A couple of useful links

Some time ago AWS Partner Netwok Blog published a couple articles that cover AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networking in great detail, with a bunch of links to further info. Best of all, they were written by a networking person, for readers with networking backgroun in mind.

While we all know how to use your favourite search engine, a little promotion sometimes goes a long way. 🙂 So, here they are:

Amazon VPC for On-Premises Network Engineers, Part One

Amazon VPC for On-Premises Network Engineers, Part Two

Happy reading! 🙂

Applications on SDNs: Drivers or Passengers?

There’s a lot of talk about SDN giving control to applications over the network’s behaviour. I’m not too sure I buy a lot of it.

Necessary clarification: when I’m using term “application” in this blog post, I mean the applications that need network connectivity services to deliver their data to their users, rather than the specialised applications, designed for sole purpose of controlling data traffic flows.