It is fun to discuss the changes in network operations over the last couple decades. We’ve come full circle, and, honestly, ended up in a better place. Network specialists were super command-line wizards who kept us going, with few GUIs in sight. Everyone thought the next iteration would be GUIs, so network operations could be […]
Building Amazing Apps, Part 1: Optimizing the Front End
There are millions of apps available today, and it’s incredibly easy for any user to download and install any of them with just a few taps on a screen or click of a mouse. If you want to build and deliver an app that will amaze users, you need to be able to differentiate from […]
Imperative or Declarative? The question of DevOps in the network.
A significant amount of bandwidth is spent discussing automation and praising the value of APIs within the broader DevOps umbrella. These concepts are particularly important in the context of CI/CD and the evolution of application architectures toward decoupled, service-oriented systems. Automation is used for build and test, to drive the workflow that moves an app […]
PacketZoom Announces Mobile Speed as a Service, Enabling Mobile Apps to Access Cloud Content Up to 10X Faster
First Round Capital, Baseline, Founders Collective and Tandem Capital Back Innovation Designed to Address Mobile Users’ ‘Need for Speed’ San Mateo, CA – April 6, 2015 – PacketZoom, pioneering Mobile Speed as a Service (MSaaS), today announced a completely re-envisioned platform that addresses mobile app users ‘need for speed.’ The service, designed specifically for mobile […]
SDN has a lot to offer to DevOps
When discussing DevOps it’s natural to focus the attention on the one operations team that focuses on application infrastructure. But when you start digging in to DevOps and its applicability to all four operations groups you’ll find that technological shifts in the network – like software-defined networks (SDN) – are just as important to the overall […]
Provisioning versus Configuration Example
A few weeks back I wrote about the difference between configuration and provisioning noting, primarily, that there are differences between the two tasks. It remains an important distinction to make because it’s really where the rubber meets the road (or the app meets the network) where it becomes important. As the infrastructure/network side of the […]
Programmability in the Network: Stop a Bleeding Heart…
It is not often the case that a security vulnerability can get the entire Internet talking. And not just the security community on the Internet, but everyone. End-users and IT alike are looking for answers and trying to mitigate Heartbleed. It has its own web site and logo. It’s that big of a deal. Many service providers have […]
How to un-domesticate your network: DevOps!
When I look at how compliance and regulations have affected network security over the years, I’m reminded of what dog breeder standards and regulations have done to dogs over the years. I’ll use this analogy to make the case that networks have become too domesticated to the point that they are not able to adapt […]