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New Malware Campaign Targets Financials, Retailers
Published on: 2019-04-17
The attack uses a legitimate remote access system as well as several families of malware. A new wave of cyberattacks uses legitimate remote access software to take over user accounts in financial services and retail organizations.
Google GKE Advanced Shows Aggressive Enterprise Focus
Published on: 2019-04-17
Google added an "Advanced" version of its managed Kubernetes Engine (GKE) platform as it more aggressively targets the lucrative enterprise space. The latest update includes a focus on service level agreements (SLAs), automation, security, monitoring, and serverless. The newly dubbed GKE ...
Why ‘OK’ Network Practices Are Bad for Business
Published on: 2019-04-11
Watch Keynotes, General Sessions & Fireside Chats From Enterprise Connect in Orlando! | WATCH ON DEMAND Given what's at stake for your business, does OK sound like a standard for you? A popular commercial series being run by AT&T these days focuses on how "just OK" shouldn't be acceptable.
What SDN is and where it’s going
Published on: 2019-04-16
Hardware reigned supreme in the networking world until the emergence of software-defined networking (SDN), a category of technologies that separate the network control plane from the forwarding plane to enable more automated provisioning and policy-based management of network resources.
What SDN is and where it’s going
Published on: 2019-04-16
Hardware reigned supreme in the networking world until the emergence of software-defined networking (SDN), a category of technologies that separate the network control plane from the forwarding plane to enable more automated provisioning and policy-based management of network resources.
PLDT, Cisco team up for 5G-ready IP transport network
Published on: 2019-04-12
Manila, Philippines, 11 April 2019 - Philippines' leading digital services provider PLDT has partnered with global technology leader Cisco to help transform its IP transport infrastructure into a fully automated software defined 5G-ready IP transport network.
Healthcare Providers Worldwide Adopt Cisco ACI as their Prescription for IT Excellence
Published on: 2019-04-11
SAN JOSE, Calif.-April 11, 2019 - A new application era is changing healthcare. Doctors, nurses and administrators are increasingly using mobile devices, artificial intelligence tools and telehealth solutions to better serve patients and improve organizational efficiency. These new tools and ...
Juniper opens SD-WAN service for the cloud
Published on: 2019-04-09
Juniper has taken the wraps off a cloud-based SD-WAN service it says will ease the management and bolster the security of wired and wireless-connected branch office networks.
Juniper opens SD-WAN service for the cloud
Published on: 2019-04-09
Juniper has taken the wraps off a cloud-based SD-WAN service it says will ease the management and bolster the security of wired and wireless-connected branch office networks.
Iliad Launches 5G Ready IP Network Architecture with Segment Routing IPv6 in Italy
Published on: 2019-04-09
PARIS - MPLS+SDN+NFV World Congress - April 9, 2019 - Cisco announced today its involvement in helping Iliad deploy a state-of-the-art national IP Network, powered by Segment Routing IPv6 (SRv6), to provide a new mobile offering in Italy.
Vodafone Idea Limited and Cisco: Building a Distributed Multicloud Network Strategy for Retail and Enterprise Customers
Published on: 2019-04-03
MUMBAI, India - April 3, 2019 - Vodafone Idea Limited, the largest telecom service provider in India, is deploying a state-of-the-art, automated multicloud network across the country to enable an unmatched experience for its retail and enterprise customers. As pioneers in Cloud implementation, ...
Rockwell Automation, Panduit, and Cisco open Manufacturing Advanced Technology Center in Mexico City
Published on: 2019-03-28
Related Media Manufacturing Advance Technology Center, Mexico City MEXICO CITY, 28 March 2019.- Rockwell Automation, Panduit and Cisco, with special collaboration with Tecnologico de Monterrey, EY and Unified announced today the opening of their Manufacturing Advanced Technology Center (MATC) in ...
Blockchain marches steadily into global financial transaction networks
Published on: 2019-03-08
The organization behind most of the world's cross-border money and security transfers is deploying a blockchain proof-of-concept (PoC) for clients' shareholders to use in electronic voting. SWIFT said this week it will jointly conduct the PoC in the Asia Pacific region with securities software ...
What is infrastructure as code? A big step up from server scripting
Published on: 2019-03-07
If you have ever had to provision and configure a server, you know the pain it can bring. Take the process of configuring hardware connections, the software stack, and their interdependencies, and then multiply that across however many servers you are deploying-you are talking days and days of ...
How to move to a disruptive network technology with minimal disruption
Published on: 2019-02-27
Disruptive network technologies are great-at least until they threaten to disrupt essential everyday network services and activities. That's when it's time to consider how innovations such as SDN, SD-WAN, intent-based networking ( IBN) and network functions virtualization ( NFV) can be ...
