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Heavy Strategy 012: Professional Development in Infrastructure Technology
A rarely covered topic in technology is professional development. Other careers have extensive programs to ensure practitioners develop and maintain a wide range of skills but this principle is rare in IT.
HS011 Can We Survive IT Supply Chain Disruption
We discuss what we know so far about supply chain disruption, what impacts to your projects. We also consider resellers/distributors survival and what plans can companies make.
HS010 Budgeting for Cybersecurity
When it comes to allocating budget for cybersecurity there are many approaches to breaking it down into line items. We discuss various ideas and possibilities that might offer some insight for your own situation.
HS 009 The Metrics of IT Security
How do you measure IT Security ? Specifically, how do you decide to allocate budget and justify the underlying reasoning. Most companies allocate a percentage of IT Budget, but Johna argues differently.
HS 008: Five Core Issues for IT Architects in 2021
What five issues would be top of mind for IT architects ? Security, Backup.Recovery, Cloud, Skills Development and Distributed/Hybrid Work. Listen in on why and how these issues are our choices. If you have feedback or want us to followup then head over to our Follow Up page and send us your anonymous (or not) feedback.
HS007: Distributed Work and Return To Office Strategies
Returning to the office is a key issue as companies learn that being "in person" is the new remote working
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 ?
Heavy Strategy 005 – Infection Handling Open Source In Enterprise IT
The question: Is open source is viable for Enterprise IT ? The discussion resulted in describing the mechanics of onboarding new products as infection repsonse. Did the metaphor work ?
Heavy Strategy 004 – Is Kubernetes A Thing
Kubernetes is operational not transformational.
Heavy Strategy 003 – The Impact of DPUs, SmartNICs on IT Infrastructure Decision Making
Are DPU's something that you want ? What use cases can be addressed ? What makes them more than a SmartNIC ? How do you consume DPU's in your infrastructure ?
Heavy Strategy 002 – Is Microsoft VMware’s Biggest Threat ?
A topic that’s been popular from my blog is Microsoft is VMware’s biggest threat. The core of the conversation around it seems be about the stack. Does it make sense to outsource private and public cloud engineering to a provider such as Microsoft. An adjacent conversation is does VMware matter when you zoom out of... Read more »
HS001 – Detecting Hype in 5G Marketing
Greg brings the topic of Hype in 5G Marketing and attempts to explain why some hype is legit but humans should care less. Keith puts the brakes on and provides context, breakdown and reality.
PQ Show 86: Making Sense Of CloudRouter
CloudRouter is an open source project built on Linux. Its designed to run in physical and virtual environments, including the cloud, and includes core routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF. The Packet Pushers dig in to find out just what CloudRouter can do. The post PQ Show 86: Making Sense Of CloudRouter appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Datanauts 043: The Full Stack Journey With Scott Lowe
The Datanauts talk with blogger, author, and tech guru Scott Lowe about open source software, the future of the data center, and what the notion of the full stack engineer means for the technology profession. The post Datanauts 043: The Full Stack Journey With Scott Lowe appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Network Break 96: News From Cisco Live; A Security Debate
The latest Network Break delves into news from Cisco Live US, including new security products, a potential ACI/NSX roadmap, a call for network engineers to move away from the CLI and more! The post Network Break 96: News From Cisco Live; A Security Debate appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Datanauts 042: Understanding Serverless Architecture
The idea of serverless anything makes infrastructure people giggle. Because serverless is made of servers. The Datanauts explore what serverless really means, and examine the implications for infrastructure engineers The post Datanauts 042: Understanding Serverless Architecture appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Network Break 95: Cisco Trumpets Custom ASICs; DC Efficiency Yields Results
Take a Network Break! We cover Cisco cloud ASICs, examine the results of data center & server efficiency on electricity consumption, critique the IEEE for taking so long to officially ratify 25GigE, and more. The post Network Break 95: Cisco Trumpets Custom ASICs; DC Efficiency Yields Results appeared first on Packet Pushers.
PQ Show 85: FD.IO & VPP Open Virtual Switch
Todays Priority Queue episode dives into the FD.IO project and the VPP open virtual switch/router. FD.IO is a Linux Foundation project, with VPP code contributed by Cisco. Ciscos Dave Ward, Dave Barach, and Macek Constantovich join us to get into the all the details. The post PQ Show 85: FD.IO & VPP Open Virtual Switch appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Datanauts 041: The Value Of GitHub For Operations
The Datanauts talk about why and how operations folks can take advantage of Git and GitHub, share tips, and explore why they arent just for developers. The post Datanauts 041: The Value Of GitHub For Operations appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Network Break 94: Big Switch Builds A Bigger Fabric, Juniper Targets SD-WAN
Todays episode of Network Break looks at product rollouts from Big Switch, Juniper and Mellanox; plus a Cisco acquisition, an HPE court win, Brexit fallout & a rumored Microsoft/Docker bid The post Network Break 94: Big Switch Builds A Bigger Fabric, Juniper Targets SD-WAN appeared first on Packet Pushers.