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The Evolution of the Data Center LAN

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The Data Center LAN Evolution Series
A Webtorials Thought Leadership Discussion
Dr. Jim Metzler, Moderator
Featuring Arista, Avaya, Brocade, Cisco Systems, Extreme Networks and HP

This is the sixth and last of the monthly discussions of data center LAN switching. The five previous months have focused on a specific technical topic such as the best alternative to the spanning tree protocol. This month discussion will be an interview that Jim conducted with each of the six vendors and will cover a range of topics, both technical and non-technical, that relate to the evolution of the data center LAN.

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Brocade commented on The Evolution of the Data Center LAN: We believe that when IT organizations think about building the ne
Avaya commented on The Evolution of the Data Center LAN: When IT organizations are re-designing their data center LANs, an
Arista commented on The Evolution of the Data Center LAN: First of all, IT organizations need to identify the problem they
HP commented on The Evolution of the Data Center LAN: Now is the time for IT organizations to look at the different dat
Cisco commented on The Evolution of the Data Center LAN: In most cases, a data center is not just a cost center but it is
Avaya commented on The Evolution of the Data Center LAN: The biggest mistakes we see is that some IT organizations are not
Arista commented on The Evolution of the Data Center LAN: That IT organizations are buying into the hype around proprietary
HP commented on The Evolution of the Data Center LAN: That goes back to the previous question. We see that too many IT
Cisco commented on The Evolution of the Data Center LAN: Customers find rightsizing to be challenging. We see many IT orga
Brocade commented on The Evolution of the Data Center LAN: There has been somewhat of a cookie cutter approach to data cente

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