Clark County Embraces Intrinsic Security with VMware NSX Data Center

Allen Tyson is a Senior Network Analyst at Clark County, located in the State of Nevada. Clark County encompasses the City of Las Vegas, and sees 47 million visitors each year. With roughly 10,000 employees and 38 departments, Allen has a large network to maintain.

Alex Berger, Networking and Security Product Marketing Manager, spoke with Allen about software-defined networking (SDN), and what led Clark County to choosing VMware NSX Data Center.

 

The Power of Social Media Communities

When a forward-thinking Deputy Chief Information Officer began talking about SDN, Allen did his due diligence to decide on the best option for Clark County. He took to social media to determine whether that choice would be NSX Data Center or Cisco ACI.

“First thing I did was I got on Twitter,” Allen explains. “It seemed like NSX was capable of doing a little bit more [than Cisco ACI] and it also seemed like the communities behind NSX and the people who were using NSX and the ability that I had to get a response from people was greater on the NSX side. And so, I started looking more into NSX.”

Allen was looking for stories from other customers with similar Continue reading

Extending Support Cycle for Docker Community Edition

We’re excited to share the release of Docker 18.06 Community Edition (CE) and also share some changes that will be implemented in the next release. Based on feedback we’ve been hearing from the community, we are implementing some changes to deliver higher quality Community Edition (CE) releases, while also providing faster access to new features as they get added:

  • Docker CE Stable is changing to twice-a-year release cadence
  • Docker CE Edge is deprecated in favor of a nightly build channel

As a result of these changes, Docker 18.06 CE will be the last release with a 4-month maintenance lifecycle. The planned Docker 18.09 CE release will be supported for 7 months with Docker 19.03 CE being the next release in line. Further, the monthly Edge releases of Docker CE (Engine) are now replaced with nightly builds. Note that Docker Desktop (Docker for Mac, Docker for Windows) edge channels will still provide monthly updates.

Docker CE Stable Moving to Longer Release and Maintenance Cycles

We will be delivering a more thoroughly tested Docker CE release twice a year instead of quarterly. We will also be separating the packaging for different operating systems from the Continue reading

Datanauts 142: Cloud-First Networking With Big Switch Networks (Sponsored)

You ve got your traditional on-premises network. You know how it works. Lots of manual configuration and ticket-y stuff to get the job done when someone needs something.

And then you ve got your cloud network. You don t worry about that one as much. The devs provision what they need automatically, hitting APIs as they go, and you keep tabs on things from a watchful distance, helping out as needed.

What if you could operate your on-premises network like you do your public cloud network? What if your hybrid cloud was operationally consistent? Today on the Datanauts, sponsor Big Switch Networks makes some pretty big hybrid cloud networking announcements, and we quiz them on the why and how.

Our guest is Kyle Forster, founder of Big Switch.

We talk about Big Switch’s new products, including the ability to create an on-premises VPC within Big Switch’s data center fabric. The goal is to provide the same operational constructs within your own data center as you’d get in a public cloud like AWS, Azure, or Google.

Show Links:

Big Switch Networks

Big Switch Labs

Multi-Cloud Director Tech Demo

Big Cloud Fabric-Public Cloud Tech Demo

Big Switch Networks on Twitter

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BrandPost: Commencing countdown: It’s time for Packet Networking Summer Camp!

Ciena Susan FriedmanMarketing Campaign Expert Clear your calendar. Ciena’s Packet Networking Summer Camp is blasting off to space. Train like an astronaut with four out of this world webinar missions and three Ciena specialists.Ever wondered what it’s like to be part of a space exploration? So did we. That’s why we are taking Ciena’s successful Packet Networking Summer Camp series to space. Join Ciena’s network specialists for this series of fast-paced and information-packed 30-minute webinar missions to explore where no network has gone before. As a bonus, we’ve added a lightning round Q&A mission, so bring your questions to challenge our specialists. And, it’s all virtual, a perfect learning adventure. To read this article in full, please click here

History Of Networking – Steve Crocker – The RFC Series

The RFC series has been one of the leading forces in establishing standards-based interoperability in networking. Steve Crocker joins Network Collective to talk about his role in the RFC series and how it came to be what it is today.
Steve Crocker
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Russ White
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Donald Sharp
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Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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IETF 102, Day 3: DNSSEC, DPRIVE & IoT

This week is IETF 102 in Montreal, Canada, and we’re bringing you daily blog posts highlighting the topics of interest to us in the ISOC Internet Technology Team. And today’s topics include DNS Security & Privacy, along with more IPv6 and IoT.

The first DNSOP session will start at 09.30 EDT/UTC-4, and will continue on Thursday evening. Topics of interest include a draft on Algorithm Implementation Requirements and Usage Guidance for DNSSEC, which updates current algorithm implementation requirements and usage guidance for DNSSEC (obsoleting RFC 6944). Another draft on Multi Provider DNSSEC models describes how to deploy DNSSEC in environments where multiple DNS providers are in use, whilst Delegation_Only DNSKEY flag introduces a new flag for DNSSEC keys that can address a potential attack.