Why dynamic mapping is changing network troubleshooting for the better
Published on: 2017-05-15
Effective network troubleshooting requires experience and a detailed understanding of a network's design. And while many great network engineers possess both qualities, they still face the daunting challenge of manual data collection and analysis. The storage and backup industries have long been ...
What has OpenStack done for me lately? The next 5 issues to address
Published on: 2017-05-11
OpenStack has been on a roll, seeing increased adoption across the business world, highlighted by major deployments from leading organizations like Verizon, BBVA, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as well as continued growth in the contributing community. But what's next? While it's nice to ...
WiFi’s evolving role in IoT
Published on: 2017-05-11
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach. Internet of Things applications have diverse connectivity requirements in terms of range, data throughput, energy efficiency and ...
Heavy Networking 442: The Source Of Truth Shall Set You Free (To Automate)
Published on: 2019-04-17
On today's Heavy Networking we explore how to build a source of truth for networking devices as a foundation for automation. Our guests Damien Garros and Adam Mills of Roblox share their real-world experiences developing sources of truth using Netbox and Git as part of a company-wide automation ...
How to: Designing a mission-critical network
Published on: 2019-04-16
Air traffic control networks are one of many mission critical networks that need special considerations ( Archives New Zealand, Flickr) Ask 10 network engineers to design a network and you'll most likely get 10 different designs each as intricate as their experience.
Network Break 230: Google Anthos Targets Hybrid Cloud; Cisco Puts ACI In AWS
Published on: 2019-04-15
Podcast: Download | Embed Take a Network Break! We start with corrections from last week's show (and please do send corrections, opinions, and responses to things we say). Then we pivot to news from Google Next '19 including Anthos for hybrid cloud, plus Cisco makes ACI available in AWS, and ...
Datanauts 162: From Tech Support To Cloud Architect – An Opinionated Career Path
Published on: 2019-04-10
Podcast: Download | Embed Looking to elevate your skills from on-prem hardware monkey to cloudy diva? In this episode, we explore one person's career path from tech support to cloud architect, and get his opinions on key cloud issues. Our guest is Bill Gurling, Cloud Solutions Architect at Rubrik.
8 Google Cloud Security Best Practices
Published on: 2019-04-09
If you'll be at Google Next this week in San Francisco, stop by booth S1739 and check out a demo of how we help secure public cloud environments. Google has been making some great inroads with their cloud expansion. As with AWS and Azure, developers can adopt Google Cloud Platform (GCP) easily, ...
OpenConfig and Wi-Fi – The Winning Combo
Published on: 2019-04-05
Wireless isn't easy by any stretch of the imagination. Most people fixate on the spectrum analysis part of the equation when they think about how hard wireless is. But there are many other moving parts in the whole architecture that make it difficult to manage and maintain.
Migration Strategy: Moving From MPLS/LDP to Segment Routing
Published on: 2019-03-21
MPLS core networks that use Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) are common in SP core networks and have served us well. So, the thought of pulling the guts out of the core is pretty daunting and invites the question why you would want to perform open-heart surgery on such critical infrastructure.
Empower Your Business with the TOP 10 Cisco Items
Published on: 2019-03-21
Router-switch.com is having a big promotion on top-rated Cisco products including routing, switching, collaboration and security. The 4000 Series offers solutions for highly secure SD-WAN connectivity, application experience, unified communications, network automation, virtualization, and branch ...
Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers Configuration Guide
Published on: 2019-03-18
The 4000 Series offers solutions for highly secure SD-WAN connectivity, application experience, unified communications, network automation, virtualization, and branch and direct Internet access security-all in one platform. Cisco 4000 branch router is a digital-ready platform that offers at ...
3 Challenges for Network Engineers Adopting Ansible
Published on: 2019-03-14
Ansible, ansible, ansible seems to be all we hear these days. There are lots of resources out there all trying to convince us this is the new way get stuff done. The reality is quite different - adoption of tools like this is slow in the networking world, and making the move is hard for...
Cisco Live – Network Building Blocks for IoT
Published on: 2019-03-07
Cisco Live happened in Barcelona end of January, and as usual I am a little late with my blog posts about it. Like the last two years I was invited to join the group of technology experts for Tech Field Day Extra, with various presentations covering a number of new and improved Cisco ...
To Code Or Not To Code: Expression & Symbiosis
Published on: 2019-02-25
There is still an ongoing debate over the need for network engineers to pick up some software skills. Everything network engineers touch in more recent times has some programmatic means of control and these interfaces can be used to scale out engineer workflows or for abstract systems to drive.
Automation: Tools vs Languages
Published on: 2019-02-20
When it comes to expressing intent in automation workflows, there is validation in both using a task or workflow engine and also knocking it together using scripting in some language. I try not to get involved in tool or language wars, but quite honestly sometimes can't help myself.
