networking
Ask a Skytap Engineer: Lonnie Hutchinson
For this edition of the 'Ask a Skytap Engineer' series, I spoke with Lonnie Hutchinson, Senior Architect with Skytap. Lonnie focuses on provisioning and orchestration. Prior to joining Skytap, he...
Engineering the Cloud
When it comes to cloud computing, the only direction is forward—as evidenced by savvy enterprises that have moved software development and testing, virtual technical training (both instructor led and...
Networking Perspectives: Nicira, VMware, and Open Source
In July, VMware acquired Nicira in what was, to many, a shocking move (or at least at a shocking price point), but in fairly quick retrospect it was understood to...
New AutoNetworks and CloudControl Capabilities
Today we announced new AutoNetworks™ and CloudControl™ capabilities for enterprise hybrid clouds. Our multi-VPN capability extends software-defined networking features, and our new Scheduler automates actions on Skytap Cloud resources. AutoNetworks ...
VMworld: The Wrap-up
VMworld wrapped up yesterday, August 30, with a final day of hands-on labs and breakout sessions. Over the course of five days, some 20,000 attendees took advantage of the opportunity for education,...
Enterprise Networking Planet Picks 10 Networking Newcomers to Watch
In Robert McGarvey's latest article for Enterprise Networking Planet, he discusses Top 10 Networking Newcomers to Watch, and outlines how beyond the big names like Cisco, Juniper, HP, IBM, Brocade, and...
Networking Perspectives: How It’s Done at Skytap
In the first part of this piece, Networking Perspectives: OpenStack v CloudStack, I discussed some of the primary differences between the network architectures of OpenStack and CloudStack. A key point...
Networking Perspectives: OpenStack v CloudStack
In early April, OpenStack released the Essex version of its stack software. Citrix, two days prior, announced their release of the CloudStack project under the Apache2 license, creating a genuinely...