Greg Ness

Senior Tech Company Execs Share Their Perspectives on Cloud Computing and Network Requirements Future in Review is Mark Anderson's annual tech conference, described by The Economist as “the best technology conference in the world.” Our session on networks and clouds followed Mark’s interview with Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie on “The Complex World of Emerging Platforms, from Cloud to Phone.” After Ray and Mark set the stage by talking about new platforms and complexity, we had the opportunity to explain why today’s networks need to be automated. This 30 minute panel “Is the Network Ready for Cloud Computing” includes: Glenn Dasmalchi, Tech Chief of Staff, Office of the CTO, Cisco Systems; Lew Tucker, former Cloud CTO, Cloud Computing, Sun Microsystems; Mark Thiele, VP Data Center Strategy, ServiceMesh; Yousef Khalidi, Distinguished Engineer, Windows Azure, Microsoft; Ric... (more)

The Network Automation Hockey Stick

The network industry could be entering yet another new stage of innovation and growth, fueled by a flood of new demands and an increasingly likely new tech refresh cycle driven by increasing network infrastructure automation and control. At the core of this new cycle is a flood of new devices being attached to the network, and at an unprecedented pace. Connectivity, or the ability for a network to recognize what is attached, becomes critical as technology users accumulate IP addresses like children building Pokémon decks. New Demands Let’s put this in historical perspective, as ... (more)

Cisco Live Seamless Cloud Panel – July 1 in Las Vegas

I’ll be speaking on a panel at Cisco Live on July 1.  I’m looking forward to talking about the new demands on network infrastructure, and whether or not the enterprise is ready for seamless cloud.  Frankly, so much of the discussion about cloud is for SMEs (or regarding apps) and so little is about the [...] ... (more)

Virtualization's Golden Spike

It only makes sense that the steam locomotive existed before the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.  One breakthrough created the need for another.  The power of the VM (virtual machine) introduced unprecedented mobility and flexibility, albeit within the confines of a VLAN container.  That mobility and flexibility has created new demands for larger, unified and intelligent network infrastructures or infrastructure 2.0. An Historical Perspective on Network Innovation The steam engine, the locomotive and the rail are perfect examples of synergistic developments.  Greater ... (more)

Network Virtualization Will Precede Private Cloud

When VMware entered the production data center it was the beginning of a massive IT disruption with profound implications for careers, vendors and the next tech innovation cycle, driven by deep reductions in network operating expenses and equally uplifting increases in network flexibility and intelligence. VMware set the stage for the multibillion dollar system virtualization category by allowing operating systems and applications to be easily set up and moved on top of commodity server hardware.  They automated systems that had been requiring ever increasing amounts of manual l... (more)