Back when Dell EMC was still just known as Dell, its networking business staked out a leadership position by becoming the first mainstream switch manufacturer to embrace bare-metal data center switching. Now it’s moving into the bare-metal campus switching market, too.
Dell EMC Opens Door to Bare-Metal Campus Switching
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jan 26, 2017 2:02:37 PM
Avaya’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing points to a sale of its networking business
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jan 26, 2017 2:02:37 PM
Avaya will restructure its debt under the protection of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. The company aims to emerge from this action intact with minimal impact on customers. However, it is very possible that Avaya will sell its network infrastructure business.
The Software-Defined Future of the WAN
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jan 26, 2017 2:02:36 PM
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.
How Network Infrastructure Teams Support the Internet of Things
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jan 26, 2017 2:02:36 PM
[Editors Note: This blog post is sponsored by Infosim®, but the ideas expressed here are entirely my own]
EdTech Networkers: Be Ready for Cloud, SDN, and IoT this Year
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jan 26, 2017 2:02:35 PM
This sponsored blog post was originally published at at HelpSystems.com
Cisco DNA is Marchitecture, But Also a Shift Away From CLI
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jan 26, 2017 2:02:35 PM
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).
Preparing Network Management for SDN and NFV
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jan 26, 2017 2:02:34 PM
[Editor’s note: This blog is sponsored by Infosim®, but the content is entirely my own]
Network Managers Should be Monitoring Servers
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jan 26, 2017 2:02:33 PM
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by HelpSystems on February 2, 2016.
Early Adopters Define SDN
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jan 26, 2017 2:02:33 PM
Greg Ferro recently blogged about how attempts to define software-defined networking (SDN) are a waste of time. He wrote:
The Benefits of Leveraging MSPs for Performance and Security Monitoring
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jan 26, 2017 2:02:32 PM
[Author’s Note: This post is sponsored by Edgeworx. The content is entirely mine.]

