Oct 17, 2011 the san francisco business times features local business news about san francisco. Apstras mansour karam wants enterprises to find intentbased. As ceo and founder of apstra, mansour is responsible in setting. Big switch network, openflow, and virtualnetworking. Facebook data on more than 500 million accounts found. Big switch networks matthew russois is head of global strategic alliances and channel sales for the company, which was founded in 2010. Apstra comes out of stealth, solves the multivendor sdn. Open network linux updates rob sherwood cto, big switch networks.
Big switch networks partners with f5 for private cloud. That shocking pricetagfor a company with essentially zero revenuessounded the starting gun for what was expected to be a rush by vendors to create new, open ways for companies to build, operate and monetize their networks. Its been four long years since vmware bought nicira for over a billion dollars. Big switch networks today announced a new distribution agreement with leading japanese distributor and system integrator uniadex, ltd. May, 20 big switch networks has recently announced a joint solution with f5 to simplify how private cloud data center networks are built and orchestrated, enabling customers to deploy the rich network services they expect from traditional networks in an automated fashion consistent with the provisioning speeds of virtual workloads. As founder and president of apstra, mansour leads the companys culture and business, focuses. Candice petty people on the move san francisco business times. Mansour karam, vice president, business development and strategic alliance, big switch networks as data centers grow at an unprecedented pace, customers are looking for solutions that enable.
Uncertainty and the interpretation of large scenario ensembles. News nosh will be off for the rest of the passover holiday and return on monday april 5th. Apstra operating system receives layer 2 data center network. Serving as both the igniter for missioncritical projects and transformation leader for massive change initiatives thriving in forwardthinking startup. Mar 21, 2012 big switch networks in palo alto hired isabelle guis as vice president of outbound marketing and mansour karam as vice president of strategic alliances. As ceo and founder of apstra, mansour is responsible in setting the product vision and leading the companys culture and business. Matthew russois is head of global strategic alliances and channel sales for the company, which was founded. Linux switch distribution rob sherwood and mansour karam ocp. This is certainly a big undertaking, but apstra has a strong management team pictured at the top of the page. Michael bushong vice president, data center juniper. Bc talked about the way that datacentres have grown to become hugely capable facilities. Apstra raises ibn stakes with vxlan integration futuriom. Broadcom extends leadership with new strataxgs trident ii. Big switch networks, a builder of an sdn platform for open networking platforms, recently named mike hoffman vice president of worldwide sales and chief revenue officer.
Big switch network, openflow, and virtualnetworking packet. Its an exciting time right now in networking in general, but it seems like big switch is on fire right now with top talent and an upcoming product which i cant reveal anything about that will blow minds and change the way you think about networking. During the summit, big switch networks demonstrated an open source network operating system. Oct 17, 2011 mansour karam is big switch s new vice president, strategic alliances, where among other duties hes charged with managing big switch s partner ecosystem. Big switch networks expands japanese sdn market presence. Buy andy bechtolsheim book online at best prices in india on. Overall, it was a great day for geekery at big switch with beer and food included. And cto and cofounder sasha ratkovic was an engineer at juniper networks inc. Jul 07, 2016 a slew of networking startups emerged from stealth mode this year with leaders hailing from cisco systems, arista networks, acme packet, big switch networks, texas instruments and juniper networks.
Arista acquires multicloud softwaredefined network provider big switch networks. Back on 920 i was able to pay big switch network a visit in their new office in. Brad casemore, research vp datacentre networks at idc guests. As founder and president of apstra, mansour leads the companys culture and business, focuses on strategic business initiatives, and runs day to day operations. Apstra nabs extreme networks cofounder to lead engineering crn. The event, conducted this year on a virtual basis because of covid19 restrictions, was a major boost. Founder and president, director apstra org chart create an alert to follow the career of mansour karam. Apstra expands leadership team to accelerate softwarefirst.
Jan 24, 2020 apstra ceo and founder mansour karam sounds a note of caution. The importance of intentbased networking for distributed. May 18, 2020 a number of vendors used last weeks open compute project ocp global summit to announce support for the open source software for open networking in the cloud sonic standard. Founded in 2014 by legendary arista networks cofounder and longtime successful technology investor david cheriton, now ceo, along with company president mansour karam arista and big switch and cto sasha ratkovic juniper, the company doesnt rely on outside funding and isnt subject to the demands of venture groups. Technology needs assessment for climate change lebanon. Kevin deierling, chief marketing officer, mellanox technologies. Most of these initiatives remain in trial or very early production phases, leaving the industry to determine how valid intentbased networking will be in the real world. See who you know at apstra, leverage your professional network, and get hired. May 09, 20 big switch networks announced a joint solution with f5 to simplify how private cloud data center networks are built and orchestrated, enabling customers to deploy the rich network services they expect from traditional networks in an automated fashion consistent with the provisioning speeds of virtual workloads.