NOTE: If you are unable to attend IETF 102 in person, there are multiple ways to participate remotely.

Alternatively, the relatively new working group SUIT will also be meeting at the same time. Vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices have raised the need for secure firmware updates that are also suitable for a constrained environments, and this group aims to develop an interoperable update mechanism. There are three drafts up for discussion, including the description of the firmware Continue reading

Spousevitivities at VMworld 2018

In case there was any question whether Spousetivities would be present at VMworld 2018, let this settle it for you: Spousetivities will be there! In fact, registration for Spousetivities at VMworld 2018 is already open. If previous years are any indication, there’s a really good possibility these activities will sell out. Better get your tickets sooner rather than later!

This year’s activities are funded in part by the generous and community-minded support of Veeam, ActualTech Media, Datrium, and VMUG.

Here’s a brief peek at what’s planned for VMworld in Las Vegas this August:

Monday, August 27

  • It’s a tradition to kick the week off with a Welcome/“Getting to Know You” breakfast, and this year—year 11 for Spousetivities at VMworld—is no different! There will be great food, great company, and the opportunity to win some cool prizes.
  • On Monday afternoon you can secure a spot in a private pod on the High Roller, including an open bar. Nice!
  • Monday is also the first of three (yes, three) cabana days by the pool. This is the perfect way to relax by the Mandalay Bay pool! Monday’s cabana day is sponsored by ActualTech Media.

Tuesday, August 28

Web-scale: a healthy choice for healthcare networks

Major cloud providers are able to achieve impressive uptime by distributing the load across a large number of commodity servers. There’s no single master server that can fail and bring down the entire infrastructure. It’s not surprising then that so many healthcare networks are already relying on major cloud providers to run electronic medical records (EMR) and imaging applications and store patient data. So doesn’t it make sense to adopt the same approach for the network?

Healthcare networks face a unique challenge that many other networks don’t: how do you grow your network quickly and reliably while remaining compliant? As patient data grows, this tension between growth and compliance is increasing. Healthcare networks are feeling the pressure to move data faster, and this often requires adding more connections and switches, which entails routing and other configuration changes. These continual and rapid changes come at the cost of long, sometimes unplanned, outages. Planned outages are to be expected, but unexpected outages are a nightmare. Consequently, many healthcare networks have understandably opted for slower network growth to maintain a stable, reliable network.

But thanks to the advent of web-scale networking, the tension between growth and compliance is quickly becoming a thing Continue reading

The Philippines Embraces the Multistakeholder Model in the Development of Its National ICT Ecosystem Framework 2022

Earlier this month in Manila, the Philippines Government Department of ICT (DICT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Internet Society (ISOC) to facilitate the development of its National ICT Ecosystem Framework (NIEF) 2022.

The NIEF 2022 – a successor to the Philippine Digital Strategy initiative from 2011-2016 – will serve as a roadmap for the management and development of national Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the country’s plans, programmes, and projects. NIEF will also serve to promote innovation and development of the ICT sector, encourage collaborative use of ICTs, and promote accessibility, security and sustainability.

Some 67 million people are connected to the Internet in the Philippines today – and a large number are prolific users. The country is a significant market for a number of multinational social media and content providers and has a strong Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. These facts make ICTs a key area of development and critical for the future of the economy.

The multistakeholder model will help facilitate perspectives from a range of stakeholders, which in turn will help NIEF 2022 to be in tune with what would work best for the people of the Philippines. This collaborative approach encourages inclusivity Continue reading

New to the INE Course Library – Building Modern Clouds: Docker, DevOps & Kubernetes

This course covers the basics of Docker and Kubernetes by showing how to build modern clouds with these technologies. By the end of this course students will be able to launch a Kubernetes cluster and deploy self-healing and scalable applications, as well as create their own continuous integration, and continuous delivery pipeline.



Why You Should Watch:

Kubernetes has quickly become the standard platform for running containerized workloads. All the major public clouds now have a Kubernetes-as-a-Service offering and popular container management tools, like Rancher, have migrated their underlying platform from in-house software, like Cattle, to Kubernetes. Even Docker themselves are now natively supporting Kubernetes.

This course is meant to teach you how to get started building modern clouds with Kubernetes and Docker, while covering the basic concepts of DevOps.


Who Should Watch:

This course is intended for anyone wanting to learn about Kubernetes and Docker. A basic familiarity with the Linux command line and the basic high-level concepts of the public cloud are recommended. The recommended public cloud platform for this course is Google Cloud Platform.


About The Instructor

David Coronel has been in the IT field since 2002. David started as a call center agent and quickly made his way to systems administration. David is a Certified Kubernetes Administrator, a Docker Certified Associate, a Certified OpenStack Administrator as well as an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate. David is currently employed as a Technical Account Manager at Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu.

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