Comments for Twilight in the Valley of the Nerds http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:01:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Departures from Avaya’s Mahogany Row Thicken IPO Plot by recently ex-avaya http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/departures-from-avayas-mahogany-row-thicken-ipo-plot/#comment-27707 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:01:06 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/?p=3825#comment-27707 Please!!! You have no idea what you’re talking about. I spent 3 years working at Avaya and most of the problems existed long before they purchased Nortel. Everyone of their oneX UC apps and 96xx deskphones sucks because of a huge, overly complex and poorly designed internal framework. By the way that framework was cobbled together by the jokers in Basking Ridge. Give me a break KK!

]]> Comment on Distributed, Hybrid, Northbound: Key Words in Cisco’s SDN Counterstrategy by Chris Bryant http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/distributed-hybrid-northbound-key-words-in-ciscos-sdn-counterstrategy/#comment-27679 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:17:39 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/?p=3904#comment-27679 I’m guessing that Art Fewell is either a bored, out of work “blogging expert” or failed his CCNA test for the last time and has decided to take it out on this forum. Anyhow, I have worked (and still do) in both the Server and Network arenas since the early 90′s. I have no bias in regard to the direction networking technology will take. There have been a lot of good points made about Cisco’s greed and desire to maintain control of their markets. It can also be said that there is a natural progression toward SDN as more of everything is virtualized. However, to believe that one time configuration for user, application, and network is a dream, not soon to become reality regardless who controls the market. Virtual clusters will no doubt eventually integrate most if not all of their own networking needs into an SDN solution of some kind. BUT, at some point your data needs to leave that cluster, that building, and that site. Your clients want to connect to your cluster with wireless. You will always depend on hardware of some flavor to get connected and transfer data, and you’ll pay for it. If you’re not getting raped by Cisco, it will come in the form of licensing, support, and operational uptime. To believe that Microsoft or VMWare are any less evil than Cisco is just one cult versus another. They all want your money no doubt. If the argument is that it’s too difficult, well be careful what you wish for. If everything is eventually virtualized and made so easy that even Art can do it in a single operation, that sure to be followed by your job being outsource to China or India.

]]> Comment on ONF Deadly Serious About OpenFlow-Based SDNs by Charles Babcock http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/onf-deadly-serious-about-openflow-based-sdns/#comment-27665 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:32:55 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/?p=3397#comment-27665 I don’t see hybrid cloud operations taking shape without SDNs. The cloud vendors and cloud initiators in the enterprise will team up to make it happen. VMware’s invovlement in SDN is another indication that it’s going to come.Charlie Babcock, eidtor at large,InformationWeek

]]> Comment on Avaya’s Struggles Slip Under Industry Radar by Paul K http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/avayas-struggles-slip-under-industry-radar/#comment-27621 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:34:41 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/?p=3975#comment-27621 Ernie: Avaya had a toxic environment long before Kevin Kennedy ever showed up. This failure was created back in 2001 or so when Don Petersen, Pam Craven, Mike Thurke and the rest of the so-called “leadership team” decided to use Avaya to line their pockets, while letting the product-line and employees suffer. Other “leaders” have merely followed their lead.

]]> Comment on F5′s Look Ahead by mnarayan67 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/f5s-look-ahead/#comment-27440 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:46:41 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/?p=4069#comment-27440 Both F5 and Citrix are moving into adjacencies to their core ADC offerings, adding security, visibility to the product set. How security vendors react to this will be interesting to see

]]> Comment on On Network Engineers and Industry Eccentrics by Brad http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/on-network-engineers-and-industry-eccentrics/#comment-27426 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:50:09 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/?p=4060#comment-27426 That would have led to Chuck E. Cheese, which might have been a good segue from Levine’s reported incident with the pizza-delivery guy.

Alas, it was a missed opportunity. :-)

]]> Comment on On Network Engineers and Industry Eccentrics by Steve Noble http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/on-network-engineers-and-industry-eccentrics/#comment-27425 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:37:49 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/?p=4060#comment-27425 What, no Atari stories? :)

]]> Comment on On Network Engineers and Industry Eccentrics by Ethan Banks http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/on-network-engineers-and-industry-eccentrics/#comment-27424 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:30:08 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/?p=4060#comment-27424 Craig Benson was (indirectly) my boss, but not at Cabletron. Rather, as governor of NH, he was the man that we all ultimately answered to, back when I was a civil servant in this tiny state I still call home. His colorful personality didn’t play well as a government chieftain. While he did manage to centralize IT for all state government agencies, my understanding is that he alienated many people along the way with his executive, demanding attitude. His failure to get re-elected to a second term was of no surprise (and no small relief) to most. Centralized IT in New Hampshire state government is his only legacy that I can tell – an idea sadly better in conception than realization.

]]> Comment on At Dell, Networking’s Role Secondary but Integral by The Data Center Journal Enhanced Virtual Networking With Dell http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/at-dell-networkings-role-secondary-but-integral/#comment-27413 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:36:33 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/?p=3851#comment-27413 [...] Virtual Networking #WindowsAzure videoBlades Made Simple™At Dell, Networking’s Role Secondary but Integral #igit_rpwt_css { background:#FFFFFF;font-size:12px; font-style:normal; color:#000000 !important; [...]

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]]> Comment on Does Open-Source Software Threaten Cisco’s Routing Dominance? by The Data Center Journal Vyatta Acquisition Helps Data Center Enhancement http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2006/07/27/does-open-source-software-threaten-ciscos-routing-dominance/#comment-27408 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:28:33 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2006/07/27/does-open-source-software-threaten-ciscos-routing-dominance/#comment-27408 [...] Expands Software Defined Networking Business with Vyatta Acquisition — Expert Support NJDoes Open-Source Software Threaten Cisco’s Routing Dominance #igit_rpwt_css { background:#FFFFFF;font-size:12px; font-style:normal; color:#000000 !important; [...]

]]> Comment on SDN Focus Turns to Infrastructure by The Data Center Journal Money-Saving Strategies for Data Center Network Infrastructures http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/sdn-focus-turns-to-infrastructure/#comment-27401 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 01:12:28 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/?p=3968#comment-27401 [...] АТС AsteriskSomething up Brocade’s Sleeve, and it looks Good — Define The CloudSDN Focus Turns to Infrastructure #igit_rpwt_css { background:#FFFFFF;font-size:12px; font-style:normal; color:#000000 !important; [...]

]]> Comment on Some Thoughts on VMware’s Strategic Acquisition of Nicira by The Data Center Journal VMware Acquires Nicira Networks http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/some-thoughts-on-vmwares-strategic-acquisition-of-nicira/#comment-27385 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:13:45 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/?p=3988#comment-27385 [...] VMware networking features at VMworld, but no Nicira infoSome Thoughts on VMware’s Strategic Acquisition of Nicira #igit_rpwt_css { background:#FFFFFF;font-size:12px; font-style:normal; color:#000000 !important; [...]

]]> Comment on Between What Is and What Will Be by The Data Center Journal Data Center Hardware And Emerging Technologies http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/between-what-is-and-what-will-be/#comment-27384 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:45:00 +0000 http://nerdtwilight.wordpress.com/?p=4011#comment-27384 [...] prepares to use ‘cold storage’ to deal with vast amounts of dataBetween What Is and What Will BeDell Expands Cloud Client Computing Solutions for VMware View®Gartner identifies Escalation in [...]

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