Declaration of Intent!
After presenting IP Fabric at Networking Field Day 23, a number of Twitter threads started probing at the idea of Intent-Based Networking (IBN) – is it simply a marketing term that vendors use to sell more gear or does it have a deeper meaning? And…
Can You Handle the Truth?
A lively debate sparked up after Networking Field Day 23, where we presented IP Fabric to a panel of delegates and hundreds of eager online viewers. Could we class our solution as a “Source of Truth” for the network? The conclusion was “Yes”. And “No”….
Spotting Single Points of Failure
Design for availability The fundamental purpose of a data network is to connect users with applications, data producers and consumers with storage. The most desirable feature of a network is to maximise availability of those services to the endpoints that consume them. In order to…
Identifying BGP instability
There are many elements that contribute to the availability of services delivered across any network. Redundancy in the topology, coupled with resilience in the configuration are key. Routing protocols are used to manage that redundancy and failover to backup traffic paths should a failure occur…
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