How Did NETCONF Start on Software Gone Wild

A long while ago Marcel Wiget sent me an interesting email along the lines “I think you should do a Software Gone Wild podcast with Phil Shafer, the granddaddy of NETCONF”

Not surprisingly, as we started discovering the history behind NETCONF we quickly figured out that all the API and automation hype being touted these days is nothing new – some engineers have been doing that stuff for almost 20 years.

All Of Ethan’s Podcasts And Articles For November 2017

Here’s a catalog of all the media I produced (or helped produce) in November 2017. I’ve included content summaries to motivate you to click. See, that’s coming right at you with how I’m trying to manipulate your behavior. I’m honest like that.

PACKET PUSHERS WEEKLY PODCAST

• Episode 364 – ThousandEyes Adds Infrastructure Visibility (Sponsored). The crew at ThousandEyes fires a shot across the bow of several other NMS vendors, getting into monitoring internal network infrastructure.
• Episode 365 – You Can’t Do That In Enterprise Networks. We chat with Peyton Maynard-Koran about why it’s so hard to change the paradigm in enterprise networking. We met Peyton at the Future:Net conference in Las Vegas this year after he made a controversial presentation. He doesn’t back down in this recording.
• Episode 366 – Inside Cisco EVPN (Sponsored). We get into the emerging use cases of EVPN. That matters to us, because unlike so many of the new networking technologies that have come out in the last few years, EVPN seems on track to go mainstream.
• Episode 367 – Silver Peak & The Maturing Of SD-WAN (Sponsored). One of my favorite people to interview is David Hughes. He comes on this show to talk Continue reading

All Of Ethan’s Podcasts And Articles For November 2017

Here’s a catalog of all the media I produced (or helped produce) in November 2017. I’ve included content summaries to motivate you to click. See, that’s coming right at you with how I’m trying to manipulate your behavior. I’m honest like that.

PACKET PUSHERS WEEKLY PODCAST

• Episode 364 – ThousandEyes Adds Infrastructure Visibility (Sponsored). The crew at ThousandEyes fires a shot across the bow of several other NMS vendors, getting into monitoring internal network infrastructure.
• Episode 365 – You Can’t Do That In Enterprise Networks. We chat with Peyton Maynard-Koran about why it’s so hard to change the paradigm in enterprise networking. We met Peyton at the Future:Net conference in Las Vegas this year after he made a controversial presentation. He doesn’t back down in this recording.
• Episode 366 – Inside Cisco EVPN (Sponsored). We get into the emerging use cases of EVPN. That matters to us, because unlike so many of the new networking technologies that have come out in the last few years, EVPN seems on track to go mainstream.
• Episode 367 – Silver Peak & The Maturing Of SD-WAN (Sponsored). One of my favorite people to interview is David Hughes. He comes on this show to talk Continue reading

Intel’s Data Center Chief Diane Bryant Moves to Google Cloud

Bryant will bring more firepower to Google Cloud.

Worth Reading: Can technology help privacy evolve?

The topic of privacy came up over coffee, of course – and I was glad to hear that it is not only seen as a key issue for technology and governance, but it’s also seen as being closely interconnected with issues of cybersecurity. As readers of the Internet Society’s blogs will know, we think so too. You can’t have good privacy if you don’t have good security tools, and you can’t have good security in the absence of privacy. — Robin Wilton @ The Internet Society

IDG Contributor Network: New-gen technologies make IoT transformational

Over the last few years, many people—myself included—have been touting the Internet of Things (IoT) as a driving force behind digital transformation.But is IoT by itself truly that transformational?Well, I would argue that it is not.IoT focuses mainly on securely connecting devices that generate data. It is a key element of disruption and change, but it needs to partner with other technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and fog computing to create billions—some say trillions—of dollars in value and transform industries.Let’s take a closer look at these cross-technology relationships:AI is the brain, IoT is the body IoT and AI have a remarkably synergistic relationship. AI, especially machine learning, provides intelligence—the ability to evaluate options, learn from experience and make smart decisions. IoT, like the body, provides the ability to sense and act. IoT delivers both the data AI needs, and the physical means to act on AI’s decisions.  To read this article in full, please click here

Nuage Virtual Services Platform Supports Fujitsu’s Expansion of its Cloud Service

Fujitsu wants customers to move bare metal workloads to its K5 cloud, built on OpenStack.

Dell EMC Moves Hyperconverged Appliances onto Next-Gen Servers

Dell EMC’s cozy relationship with VMware has helped boost its HCI sales.

Network Virtualization to Determine Winner of Hybrid Cloud Computing Race

Network virtualization overlays will determine winner of hybrid cloud computing race.

Verizon Enterprise Launches Bundled VNS Pricing Scheme

Verizon also plans to integrate unified communications into the VNS platform.

