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In a recent post at EtherealMind.com, Greg Ferro examined possible implications associated with the impending dominance of merchant silicon in the networking industry. Early in his post, Ferro reproduces a Broadcom graphic illustrating that the major s…
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Since Dell’s acquisition of Force10 Networks, many of us have wondered how Dell’s networking business, under the leadership of former Cisco Systems executive Dario Zamarian, would chart a course of distinction in data-center networking. While Zamar…
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The networking industry’s version of Groundhog Day resurfaced late last week when the Wall Street Journal published an article in which “people familiar with the matter” indicated that Brocade Communications Systems was up for sale — again….
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Yes, I’m back for further cogitation on software-defined networking (SDN) and OpenFlow. As I wrote in my last post, relating to Cisco’s recent support for OpenFlow, I wasn’t able to attend the Open Networking Summit held last week at Stanford …
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The concept of software-defined networking (SDN) has generated considerable interest during the last several months. Although SDNs can be realized in more than one way, the OpenFlow protocol seems to have drawn a critical mass of prospective customer…
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Juniper Networks announced yesterday that Bob Muglia, who spent 23 years at Microsoft and was president of that company’s Server and Tools Business (STB) until January, will be joining the networking vendor to oversee its end-to-end software strategy…
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Now seems a good time to review Dell’s announcement last week regarding its acquisition of Force10 Networks. We knew a deal was coming, and now that the move finally has been made, we can can consider the implications. It was … Continue reading…
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There’s a strong possibility that Dell will make a networking acquisition in the near future. In the spirit of fun, I thought it would be mildly entertaining, and perhaps edifying — though I don’t want to push it — to … Continue r…
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Juniper took one-third of Cisco's share in core routing shortly after coming … Router 7750 optimized for traffic management and processing of IPTV, WebTV, …
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As the latest VMworld begins its transformation from current event to memory, now probably is as good a time as any to reflect on what it all means, if anything, for the future of data centers, the IT industry, and … Continue reading →
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According to Alan Weckel, director of Ethernet Switch Market Research at Dell' (News … HP, and Juniper are the currently included vendors in the space. …
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As an old business-development hand, I am curious as to how Juniper’s increasingly significant OEM relationships with IBM and Dell might factor into strategic considerations. In my experience, OEM relationships are balancing acts that never remain at rest. A permanent … Continue reading 
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Long before the rash of deaths at the Foxconn Technology Group’s manufacturing facilities in China, another company fought to stem a wave of suicides at its Chinese operations. That company was Huawei Technologies, and its problem with suicidal employees was … Continue reading 
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It’s like being in a hall of mirrors this evening. But instead of being filled with mirrors, this hall echoes with furtive whispers about potential acquisitions involving networking-industry notables. Some of these rumors are unadulterated disinformation, propagated for one reason or another by vested interests (of which, I can assure you, I am not one). [...]
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