SDN and Commoditizing the Network
In a recent article, GigaOm’s Stacey Higginbotham writes about SDN (and more specifically, OpenFlow) and commoditization. She asserts the following: “If 2012 was the year that software-defined...
View ArticleWill SDN Drive Commoditization or Just Change the Pricing Mix?
In the last post, I suggested that there is something more than commoditization driving SDN. Truth be told, I am not personally convinced commoditized networking solutions are a foregone conclusion....
View ArticleSorting Through the SDN Players
As we look a bit more at the commoditization arguments and realize that a pricing shift is afoot, it becomes interesting to see how the industry will fare if there are wholesale pricing changes....
View ArticleThe Pressure to Size the SDN Market
With all the talk about commoditization on one side and a brand new market on the other side, there is an immense pressure building to be able to size the “SDN Market”. I put “SDN Market” in quotes...
View ArticleHow can anyone compete in a commodity world?
I have talked before about my belief that the movement towards white box networking gear fueled in part by SDN is likely to result more in a shift in pricing than fully commoditized solutions largely...
View ArticleWhat networking can learn from CPUs
The rapid growth in compute demand is well understood. To keep up with accelerating requirements, CPUs have gone through a massive transformation over the years. Starting with relatively low-capacity...
View ArticleBare metal switching, pricing, and the impacts on resellers
Most people in the IT space understand the trend towards bare metal everything (servers, switches, etc.). The movement to commodity hardware drives down costs in infrastructure where price is...
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