The next software-defined frontier: Satellites

Working hard on your software defined networking strategy? That's like, so early 2016. The next thing is software defined satellites. This isn't just putting routers in space, which has been done, or just orbiting data centers. It's putting up general purpose satellites that can be configured for a variety of tasks. Think Satellites as a [...]

MTN deploys virtual Local Management

Uplogix has begun deploying this month as a VM running on a server to manage satellite-linked networks at sea for MTN. These Virtual Local Managers utilize VMware to run the Uplogix software and connect to devices using USB to Serial adapters plugged into the server itself by USB and the managed devices over serial. An [...]

BYON? (Bring your own network?)

Bring your own device has become a fairly established concept. But what's next? The network? Well, not quite. Cloud Services Providers, typically by taking advantage of virtualization, have made it easier than ever for Line of Business users to rapidly and inexpensively source computing infrastructure, storage, hosted development platforms and enterprise class business applications over [...]

Cloud computing with an intelligent network

The ZK Research paper prepared for Cisco, Why Cloud Computing Needs a Cloud-Intelligent Network, makes some clear points on why the network is as critical (if not more) than any piece of a successful cloud strategy. We couldn't agree more. For Cisco, that means you need to buy their Cloud-Intelligent Network (CIN) gear, and for [...]

Infographic: Be ready for the Cloudy forecast

Cloud is going to change customer expectations. New requirements are emerging, service levels are becoming more stringent and some of the time-tested strategies for managing costs and ensuring adequate service levels are being invalidated. The new whitepaper form Uplogix shows how the same old network and network management strategies and tools won't just rain on [...]

What are your top tech priorities for 2012?

Gartner's Global CIO Business and Tech Priorities for 2012 Gartner recently asked over 2,300 CIOs around the world to name their top business and technology priorities for 2012. The survey showed that overall budgets will remain essentially flat in North America and Europe, although Latin America expects an increase of almost 13%. The top ten [...]