No WAN is an Island
“No man is an island, entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” The timeless metaphor by English poet John Donne provides many applications for reflection. Far from being...
View ArticleWhen “East-West” is More than Pacific to Atlantic
When discussing cloud computing, the term “East-West latency” often comes up as users on one coast of the US have found themselves using data centres on the opposite coast – and find that the user...
View ArticleThe Real-Time Value Chain
I’m old enough to remember when an organization could pretty much draw a line around itself and say, “that’s us”. Sure, suppliers and customers were involved, but as far as IT was concerned, little...
View ArticleThe Need to Plan for WAN Evolution
In a previous entry here on the WAN Speak blog I discussed some of the differences between the LAN and the WAN. I also pointed out that there are not any fundamentally new WAN technologies under...
View ArticleStorage Elasticity and the Cloud’s Noisy Neighbors
If you’re looking at setting up private cloud services — or public ones, for that matter — you should already to have a handle on how to automate the critical functions of creating, managing and...
View ArticleMEF ‘Third Network’ Vision Challenges Net Neutrality
The MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) is arguably the best-functioning global industry networking forum. So when Bob Metcalf (the inventor of the Ethernet standard) on behalf of MEF launches a vision of...
View ArticleDear MPLS, We Need to Break Up
Dear MPLS, I’ve considered writing this letter for quite some time. Fifteen years is a long time together, especially in the technology world. Many would say that this is long overdue. We’ve had our...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Leaps of Faith When Building a Hybrid WAN
The hybrid WAN is an idea that’s been around for decades now. Prior to being an analyst, I worked in corporate IT and I was building Internet VPN links to connect home office workers, small branch...
View ArticleAll I Want For Christmas Is Some Dumb IP
Well, it’s that time of the year – the time when we’re thinking about what we want for Christmas, and what we will get our friends and family. If you’re looking for the perfect gift for that network...
View ArticleHybrid WAN — It’s Time To Do The Math
With more applications hosted by SaaS providers and businesses constantly looking at ways to drive down costs, without sacrificing performance, companies are looking at ways to augment or replace their...
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