Industry & Events
One Throat to Choke, or Any Silicon You Want: Cisco at NFD40
Cisco showed up to NFD40 selling two different pitches in the same session, and nobody on stage reconciled them.
Lightyear at NFD40: Can Software Fix the Telecom Lifecycle?
Anyone who has managed carrier circuits for a living knows the pain. Quoting takes forever. Installs drag on with zero visibility.
Nokia at NFD40: Networking in the AI Era
I’ve been building networks for nearly thirty years. I understand leaf-spine fabrics, BGP design, VRF isolation, ECMP, and congestion management.
Networking Field Day 40 – Back at it again
I’m Heading to Networking Field Day 40 I’m excited to announce that I’ve been selected as a delegate for Networking Field Day 40, taking place April 8–10, 2026 in Silicon Valley.
Cisco Viptela drops the ball
In 2012, we saw the launch of Viptela, a pioneer in SDWAN network solutions.
Introducing Graphiant: The Future of Network-as-a-Service
As businesses continue to shift towards remote and distributed work environments, the need for secure and reliable network infrastructure has never been greater.
Mandatory Cisco DNA Licensing – is this the Future??
With the release of the new 9200 series switches many enterprise organizations are starting to look towards the future.
IP Infusion powering the world from behind the scenes
Founded by Kunihiro Ishiguro and Yoshinari Yoshikawa the founders of GNU Zebra, came together to form IP Infusion back in 1999 as a commercial-grade, hardware-independent …
VMware NSX is something something awesome
At times I have trouble focusing on writing articles for some of the presentations I am exposed to at Tech Field Day. Because of that, I really wanted to try something different.
PNDA provides scalable and reactive network analytics
During Networking Field Day 15 our friends from the Linux Foundation, including Lisa Caywood, briefed us on a recent “acquisition” from Cisco.
Networking Field Day 15 – A new delegate emerges
Yet again I find myself honored, and questioning their selection methods, by being selected for a Networking Field Day event.
Ixia Vision ONE – Tap the Planet
Whenever I start talking about network visibility and aggreagation taps I can’t help but think of The Matrix.
Forward Networks – A forward approach to formal verification
Forward Networks has stepped out of the shadows to announce their Network Assurance platform, and I was fortunate enough to be a delegate for Networking Field Day 13 to see their …
Intel Atom SoC bricking more than Cisco products
Looks like the culprit in the recent Cisco debacle is the Intel Atom “System on Chip” (SoC) that Cisco used in it’s gear.
Cisco goes public with Clock Signal Component Issue
A couple months ago many engineers started hearing rumors regarding an ISR 4331 recall, and problems surrounding the device.
Networking Field Day 13 – Sneak Preview
This is going to be a busy week for the Tech Field Day family.
FCC approves net neutrality rules, reclassifies broadband as a utility
Today is a good day. By a 3-2 vote, the FCC has voted to adopt net neutrality rules to protect the open Internet.
Cisco Live 2015 – Mike Rowe Announced as Keynote Speaker
Cisco just announced to the Cisco Champion community that the guest speaker for the keynote is going to be none other than …… Mike Rowe!!
Cisco Live 2015 – Customer Appreciation Event Featuring Aerosmith!!
Yes, you heard me right. Aerosmith! One of the most looked forward to social events for Cisco Live has always been the Customer Appreciation Events (CAE).
Cisco ISR 4000 – Now with more licensing!
This week at Interop NYC, Cisco launched it’s ISR 4000 Series. This is a new approach for them focused on delivering services to your branch offices.
HP talks SDN at Interop NYC 2014
I generally try to avoid oversharing when it comes to my thoughts about presentations, but I have to mention that after sitting down with Glue Networks and their “SDN” …
CCIE Potential
INE published a great info-graphic on the earning potential of Cisco’s certifications and I felt the need to share it here.
Brocade and VCS… quite impressive
Our second visit on day 2 of Network Field day was Brocade, who incidentally supplied us with a great lunch!
Juniper QFabric, Junosphere, Automation, and More
The second day of Network Field Day 2 started early at the Juniper EBC, luckily Abner Germanow was prepared with breakfast for the weary and slightly hung over delegates.
Gigamon and the Great Pumpkin
I could’ve just as easily called this article Gigamon… fixing problems you didn’t know about or Why Gigamon scares the crap out of me — but I wont, because they already did!
NEC and ProgrammableFlow Switching
NEC is currently the only Vendor that is shipping an OpenFlow enabled product today.
Network Field Day 2 — Comic Edition
During the coarse of NFD2 I found an iPhone app called Halftone, and later, one named ComicStrip that allow you to add some fun effects and speech bubbles to your photos… So, I …
Cisco Systems Awesomesauce aka Full Tilt Boogie
First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone from Cisco Systems for inviting us into the CCIC (Cisco Cloud Innovation Center), this was an amazing room to hold our …
The OpenFlow Symposium
Well, here is the update that I promised you. I’ve spent the last few days with some of the top minds in Networking industry.
Tech Field Day: OpenFlow Symposium
What is OpenFlow? OpenFlow is a proposed standard for exchanging flow data between controllers and networking devices.
My Cisco Live 2011 Schedule
I finished up most of my registration for Cisco Live 2011 / #cl11 yesterday and figured I would put up a copy of my schedule.