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Jayshree Ullal, 2014

Pioneers vs. Protectors in Cloud Networking Innovation

The innovation of hundreds of startup companies created the Internet, and the Internet has changed the world. Innovation continues to have a dramatic impact on networking in recent years. These new developments have changed the way applications, workloads and networks interact. Having been involved in this industry for more than three decades, I have witnessed and been part of these transformations from the 1980s to the 2015 era. Each phase of innovation has been characterized by new companies and entrants, as depicted below:

Jayshree Ullal
By Jayshree Ullal
on Dec 9, 2014 2:56:05 PM
   
Pioneers vs. Protectors in Cloud Networking Innovation

The innovation of hundreds of startup companies created the Internet, and the Internet has changed the world. Innovation...

Jayshree Ullal
By Jayshree Ullal
on Dec 9, 2014 2:56:05 PM
Happy Tenth Anniversary Arista Networks!

Every year at Arista has been filled with milestones and enriching memories. I want to acknowledge and thank each and every...

Jayshree Ullal
By Jayshree Ullal
on Oct 30, 2014 2:27:38 PM
The Evolution from Products to Platforms in Software Driven Cloud Networking

Legacy networking vendors have often declared that they do not build “boxes” but actually build “systems and architectures”. I...

Jayshree Ullal
By Jayshree Ullal
on Sep 15, 2014 12:27:35 PM
Balanced Buffer Design for Mission-Critical Cloud Networks

Leading customers and researchers in cloud and data center networking have been promoting the importance of understanding the...

Jayshree Ullal
By Jayshree Ullal
on Aug 12, 2014 12:00:13 AM
The Impact of White Box on Cloud Networking

The adoption of cloud networking architectures by both the hyper-scale cloud companies and increasingly enterprise networks...

Jayshree Ullal
By Jayshree Ullal
on Jun 30, 2014 5:00:06 PM
ANET Cloud Infrastructure – Arista Definition of ACI

You may have noticed Arista being uncharacteristically quiet throughout an imposed “quiet period” leading up to our IPO (ANET)....

Jayshree Ullal
By Jayshree Ullal
on Jun 16, 2014 7:14:23 AM
The Ideal Cloud Network: SDN Overlays, Underlays or Both?

Enterprises are still a complex mix of legacy and newer cloud applications, yet smart use of universal SDN-based cloud networks...

Jayshree Ullal
By Jayshree Ullal
on Mar 10, 2014 9:17:27 AM
Separating Hype from Reality in SDN

Lately, two acronyms have been making the rounds: SDN (Software Defined Networking) and ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure...

Jayshree Ullal
By Jayshree Ullal
on Feb 3, 2014 8:21:27 PM
A New Cloud Network “Spline™” Is Born

The dramatic shift to East-West traffic patterns within the data center is creating excitement, new customer requirements and...

Jayshree Ullal
By Jayshree Ullal
on Nov 4, 2013 8:23:10 AM
Redefining Cloud-Networking Resilience & Visibility

In modern two-tier leaf-spine cloud networks, the increasing dominance of east-west traffic patterns, accompanied by the sheer...

Jayshree Ullal
By Jayshree Ullal
on Oct 1, 2013 7:36:33 PM

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