In this community roundtable episode George Michaelson, Ed Horley, and Leslie Daigle join Network Collective to talk about the current state of IPv6 deployment. George Michaelson Guest Ed Horley Guest Leslie Daigle Guest Jordan Martin Host Russ White Host...
In this Short Take, Russ shares some of the recent innovations around BGP peering and route exchange coming out of the standards bodies. Russ White The post Short Take – BGP Peering Updates appeared first on Network Collective ....
In this History of Networking episode, John Fraizer joins the Network Collective crew to talk about his involvement in the first IX in the Columbus, Ohio, area and how that lead to the creation of an open source BGP route server. John Fraizer Guest Russ White Host Donald Sharp Host Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The post History Of Networking – John Fraizer – BGP Rou...
When Neustar needed to take the next step with orchestration, assurance, and telemetry, they chose Anuta Network’s ATOM. In this Network Collective Short Take, Neustar’s Director of Network Engineering (Matt Wilson) joins us to share the end user perspective about how Anuta has helped them realize operational efficiencies and what they’ve learned along the way. Thank you to Anuta Networks for sponsoring today’s episode and supporting the content we’re creating here at Network Collective. If you ...
IT staffing budgets are shrinking and consequently many organizations are forgoing having strong engineering talent on staff. In this episode we explore the dynamics of staffing good engineers and whether or not it’s possible to remove that cost in modern networks. Denise Donohue Guest Alia Atlas Guest Pete Welcher Guest Jordan Martin Host Eyvonne...
In this Network Collective Short Take, Russ White shares how he uses his time effectively to be productive in ways that matter. Russ White The post Short Take – Time Management appeared first on Network Collective ....
In this History of Networking episode, Mike Sullenberger joins Network Collective to talk about the history of DMVPN. Mike Sullenberger Guest Russ White Host Eyvonne Sharp Host Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The post History Of Networking – Mike Sullenberger – DMVPN appeared first on Network Collective ....
In this Network Collective Short Take, Russ White reviews a research paper on PFAT Trees and how they might be used in multichannel datacenter topologies. Russ White The post Short Take – PFAT Trees appeared first on Network Collective ....
Traffic engineering is one of the most complex topics in network design and operation. Join us in this episode of the Network Collective as we discuss the concepts and tradeoffs in traffic engineering using MPLS. Nick Russo Guest Jeff Tantsura Guest Eyvonne Sharp Host Russ White Host Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The post Episode 34 – MPLS Part 3 – Traffic Engineeri...
Critical thinking is a valuable skill but how do you learn how to do it? In this week’s Network Collective Short Take Russ shares his thoughts on how you can learn to think. Russ White The post Short Take – Learn to Think appeared first on Network Collective ....
In this episode of History of Networking, Terry Slattery and Bruce Pinsky join us to talk about the early days of the CCIE and how some of the mystique around the first expert level infrastructure certification came to be. Terry Slattery Guest Bruce Pinsky Guest Russ White Host Jordan Martin Host Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The post History Of Networking – Terry S...
In this Network Collective Short Take, Russ White examines the relationship between state, optimization, and interaction surfaces when adding complexity to a network or system. Russ White The post Short Take – State Optimization Surface appeared first on Network Collective ....
Conventional wisdom tells us that a network that never breaks is the most resilient, but practice tells us otherwise. In this episode we explore the value of chaos engineering and how breaking your network intentionally can make it stronger. Chris Morrow Guest Michael Kehoe Guest Jordan Martin Host Eyvonne Sharp Host...
In this sponsored Network Collective Short Take, Brandon Heller, Co-Founder and CTO of Forward Networks, joins Network Collective to talk about how network verification and modeling are empowering network operators to increase efficiency, reduce mistakes, and shorten the mean-time-to-resolution when troubleshooting network issues. Forward Networks does this through a complete and accurate mathematical model of the way your network operates, allowing you to quickly assess traffic flows and operat...
Recorded in-person at the most recent meeting of the IETF, Ross Callon joins the Network Collective crew (as well as special guest Ethan Banks from Packet Pushers ) to share some stories from the creation of MPLS. Ross Callon Guest Ethan Banks Guest Russ White Host Donald Sharp Host Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The post History Of Networking – Ross Callon – MPLS ap...
