Ethernet Commoditizes Everything. Except EOS
Halfway through Tom Emmons’ scale-out segment at NFD40, a fellow delegate looked at Arista’s load-balancing slide and said what most of us were thinking… this could have any vendor’s logo on it.
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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.