It seems to me that a single vendor network might appear to offer a simplified architecture, delivering a lower cost of ownership compared to a multi-vendor networking infrastructure. However, customers always benefit from having choices.
Flat Networks and the Challenges of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
I recently read Deep Dive: Flat Networks are the Future, from Network World, and it reminded me of another challenge with STP—network behavior when links fail.
Public vs. Private Clouds – Comparison
Cloud computing and cloud computing solutions are still fairly new as technology trends go. Let’s take a quick look at three of the most common cloud computing options.
4 Rules for Extreme Data Center Computing
Looking to get into extreme data center computing? Here are 4 rules that we feel you should follow to avoid IT pitfalls and take your data center to the next level.
Congratulations to Spectra Logic – Our Disaster Recovery and Storage Partner
Spectra Logic, our disaster recovery and storage partner, recently announced record earnings for the first half of their FY 2011. Congratulations!!
7 Steps to a Successful Linux and Open Source Migration – Part Three of Three
Here are the final 2 steps in our successful Linux and Open Source Migration; 6. Start the Production Rollout & 7. Transition to Continuous Process Improvement.