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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? So, in a similar fashion to my post on network overlays vs. network virtualization , I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts. With this definition in hand, let’s compare network virtualization to SDN.

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Cisco Live: AI takes center stage

Network World

Hypershield is comprised of AI-based software, virtual machines, and other technology that will ultimately be baked into core networking components, such as switches, routers or servers. of Firewall Threat Defense (FTD), is available for all of Cisco’s physical and virtual firewalls.

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IDF 2013: Future of SDN with the Intel ONP Switch Reference Design

Scott Lowe

This is session COMS002, titled “The Future of Software-Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design.” Recep will cover the hardware side of ONP; Gershon will cover the software side of ONP (referred to as ONS). The first concept that Recep discusses is network virtualization.

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Managing What Matters In the Cloud: The Apps » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

The term “Cloud Management” is nebulous, but typically refers to a distinct set of tasks related to managing the infrastructure level (IaaS) cloud layers, typically comprised of the physical and virtual infrastructure, as well as the cloud orchestration layer – whether inside a corporation or a Service Provider cloud. Twitter.

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Fountainhead: Differing Target Uses for IT Automation Types

Fountainhead

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. When a new server (physical or virtual) is created, much of this infrastructure also has to be provisioned to support it. That is, I/O is virtualized, networking is frequently converged (i.e. a Fabric), and network switches, load balancers, etc.

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Creating a Talos Linux Cluster on Azure with Pulumi

Scott Lowe

The Pulumi program follows this overall flow: First, the program creates the base infrastructure objects that are required—a resource group, a virtual network, some subnets, and a network security group. This load balancer is used only for Kubernetes API traffic.)

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Technology Short Take 149

Scott Lowe

Baptiste Collard has a post on Kubernetes controllers for AWS load balancers. One takeaway from this post for me was that the new AWS load balancer controller uses a ton of annotations. I really dig Crossplane, but I don’t know if I would refer to it as the “next big shift” in infrastructure as code.