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Our Downtime Spaces Are Becoming Endangered
Our downtime spaces are disappearing, and work is no longer a place you go to; it’s a mobile and omnipresent obligation that accompanies you regardless of location.
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Career Ladder, Salaries, and Retaining Top Talent
Reflecting on the recent PacketPushers podcasts on certifications and consulting life, I’m trying to document ideal conditions to train and retain top talent. (e.g. In the context of building a new consulting firm.) Please leave a comment to let me know what I’ve left out or gotten wrong. Establish a career ladder that clearly establishes […]
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Career Ladder, Salaries, and Retaining Top Talent
Reflecting on the recent PacketPushers podcasts on certifications and consulting life, I’m trying to document ideal conditions to train and retain top talent. (e.g. In the context of building a new consulting firm.) Please leave a comment to let me know what I’ve left out or gotten wrong. Establish a career ladder that clearly establishes […]
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RedHat And Ansible For Networks
Apparently RedHat Ansible has realised that network devices is a separate market for their product and has created an “Ansible for Networking”. Frankly, I’m surprised that this wasn’t a thing already.
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RedHat And Ansible For Networks
Apparently RedHat Ansible has realised that network devices is a separate market for their product and has created an “Ansible for Networking”. Frankly, I’m surprised that this wasn’t a thing already.
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How Rightsizing A Network Saved Millions
A few years ago I was approached by a state organization to be a second set of eyes for a large purchase of Cisco routers and access points to connect all its branch offices to a new central hub. Most hardware line items were Cisco 2921s and 2951s and Aironet 1041s. I asked how many […]
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How Rightsizing A Network Saved Millions
A few years ago I was approached by a state organization to be a second set of eyes for a large purchase of Cisco routers and access points to connect all its branch offices to a new central hub. Most hardware line items were Cisco 2921s and 2951s and Aironet 1041s. I asked how many […]
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Junos Conditional Route Advertisement
University network borders tend to be more complicated than those in similarly sized corporate organizations. I recently helped a peer from another university transition from IOS to Junos for border routing. While most of the configuration was straightforward, he required a unique conditional routing policy. Since I’ve been working with Junos for many years (starting […]
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Junos Conditional Route Advertisement
University network borders tend to be more complicated than those in similarly sized corporate organizations. I recently helped a peer from another university transition from IOS to Junos for border routing. While most of the configuration was straightforward, he required a unique conditional routing policy. Since I’ve been working with Junos for many years (starting […]
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Everything Open In Networking
Some personal opinions on the character of various open networking projects in the tech industry.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Everything Open In Networking
Some personal opinions on the character of various open networking projects in the tech industry.
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Startup Radar: Arctic Wolf’s Security Ops Service Adds A Human Touch
Startup Arctic Wolf Networks is launching a Security Operations Center (SOC) service that combines security information and event management (SIEM) with human analysts who help customers identify relevant security issues.
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Startup Radar: Arctic Wolf’s Security Ops Service Adds A Human Touch
Startup Arctic Wolf Networks is launching a Security Operations Center (SOC) service that combines security information and event management (SIEM) with human analysts who help customers identify relevant security issues.
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Puppet and Powershell DSC
TL;DR: Your servers are no longer servers, they’re now just containers for functionality. Powershell DSC represented a huge step forward for configuration management on Windows, and Puppet’s DSC module compounds that step for both configuration management on Windows and the usefulness of Puppet. This Puppet module means that you can now effectively control both Windows […]
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Puppet and Powershell DSC
TL;DR: Your servers are no longer servers, they’re now just containers for functionality. Powershell DSC represented a huge step forward for configuration management on Windows, and Puppet’s DSC module compounds that step for both configuration management on Windows and the usefulness of Puppet. This Puppet module means that you can now effectively control both Windows […]
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Ten Tactics to Win Project Funding
Have you ever been frustrated or wondered why the solution you championed wasn’t funded? During our podcast interview with C-level IT Executives we identified ten tactics to improve your success at getting funding approval for your project. 1. Account for the time value of money. Will the same amount have to be spent every year? What is the life […]
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Ten Tactics to Win Project Funding
Have you ever been frustrated or wondered why the solution you championed wasn’t funded? During our podcast interview with C-level IT Executives we identified ten tactics to improve your success at getting funding approval for your project. 1. Account for the time value of money. Will the same amount have to be spent every year? What is the life […]
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Six Practices Of A Great Manager
These six essential practices can help you become a better manager.
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Six Practices Of A Great Manager
These six essential practices can help you become a better manager.
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Leave Your Gas Can at Home
Talking about current events with my dad recently, he gave me a sage piece of advice. He said, “Son, leave your gas can at home.” Now obviously we weren’t talking about IT, but it got me to thinking. There’s seems to be a lot of this same type of reasoning in our industry. Think about […]
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