Coffee Break – Show 6




The Fat Pipe - All of the Packet Pushers Podcasts show

Summary: [player]<br> News of the Networking Industry in the time it takes to drink a coffee (more or less). This week we are joined by Amy Engineer to parse the news and dig into the business of technology.<br> Topics This Week.<br> Cisco InterCloud:<br> <a href="http://blogs.cisco.com/news/introducing-ciscos-global-intercloud/">Corporate puff piece at Cisco.com </a><br> <a href="http://newsroom.cisco.com/release/1373639/Cisco-and-Partners-to-Build-World-s-Largest-Global-Intercloud">Cisco Press Release on InterCloud</a><br> <a href="http://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco-global-intercloud-connecting-you-to-innovation/">Blog Post with info you can use</a><br> <a href="http://www.networkcomputing.com/data-networking-management/hardware-defined-networking-bridging-the/24016678">Hardware-Defined Networking: Bridging The Gap for Enterprise SDN – Netowrk Computing</a><br> Cumulus and Midokura announce partnership to connect physical network to overlays<br> <a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/03/att-promises-to-lower-your-internet-bill-if-fcc-kills-net-neutrality/">AT&amp;T Promises To Lower Your Internet Bill If FCC Kills Net Neutrality</a><br> <a href="http://blog.netflix.com/2014/03/internet-tolls-and-case-for-strong-net.html">Netflix Wants Strong Net Neutralit</a><br> Without strong net neutrality, big ISPs can demand potentially escalating fees for the interconnection required to deliver high quality service. The big ISPs can make these demands – driving up costs and prices for everyone else – because of their market position. For any given U.S. household, there is often only one or two choices for getting high-speed Internet* access and that’s unlikely to change. Furthermore, Internet access is often bundled with other services making it challenging to switch ISPs. It is this lack of consumer choice that leads to the need for strong net neutrality.<br> <a href="http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2685515">Gartner Says 70 Percent of CIOs Will Change Their Technology and Sourcing Relationships in the Next Two to Three Years</a><br> Torrential changes will reshape the service provider landscape over the next several years as organizations struggle to adjust to a digital future, according to Gartner, Inc. A recent global survey of CIOs by Gartner’s Executive Programs found that 70 percent of CIOs will change their technology and sourcing relationships in the next two to three years for a variety of reasons.<br>