With the advent of compute virtualisation, it was necessary to extend the physical network from outside the host into the virtualised environment within the host. This is achieved with the…
Three Bottlenecks of WAN – Bandwidth, Latency and Cost
There are three bottlenecks to Wide Area Networks (WANs) that don't exist in other environments, and these are Bandwidth, Latency and Cost. (And in true three pronged problem fashion, you…
RFC7511: Scenic Routing for IPv6
An RFC has been published today to cover alternatives to IPv6 routing options. In times of Green IT, a lot of effort is put into reducing the energy consumption of…
RFC7169: The NSA (No Secrecy Afforded) Certificate Extension
In a move to counteract some of the recent security concerns on organisations being compelled to relinquish keys to national intelligence agencies, an RFC has been raised to provide an…
The Great British Internet Filter – how to protect children from the “bad” parts of the Internet
Yesterday David Cameron, Prime Minister, made a speech about making the internet safer for children by cracking down on online pornography. Let's look at what he said about an Internet…
IBM adds SoftLayer to Cloud Services
IBM has finalised its deal with SoftLayer, announced last month. This grows IBM's capability to deliver cloud-based solutions considerably. SoftLayer adds new datacenters, an existing portfolio of customers, and a…
A brief history of the IBM PC, thirty years on.
30 years ago today, a new office automation device was officially launched by IBM at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. August 12, 1981, marked the launch of the…
Dell intends to acquire Force10 networks
So another acquisition by a computer systems supplier of a networking infrastructure company. This trend started when Compaq acquired Thomas Conrad back in 1995, and is continuing today with the…