| network technologies are being created all the time, | | | | any web browser, but their software and data are |
| but I have become particularly fascinated by the | | | | stored on servers. |
| latest buzzword cloud networking. Are you | | | | Cloud networking includes the next generation |
| curious about it too? Then let me take you through | | | | networks that will provide an effective network |
| its origins. Cloud networking is a phrase trademarked | | | | fabric to accommodate a large number of servers |
| by Arista Networks. It refers to the networking | | | | and the huge amount of data they will store. |
| requirements of cloud computing. I can just see you | | | | Effective network fabrics should be able to handle |
| raising your eyebrows! Well, not to worry. If you | | | | throughputs of trillions of data packets. They should |
| don’t know what cloud computing is, I’ll | | | | also have low latency, as it is essential for improved |
| explain that too. Cloud computing allows IT resources | | | | application performance and better server utilization. |
| to be accessed in a very flexible manner. In other | | | | Reliable performance is expected of these cloud |
| words, it means that you can host your applications | | | | networks in order for them to service several |
| in large data centers to make them available to | | | | simultaneous applications. Because they operate |
| anyone, anytime, anywhere. So, without any | | | | 24x7, they must also be self-healing and easy to |
| knowledge, expertise, or even control over the | | | | manage and upgrade. Arista has set up a cloud |
| infrastructure that supports them, technology-enabled | | | | networking platform that consists of next generation |
| services can be accessed over the Internet. If you | | | | technology like 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches, an |
| have used Google Apps, you probably already know | | | | Extensible Operating System, and other related |
| that you can use common business applications with | | | | products. |