Opinion

Opinion

• Networking blogs: What it takes to pass Cisco Data Center exam

  In this week's networking blog, analysts write about Cisco's Data Center exam and Amazon's new suite of enterprise-oriented Web services.  Continue Reading

• With SDN, IPv6 transition may not be so hard

  With SDN, IPv6 transition might be easier, since physical addresses will be managed through a controller and be part of a larger automated system.  Continue Reading

• VMware NSX will change the network admin role: Are you ready?

  VMware NSX could bring network virtualization under the management of system admins, or it could alter the network admin role. Which will it be?  Continue Reading

• Your next job may be 'network programmer': What you'll need to know

  SDN brings flexibility to networking, but this will require engineers to gain new skills in order to fill the emerging role of network programmer.  Continue Reading

• Networking blogs: Why Cisco's late SDN entry might not matter

  In this week's Networking blogs, analysts discuss the role of VDI and discuss why it might not matter that Cisco is late to SDN.  Continue Reading

• User-, app-centric security key in enterprise security architecture

  Today's enterprise security architecture must become contextually aware in order to support the growth of mobile devices and cloud-based applications.  Continue Reading

• Juniper Contrail's open source SDN will change the enterprise network

  Glen Kemp discusses Juniper's open source SDN controller and the impact the OpenContrail project and NFV may have on enterprise customers.  Continue Reading

• Networking blogs: Cisco lays out ACI strategy

  This week's networking blogs cover the gamut from Cisco's SDN strategy to steps enterprises should take to ensure they have enough network capacity.  Continue Reading

• Will cloudification make enterprise IT jobs disappear?

  We have public, private and hybrid clouds. What does this mean for in-house IT departments? Will the cloud make enterprise jobs evaporate?  Continue Reading

• Networking blogs: Virtualization hobbles network oversight, study says

  This week's Networking blogs details a study investigating network management applications and highlights the birth of a new acronym: AANPM  Continue Reading

• Networking blogs: Congress must act on cybersecurity legislation

  In this week's Networking blogs, analysts discuss stalled cybersecurity legislation and how the battle for cloud management is evolving.  Continue Reading

• The art and science of troubleshooting network problems

  Troubleshooting network problems is part art and part science and requires creative use of tools and talent.  Continue Reading

• Open Networking User Group: CIOs want network programmability!

  The Open Networking User Group will provide a forum later this month for IT leaders and vendors to brainstorm the future of the programmable network.  Continue Reading

• Open APIs are nice, but vendors must shoulder data center integration

  Open APIs enable data center automation and integration, but they call for effort by engineers, without requiring vendors to work toward integration.  Continue Reading

• Networking blogs: Multivendor VPN tunnels still a hassle, but why?

  This week's networking blogs investigates what's needed to streamline multivendor VPN tunnels and the impact the iPhone 5 will have on enterprise WLANs.  Continue Reading