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Author: Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick)
VMunderground Opening Acts SDN Panel
I had the opportunity to present on a great SDN panel of networking and virtualization experts during VMunderground Opening Acts. The panel represents 3 different vendors, one independent networking expert, and one Value Added Reseller (VAR.) The Panel from left to right: Chris Wahl (@chriswahl) - Moderator Myself (@jonisick) (My…
A Lesson on Infrastructure from Nigeria – SDN and Networking
I recently took an amazing trip focused on launching Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) across Africa (I work as a Technical Marketing Engineer for the Cisco BU responsible for ACI.) During the trip I learned as much information as I was there to share. One of the more interesting lessons…
Next Generation Networking Panel With Brad Hedlund – Cisco ACI vs. VMware NSX
Related posts: Building the Right Network for your VMware NSX Deployment The Power of Fully Open Programmability With Cisco ACI Video: Cisco ACI Overview Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (A Cisco ACI Story) VMunderground Opening Acts SDN Panel
Seeing the Big Picture – Job Rotation
A mini-rant I went on this evening prompted Jason Edelman (@jedelman) to suggest I write a blog on the topic. My rant was in regards to job rotation. Specifically in the IT vendor world rotating from the field (sales-engineering, professional services, technical support) to the business units building the products,…
A Few Good Apps
Developer: Network team, did you order the Code upgrade?! Operations Manager: You don’t have to answer that question! Network Engineer: I’ll answer the question. You want answers? Developer: I think I’m entitled! Network Engineer: You want answers?! Developer: I want the truth! Network Engineer: You can’t handle the truth! Son,…
Video: Cisco ACI Overview
Related posts: Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (A Cisco ACI Story) Intent-Driven Data Center: A Brief Video Overview Cisco unified Computing System (UCS) High-Level Overview The Power of Fully Open Programmability With Cisco ACI Next Generation Networking Panel With Brad Hedlund – Cisco ACI vs. VMware NSX
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (A Cisco ACI Story)
In the fashion of my two previous Dr. Seuss style stories I thought I’d take a crack at Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI.) Check out the previous two if you haven’t read them and have time to waste: Horton Hears Hadoop: http://www.definethecloud.net/horton-hears-hadoop/ The App on the Crap (An SDN…
True Software Defined Networking (SDN)
The world is, and has been, buzzing about software defined networking. It’s going to revolutionize the entire industry, commoditize hardware, and disrupt all the major players. It’s going to do all that… some day. To date it hasn’t done much but be a great conversation, and more importantly identify the…
Engineers Unplugged Episode 14: Application Affinity
I had the pleasure of speaking with Nils Swart (@nlnils) of Plexxi about applications and the network. You can watch the quick Engineer’s Unplugged below. Related posts: Focus on the Ball: The Application Cloud Success Factor: Rethink Application Development Application Centric Infrastructure – The Platform True Software Defined Networking (SDN)…