CloudEthernet Forum Addresses Programmability, Security, & Automation

Grazed from LightReading. Author: Editorial Staff.

Following his announcement of the “Five Fundamentals” to be prioritized for the Cloud, James Walker, President, CloudEthernet Forum (CEF), has named the first three working group Co-Chair appointments. Jay Wampold, VP Marketing, CHEF, has been selected for the Automation committee; Dr. Mehmet Toy, Distinguished Engineer at Comcast involved in Computer Networking Architectures and Standards, for the Programmability committee; and Dr Hongwen Zhang, Wedge Networks, for the Security committee.

“We are now selecting industry leaders with specific expertise, connections and experience relevant to each of our Fundamentals,” Walker explained. He was referring to the key issues that had been identified by the CEF under the acronym VASPA – Virtualization, Automation, Security, Programmability, and Analytics – with two Co-Chairs being appointed under each heading…

Jay Wampold brings 20 years of experience in building and marketing disruptive IT companies and currently leads Marketing for Chef, the leader in IT automation. Chef delivers a model for automating IT infrastructure and applications that drives self-reliance across development and operations teams. He commented: “Information technology is now the primary route to market and networking speed is critical to delightful customer experiences. By using code paired with standard protocols to automate compute and networking across multiple providers and environments, we can empower businesses to deliver goods and services at the speed of customer demand.”…

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