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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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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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Keep Your Growing List of Service Providers Honest
As the number of service providers you rely on increases, you need detailed network forensic data you can share with providers to assist with troubleshooting and speed up resolution.
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Keep Your Growing List of Service Providers Honest
As the number of service providers you rely on increases, you need detailed network forensic data you can share with providers to assist with troubleshooting and speed up resolution.
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Riverbed Buys Ocedo To Sell SD-WAN Products Sooner
Riverbed is buying the German startup Ocedo, which makes hybrid WAN gateways, to get an SD-WAN product to market this March. Riverbed will also release internally developed SD-WAN appliances later this year.
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Riverbed Buys Ocedo To Sell SD-WAN Products Sooner
Riverbed is buying the German startup Ocedo, which makes hybrid WAN gateways, to get an SD-WAN product to market this March. Riverbed will also release internally developed SD-WAN appliances later this year.
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Skyport Systems: Fortress Infrastructure
The attitude of breach presumption is one that has fostered a family of seek-and-destroy security products. Find the infected system and fix it. Fair enough. Breach presumption is perhaps a wise posture to take, but it doesn’t mean we have to give up the perimeter. While some security consultants I’ve talked to tell me they […]
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Skyport Systems: Fortress Infrastructure
The attitude of breach presumption is one that has fostered a family of seek-and-destroy security products. Find the infected system and fix it. Fair enough. Breach presumption is perhaps a wise posture to take, but it doesn’t mean we have to give up the perimeter. While some security consultants I’ve talked to tell me they […]
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Why Compatibility And Support Don’t Justify $1000 Optics
Howdy. By now I hope y’all realize I don’t pull any punches and no subject is off-limits. Having said that, I want be upfront and say this subject is very near and dear to my heart and is one of my main areas of work for almost two years. I’ll do my best to be […]
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