In this Network Collective Short Take, Russ White takes a look at the impact of abstraction, complexity, and scale as they relate to the size and scope of attack surfaces presented to attackers. Russ White The post Short Take – Give The Monkey A Smaller Club appeared first on Network Collective ....
Networking is hard enough when deploying it into typical environments like campuses and datacenters, but what happens when you’re tasked with doing networking in areas that were never meant to support technology? In this episode of Network Collective, Scott Morris and Jeremy Austin join us to share their experience with networking in harsh environments. We would like to thank Cumulus Networks for sponsoring this episode of Network Collective. Cumulus is bringing S.O.U.L. back to the network. Sim...
In this short take, Russ White talks about the differences between SDN and Devops. Some may consider this obvious, but the differentiation is a bit more nuanced when looking at the goals of both. Russ White The post Short Take – SDN Is Not Devops appeared first on Network Collective ....
In this episode of Network Collective, Vint Cerf, networking pioneer and co-inventor of TCP/IP, joins us to talk about the origins of the Internet. Vint Cerf Guest Russ White Host Donald Sharp Host Jordan Martin Host Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The post History Of Networking – Vint Cerf – The Internet appeared first on Network Collective ....
Are certification and education useless in a culture of freely available knowledge? Russ White shares his thoughts on the topic and and provides some suggestions on how you should approach education in general. Russ White The post Short Take – Education Is Useless? appeared first on Network Collective ....
Security is facing a crisis of well trained engineers. As a result, operators are relying more heavily on analytics to provide security intelligence. In this show, Eric Osterweil joins Network Collective to discuss the use of analytics in security, and the role analytics can play to augment engineering talent. We would like to thank Core BTS for sponsoring this episode of Network Collective. Core BTS focuses on partnering with your company to deliver technical solutions that enhance and drive yo...
Intent based and orchestrated networks are the prevailing trend in the industry but is that necessarily a good thing? In this Network Collective Short Take, Russ White takes a look at the impact of removing the operator from network operations. Russ White The post Short Take – Networks Without Operators appeared first on Network Collective ....
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 Guest Russ White Host Donald Sharp Host Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The post History Of Networking – Steve Crocker – T...
In this sponsored Network Collective Short Take, Pete Lumbis joins us to talk about how Cumulus Networks is offering a new disaggregated approach to network operations. There are some common concerns when it comes to a disaggregated model and in this conversation we focus on how Cumulus is making support, operations, and procurement fit within the models and experiences you are used to. All of this while still empowering engineers to take advantage of the power and flexibility that Cumulus Linux...
Site Reliability Engineering is a concept that the networking world is coming to terms with. At Interop ITX 2018 , Network Collective took the opportunity to sit down with Michael Kehoe to get his take on how SRE concepts can improve network operations. Michael Kehoe Guest Jordan Martin Host Eyvonne Sharp Host...
In this episode of the Network Collective Community Roundtable, Tom Hollingsworth and Nick Buraglio join us again to expound on the topic of privacy in networking. We would like to thank Core BTS for sponsoring this episode of Network Collective. Core BTS focuses on partnering with your company to deliver technical solutions that enhance and drive your business. If you’re looking for a partner to help your technology teams take the next step, you can reach out to Core BTS by emailing them here ....
In this Network Collective Short Take, Russ White examines why our industry continually introduces complexity even though most engineers recognize that simpler solutions are usually more robust and maintainable. Russ White The post Short Take – Complexity Sells appeared first on Network Collective ....
In this episode of the History of Networking, we are joined by Christian O’Flaherty of the Internet Society to discuss the growth of the Internet in Latin America, including the unique role internet exchanges have played in the region, and the resulting connectivity patterns. Christian O'Flaherty Guest Donald Sharp Host Russ White Host Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ...
In today’s Network Collective Short Take, Russ White discusses his take on the intersection of culture and technology. Russ White The post Short Take – Culture and Technology appeared first on Network Collective ....
In a continuation of our MPLS deep-dive series, Nick Russo, Russ White, Jordan Martin, and Eyvonne Sharp return to discuss some of the operational considerations when using MPLS VPNs. We would like to thank Core BTS for sponsoring this episode of Network Collective. Core BTS focuses on partnering with your company to deliver technical solutions that enhance and drive your business. If you’re looking for a partner to help your technology teams take the next step, you can reach out to Core BTS by ...
