Simplifying the Network Through Abstractions
Intent-based networking is a way to reduce the complexity of networking.
Microsoft Injects Confidentiality into Blockchain with Coco Framework
Coco also helps a blockchain network reach 1,600 transactions per second.
Announcing the ultimate BGP how-to guide
The Border Gateway Protocol has become the most popular routing protocol in the data center. But for all its popularity, some consider BGP to be too complicated. Despite its maturity and sophistication, many network operators and data center administrators won’t go anywhere near it. If only there were an equally sophisticated BGP guide to solve this problem…
Fortunately, your prayers to the data center gods have been answered. We at Cumulus are incredibly proud of our Chief Scientist, Dinesh Dutt, who has added the title of “published author” to his impressive repertoire with the publication of the ebook BGP in the Data Center. This handy BGP how-to guide, published by O’Reilly Media, is the ideal companion for anyone looking to better understand the Border Gateway Protocol and its place in the data center. It’s perfect for any network operators and engineers that want to become masters of this protocol, regardless of their base level of familiarity with BGP.
In this ebook, Dinesh covers BGP operations and enhancements to simplify its use in order to help readers truly appreciate the elegance and ultimate simplicity of BGP.
This guide covers topics such as:
- How the BGP theory of operations works for the Continue reading
AWS Joins CNCF, Though Kubernetes Impact Remains to be Seen
The move gets AWS a seat at the table for ongoing Kubernetes development.
CenturyLink to Resell King & Union’s Security Collaboration Platform
It’s like Slack for security teams, but with a built-in data store, graphing, threat visualization, and automation.
Moving Forward with Path Forward
In February, I blogged about our first rotation of Path Forward returnships and the awesome people we’ve hired as a result of the program. As a refresher, Path Forward is a nonprofit organization that aims to empower people who’ve taken time away from their careers to focus on caregiving to return to the workforce.
Cloudflare started partnering with Path Forward this past year as a way to expand our talent pool to include the best and the brightest, regardless of any gaps in their career journeys. We truly believe in a diverse group of employees, and that includes those who can bring different perspectives from their time away from the workforce.
We’ve been lucky to have three amazing candidates go through the Path Forward program this time around across our People & Places, Solutions Engineering, and Marketing teams.
Christine Winston (director of partnerships, Path Forward), Me, and Tami Forman (executive director, Path Forward)
The Cloudflare Path Forward Experience
Gigi Chiu did a returnship with the Solutions Engineering team here at Cloudflare after taking some time off to raise her children. Before taking time off, she worked at Motorola and previously worked for a telco in Canada that was helping to Continue reading
Industrial Users Think IoT is the Biggest Benefit of 5G, Gartner Study Says
End users are willing to pay a premium for 5G's benefits.
A Look Inside U.S. Nuclear Security’s Commodity Technology Systems
In the following interview, Dr. Matt Leininger, Deputy for Advanced Technology Projects at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), one of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Tri Labs describes how scientists at the Tri Labs—LLNL, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)—carry out the work of certifying America’s nuclear stockpile through computational science and focused above-ground experiments.
We spoke with Dr. Leininger about some of the workflow that Tri Labs scientists follow, how the Commodity Technology Systems clusters are used in their research, and how machine learning is helping them.
The overall goal is to demonstrate a …
A Look Inside U.S. Nuclear Security’s Commodity Technology Systems was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.
Ericsson Has Yet to Develop an SD-WAN Solution
Ericsson is one of the largest equipment vendors that hasn’t formally announced a solution.
Dell EMC Webinar Q&A: How Has athenahealth Unlocked the Power of Open Networking?
Thanks to all who joined us for the Dell EMC webinar Unlocking the Power of Open Networking. Read the full Q&A here.
I’ll Be At VMworld, Las Vegas 28-31 Aug
Its a chance to meet in person
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Worth Reading: Making mainstream switches malleable
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DockerCon Europe Diversity Scholarship!
Each year, DockerCon brings the community together to learn, belong and contribute. With the support of Docker and our DockerCon Europe Scholarship sponsor, the Open Container Initiative (OCI) our team has created the DockerCon Europe Scholarship Program to provide members of the Docker community, who are traditionally underrepresented, mentorship and a financial scholarship to attend DockerCon in Copenhagen this year. This scholarship program aims to foster inclusivity by supporting members of our community through access to resources, tools and mentorship needed to facilitate career and educational development.
If you are interested in applying for the DockerCon Scholarship, follow the steps below:
Application Process:
The application process includes completing one of the five self-paced trainings along with the scholarship application form.
Step 1
Complete at least one of the free self-paced courses available in the Docker Playground. These courses are intended for both Dev and Ops beginner and intermediate level Docker users. Select which course you feel best fits you.
Step 2
After you’ve finished one of the courses, complete the application here. In the application, you will need to provide the name(s) of the lab(s) you completed along with the answers to the quiz at the end of Continue reading
PQ 122: Interface To Network Security Functions – IETF 99
The Interface to Network Security Functions (i2nsf) is an IETF project to provide standard software interfaces and data models for multi-vendor security services. Greg Ferro talks with Linda Dunbar about the project. The post PQ 122: Interface To Network Security Functions – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Carriers Monetising User Traffic on Their Networks
Substantial new business revenue gains from selling user data
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