Event-Driven Automation: The TL;DR No One Told You About
Published on: 2019-01-31
Event-Driven automation is an umbrella term much like "coffee" (also see here, it turns out I've used coffee anecdotes way too much). How many times do you go to a popular chain and just blurt out "coffee". At 5am, it might be the nonsensical mysterious noise automagically leaving one's mouth ...
NAE: Some Help Dealing with Brain Block
Published on: 2019-01-17
For years, thanks to the gift of misaligned perception, I've been mentally blocked. I've avoided things like Machine Learning because my perceived skill with mathematics is weak, avoided programming languages like C# because the perceived uphill hike to get familiar is high and avoided front end ...
NAE: Automation and Time
Published on: 2019-01-08
Time is the enemy of everything in the field of IT. It doesn't matter whether you are a designer or operator. Time is your sworn enemy. In all the training and certifications I've ever done, all that is missing is a knighting ceremony in which a sword is laid on your shoulders and you're sworn ...
Tech Field Day in Barcelona
Published on: 2019-02-13
I was in Barcelona last week, there was a Cisco Live as you might know. During the Cisco Live unfortunately I couldn't meet with people as I was invited them by Tech Field Day and recorded many great sessions together. Cisco announced ACI in Cloud and there was presentations about it.
Postman Collection for vRealize Network Insight APIs
Published on: 2019-01-24
When developing automation and using APIs, Postman is a very welcome tool. I use it to test out API calls and to make sure I format the calls correctly, before translating it to the code of whatever I'm working on.
Orange Matter: Silo-Busting and Dream-Dashing
Published on: 2019-01-14
I've been blogging for Solarwinds recently, posting on Orange Matter, with a cross-post to the Thwack Geek Speak forum. I love automation, but it seems that dreams of a smooth customer experience can be destroyed by the persistence of engineering silos in many organizations.
Orange Matter: Automation Paralysis
Published on: 2019-01-11
I've been blogging for Solarwinds recently, posting on Orange Matter, with a cross-post to the Thwack Geek Speak forum. This post examines how it's easy to get so focused on automating the small stuff we have difficulty turning that into the more cohesive automation solution that we'd like to have.
Orange Matter: Where is Your Configuration Source of Truth?
Published on: 2019-01-09
I've been blogging for Solarwinds recently, posting on Orange Matter, with a cross-post to the Thwack Geek Speak forum. The post linked here looks at where we define our source of truth for device configurations; is it the device itself? Should it be?
New Year, New Post, NFDx!
Published on: 2019-01-07
You may be thinking "Wait, he hasn't posted in ages.. how lazy is he?" but thankfully I haven't been entirely slothful for the last seven months. Most recently I authored a series of six posts related to SDN and automation on the Solarwinds Orange Matter blog.
My Home Automation Gear
Published on: 2018-12-30
I've mostly kept this blog around virtualization technology. Over the last few months, I've had more and more conversations about home automation and how my house is tricked out. A lot of people seem to be interested in my setup, so I'm going to start sharing more on the gear, workflows & results.
SD-WAN – Glorified DMVPN?
Published on: 2018-12-28
I had an interesting discussion with Jon Cooper in the Network Collective Slack. The discussion was around SD-WAN. We were discussing if SD-WAN is just a "glorified DMVPN" or if it's something more than that. Note that this was a
Plexxi Recognized on CRN’s Data Center 100 List (again)
Published on: 2018-02-26
It's no secret that the demands on modern data centers are changing and that companies want networks that are agile, flexible, and simple. Plexxi embraces this approach to networking when developing the solutions we provide to our customers and partners. As a result, once again CRN, a brand of ...
Plexxi Recognized on CRN’s Data Center 100 List
Published on: 2018-02-26
NASHUA, N.H., February 26, 2018 - Plexxi, the leader in Hyperconverged Networking (HCN), announced today that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Plexxi to its 2018 Data Center 100 list. This annual list recognizes technology suppliers that excel at powering, supporting and protecting ...
Intent-Based Network Automation with Ansible
Published on: 2017-09-06
The latest in all the networking buzz these days is Intent-Based Networking (IBN). There are varying definitions of what IBN is and is not. Does IBN mean you need to deploy networking solely from business policy, does IBN mean you must be streaming telemetry from every network device in ...
Intro into Fortinet WLAN configuration
Published on: 2018-09-30
Simple, secure, sensible - Koroush Saraf, Fortiner VP of Product Management, emphasized these words in his recent MFD3 presentations. While any vendor can claim their products share these attributes, it's usually the complexity of workflow that reveals the betrayal of one or all of these ...