The past, present and the future of the Ethernet were deeply debated at the Ethernet’s 40th birthday celebration. During the two-day event, Ethernet creators and vendors talked about what’s next, the impact of the cloud, software-defined networking and new datacenter demands. RCR Wireless News spotlighted these issues in video interviews at the event:
Ethernet and the cloud
Erin Dunne, director of research services at Vertical Systems Group, shared her thoughts on how content providers and carriers are scrambling to build datacenters.
SDN is not the future: it’s now
IDC’s vice president for network infrastructure, Rohit Mehra, talked about how software-defined networking (SDN) is already getting results and commented on the global challenges SDN addresses.
The evolution of datacenter solutions
Several industry leaders commented on the way datacenters have evolved:
Sean Hackett, managing director at 451 Research
Dom Wilde, HP vice president
Arpit Joshipura, Dell vice president of product marketing
Dhritiman Dasgupta, Juniper senior director of product marketing
The new wireless LAN standard
Chris Depuy, vice president at Dell’Oro Group, discussed current trends in wireless LAN standards.
Check out all of the videos from the Ethernet’s 40th anniversary
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