Public – not hybrid – cloud dominates day 1 at Amazon re:Invent

There’s been a resurgence in the IaaS cloud computing market in the past year of vendors talking more and more about hybrid cloud computing.As the cloud market is maturing, users are crystalizing what workloads are best for public cloud and what will remain on premises or in a private cloud. At Amazon Web Service’s annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas this week, a big question heading into the show was: What would AWS say about hybrid?+MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: What is hybrid cloud computing? +Hybrid has been somewhat of a taboo topic for AWS over the years. AWS CEO Andy Jassy has repeatedly maintained that “in the fullness of time” he expects most workloads will run in the public IaaS cloud. We’re not there yet, though. A 451 Research poll from last year found that just 6% of enterprise workloads are running in the cloud.To read this article in full, please click here

Verizon Will Light Up Fixed 5G in 3 to 5 Markets in 2018

Verizon said its tests have shown it can get coverage in partial line of sight scenarios.

Worth Reading: Openstack and CITC

In this blog post I will be discussing how I leveraged a flat network to initially create simple instance deployments. Then I’ll dive more deeply into how I created a VXLAN network for my OpenStack instances to create more scalable east-west communication. In the previous post I used the CITC console as my primary interface for configuration. This time I will be using an SSH client and the direct SSH information, as the outputs I’m gathering have wider width that is easier to obtain via an SSH client. —Rama Darbha @ Cumulus

CEO Succession at the Internet Society

Yesterday, Kathy Brown, the Internet Society’s President & CEO, wrote that she has informed the Board of Trustees that she will not seek another extension of her contract, which will end at the end of 2018.

Before I discuss the search and selection process ahead of us, on behalf of the whole Board I want to express our gratitude to Kathy for the strong leadership and commitment she has shown in taking the Internet Society forward. Kathy has worked tirelessly in the interests of the organization, always putting her job before herself. The changes she has brought about have been both deep and wide-ranging, and she has succeeded in readying the organization for the many challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

While the Board would have been happy for Kathy to continue as CEO for a further term, we also understand and respect the decision that she has taken to dedicate time to her family. When the time comes, I hope you will all join me in wishing Kathy the very best in her life after ISOC.

During the process of searching for and selecting a new CEO, operational continuity in the organization will be a key priority. The Board Continue reading

IDG Contributor Network: The cloud is here to stay

The future of work is evolving at a rapid pace, and flexibility is at the forefront of the change. We’re talking about the ability to work anywhere, anytime, and from any device because technology enables a secure, integrated, and efficient way to work—not simply because company policy allows for flexibility in schedule or location.True flexibility enables collaboration, removes workflow roadblocks, and transforms how we interact with our physical environments, both in-office and elsewhere. The result is a seamless, intuitive way to work that increases productivity and engagement without compromise.The findings from our recent survey with Wakefield Research confirm this reality: while about a quarter (27%) of office professionals without a flexible work environment are concerned that implementing one would decrease productivity, half of those (50%) who do work in a flexible work environment note it has increased productivity. In addition, 87% of office professionals whose company has a flexible work environment report their company has experienced positive outcomes from the model.To read this article in full, please click here

Blade Servers: IT Pros Review Top Vendors

ION Belgrade: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, do tada!

Deploy360 organised its fifth ION Conference of the year on 23 November 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Belgrade, Serbia. This was co-located with RSNOG 3, the Republic of Serbia Network Operators Group meeting, and attracted over 85 participants.

This was also the occasion of our 25th and last ION Conference, as after a run of seven years, we plan to focus more on targeted events with regions. The Internet ON (ION) series of conferences started in San Francisco back in 2010, subsequently taking in 22 countries in five continents to raise awareness and encourage deployment of IPv6, DNSSEC, DANE, TLS and routing security. More than 2,000 participants from network operators, governments, academia and commercial enterprises have attended the conferences, and during this time global IPv6 deployment has increased from barely registering in 2010 to well over 20% today.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our series sponsor Afilias for making all this possible.

Turning to the event though, Megan Kruse opened the proceedings with an overview of the Deploy360 programme, followed by ISOC Board Member Desiree Miloshevic providing an update on the activities of our ISOC Serbia Belgrade Chapter.

This Continue reading

Noction releases IRP 3.9 with support for Ubuntu and the BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP)

Noction is pleased to announce the launch of the Intelligent Routing Platform 3.9. The most recent version is packed with new features

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Automate End-to-End Latency Measurements

Here’s another idea from the Building Network Automation Solutions online course: Ruben Tripiana decided to implement a latency measurement tool. His playbook takes a list of managed devices from Ansible inventory, generates a set of unique device pairs, measures latency between them, and produces a summary report (see also his description of the project).

Dell EMC Industry-Leading Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Solutions Gain PowerEdge Boost

Dell EMC to deliver hyper-converged infrastructure appliances on PowerEdge 14th generation servers Offers customers improved performance and reliability with the world’s most configurable hyper-converged infrastructure appliances as fully engineered systems with single source support1 Dell EMC VxRail customers to expect more powerful and predictable performance across millions of customized configurations to best optimize VMware vSAN... Read more →