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Ethernet VPN – just one more protocol to consider or dismiss?
Co-authored with Nicolas Breton, Product Manager Marketing, Cisco In the era of Cloud-scale networking, network simplicity, agility and scale are essential. Service Providers are currently expanding their Data Center footprint to offer on-demand virtualized network services. This is what the indust…
Understanding the different types of Ethernet Switches
Ethernet Switches are broadly categorized into two main categories – Modular and Fixed Configuration. Modular switches, as the name implies, allows you to add expansion modules into the switches as needed, thereby delivering the best flexibility to address changing networks. Examples of expans…
Enterprise Networks: Practical Differences in LAN and WAN SDN Deployments
In my last blog I introduced challenges Enterprises are facing in their WAN deployments and the definition of ONF SDN. While the broad definition of ONF’s SDN architecture implies many theoretical answers to these challenges, we need to be pragmatic. Let’s take a look at the practical differences in…