Mike Fratto

Interop 2009 Day 1: Vendors, Vendors And More Vendors

November 19, 2009

One of the main reasons I come to shows it is to get some face time with people I have spoken with on the phone and then catch up with new vendors not yet on my radar. Yesterday, I spent...

Don't Swap One Management Problem For Another

November 16, 2009

It's all about defining and adhering to change management.Utility computing is useful and cool, but before committing to a system, I'd have a real heart to heart with the software vendor...

Our First Virtual Event: Next Generation Networking

November 09, 2009

On November 12th, we will be hosting our first virtual event covering next generation networking. You can register here. We have a great line-up of speakers, including a keynote by Rob Roy...

Juniper's Plan To Win: It's The Application

November 02, 2009

One of Juniper's constant points is the single OS, Junos, that runs across their entire product line. When the company announced their EX switch line last year, having the same OS on both...

Juniper Makes Networking Splash At NYSE

October 30, 2009

A series of high-profile announcements at the New York Stock Exchange featured 3D routers, a new networking chipset, and a cloud computing initiative.

The Truth About The FCC Proposed Rules On Net Neutrality

October 27, 2009

Ever since the FCC announced their proposed rules on net neutrality, there has been massive misinformation from news outlets, commentators, politicians, and political groups. The proposed...

SuperComm 2009: Brocade, Ixia, NTT, Mu Dynamics, Cisco, and NetOptics

October 24, 2009

Visiting vendors and talking to product managers is the only reason I go to shows. On occasion, I participate in a panel or give a presentation, but what I really want to do is see what...

SuperComm 2009 Keynotes: Long On Vision

October 22, 2009

Two keynotes by the leaders of ATT and Cox Communications covered topics near and dear to their respective hearts. Neither were particularly earth shattering, but getting the birdseye view...

SuperComm 2009: From The Floor

October 22, 2009

SuperComm 2009 is here in Chicago and it's a pretty quiet show. I didn't get much time to cruise the floor, but I did see two items that piqued my interest: an identity management product...

Verizon CEO Predicts Doom And Gloom Over Pending Ruling

October 22, 2009

At Supercomm 2009, Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications keynote, kicked off the day with a rousing talk about how broadband is changing our lives and why the FCC...

A Gmail Failure Is Not Cloud Failure

September 24, 2009

We need to clear the air about cloud services and hosted services (SaaS). A lot of people conflate Software As A Service (SaaS) with cloud service, and that is a wildly inaccurate view of...

The Unreliability Of The Internet

September 18, 2009

The Internet is fairly reliable, but network outages still occur. If they happen to your company, what is the cost to lost productivity?

Network Computing And Byte & Switch Become One

September 08, 2009

Network Computing and Byte & Switch are joining forces to bring you all the relevant news, views, reviews, and how-to's "For IT, By IT". It's no secret that storage and data and...

67 Terabytes for $7,867: How-to By BackBlaze

September 02, 2009

While I am on vacation and taking a break from doing stuff around the house, I see this post Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage by Tim Nufire at BackBlaze and I just...

Cloud Computing Isn't The Emperor's New Clothes