Introduction

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

—G.K. Chesterton

Is “provisioning a web server in 5 minutes for $5” the most interesting thing about the cloud?

Those responsible for IT in their enterprise are quickly discovering that the cloud is a game-changing trend that offers a completely new methodology for service provision. The cloud not only lets you cut IT costs and be greener—it also accelerates innovation within your enterprise. These are the values driving architects to look at how they can build a private cloud for their enterprise.

We are at the start of a decade where network designers will use infrastructure consolidation and virtualization to create next-generation cloud services. Network virtualization ...

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