as well as self-service portals. Tip
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Cloud networking: Inter-networking data centers and connecting users
Cloud networks have a mission: connect a pool of resources that any user, anywhere can access without fail. Tip
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Internal cloud computing on the cheap: Free automated provisioning?
Internal cloud computing can be made inexpensive by using free software and in-house tools for automated server provisioning to better utilize existing compute resources. Learn how in this article from Nemertes Research principal research analyst Joh... Tip