Network Break 92: LinkedIn Gets Rich; Cisco Goes Big With Tetration
The latest episode of the Network Break ponders the Microsoft/LinkedIn deal, looks at Ciscos new big data appliance, reviews acquisition news across the tech industry, and more! The post Network Break 92: LinkedIn Gets Rich; Cisco Goes Big With Tetration appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Show 293: The Open Networking Tsunami
Open networking projects such as the Open Compute, Open Daylight and ONOS are driving innovations in the industry, but why are there so many? Carlos Cardenas joins the Packet Pushers to discuss. The post Show 293: The Open Networking Tsunami appeared first on Packet Pushers.
PQ Show 82: Aruba Certifications Overview
Today's Priority Queue climbs the Aruba certification ladder for wireless networking. Exam developer Kimberly Graves talks about what you'll learn, and offers training and testing insights.
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The Next Level: An IT Army Of One
Today on the Next Level we talk to three tech pros from smaller organizations about what it means to be an IT army of one.
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Datanauts 038: Failover Testing – Do It Now
An untested failover plan is a failover that won’t work when you need it. Therefore, test! The Datanauts talk about why, how, and what to do to get the most from a failover exercise.
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The Case for the 25GbE Access Layer
The 10GbE network interface card is rarely the bottleneck on the average enterprise host. So who needs 25GbE? The answer is about what you will need tomorrow versus what you do need today.
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The Cost Of “Sales” Isn’t Free
Why should you care how much a company spends on sales? Because the actual cost of selling products is paid for by the customer in the price of the product.
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Infotrek Episode 4: Small Shop Design Part 2
The Infotrek podcast is back with part 2 of its small shop design episode, covering compute, storage, collaboration & security.
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Snapshot: Network Disaggregation
Our latest Packet Pushers snapshot survey asked about interest in network disaggregation. Check out the results!
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Network Break 91: Cisco Resignations; Is F5 For Sale?
Today's Network Break looks at the Cisco resignations, F5 sales rumors, the new Ericsson mobility report, the growth of the hyperscale market, and more.
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VMware Adds Arkin’s Distinctiveness To Their Own
VMware has acquired Arkin, a tool bringing visualization, operational planning, and straightforward troubleshooting to environments running NSX.
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Microsoft Blows $26 Billion To Buy LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a good cultural fit for Microsoft. It's not a fun or happy place. It’s a boring, bland site where people go to do dull, grown-up things. You could say the same thing about Office365.
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Show 292: VMware NSX Customer Stories – Real-World SDN Use Cases (Sponsored)
This week on Packet Pushers we talk with two VMware NSX customers who’ve implemented NSX in production. We'll look at SDN use cases including microsegmentation and network virtualization.
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PQ Show 81: Network Testing With ToDD
On today's Priority Queue, Matt Oswalt shares details about ToDD (Testing On Demand: Distributed), an open source tool he developed for validating network changes.
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Datanauts 037: Integrating Public Cloud Into A Production Environment
Today's Datanauts episode gets into the sticky details of integrating public cloud services, particularly AWS & Azure, with a production environment.
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Netronome Supports P4 On Server Adapters For NFV
Netronome has announced server adapter support for P4, a language for programming packet-forwarding devices, to make x86 servers better suited for virtual networking.
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Network Break 90: OpenSwitch Joins Linux Foundation Party; Arista Debuts New Leaf Switch
Lots of product news in this Network Break episode, including a new Arista switch, new Mellanox adapters, and a new home at the Linux Foundation for the OpenSwitch network OS
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What Is Visibility Without Control? (On The Outside Looking In)
Teridion provides visibility into the performance of routes across cloud service providers and uses cloud-based networking to send your traffic across the best-performing link in real time.
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Show 291: What Is SDN In 2016? – Recorded Live
In this Packet Pushers podcast, recorded live at Interop Las Vegas, Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks check in on the state of SDN in 2016.
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Useful Utilities
Troubleshooting and managing a network is much easier when you have the proper tools. Anybody who has been in the IT world for a time likely has a stash of small, portable, and often free programs they use to help in this area. Here is a list of my most-used utilities. To skip the descriptions […]
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