Vyatta Gets “Bossy”

“You like me!  You really like me!” – Sally Fields, accepting her Oscar award (in her own self-congratulating way) _______________________________________ My last post outlined some key data demonstrating Vyatta’s rapid Community-driven market penetration.  Shortly afterward, InfoWorld Magazine announced the winners of their annual BOSSIE Awards and — WHOOMP! there it is — Vyatta received its [...]

Vyatta 6.1: Bridging The Cloud

“It’s a small world but I wouldn’t want to have to paint it.” - Steven Wright __________________________________________________ One of the base assumptions of cloud computing is the use of the Internet to connect datacenters regardless of where they are on the globe.  Enterprise datacenter to cloud datacenter… cloud datacenters to each other… geographically dispersed, but [...]

The Vyatta Tornado

“Futureshock:  The dizzying disorientation caused by the premature arrival of the future.” - Alvin Toffler ________________________________________ When you look at all of the energy around Vyatta’s just-announced Version 6.1, it’s clear that the industry support has gone mainstream.  Quickly. Someone asked me the other day how Vyatta has experienced such explosive growth in a short [...]

Goldman on the Changing Network – “Fat Core, Thin Edge”

“IT spending in the edge is greater than in the data center, and is undergoing similarly transformative and disruptive changes as a result of the shift to Cloud Computing.” - Goldman Sachs, Techtonic shifts reverberating from the Data Center Core to the Network Edge, July 13 2010 ______________________________ Lest we forget, clouds in the sky [...]

Goldman on the Changing Network – “Fat Core, Thin Edge”

“IT spending in the edge is greater than in the data center, and is undergoing similarly transformative and disruptive changes as a result of the shift to Cloud Computing.” - Goldman Sachs, Techtonic shifts reverberating from the Data Center Core to the Network Edge, July 13 2010 ______________________________ Lest we forget, clouds in the sky [...]

Goldman on the Changing Network – “Fat Core, Thin Edge”

“IT spending in the edge is greater than in the data center, and is undergoing similarly transformative and disruptive changes as a result of the shift to Cloud Computing.” - Goldman Sachs, Techtonic shifts reverberating from the Data Center Core to the Network Edge, July 13 2010 ______________________________ Lest we forget, clouds in the sky [...]

Wanted: Cisco IOS VM

“Wouldn’t it be great if Cisco could run in VMWare and we could make our routers virtual?” - James Cass, Director of IT, AnswerFirst call centers (2008) ______________________________________________ James said those words two years ago, back when he became a Vyatta customer.  Back then he was on the cutting edge; today network virtual machines are [...]

Wanted: Cisco IOS VM

“Wouldn’t it be great if Cisco could run in VMWare and we could make our routers virtual?” - James Cass, Director of IT, AnswerFirst call centers (2008) ______________________________________________ James said those words two years ago, back when he became a Vyatta customer.  Back then he was on the cutting edge; today network virtual machines are [...]

Wanted: Cisco IOS VM

“Wouldn’t it be great if Cisco could run in VMWare and we could make our routers virtual?” - James Cass, Director of IT, AnswerFirst call centers (2008) ______________________________________________ James said those words two years ago, back when he became a Vyatta customer.  Back then he was on the cutting edge; today network virtual machines are [...]

Wanted: Cisco IOS VM

“Wouldn’t it be great if Cisco could run in VMWare and we could make our routers virtual?” - James Cass, Director of IT, AnswerFirst call centers (2008) ______________________________________________ James said those words two years ago, back when he became a Vyatta customer.  Back then he was on the cutting edge; today network virtual machines are [...]