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October 27, 2010  8:55 AM

The Impact of Security on Infrastructure Integration



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Cloud Computing, Data Center, Dynamic Infrastructure, Networking

Today's guest post comes to us from Lori MacVittie.

Automation implies integration. Integration implies access. Access requires authentication and authorization. That’s where things...

October 6, 2010  1:25 PM

Agent Smith was right: Never send a human to do a machine’s job



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Data Center, Dynamic Infrastructure, Virtualization

Today's guest post brought to you by Lori MacVittie. Devops and infrastructure 2.0 is really trying to scale the last bottleneck in operations: people. But the corollary is also true:...


September 27, 2010  1:23 PM

Provisioning a Virtual Network is Only the Beginning



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Cloud Computing, Data Center, Dynamic Infrastructure, Networking, Virtualization

Today's guest post from Lori MacVittie. Deploying a virtual network appliance is the easy part, it’s the operational management that’s hard. The buzz and excitement over...


September 15, 2010  1:19 PM

Infrastructure 2.0 Enables Cloud Which in Turn Enables IT as a Service



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Cloud Computing, Data Center, Dynamic Infrastructure, Networking

Today's guest post from Lori MacVittie. Infrastructure 2.0 ? cloud computing ? IT as a Service. There is a difference between Infrastructure 2.0 and cloud. There is also a difference...


August 19, 2010  12:11 PM

Intel Prepares for Age of Swarm Computing



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Data Center, Dynamic Infrastructure, Networking

Today's guest post brought to us by Greg Ness, president at Infoblox. The Intel acquisition of McAfee is about a transformation taking place within IT and pending collisions between devices, networks and systems. At the core of this transformation is a massive shift from personal...


July 26, 2010  10:16 AM

The Battle of Economy of Scale vs Control and Flexibility



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Cloud Computing, Data Center, Dynamic Infrastructure, Virtualization

This guest post comes to us from Lori MacVittie. When strategies are formed, it quickly becomes obvious that cloud computing is more about balance than anything else. At a time when you’d think cloud computing would be the primary “go to” strategy for managing scale...


July 20, 2010  2:22 PM

Defeating Attacks Easier Than Detecting Them



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Data Center, Dynamic Infrastructure

This guest post comes to us from Lori MacVittie. Defeating modern attackseven distributed ones—isn't the problem. The problem is detecting them in the first place. Last week, researchers claimed they discovered a way to exploit a basic security flaw...


July 2, 2010  12:32 PM

Cloud Needs Context-Aware Provisioning



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Cloud Computing, Core Network Services, Data Center, Dynamic Infrastructure

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June 23, 2010  3:06 PM

Cisco Live: July 1 Panel on the Seamless Cloud



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Cloud Computing, Core Network Services, Data Center, Dynamic Infrastructure, Intercloud, Networking, Virtualization

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June 16, 2010  10:05 AM

Why Cloud Computing Should Democratize IT



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Cloud Computing, Data Center, Dynamic Infrastructure, Networking, Virtualization

This post was brought to us by Mark Thiele. The Dictator is Ruling the House of Information Technology with an Iron Fist The ENIAC mainframe was introduced in 1946. As the first electronic computer, it was a huge leap forward in how humans got work done. At the...