Networking transformation

I find it very interesting, when I talk to my peers and read some relevant reports done by 3 rd party research companies, that when you look at MCN space there are different players that will have an impact on the MCN ecosystem .     Multi-cloud from the scratch – a new wave of companies that are trying to have a completely new approach .   There is a group of startups being funded in the venture community to help solve complex MCN challenges.   Some names you will find in every research you do includes Prosimo.io , Aviatrix, Alkira, Arrcus, Graphiant etc.   On the other hand, we have a traditional i ncumbent networking and cloud software providers who will continue to add functionality to their existing platforms to enable MCN.   Someone can assume that some of these functions could be built organically but my personal belief is that incumbent technology providers will go in the direction of acquisition .   No one ...

 Multi-cloud networking universe A couple of terms to understand. Private cloud:  A private cloud describes a datacenter built with current cloud technologies that runs “on-premises,” or is hosted and managed by an organization or an enterprise itself .   Public cloud:  a  public cloud is a pool of virtual resources—developed from hardware owned and managed by a third-party company—that is automatically provisioned and allocated among multiple clients through a self-service interface. It’s a straightforward way to scale out workloads that experience unexpected demand fluctuations. Today’s public clouds aren’t usually deployed as a standalone infrastructure solution, but rather as part of a heterogeneous mix of environments that leads to higher security and performance; lower cost; and a wider availability of infrastructure, services, and applications. Multicloud:  Enterprises might need services or resources from multiple IaaS or PaaS services, such as Amaz...