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BiB095 – On New and Old Normal in IT Infrastructure
There was not an 'old normal' and there won't be a 'new normal'. Don't be fuddled about this.Network Break 290: HPE Unveils Edge-To-Cloud Strategy; Anuta, Juniper Partner On Automation
Take a Network Break! We cover HPE's virtual Discover event, including news on Greenlake and Ezmeral. LiveAction extends its portfolio with cloud monitoring, Anuta and Juniper partner around network automation, VMware releases a private beta of VMC on Oracle Cloud, and more tech news.
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Network Break 290: HPE Unveils Edge-To-Cloud Strategy; Anuta, Juniper Partner On Automation
Take a Network Break! We cover HPE's virtual Discover event, including news on Greenlake and Ezmeral. LiveAction extends its portfolio with cloud monitoring, Anuta and Juniper partner around network automation, VMware releases a private beta of VMC on Oracle Cloud, and more tech news.BiB094 – HPE Discover Greenlake and Ezmeral
HPE Greenlake Common cloud platform – pivot to “edge-to-cloud platform-as-a-service company” cloud services, software and customer experiences. Greenlake in numbers: 4B in contract value , 1000 customers, 50 countries, 90% retention rate 700 partners selling Greenlake = next generational partner ecosystem self-served, pay per use HPE Ezmeral The HPE Ezmeral […]
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BiB094 – HPE Discover Greenlake and Ezmeral
HPE Greenlake Common cloud platform – pivot to “edge-to-cloud platform-as-a-service company” cloud services, software and customer experiences. Greenlake in numbers: 4B in contract value , 1000 customers, 50 countries, 90% retention rate 700 partners selling Greenlake = next generational partner ecosystem self-served, pay per use HPE Ezmeral The HPE Ezmeral... Read more »Network Break 289: Cisco Live 2020, Palo’s ML, HPE Edge Telco and more
Cisco Live Virtual topics so SecureX, Webex Collaboration and the "Connected Experience" (even if we don't really know what that is). Palo Alto gets machine learning features into the latest PAN-OS release for malware scanning, automated rule creation and more. HPE get Edgey with Telco plus more on Zoom security tradeoffs.
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Network Break 289: Cisco Live 2020, Palo’s ML, HPE Edge Telco and more
Cisco Live Virtual topics so SecureX, Webex Collaboration and the "Connected Experience" (even if we don't really know what that is). Palo Alto gets machine learning features into the latest PAN-OS release for malware scanning, automated rule creation and more. HPE get Edgey with Telco plus more on Zoom security tradeoffs.Video: Ethernet Briefings in April 1978 by Bob Metcalfe
If you want some Ethernet history, 2 hours of instruction from 1978.
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Outburst: Presentation Tips for May 2020
After six weeks of virtual events, some ideas on content for your presentation because you are all getting it wrong.
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Dictionary: Time to Fun
Define Time to Fun
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Automate Image Compression for Blogging
Adding images and screenshots to posts is good but size is a consideration
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Starlink is Hopeful and Ready For You Now
Its hard to bet against SpaceX but if you are optimistic ....
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Field Engineering and COVID19
First posted in Human Infrastructure Magazine in April 2020 – a free email newsletter from the Packet Pushers. Subscribe here. How does business operate when the pandemic lockdown ‘ends’ and how does it impact you ? COVID19 won’t be gone, its gonna be months before a new ‘normal’ emerges. Getting back to work means close […]
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Not Giving Up on Data Surveillance
I often hear people expressing their of helplessness in the face of pervasive corporate surveillance. "They've already got all my data, what can I do anyway ?" When I was twenty five, my career was centred on maintaining Novell and Windows networks, my life aspirations were to own my car and a house. My social […]
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Evolution of Virtual Conferences With Keith Townsend
A few weeks ago I sat down with Keith Townsend from the CTO Advisor and we discussed the future of physical and virtual events.
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Heavy Networking 520: Cloud Architects’ Multi-Cloud Network Adoption With Alkira (Sponsored)
Today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Alkira, dives into multi-cloud networking. Alkira's Cloud Service Exchange is an on-demand, as-a-service offering that lets customers deploy multi-cloud networks with integrated security services using an intuitive digital design canvas. We talk with two Alkira customers using the service, as well as with Alkira co-founder and CTO Atif Khan.
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Heavy Networking 520: Cloud Architects’ Multi-Cloud Network Adoption With Alkira (Sponsored)
Today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Alkira, dives into multi-cloud networking. Alkira's Cloud Service Exchange is an on-demand, as-a-service offering that lets customers deploy multi-cloud networks with integrated security services using an intuitive digital design canvas. We talk with two Alkira customers using the service, as well as with Alkira co-founder and CTO Atif Khan.Who wants to work in an office ?
I’ve been getting into the twitter poll thing lately and its producing some interesting polling by asking questions. Yesterday I asked are you eager to go back to the office ? With 129 responses we have statistical significance because the sample is large. What conclusions might we draw from this survey ? Reminder: Twitter […]
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SNMP is still dominant
Sad but true.
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Heavy Networking 518: Learning To Live With SNMP
Perhaps the most arcane technology in networking is the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which, despite its name, is one of the utmost confusing pieces of technology to actually use. Guests Michael W. Lucas and Allan Jude share tips and lessons on how to get the most you can out of this protocol.
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