Want to Make a Difference in Your Community? Apply for a Beyond the Net Medium or Large Grant

Applications are now open for the 2019 Beyond the Net Medium and Large Grants. All Internet Society Chapters and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in good standing are eligible to apply.

For more than a decade, Beyond the Net Medium and Large Grants and the former Community Grants Programme have played a major role in empowering people to improve their communities via the Internet. These programmes have reached thousands of people by helping to bring to life community-driven projects that teach digital skills, enable continued trust in the Internet, build infrastructure in rural and underserved areas, and connect Indigenous communities.

The Beyond the Net Funding Programme is now part of the Internet Society Foundation, but will continue to support the excellent work of our Chapter and SIG communities. The Medium and Large Grants are available for funding at a maximum of USD $30,000.

Applications are open until 31 July 2019. For more details, visit Beyond the Net Medium and Large Grant Programme page. 

While you’re there, check out everything else the Foundation is doing!

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Snowflake Adds Google Cloud Platform, Azure Govt Support

Three years on air

Hello my friend,

Three years ago, on the 5^th June 2016, we have posted the first article about Nokia SR OS/ Cisco IOS XR interop. We can dispute, if it was long ago or not, but what we can’t dispute the amount of information shared with you since that time on various network and automation topics!

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Over these three years we have posted 75 (seventy five!) articles about the design, configuration and implementation of the multivendor networks with Nokia SR OS, Cisco IOS XR, Arista EOS and Cumulus Linux. Out of that 75, the 21 articles were written in this third year. Thanks to the blog activity we were awarded as the CiscoChampion 2019 as a top tech influencers worldwide.

Review of the first year articles

Review of the second year articles

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Do Packet Drops Matter for TCP Performance?

Approximately two years ago I tried to figure out whether aggressive marketing of deep buffer data center switches makes sense, recorded a few podcasts on the topic and organized a webinar with JR Rivers.

Not surprisingly, the question keeps popping up, so it seems it’s time for another series of TL&DR articles. Let’s start with the basics:

科技点燃未来，未来尽在指掌之间 — Cloudflare 与你共赏安全界 “奥斯卡” DEF CON China 1.0 大会

科技在发展，时代在进步，许多事情或许本质并没有改变，但呈现的方式已经日新月异，这或许就是我们常说的 — 未来。就像许多年前，我们还通过明信片和相册向亲友分享我们生活中的点点滴滴。许多年后，我们有了朋友圈、微博、Facebook、Instagram、抖音、各式博客。幼时还守着电视看着预录好的节目，接触外界的形形色色，现在我们透过直播的镜头，弹指间便能瞬息感受世界当下的脉动。

科技改变着我们，我们推动着未来

许多人都在电影中看到过极客指尖敲动，在数字的世界中急速驰骋的场景。然而现实生活中，这些人在哪儿不得而知。随着技术的发展，越来越多的年轻人加入了这个群体。在国外一直都有 DEF CON 这样的世界极客盛会。中国此前也还没有，直到去年 DEF CON 来到了中国，主办方斥巨资引进大会，想打造属于中国的技术社区，通过这样一个契机，将大家聚在一起，一同成长，最终构建一个属于中国自己的、真正的安全社区。于是，在 DEF CON 的名下，多了一个 DEF CON China。  

今年，DEF CON 经过一年的沉淀后，进入了正式版本 1.0，这个世界顶级的安全会议，在五月底，以 "Technology's Promise" — “科技点燃未来” 为主旨，于北京拉开了序幕，像是一位家长等待着 “孩子们” 一起过节。这个六一，还有什么能比来 DEF CON China 1.0 众乐乐更具意涵呢？

作为在中国地区的正式版本，DEF CON China 吸引了很多大咖前来参与，一直致力于网络安全的 Cloudflare，这次也前来共襄盛举，带来了最新的科技跟大家分享。

Cloudflare 的使命是建立一个更好的互联网

Cloudflare 成立于 2009 年，是一家跨国科技公司，在全球 80 个国家部有 180 个数据中心。我们的性能和安全服务协同工作，以减少网站、移动应用程序和端到端 API 的延迟，同时防御 DDoS 攻击、滥用机器人和数据泄露。

此次大会是 Cloudflare 在区域深耕的第一小步。相信随着时间的推移，越来越多的用户会认识并了解 Cloudflare，此而加入我们。点此启用免费帐户，立即体验更快更安全的网络：cloudflare.com/sign-up

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Cloudflare 具有全球视野、本地化洞见的团队期待构建更好的全球互联网未来。我们北京和全球的办公室都在招聘人才，欢迎有志一同的伙伴加入我们！cloudflare.com/careers

Technology’s Promise – Highlights from DEF CON China 1.0

DEF CON is one of the largest and oldest security conferences in the world. Last year, it launched a beta event in China in hopes of bringing the local security communities closer together. This year, the organizer made things official by introducing DEF CON China 1.0 with a promise to build a forum for China where everyone can gather, connect, and grow together.

Themed "Technology's Promise", DEF CON China kicked off on 5/30 in Beijing and attracted participants of all ages. Watching young participants test, play and tinker with new technologies with such curiosity and excitement absolutely warmed our hearts!

