Design & Architecture

Design & Architecture

Stop using 192.168.1.0/24: A Contrarian Guide to Home Network Addressing

If you’re a contractor, consultant, or anyone who VPNs into multiple client networks, you’ve experienced the pain.

2026.02.04 · 11 min
Design & Architecture

AIOps the next big thing for Enterprise IT?

But how does all of this relate to IT Infrastructure and Operations? AIOps is the combination of AI and IT Operations.

2018.10.18 · 3 min
Design & Architecture

Gartner – more than a magic quadrant

In the past I have personally given a lot of flack towards Gartner, but that was when I was in a different stage of my career.

2018.09.24 · 4 min
Design & Architecture

The complexity required for robustness, often goes against robustness

In the past few months we have seen major outages from United Airlines, the NYSE, and the Wall Street Journal.

2016.04.14 · 3 min
Design & Architecture

Network Design — Keeping it simple

Since the dawn of time people have skirted best practice and banged together networks, putting the proverbial square peg in the esoteric round hole.

2014.10.13 · 3 min