Edgenet 2006 – Problems and Solutions in Enterprise Network Control

  • David Maltz | Microsoft Corporation

Enterprise networks today are fundamentally complex, as they bring together a heterogeneous collection of hosts and network devices, ranging from security cameras, to Ethernet switches, to IP routers, to storage networks. The designers of these networks are often called upon to implement sophisticated policies for reasons of security, load balancing, or reliability. This talk will give an overview of the problem space and describe an architectural change that aims to improve the manageability of enterprise networks by eliminating much of the complexity.

Speaker Details

Dave Maltz has broad interests in the problems of creating ubiquitous and robust communication networks. His graduate work focused on wireless and mobile networking, including the design of the Dynamic Source Routing Protocol for ad hoc networks and the creation of one of the first modern ad hoc network testbeds. He was the first employee of a start-up dedicated to creating a metro-area wireless access network, and the founder of a 20-person start-up creating traffic management systems for carrier and enterprise networks. He returned to research in 2003 as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University working to simplify the control and management of complex networks. He is a co-leader of the 100×100 Project, which seeks to solve the problems that stand in the way of creating networks that can deliver 100 Mbps between all 100 Million American homes and businesses. He received his Ph.D. in 2001 from Carnegie Mellon University and his S.M. and S.B. degrees from MIT in 1994.

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