Take a Network Break! Grab a coffee, a doughnut and then join us for an analysis of the latest IT news, vendor moves and new product announcements. We ll separate the signal from the noise–or at least make some noise of our own.
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Show Notes
Arista News – Lots of Good and Not-so-good News
Arista Offers Software A La Carte
Arista – Arista EOS as a Subscription Simplifies Cloud Adoption
Arista – Arista Networks and Supermicro Deliver Converged Infrastructure for Cloud Scale Data Centers
Whitebox reaches 7% of switch revenue – Delloro
White Box / Bare Metal Switching Reaches 7% of Data Center Revenue in 2014
Data Center to Drive Ethernet Switch Market Growth over the next Five Years – Dell Oro
Nebula is Closing Down
- commercial OpenStack distribution
- competing with Cisco, HP, Redhat, EMC with deep pockets
- OpenStack is still immature, as I ve said before – 5 to 10 year strategy (just like VMware)
At the same time, we are deeply disappointed that the market will likely take another several years to mature. As a venture backed start up, we did not have the resources to wait.
Nebula One: World s First Cloud Computer. OpenStack Private Cloud
Microsoft Forced to Adopt ODF format
In 2014, Microsoft went against the government s request to support ODF, claiming its own XML format was more heavily adopted. The UK government refutes the claim, stating that ODF allows users to not be boxed into one ecosystem.
Microsoft will adopt open document standards following government battle | ITProPortal.com
Juniper & VMware Back Off from OpenDaylight
Both companies logos have been removed from the membership page on the OpenDaylight site as of today. And while the OpenDaylight Project isn t explicitly saying Juniper and VMware are gone, it s clear that the vendors interest in OpenDaylight has waned.
Juniper & VMware Back Down from OpenDaylight s Top Tiers
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Embrane
Today, Cisco is pleased to announce its intent to acquire Embrane, a provider of a lifecycle management platform for application-centric network services.
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Embrane
Cisco Acquires Embrane