It was a pleasure to participate in DEF CON China 1.0 this year and connect with local communities. Great synergy as we exchanged ideas and learnings on cybersecurity topics. Did I mention we also spoiled ourselves with the warm hospitality, wonderful food, live music, and amazing crowd while in Beijing.

Data center workloads become more complex despite promises to the contrary

Data centers are becoming more complex and still run the majority of workloads despite the promises of simplicity of deployment through automation and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), not to mention how the cloud was supposed to take over workloads.That’s the finding of the Uptime Institute's latest annual global data center survey (registration required). The majority of IT loads still run on enterprise data centers even in the face of cloud adoption, putting pressure on administrators to have to manage workloads across the hybrid infrastructure.To read this article in full, please click here

Data center workloads become more complex despite promises to the contrary

Data centers are becoming more complex and still run the majority of workloads despite the promises of simplicity of deployment through automation and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), not to mention how the cloud was supposed to take over workloads.That’s the finding of the Uptime Institute's latest annual global data center survey (registration required). The majority of IT loads still run on enterprise data centers even in the face of cloud adoption, putting pressure on administrators to have to manage workloads across the hybrid infrastructure.To read this article in full, please click here

Cisco Live – Are you ready?

It is just about time for Cisco Live 2019!  Here are some quick things you should know before you go. …

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Cisco Live – Are you ready?

It is just about time for Cisco Live 2019!  Here are some quick things you should know before you go. …

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Trump’s UK Visit Adds to Huawei Confusion

VMware CTO Talks ‘Game Changing’ New Cloud Management Tech

Service Meshes

Fusion Burns Through Cash, Files for Bankruptcy

5G will augment Wi-Fi, not replace it

There’s arguably no technology topic that’s currently hotter than 5G. It was a major theme of the most recent Mobile World Congress show and has reared its head in other events such as Enterprise Connect and almost every vendor event I attend.Some vendors have positioned 5G as a panacea to all network problems and predict it will eradicate all other forms of networking. Views like that are obviously extreme, but I do believe that 5G will have an impact on the networking industry and is something that network engineers should be aware of.To read this article in full, please click here

Video chat about NRE Labs

Yesterday, I participated in a screen-cast with Derick Winkworth, aka @CloudToad, to discuss my blog posts about installing NRE Labs Antidote network emulator on your PC and creating lessons for NRE Labs. We also covered some general points like contributing to communities, how to get started blogging about technical topics, and more. Check it out, below:

This video, and other NRE Labs videos are available on YouTube. Also, the NRE Labs team runs a live screen-cast every Monday at 1:00 PM using the Discord app. Join the NRE Labs Discord channel and engage in the discussion.

Orange Matter: All I Want For Christmas is RESTCONF

I’ve been blogging for Solarwinds recently, posting on Orange Matter, with a cross-post to the Thwack Geek Speak forum. I need clear commands, structured response data and simple access to it all; so how about giving me REST-based APIs on all my infrastructure equipment?

This post appeared on Orange Matter as “All I Want For Christmas is RESTCONF“, but I’m also linking to the version posted on Thwack, in case you prefer to read and comment there.

I’d love it if you were to take a moment to visit and read, and maybe even comment!

(Featured image created by Kira auf der Heide on Unsplash)

If you liked this post, please do click through to the source at Orange Matter: All I Want For Christmas is RESTCONF and give me a share/like. Thank you!

Heavy Networking 453: BlueCat Networks Sinks DNS Claws Into Automation (Sponsored)

On today's Heavy Networking podcast we examine the role of DNS in infrastructure automation with sponsor BlueCat Networks. We look at how BlueCat hooks into third-party operational tools and get details on new integrations with Cisco DNA and ACI.

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BrandPost: It’s Time to Modernize Your Support Metrics

The good news is, there’s a lot of data coming into support organizations today through the many technologies and channels available. The bad news is all of this data can lead to metric overload. In the ever-changing customer support ecosystem, it can be difficult for managers to know which metrics really matter and where to focus for the best return.Deep breaths.It’s a good idea to periodically take a step back, look at the support metrics you’re tracking, and consider some newer metrics that may more accurately reflect today’s support center. Measuring the Customer Experience (CX) Typically, customer satisfaction metrics like Net Promoter Score and CSAT are used as a proxy for measuring CX. After all, it stands to reason that if customers are happy, they’re having a good experience. While it’s absolutely important to measure customer satisfaction, it’s equally as important to dig deeper into metrics that more accurately measure CX, especially as organizations increasingly focus on CX as a competitive differentiator.To read this article in full, please click here

BrandPost: Moving to the Cloud? SD-WAN Matters! Part 2

This is the second installment of the blog series exploring how enterprises can realize the full transformation promise of the cloud by shifting to a business first networking model powered by a business-driven SD-WAN. The first installment explored automating secure IPsec connectivity and intelligently steering traffic to cloud providers. We also framed the direct correlation between moving to the cloud and adopting an SD-WAN. In this blog, we will expand upon several additional challenges that can be addressed with a business-driven SD-WAN when embracing the cloud:To read this article in full, please click here