Despite Broadcom's pending acquisition of Brocade , development of new products is still occurring. PacketPushers caught a press-release that Brocade have a new entry level fibre channel switch. The G610…
The Register: Bankers to get 1Gbps free Wi-Fi in City of London deal
The square mile is being fitted with both 4G small cell and WiFi to provide high-speed free connectivity. The deal brings Vodafone and Telefonica together, managing the network using Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd (CTIL). CTIL currently manage…
SDxCentral: Hybrid SD-WAN deployment models rise
SDxCentral are reporting in their article Hybrid SD-WAN Deployment Models Rise that there are increasing moves to deploy SD-WAN based on information from the WAN Summit conference. The information in…
SDxCentral: VMware offloads vCloud Air to Europe’s OVH
SDxCentral are reporting that VMware have announced that OVH are buying the vCloud Air business. This in part makes sense, as although VMware want to be able to provide hybrid…
On the seriousness of IETF RFC documentation in April.
The IETF release a lot of documentation in the form of RFCs (Request for Comments), providing the foundation for the standardisation of the Internet. But not all of these are…
The Register: But… surely every day is world backup day?
The Register is reporting that today is the 7th World Backup Day. I'll bet you didn't know that. It is a good time to dust of the backup/restore procedure manual…
Upgrading VMware ESXi from 5.5U3 to 6.5 on-line
Today I upgraded my physical host from VMware ESXi 5.5U3 to 6.5 using the online update method. There were a couple of gotcha's that needed to be taken care of…
SDxCentral: Extreme Buys the Brocade Data Center Networking Assets for $55M
SDxCentral is reporting another disposal of Brocade assets following its proposed purchase by Broadcom. Extreme Networks are buying the Brocade data centre elements, 60 days after the Broadcom deal closes. The…