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The median employee age at top tech companies in America: CHART – Business Insider
Older people are smarter ...
Ode to Networking 0x00000011 – Did it Once
We’ve all done it once The old buggers say Powered down the data centre by accident one day Today its a lot harder to do because people like me have all done it once Now no one does it just once And no one remembers Why the power system Is done that way
Ode to Networking 0x00000010
Ode to Networking 0x00000010 The internet is distributed Clouds are not The internet is edge design Clouds are not The internet is quite resilient Clouds are not The internet is cheap Clouds are not - Greg Ferro
Ode to Networking 0x00000001
It doesn’t work The way its Supposed to Or the way They said It would So it just Doesn’t work Greg Ferro
Business without labour, Automation without workers
First posted in Human Infrastructure Magazine in March 2020 Its fashionable in Enterprise IT is to reduce headcount. This reflects a wider business fashion of ‘business without labour’ that chases the dream of ‘profits without cost’. You see, investors watch ‘revenue per employee’ or ‘profit per employee’ and IT managers feel pressure to ditch people […]
CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream – Blog.CentOS.org
Becomes beta test for RHEL.
Heavy Strategy 006 – Renting your Hyperconverged Stack, Wrong or Right
Some call it subscription but we call it renting your hyper-converged solution. Whats the business and technology strategy of consumption based HCI ?
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Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks Pushes For The Next Generation Of SD-WAN (Sponsored)
On today's Tech Bytes, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we discuss advances in Palo Alto's CloudGenix SD-WAN capabilities, explore two new SD-WAN appliances, and talk about where the technology is headed. Our guest is Kumar Ramanchandran, SVP of Products at Palo Alto and a CloudGenix co-founder.
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Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks Pushes For The Next Generation Of SD-WAN (Sponsored)
On today's Tech Bytes, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we discuss advances in Palo Alto's CloudGenix SD-WAN capabilities, explore two new SD-WAN appliances, and talk about where the technology is headed. Our guest is Kumar Ramanchandran, SVP of Products at Palo Alto and a CloudGenix co-founder.Heavy Networking 551: An Insider’s Guide To The SONiC Network OS
SONiC is a network OS that can run on a variety of whitebox switches. Originally developed by Microsoft, SONiC is now an open-source project with distributions that target hyperscale and enterprise environments. Today's Heavy Networking is a deep dive into SONiC with Dave Maltz, a Technical Fellow at Microsoft who has been closely involved with SONiC's development. While Microsoft is a SONiC backer, this is an unsponsored episode.
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Heavy Networking 551: An Insider’s Guide To The SONiC Network OS
SONiC is a network OS that can run on a variety of whitebox switches. Originally developed by Microsoft, SONiC is now an open-source project with distributions that target hyperscale and enterprise environments. Today's Heavy Networking is a deep dive into SONiC with Dave Maltz, a Technical Fellow at Microsoft who has been closely involved with SONiC's development. While Microsoft is a SONiC backer, this is an unsponsored episode.Tech Bytes: Pluribus Rethinks Open Networking For Better Programmability, TCO (Sponsored)
Today's Tech Bytes dives into Pluribus Networks’ Linux-based Netvisor ONE OS for white box switches. We also discuss Pluribus’ Adaptive Cloud Fabric, a distributed, controllerless SDN solution for deploying and automating data center fabrics that promises simpler operations and a lower TCO. Our guest is Alessandro Barbieri, VP of Product Management.
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Tech Bytes: Pluribus Rethinks Open Networking For Better Programmability, TCO (Sponsored)
Today's Tech Bytes dives into Pluribus Networks’ Linux-based Netvisor ONE OS for white box switches. We also discuss Pluribus’ Adaptive Cloud Fabric, a distributed, controllerless SDN solution for deploying and automating data center fabrics that promises simpler operations and a lower TCO. Our guest is Alessandro Barbieri, VP of Product Management.Tech Bytes: Protecting Remote Workers From VPN Risks With Zscaler (Sponsored)
Many companies use VPNs to protect their distributed workforce. But VPNs present their own security challenges, from compromised clients to insecure VPN servers. Sponsor Zscaler explains how its cloud-based security service can provide safe, high-performance remote access. Our guest is Lisa Lorenzin, Director, Transformation Strategy at Zscaler.
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Tech Bytes: Protecting Remote Workers From VPN Risks With Zscaler (Sponsored)
Many companies use VPNs to protect their distributed workforce. But VPNs present their own security challenges, from compromised clients to insecure VPN servers. Sponsor Zscaler explains how its cloud-based security service can provide safe, high-performance remote access. Our guest is Lisa Lorenzin, Director, Transformation Strategy at Zscaler.Heavy Networking 550: Automation Readiness Isn’t About Your Routers (Sponsored)
Today's Heavy Networking podcast examines cross-domain automation. Our sponsor is Cisco and our guest is Omar Sultan, Leader, Product Management for Cisco's Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) product. While the discussion starts with NSO, the conversation also covers dealing with automation complexity, the need for tool choice, and the critical roles that organizational structure and teams play in a successful automation/orchestration effort.
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Heavy Networking 550: Automation Readiness Isn’t About Your Routers (Sponsored)
Today's Heavy Networking podcast examines cross-domain automation. Our sponsor is Cisco and our guest is Omar Sultan, Leader, Product Management for Cisco's Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) product. While the discussion starts with NSO, the conversation also covers dealing with automation complexity, the need for tool choice, and the critical roles that organizational structure and teams play in a successful automation/orchestration effort.Tech Bytes: Nation-Wide Dentistry Network Chooses Integrated SD-WAN, SD-Branch, Security With Fortinet (Sponsored)
Today’s Tech Bytes, sponsored by Fortinet, explores an SD-WAN deployment with Smile Brands, a nation-wide network of dental practices. Smile Brands started with one SD-WAN product and then switched to an integrated security, SD-WAN, and SD-Branch solution with Fortinet. Our guest is Brett Stetzko, Senior Network Engineer at Smile Brands.
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Tech Bytes: Nation-Wide Dentistry Network Chooses Integrated SD-WAN, SD-Branch, Security With Fortinet (Sponsored)
Today’s Tech Bytes, sponsored by Fortinet, explores an SD-WAN deployment with Smile Brands, a nation-wide network of dental practices. Smile Brands started with one SD-WAN product and then switched to an integrated security, SD-WAN, and SD-Branch solution with Fortinet. Our guest is Brett Stetzko, Senior Network Engineer at Smile Brands.Heavy Networking 549: The Future Of Networking With Simon Sharwood
In this discussion, Greg accosts...no, converses with...Simon Sharwood on a variety of issues highly relevant to networking's future. It turns out, Simon is not short on opinions. And thusly, Simon and Greg opine about sundry topics.
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