Vendor PSA: A Field Guide to Field Day
Field Day vendors pay real money to get in front of a room full of independent engineers. These engineers have zero obligation to write a post, produce content, or even discuss anything they see.
Opinions & Tangents
Tim Cook is Leaving. Good.
Your AirPods just connected to the wrong device. Again. iMessage is taking twenty minutes to sync a message between your laptop and your phone sitting six inches apart.
Cisco Viptela drops the ball
In 2012, we saw the launch of Viptela, a pioneer in SDWAN network solutions.
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. Cisco has also been looking towards the future… of their profit margin.
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.
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.
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. Networking Field Day 15 kicks off April 6 and 7th in San Jose California.
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.
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. With almost 5,000 flights grounded, and NYSE halting trading the cost of failure is high.
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.
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.
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.
Vendor PSA: Words and Phrases to Avoid in Presentations
Over the years IT professionals have sat through countless presentations, conference calls, and keynotes.
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!
NEC and ProgrammableFlow Switching
NEC is currently the only Vendor that is shipping an OpenFlow enabled product today. So naturally, their presentation led off with a message about what they’re bringing to the market.
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 discussions.
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.
Cisco Increases CCIE Lab Cost
This morning several CCIE candidates received an email stating that on August 1, 2011, Cisco will be raising the cost for the CCIE lab from $1,400 to $1,500.
Petition Cisco for Educational IOS Licensing
Greg Ferro of Etheralmind.com has started a petition asking Cisco to embrace those who pursue Cisco’s certifications a legal course of licensing without the cost of building a home made space shuttle.