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FPGA or ASIC? Pro's & Con's of Each Technology
I’d like to follow Greg’s great blog from last week with a related topic. Like his blog, this blog will be focused on router hardware (unlike my previous blogs which were NetIron software related). The top... 
FPGA or ASIC? Pro's & Con's of Each Technology
Cutting Through the SDN Hype
Brocade who was an early and unambiguous supporter of Open Networking standards, and in fact, publicly asserted our commitment to products which support Software Defined Networking (SDN) as early as June of 2010, has ... Cutting Through the SDN Hype
Are you a Canadian? Like to heckle Brocade Engineers? We have an event for YOU!
Brocade senior leadership (actually you get me) and guest experts (this part is true) will examine the current state of cloud computing and offer practical guidelines for building a cloud-optimized network. You will l... Are you a Canadian? Like to heckle Brocade Engineers? We have an event for YOU!
3 Years, 3 Days, 3 Insights
Since the spring of 2009, I have been an active voice on a delegation of CEOs and senior officers who visit Washington, D.C. as part of Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s semi-annual Advocacy Trip. I do so becaus... 3 Years, 3 Days, 3 Insights
Happy 47th Birthday IBM Mainframe
April 7th is next week and to mainframers that is a special day. April 7th marks the 47th birthday of the IBM Mainframe. Some may argue that IBM had other "mainframes" prior to this date, such as the IBM 701 Def... Happy 47th Birthday IBM Mainframe
What Customers Want: Someone to Challenge the Status Quo
We know our customers face a variety of challenges in their campus networks. Namely: over-engineered, over-priced solutions that stress their IT budgets and introduce operational complexity. Some have a... What Customers Want: Someone to Challenge the Status Quo
VCS Ethernet Fabric and FCoE Traffic
Although a lot of the buzz around our recent announcement of the VDX 6720 Data Center Switch product line has been about how VCS Technology with Ethernet Fabric, Distributed Intelligence and Logical Chassis functional... VCS Ethernet Fabric and FCoE Traffic
Brocade's commitment to data center industry standards
Brocade works with industry-leading organizations to facilitate the development of standards, technologies, products, and services designed to simplify data center infrastructure management and implementation. Brocade... Brocade's commitment to data center industry standards
Everything You Wanted to Know About Brocade VCS Fabrics—But Were Afraid To Ask
As an adjunct event to Gestalt IT's Networking Field Day a few weeks ago, our Solutioneer Chip Copper sat down with a group of leading independent bloggers, including Greg Ferro, Ivan Pepelnjak, Stephen Foskett and ot... Everything You Wanted to Know About Brocade VCS Fabrics—But Were Afraid To Ask
Interop Las Vegas 2012
Interop Las Vegas 2012 started on May 6th at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, and there are a lot of exciting demos and talks to look forward to. Fabric networks seems to be akey message with a lot of energy around Software... Interop Las Vegas 2012
Storage Field Day 1: Brocade Intro Video
http://vimeo.com/4157 21min Into to Brocade Storage Technology. Storage Tech Day Video 01 Storage Field Day 1: Brocade Intro Video
The Church of Production
Where the Devoted Followers of Uptime and the Cult of 9’s go to Pray. Uptime or Death!It’s 4 am, on a Saturday. You got in at 2 am after sleeping for a lovely 1.5 hours, monitor glow on your face, your ja... The Church of Production
The Performance Information Gap Paradox
Happy February?? I thought perhaps I missed two months, I never would have thought it would be 60 degrees (Fahrenheit) in Columbus, OH on February 1st. Anyway.... In my last blog post on 11 January... The Performance Information Gap Paradox
The Middle Kingdom Mainframe Performance Renaissance
I just returned to the office after two weeks in China. I was in Shanghai and Beijing to work with my good friend, IBmer Dennis Ng. Dennis and I, as mentioned in my last blog post started working on a 2 da... The Middle Kingdom Mainframe Performance Renaissance
Accelerate Your Path to Re-certification
Joe Cannata, Sr. Manager of Certification/Business Development at Brocade University explains how you can speed up your certification process at Brocade University! "Until the governing bodies of the world decide t... Accelerate Your Path to Re-certification
Metamorphosis: Movement becomes Market
My day job is focused on OpenFlow. I began ramping up on the SDN technology before last year’s launch of the Open Networking Foundation, the organization that now oversees OpenFlow standards development, a... Metamorphosis: Movement becomes Market
Simplicity is Key to Private Cloud from Microsoft
Simplicity was a key message in Brad Anderson’s keynote at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas this month. And he’s right on target. Because let’s face it … if the c... Simplicity is Key to Private Cloud from Microsoft
Open Networking Summit (ONS) - Recap
So.... the ONS was, in a nutshell, fascinating, eventful, thought provoking, inspiring, and perhaps most importantly - REAL! I would like to start off with the following quote from the early morning session of... Open Networking Summit (ONS) - Recap
Storage Field Day 1 – Silicon Valley
Steve Foskett of Gestalt IT has assembled another diverse group of technology bloggers to pay Brocade a visit on Friday, April 27 from 10:30-12:30 as part of Storage Field Day 1- Silicon Valley. For the first ... Storage Field Day 1 – Silicon Valley
Open Networking Summit (ONS) - Preview
I’d like to briefly talk about the upcoming ONS event taking place on April 16 - 18 in Santa Clara, CA. For those who aren’t familiar with the ONS, it is the premier event for OpenFlow and Software Defined... Open Networking Summit (ONS) - Preview