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HP Unveils FlexNetwork: Converged Network Architecture – Interop

May 10, 2011 · 1 Comment

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“HP is here to lead change…” – Dave Donatelli, executive vice president, HP Enterprise SSN

On Monday, HP unveiled their new steps to Converged Infrastructure. They revealed the FlexNetwork architecture that linked virtual servers and storage in their enterprise.

Competition, Innovation and easy management is how HP is transforming the market. With FlexFabric, FlexCampus and FlexBranch, this could be the most comprehensive and easies to use technology. A common architecture that keeps everyone on the same level.

Dave introduced the HP TippingPoint S6100N for Cloud security and the HP Intelligent Management Center 5.For a large campus, you can now get the A10500 switch using HP Intelligent Resilient Framework. This brings 40 GbE with possibility of 100GbE across campus.

“We deliver 75 percent lower latency, 250 percent higher performance and 270 percent higher tenuity density.” Marius Hass (comparing HP’s Flex infrustructure to Cisco’s 6509 Catalist)

Marius Hass, Les Strauss talked about simplification to the system. Henry Fasterts (SHI) and Johnny Hernandez (Prime Lending) came on stage to talk about the growth of their companies and why they use HP structures.

The following is the full keynote from Monday.

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Four Bloggers Walking Vegas Strip – Interop

May 8, 2011 · Leave a comment

I have been to Vegas before, but never really did the “tourist” thing. Bob, Greg and especially Aaron (who has never been to Vegas) wanted to walk around and see the sights.

We started by going from Four Seasons, to the tram and to the monorail to about mid-point in Caesar’s Palace. We then walked back to Mandalay Bay, while seeing all the great images the strip had to offer.

It was a fun time and even I got to see stuff I haven’t before.

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My Flight to Vegas: via GeoNova

May 8, 2011 · Leave a comment

Last year I flew in my first plane that had this feature. It was a Geotracking system that let me see where I exactly was. No more guessing if I was over the Rockies, Mount Rushmore, or the Grand Canyon. No more being afraid that the plane is going the wrong direction…

Well, maybe not the last part…

On this Frontier plane, they had little TV’s that you can watch 25 satellite channels. One channel was called GeoNova. I could track where we were specifically. Not exactly handy when over Dubuque, IA, but cool when we are going over the Rockies.

I could better gauge where I was so I knew if it was worth pulling out the laptop, or just sitting back and relaxing. The channel let me know the altitude and that we were flying at 460 mph.

Pretty cool how technology has gotten us 25 on-air channels and geo-tracking planes. Now I can sit back and watch “How to loose a guy in 10 days” on TBS, then flip and see we are in Utah.