Cloud Networking – Scaling Up, Out and In
July 31, 2013
Grazed from CloudTweaks. Author: Sourya Biswas.
“The Network is the Computer.” – John Gage, former Chief Researcher and Vice President at Sun Microsystems.
The above statement was adopted as the company tagline by the networking giant that recently merged with Oracle. However, perhaps this phrase is truer than ever before today due to the rise of cloud computing. Indeed, the Network has assumed extraordinary importance in the Age of the Cloud.
Whatever be the functionality of the servers that power the Cloud, without a robust network they are just disparate components that can never function as one. To use an analogy, without the nervous system, the individual limbs cannot function effectively. As this paper says, “IT managers should enforce these (cloud-compatible) requirements across all major datacenter components, not just the server infrastructure. This includes building cloud-like scalability into the network itself.”…
In that regard, the network is an integral and necessary part of cloud computing that deserved as much attention as other infrastructure components. Networking leader Citrix has recognized this and developed TriScale technology to specifically address the demands of cloud computing…
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