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Web 2.0, Please Meet Your Host, the Internet

Allan Leinwand, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 4:00 AM PT Comments (73)

Many of the Web 2.0 companies that I meet in my job as a venture capitalist lack even the most basic understanding of Internet operations. They’d better figure it out — and fast — because not doing so will only cost them money down the road. Continue Reading

Inexpensive, Powerful and Blindingly Fast: Intel Commoditizes 10GigE

Allan Leinwand, Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 9:16 AM PT Comments (4)

Yesterday I wrote about how Intel processors are dominant on the Interop show floor, proof that networking appliances are more inexpensive and powerful than ever before. We can add one more adjective to that description today — blindingly fast. In aggressive and dramatic fashion, Intel has entered the 10 gigabit Ethernet adapter market with [...]

Interop Vegas, Land of the Inexpensive and Powerful

Allan Leinwand, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 9:46 AM PT Comments (11)

I’m here in Las Vegas for the annual Interop show for IT professionals, and I’m finding it to be far livelier — and better attended — than I had expected it would be. In fact, I may need to rethink my belief that Web 2.0 has killed the networking engineer, as hordes of my compatriots [...]

Wanted: Virtualization Engineer, Referee Exp. Pref.

Allan Leinwand, Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 2:01 PM PT Comments (17)

The virtualization of systems allows for efficient use of server resources and is clearly a trend that many enterprises are embracing. Systems engineers see virtualization as the next generation of tools that can help scale their servers, while network engineers see the virtualization trend headed in their direction as well. Unfortunately, it seems that server [...]

Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other?

Allan Leinwand, Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 8:00 PM PT Comments (11)

The UK music industry is losing billions in CD sales every year due to the illegal downloading of music by some 6 million broadband users, according to an article today in the Telegraph. It’s prompted Virgin Media to join forces with music industry trade group the BPI to institute a crackdown “which could see dozens [...]

Coming Soon: The Cisco Blade Server?

Allan Leinwand, Friday, March 21, 2008 at 12:00 PM PT Comments (20)

The movement toward blade servers in the enterprise data center has been growing steadily for some time, backed by manufacturers like IBM and HP. But expect to soon see networking giant Cisco Systems enter this market as well, setting themselves up for a tense battle with blade server manufacturers for control of the enterprise [...]

Save Music — Disconnect the Internet!

Allan Leinwand, Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 11:00 AM PT Comments (33)

If I believe the music industry, the Internet and ISPs enable illegal downloads and that has singularly led to the downfall of the music business. Given these apparent facts, I am doing a political flip-flop and will actively support proposals to have governments force ISPs to disconnect users suspected of downloading illegal content. I love listening to music and apparently there is no other way to save it. Right?

Are They ISPs, or Are They Bobbies?

Allan Leinwand, Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 9:01 AM PT Comments (12)

The “No-Bits List” I facetiously proposed late last month in response to a speech made by U2’s manager may soon become reality in the UK, setting a very ominous precedent for Internet users across the globe.
Legislative proposals will be introduced next week that will require ISPs to take legal action against users accused [...]

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