January: I, Human: Recreational network use, network QoS policies and rational value judgments The alternative is artificial intelligence and with it the ability to make value judgments like human beings. However, (if comic books are to be taken as the peer-reviewed annals of computer science that we all know they should be,) this would eventually [...]
Archive | December, 2008
To the people of 1958:
Hello, those of you embarking on a new year 1959. We are just wrapping up the year 2008. It has had its ups and downs, and many people here may not consider it a very good one – we’re in a bit of an economic pickle right now, we’re involved in a war (don’t worry, [...]
Whiteboard Series: Christmas Outtakes:
It’s the week of Christmas, which means that, chances are, if you’re reading this, you’re the hardcore, Network Performance Daily demographic. Either that, or you used up all your vacation days back in November, by zorbing. Anyway, while we’re out, we thought you’d enjoy these outtakes of Ben Erwin’s Whiteboard Series. Which brings us to [...]
Whiteboard Series: How To Manage QoS In Your Environment, Part 3 of 3
Ben Erwin concludes his three-part Whiteboard Series installment on how to manage QoS in your environment. In this episode, Ben shows you how to use NBAR in the NetQoS Performance Center to manage QoS policies in your environment. Below you’ll find the embedded video, now in widescreen YouTube HD. A low definition version can be [...]
Whiteboard Series: How To Manage QoS In Your Environment, Part 2 of 3
Ben Erwin continues his three-part Whiteboard Series installment on how to manage QoS in your environment. In this episode, Ben shows you how to use IP SLA monitoring in the NetQoS Performance Center to manage QoS policies in your environment. Below you’ll find the embedded video, now in widescreen YouTube HD. A low definition version [...]
Google, Net Neutrality and the Zero Sum Game
by Brian Boyko Several people have suggested that I take a look at the Wall Street Journal story, or a number of stories based on that story, about how Google is allegedly abandoning network neutrality in favor of a “fast lane” of Internet traffic. Specifically, John C. Dvorak over at Network World asked “Why has [...]
Whiteboard Series: How To Manage QoS In Your Environment, Part 1 of 3
Ben Erwin starts off a three-part Whiteboard Series installment on how to manage QoS in your environment. In this first episode, “Leveraging Cisco Tools: Using CBQoS & NetFlow to Manage QoS Policies in Your Environment” Ben goes from the Whiteboard to actual CBQoS monitoring in the NetQoS Performance Center, illustrating some of the problems that [...]
False security can lead to real performance problems
The Obama-Biden transition team promised last Monday, Dec. 8th, that they would provide most policy documents from meetings with outside groups – i.e., lobbyists – would be posted on the Change.gov Web site. By Wednesday, Dec. 10th, this policy already saw some interesting results. David Kravets over at Wired’s Threat Level blog pointed out that [...]
Information Asymmetry and the Art of Subcompact Maintenance
My car, a Ford Taurus from 2000, with 120k miles on it, is dying. The check engine light went from a manageable steady golden hue, indicating need of expensive repair, to intermittent blinks which indicate that death is imminent. Coincidentally, this is also the general state of the American automobile manufacturing industry. The trade-in value [...]
Will networking bear the brunt of IT cuts?
Thomas Nolle at ComputerWorld (via NetworkWorld) suggests that not only will the economic downturn affect IT budgeting, but that networking, in particular, will take a harder hit than the rest of IT. The logic goes something like this: when the first tech bubble burst in the early 2000s, IT spending shifted from networking to computer [...]
Cisco’s MXE 3000 and video optimization
My day job is covering networking innovations and trends, but I moonlight as a video editor, director, and producer, so I was personally really excited to hear what Cisco was doing with the Cisco regarding the new Cisco Media Experience Engine (MXE) 3000, and my question lists includes questions about bitrate, framerate, dynamic re-encoding, and [...]
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Network service disrupted by undersea cuts – send in the robots!
James Niccolai at Network World is reporting robots are now searching for the ends of undersea cables cut last Friday. Undersea Robots. Huh. “Welcome to the future, ladies and gentlemen. In lieu of flying cars, please take this funny picture of a cat.” Network traffic was disrupted when two cables, the Sea Me We 3 [...]