The Network Meets the CloudPosted by Lauren Ellis on September 22nd, 2014 It was sixteen years back that I was staring at a Cisco router prompt and trying to grapple with the difference between a startup configuration and a running configuration. Things have come a long way and there have been tectonic shifts in the technology especially in its impact on everyday life and how we consume technology but little has changed when it comes to networking. This was the challenge in front of us as we started on this journey. Our marching orders were very straightforward; create a solution that does not need more that three clicks to set up, a solution that brings palpable value to our customers in less than 15 minutes, and a solution that operates without further customer involvement; well that was the norm in the Cloud when you wanted to use Google Mail or Box.net or set up a sandbox in Salesforce.com. Like it? Share it!More by this author |