Interop Radio: Data Centers at Hyper Scale

Whenever you use one of the world's biggest Internet services (Facebook, anyone?) you're also using one of the biggest data center and networking infrastuctures. At this level, the scale is beyond big -- these are hyper-scale implementations.

What does it take to build and maintain a hyper-scale infrastructure? Our guest today, from InteropNet participant Big Switch, will give us the inside scoop on making it happen.

Prashant Gandhi leads Product Management, Strategy and Technology Alliances for Big Switch. He joined from Cisco where he was responsible for driving product strategy and management of the Cisco ONE Controller, Nexus 1000V virtual switch, VXLAN-based network virtualization as well as Cisco’s SDN and cloud network services product and go-to-market strategy.  He came to Cisco in 2009 through the acquisition of Rohati Systems where he was CEO and co-founder. At Big Switch, he oversees the company’s complete Open SDN Suite. He holds a PhD. in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

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