“Standards are a means to an end and not the end”
David Ward, CTO of Engineering and Chief Architect at Cisco commenting on Cisco’s approach to Software Defined Networking (EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet)
“We knew going in that security was going to be something that was top of mind”
Dan Hauenstein, manager of Academic Initiative Strategy, IBM Software Group. talking about a new study showing security to be the number one barrier to adoption for cloud and mobile (eSecurity Planet)
“If OpenStack loses, Piston has nothing of value”
Joshua McKenty, founder of OpenStack startup Piston Cloud explaining why he’s focussing on OpenStack as his company hires a new CEO (Datamation).
“The days of boxes are over”
John Chambers, CEO Cisco, commenting on his company’s move to SDN (New York Times)
“For Businesses, instead of two versions, there will be one”
Clay Bavor, Director of Product Management, Google Apps announcing the end of Google Apps Free Edition (Google)
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com, the news service of the IT Business Edge Network, the network for technology professionals Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.