Allan Leinwand Archives

Cisco vs. All Comers

By Allan Leinwand Feb. 4, 2010, 6:39am PT 10 Comments

Cisco has been dominant in all types of networking devices for more than two decades, so its move into adjacent markets in order to expand its footprint beyond networking made perfect sense. What’s surprising is how flat-footed and weak the counterattacks from the competition have been. Read More »

Where Are the Network Virtual Appliances?

By Allan Leinwand Jan. 29, 2010, 9:30am PT 20 Comments

While servers and applications have gone virtual, migrating into cloud computing environments, networking technologies remain bound to physical hardware and data center racks. As server virtualization moves into the enterprise and cloud data centers, when will networking follow with virtual appliances? Read More »

Why Net Neutrality Is Important for Startups, Innovation

By Allan Leinwand Dec. 6, 2009, 9:00am PT 63 Comments

While some could argue that a free and open Internet means less regulation and oversight, my experience leads me to believe that an Internet that encourages innovation and startups is one that supports net neutrality. Unless it’s enforced, capitalism on the Internet is in serious jeopardy. Read More »

It's Cloudy, But When Will It Rain?

By Allan Leinwand Nov. 1, 2009, 9:00am PT 4 Comments

The innovation coming out of the cloud computing market has, in many ways, made infrastructure startups interesting to venture capitalists again. Despite our excitement over the potential of cloud computing to transform IT, however, weighing on the minds of many in the VC community is what sort… Read More »

Not Everything Is a Cloud

By Allan Leinwand Sep. 24, 2009, 2:27pm PT 9 Comments

Cloud computing may be the most overhyped information technology term in recent memory, surpassed only by the ubiquitous Web 2.0 moniker. As a venture capitalist focused on investing in the infrastructure and platform-as-a-service segments of the cloud, this hype has prompted a slew of startups to flood… Read More »

Do Enterprises Need a Toll Road to the Cloud?

By Allan Leinwand Aug. 14, 2009, 4:30pm PT 26 Comments

The adoption of cloud services on the part of enterprise IT is still in the nascent stage. Enterprise IT departments continue to see cloud services as more appropriate for applications being written primarily by the Web 2.0 crowd –- if you want to build a new… Read More »