loopback0 – Douglas Gourlay's Blog Data Centers, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing

Will Virtualization Commoditize the Network and Threaten Network Vendors

This is Greg, he likes DNS and DHCP, IP Address Management, Fine Scotches, and Infrastructure 2.0

Just a quick link and shout-out to Greg Ness of Infoblox and Twitter fame for a nice piece in SeekingAlpha that just hit here.

As I have said often enough to have been quoted and mis-quoted a few times there is a potential value-shift in enterprise IT given the increased business value many enterprises are realizing from virtualization which in some cases takes the network for granted or as one rather esteemed company once stated, "just dumb plumbing."

I don't want to be just a dumb plumber, and I think there are a set of very strategic activities the networking vendors can do to ensure that the network continues to deliver high-value and business-relevant services that enable the networking team within IT to keep their place in the pecking order.

dg