VMware NSX: Advanced Security Services with Check Point vSEC

Check Point vSEC

Check Point vSEC

In early 2014, the well known security company, Check Point, announced it was collaborating with VMware to integrate its security software with NSX to help automate and simplify the provisioning of advanced security services. Just last month, Check Point announced its Check Point vSEC solution for NSX. Continue reading

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Hyper-Converged with Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL

Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL Hyper-Converged Solution
There’s a lot of interesting things going on in the industry with servers, storage, and networking: SDN (software defined networking), SDS (software defined storage), NFV (network function virtualization), SD-WAN (software defined WAN), hyper-convergence, and more and more focus on private / public / hybrid cloud just to name a few. I’ve written several prior posts on VMware NSX and SDN. In this short blog, I’ll focus on hyper-convergence specifically with the Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL solution. If you haven’t already, checkout the Dell Networking Dell-EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture for more detailed information. Continue reading

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Dell Networking with Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL

Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL ApplianceCheckout the Dell Networking with Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture available here on Dell.com. In this
white paper, I discuss the details of the network connectivity at the ToR for the Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL appliance, reference architecture and respective network configuration required, and scale-out scenarios. Continue reading

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Dell Open Networking and SDN – All About Disaggregation

Dell Open Networking
When Dell first announced its Open Networking initiative a little over a year ago, they were the first major networking vendor to do so. Very similar to what Dell did for servers, Dell is now doing for networking – allowing customers to choose their hardware and then choose what operating system they want to install. Continue reading

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6WIND – From Data Plane Acceleration to Virtual Appliances

Data Plane Acceleration with 6WIND and Intel DPDK

Data Plane Acceleration with 6WIND and Intel DPDK


6WIND is an interesting company I’ve been following for some time now, initially out of curiosity, and then out of more curiosity :-). They first started as a networking software company claiming to solve performance challenges for software defined networks (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV). How you ask? They leverage the capabilities of multicore processors and Intel’s Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) to allow direct access to the data plane enabling a zero-copy mode from network to CPU! Continue reading

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VMware NSX Service Composer: Advanced Security & Micro-segmentation

NSX Security Groups
In a prior blog, Firewalling & Micro-segmentation with VMware NSX, I discussed some of the basics of firewalls and micro-segmentation with VMware NSX. In this blog, I’ll introduce how security groups via NSX Service Composer can be used with VMware NSX to further enhance the micro-segmentation and security capabilities. Continue reading

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Minecraft for $2.5 Billion – Yes, ‘the App’ is King

I’m still not completely over the shock from last November when I learned Microsoft had bought Mojang, the company behind Minecraft, for $2.5 billion dollars. Let me repeat that: “$2.5 BILLION”; you heard right. Markus Persson, the 35 year-old original and main developer with 71% stake in Mojang became an instant billionaire and a member of the Forbes World’s Billionaire list overnight. That’s right, Markus Persson is now #1415 with an estimated worth of $1.3 Billion according to Forbes. Continue reading

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Security, Art of Hacking, & the Worst 2014 Security Breaches

Hacked TargetSecurity is hot; no doubt about it. Consider the fact that between 2011 and 2013, venture investors put nearly $3 billion into cyber security companies, resulting in new funding for some 300 firms (Source: Thomson Reuters). Worldwide security software revenue alone totaled $19.9 billion in 2013, a 4.9 percent increase from 2012 revenue of $19.0 billion (Source: Gartner). According to Gartner, global cybersecurity spending is to reach $76.9 billion in 2015 and $80 billion in 2016; in 2011 it stood at $55 billion. Continue reading

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Market Cannibalization, Innovation, and Consumer Demand

Apple iPads, iPhones, and MP3 player
At MacWorld 2007, for the iPhone Keynote, Steve Jobs famously stated, “It’s the best iPod we’ve ever made.” In Q4 2006, iPod units sold stood at 8.73 million. In Q4 2014, iPods units sold were 2.64 million while iPhone and iPad units sold stood at 39.27 million and 12.32 million units respectively. (Source: Apple) Continue reading

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