The intercloud is the most interesting development in cloud computing (and perhaps the data center) since the migration of hypervisors into production environments.  It’s a model for driving incredible scale and efficiency from IT systems and hardware, and it can be architected for both public and private clouds.   The intercloud turns a global network of clouds [...] Read Full Story

I’m moderating a panel July 1 on the data center of the future made up of a great team of executives from Cisco, Oracle, NetApp, VMware, EMC, APC, Emerson and Panduit.  Hoping to catch up with a few friends after the panel.  Drop me a line if you’re attending. [...] Read Full Story

I don’t know who coined the “intercloud” term, but it is a big step forward in defining the enterprise cloud endgame.  See this Cisco blog and recent intercloud preso.   As sexy and compelling an idea as it is, the Intercloud would probably today be a bane according to Mark Masterson, who created a brilliant presentation on [...] Read Full Story

You can get the slides for today’s DNSSEC webinar with Dan, Cricket and Scott here.  The version with audio and slides will be available at the dns security center and the DNSSEC solution section next week.  You can follow Cricket’s answers to questions asked about DNSSEC at the new Cricket Liu blog. Tagged: Cricket Liu, [...] Read Full Story

A few months ago I blogged about the Three Horsemen of the Coming Network Revolution.  One of those “horsemen” was the netbook computer.  Now Microsoft wants to rename it. Maybe it has something to do with the impact of the netbook on the hard drive PC market and the powerful relationship with robust, pre-loaded operating [...] Read Full Story

After Interop I moderated a Future in Review (FIRE) panel and had the pleasure of asking executives from Infoblox, Cisco, F5 Networks and VMware about their perspective on infrastructure 2.0.  The first part of the panel talked about the problems with today’s static networks, including rampant manual labor and outdated management tools; the second part [...] Read Full Story

DNS Tools If you are looking for DNS tools check out DNS test (or DNS freeware) at the Infoblox web site.  You’ll find links t plenty of tools, freeware and additional resources to help you manage DNS.   Interop If you’re planning to attend Interop feel free to visit the Infoblox booth 1867, in the TNC demo (booth 869) [...] Read Full Story

Cloud computing and virtualization are promising more dynamic systems with unprecedented cost savings; and network industry leaders are promising more dynamic networks capable of keeping up with the increased rate of change (with these systems).  In order for the benefits to be delivered as promised IT will need to evolve from silos into multifunctional teams, [...] Read Full Story

As I mentioned at 3 Major Barriers to Cloud, the transition from tech services silos to unified cloud computing fabrics will trigger rapid growth and integration in network monitoring and dns appliance solutions.  Integrated, automated, IP address management will be consolidated into Grids with DNS and DHCP and network monitoring solutions to deliver integrated views [...] Read Full Story

I recently posted about the Dizzying Economics of Cloud Computing when it occurred to me that the technological barriers must be equally mystifying for many.  So I thought I would initiate a discussion about the barriers to the adoption of cloud computing by the enterprise.   At stake are the valuations of a gathering storm of public [...] Read Full Story