Tag: openflow

If you think about it, one problem in networking is that there are too many applications, and too little time. I greatly enjoyed a recent blog by  @RealLisaC, seasonally titled The Ghost of Application-Aware Networking. Excellent reading! It can be found at http://theborgqueen.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/the-ghost-of-application-aware-networking/. The following blog represents various thoughts that it and my…

I keep seeing use case discussions where SDN magically solves bandwidth problems. I am very interested in them. I do wish the authors would take the time to explain the network topology and their assumptions. Frankly, this does not add up for me, at least not without some additional information.…

I have some comments about a recent article on Using Network Virtualization in Campus Networks. I appreciate the author’s attempt to compare. The article omitted some relevant points. Or the author [...]

Yes, I’ve been lurking and watching discussions of SDN (Software Defined Networking) for quite some time. I’ve been quietly assessing what I read and hear, what I believe, where I’m skeptical, and [...]