PQ 155: Forecasting Network Evolution At VMworld’s Future:Net 2018

Today’s Priority Queue was recorded live in August 2018 at the Future:Net conference at VMworld 2018. Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks interview Bruce Davie, VMware’s VP & CTO, VMware Asia Pacific & Japan; and Guido Appenzeller, VMware’s CTO, Cloud and Networking. The Packet Pushers and their guests discuss: * Whether blockchain has legitimate enterprise uses * Key differences between multi-cloud and hybrid cloud deployments * The difficulty of day-2 operations in cloud deployments * The bifurcation of networking into the underlay and overlay * What needs to happen to bring intent-based networking from vision to reality * VMware’s notion of the self-driving data center * Why security needs to be a feature, not a product This episode peeks at the promises of new and emerging ideas in networking, but with a practical eye for the realities of real-world operations, and a bit of push-back on grand visions.