by Mansour Karam | Mar 15, 2017 | closed-loop, Data Center Network, gartner, Intent-based Networking, SDN, self-operating network
Modern automation systems have two fundamental characteristics — they are Intent-Based and they are Closed-Loop. Yet it is only today, and with Apstra’s Intent-Based Self-Operating Network™ that these concepts are being introduced to network infrastructures!
by David Cheriton | Mar 1, 2017 | AWS, Cloud, Data Center Network, gartner, Intent-based Networking, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, SDN, self-operating network
A few months back, I took the outrageous (to some) position of comparing the public cloud to a black hole. I claimed it was like a black hole because it would suck all the IT capabilities and expertise out of your organization, and eventually suck in your business as...
by Derick Winkworth | Feb 24, 2017 | Data Center Network, gartner, Intent-based Networking, Intent-driven Automation, SDN, self-operating network, zero-touch-provisioning
Gartner recently released a great report titled “Innovation Insight: Intent-Based Networking Systems” by Andrew Lerner, Joe Skorupa, and Sanjit Ganguli (ID: G00323513, Feb 7, 2017). The report covers key aspects of what makes an intent-based system, the impact...
by Dave Butler | Feb 3, 2017 | CAPEX, Network Failures, SDN, self-operating network
The network is the underlying foundation of the data center. If that foundation becomes unstable, everything else, apps and all, are affected. The bummer is that most large data center networks are, in fact, unstable. Complex networks experience rapid entropy and...
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