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Software Defined Network (SDN): Virtualization of Networking

By Dick Weisinger

Software-defined Networking (SDN) is a new method for defining, building and managing networks.  SDN separates the workings of a network into something called  a “control plane” and a “forwarding plane”.  The advantage of the approach is that decouples the ‘control’

Software Defined Storage: Efficiency from Virtualization

By Dick Weisinger

Storage vendors are beginning to roll out smart storage systems based on the idea of ‘software defined storage’.  IBM has introduced technology that they’re calling “Elastic Storage“, and EMC has recently announced their ViPR 2.0 product.  New products like these

Software-Defined Enterprise: Rebuilding Traditional Businesses into Software Powerhouses

By Dick Weisinger

The two top performing businesses by net margin in 2011 and 2012 were tobacco and software.  The software industry boasts high margins and other industries are studying the model to see if changing their businesses to be more software-driven can’t