May 22, 2017 although its a young startup, its founders are all industry veterans. Jan 28, 2020 yes, the hyperscalers have taken the initiative, but the vendor community is seizing the opportunity to repackage similar technology for a vastly greater, and ultimately more lucrative, enterprise market. Inverse problem for phase change materials and preparation in building envelope. Networking, virtualization veterans flock to big switch networks. Sep 10, 2019 we are thrilled to welcome herb to our growing team and to expand dave butlers role to drive all new business development and strategic partnerships, said mansour karam, ceo and founder. Mansour karam is an entrepreneur and executive with a passion and successful track record for building high tech infrastructure companies from the ground up. Apstra ceo mansour karam worked at arista and big switch, cto sasha ratkovic was an engineer at juniper networks, and. Open network linux a network operating system nos for ocp. Mansour karam middle has spent the last decade focusing on the needs of the cio and making the engineer more agile through his roles at arista where he worked with the first customers to define.
Mansour karam is big switchs new vice president, strategic alliances, where among other duties hes charged with managing big switchs partner ecosystem. Sdn pioneer big switch networks recruited me in 2011 to join the executive team to help develop the. But the company is hedging its bets with a spinin called insieme networks, which is building big programmable switches and controllers. Big switch networks has recently announced a joint solution with f5 to simplify how private cloud data center networks are built and orchestrated, enabling customers to deploy the rich network services they expect from traditional networks in an automated fashion consistent with the provisioning speeds of virtual workloads. Pacman 99 is a new battle royale game for the switch. Big switch networks and f5 partner to simplify network. Details from more than 500 million facebook users have been found available on a website for hackers. Prior to big switch networks, he was the first business hire at arista networks where he identified the key verticals and developed the early product, marketing, sales and partnership strategy. This diverse resource on renewable energy and sustainable technologies highlights the status. Mansour karam is an entrepreneur and executive with a passion and successful track record for building high tech infrastructure companies from the.
We also provide tools to help businesses grow, network and hire. View mansour karam s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Apstra operating system receives layer 2 data center. Juniper, apstra, big switch join team sonic sdxcentral. Sep 10, 2019 intentbased networking pioneer apstra has poached a pair of industry veterans to drive engineering and global business development, including extreme networks cofounder herb schneider. Nov 06, 2019 after arista, karam was recruited to join the executive team at sdn pioneer big switch networks to develop the companys product, business model, and partnership strategy, and today, with a portfolio of patents in networking technologies, an ms and ph. Mansour karam, phd ee and former managing director of business. Apstra founders include ceo mansour karam, a veteran of arista anet and big switch.
Animesh gain researcher gfz german research centre for. Renewable energy and sustainable technologies for building and. It consists of book information, plus real world information a student could use. It is a great honour to have sbe16 cairo under the auspices of he dr. Due to his close ongoing customer relationships, mansour identified the need for change in how networks are built. From an older app perspective, you think its all layer 2, karam said. Enterprise environments are in some ways a lot more complex than your public cloud. Isabelle guis people on the move san francisco business times.
How well know when the open infrastructure revolution has. Mike capuano, chief marketing officer, pluribus networks. Nov 18, 2020 founded in 2014 by legendary arista networks cofounder and longtime successful technology investor david cheriton, now ceo, along with company president mansour karam arista and big switch and cto sasha ratkovic juniper, the company doesnt rely on outside funding and isnt subject to the demands of venture groups. Multicloud how the industry is responding netevents tv. Arista cofounder backs network automation startup light. The information appears to be several years old, but it is another example of the.
Mansour drives business development, strategic alliances, and the partner ecosystem at big switch networks. Oct 07, 2011 overall, it was a great day for geekery at big switch with beer and food included. Mar 18, 2019 during the summit, big switch networks demonstrated an open source network operating system. He was recruited to join the executive team at sdn pioneer big switch networks to.
Big switch networks partners with f5 for private cloud solution. The public cloud has a set of applications thats quite constrained they are only building a product for themselves, whereas every enterprise environment is quite different, with mixes of. Apstra expands leadership team to accelerate software. The 6move butt workout shakira does to strengthen her glutes. Jun 22, 2016 karam is an arista alum and was vp business development at sdn startup big switch networks. Mansour karam vp products juniper networks linkedin. The san francisco business times features local business news about san francisco. Oct 09, 2020 mansour karam is an entrepreneur and executive with a passion and successful track record for building high tech infrastructure companies from the ground up. Mansour was vice president, business development and strategic alliances at big switch networks, and managing director, business development at arista networks.
Networking, virtualization veterans flock to big switch. Todays sponsored tech bytes explores how big switch networks applies cloud design principles to data center and cloud networks. Facebook data on more than 500 million accounts found online. Soon after, other legacy vendors, including juniper networks, hewlett packard enterprise and big switch networks said they, too, would introduce ibn software and components. Adapting schools and students for climate change throu.
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