Software-defined networking (SDN) exploded onto the scene five years ago with a tremendous amount of hype, but the transition from hype to reality has been a little less explosive. Most enterprises are still in evaluation mode with SDN.
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How Network Infrastructure Teams Support the Internet of Things
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EdTech Networkers: Be Ready for Cloud, SDN, and IoT this Year
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Cisco DNA is Marchitecture, But Also a Shift Away From CLI
The industry has seen plenty of marchitectures from Cisco and its peers over the years. Its newest one, Digital Network Architecture (DNA), feels different, especially after I spent a week at Cisco Live 2016. DNA is different because underneath all the slideware and demos is an apparent commitment to changing the way enterprises do networking. In other words, Cisco wants network engineers to rely less on their skills with its command line interface (CLI).
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Preparing Network Management for SDN and NFV
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Network Managers Should be Monitoring Servers
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by HelpSystems on February 2, 2016.
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Early Adopters Define SDN
Greg Ferro recently blogged about how attempts to define software-defined networking (SDN) are a waste of time. He wrote:
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The Benefits of Leveraging MSPs for Performance and Security Monitoring
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Why It’s Never Too Soon to Think about IPv6 Network Management
Most network managers are still many years away from turning on Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in their enterprise local area networks (LANs). Private non-routable IPv4 address ranges can happily exist behind a network address translation (NAT) gateway for the foreseeable future. However, things could change. At any time, someone above your pay grade might [...]
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Know when it’s time to replace open source and freeware infrastructure management tools
Many small and midsized IT organizations rely on a mix of freeware and open source software to manage their infrastructure. These free tools can be effective and economical choices for smaller networks. But how do you know when it’s time to upgrade to a commercial product? Scale is one of the first indicators that you [...]
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