Cloud Networking

Manish is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Aerohive Networks, where he drives Aerohive's cloud-enabled networking solutions and applications.  Prior to Aerohive, Manish spent over 17 years in product marketing roles at Juniper, Cisco, and Nortel where he successfully launched over 50 products...

  In my last blog, Cloud Model In, Upfront License Fees Out, I wrote about the shift in software delivery to the cloud model. Today I am discussing why the cloud is superior to yesterday's bundles.    In the past, a bundle was often defined as a hardware appliance and a software application sold...

The model in which software can be delivered to customers is going through a fundamental shift. Traditionally, organizations had to purchase, deploy, and operate software on-premise and invest in the appropriate hardware infrastructure to support the software. Many vendors that have been charging...

Using cloud-enabled management allows companies to easily configure, manage, and deploy networking devices such as wireless access points. At the same time, IT departments must be cognizant that the cloud service provider is in full control of the infrastructure, the security measures in place to...

Part two in a two-part series Our previous blog, Public or private cloud: Which one is best?, provided the differences between a public cloud service and a private cloud service. Now let’s determine which type of cloud service would be appropriate for your organization to consider deploying.  Public...

Part one in a two-part series on deploying a public vs. private cloud There is no doubt that companies are adopting cloud services at a rapid pace. The question that companies often grapple with is whether to deploy a private or public cloud. Well, the short answer to the question is ... yes. ☺ In...

One of the key benefits of cloud networking is that it not only simplifies installation and deployment, but it also provides very simple upgrade and patch administration. As cloud networking services continue their widespread use due to simplicity, companies need to understand what the implications...

There’s no question that companies are rapidly adopting cloud technologies to help them reduce capital expenditures, instantly scale, and lower IT support costs. According to IDC’s forecast, worldwide cloud IT spending will be more than $40 billion in 2012 and is expected to approach $100 billion in...