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Non-Blocking #1: sFlow with Peter Phaal of InMon and sFlow.org

The inaugural "Non-Blocking" podcast for ForwardingPlane.net. We discuss sFlow with one if its creators, Peter Phaal of InMon.Discuss sFlow, the protocol, it's uses, similarities to other management frameworks, how it is dissimilar from netflow and why it is worth while to take some time to learn it.

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Non-Blocking 1: sFlow with Peter Phaal of InMon and sFlow.org

The inaugural "Non-Blocking" podcast for ForwardingPlane.net. We discuss sFlow with one if its creators, Peter Phaal of InMon.Discuss sFlow, the protocol, it's uses, similarities to other management frameworks, how it is dissimilar from netflow and why it is worth while to take some time to learn it.

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Are certifications tests still worth your resources in the day of Hybrid IT?

Let me start by laying out this disclaimer:  This is in no way intended to devalue or criticize any vendor or vendor neutral certified folks or programs. Since the mid-1990s I’ve done many certification programs. In fact, I’ve actually lost track and  I can’t even remember them all, so this is not a commentary by someone […]

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Nick Buraglio

Nick has been involved in the networking industry for the last 16 years. In the past, Nick has been employed by the University of Illinois as a Lead Network Engineer working on research and HPC networks, campus networks and wide area connectivity. In this role, Nick also functioned as the Lead Network Engineer for the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) broadband project of the year, UC2B, and helped to deploy production IPv6 and testbed OpenFlow networks at large scale. Additionally, Nick has held Network Engineering [and by necessity network security] positions at early regional broadband internet providers as well as at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Nick has participated in the SCinet working group on several occasions and has been involved in Research, Education and high performance networking and security for the last 11 Continue reading