F5 Network's Traffic Management Operating System (TMOS) is, first and foremost and for the sake of clarity, NOT an individual … [Read more...]
A Small Yellow Wooden Door: Thinking Practically About SDN
28 March 2013 by Leave a Comment
As I do most days, I took a walk in the woods at the back of my garden after a hearty dinner. I was quite surprised to come … [Read more...]
The Man in the White Suit
25 March 2013 by 6 Comments
I know this is a technical blog, but I've always agreed with those that believe the best way to deliver a message is … [Read more...]
2e2: The Hindenburg of Cloud Providers & What It Means for Outsourcing
14 February 2013 by 5 Comments
I have a somewhat love/hate relationship with cloud services and outsource providers. In my day job, we provide a few cloud … [Read more...]
Healthy Paranoia Show 6: Once Upon a Time, There Was Virtualization…
17 November 2012 by 3 Comments
Yes boys and girls, today we tell a story of clouds. The Packetpushers attack the subject of virtualization security. You'll … [Read more...]
Secret Sauce or Cargo Cult Science?
15 July 2012 by 6 Comments
Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. - Richard Feynman Recently, I was criticized by a vendor's sale rep … [Read more...]
John Chambers, Meet Seth Godin
30 June 2012 by 5 Comments
I started this post about a month ago, after listening to Greg on one of the podcasts talk about how a certain vendor is … [Read more...]
Wrath of Data Center: Show 1 – The Phantom Test
12 June 2012 by 5 Comments
This inaugural episode of Wrath of Data Center, the new podcast dedicated to the pursuit of the CCIE Data Center … [Read more...]
Show 98 – The Future of TRILL and Spanning Tree – Part 2
13 April 2012 by 4 Comments
TRILL has been on the radar for about three years and while we are seeing some shipping hardware and deployments, it's still … [Read more...]
Show 97 – The Future of TRILL and Spanning Tree – Part 1
9 April 2012 by 8 Comments
TRILL has been on the radar for about three years and while we are seeing some shipping hardware and early deployments, it's … [Read more...]
Show 63 – The First Shot of Strong Opinion
26 September 2011 by 4 Comments
First up, we talked about the how Packet Pushers is moving into some sponsored shows and contents. We are a community driven … [Read more...]
Show 52 – Cisco Live Quickie
10 July 2011 by 2 Comments
This week Tom is at Cisco Live and in a short sharp show, got a hold of Tony Mattke to talk about the conference and what … [Read more...]
Show 41 – Mrs Y – QoS’D Up the Wahzoo – RSA, Comodo, Low Cost Data Centre Design, L3 Switch or Router
19 April 2011 by 7 Comments
Topic: RSA exposure and what it means to people when the obscurity of a statement tells you nothing about what happened and … [Read more...]
Show 38 – Comparing Data Centre Fabrics From Juniper, Brocade and Cisco
25 March 2011 by 14 Comments
Kurt Bales has a customer who wants to buy a new Data Centre Network and the three main networking vendors (Juniper, Cisco … [Read more...]
Show 29 – IT Is About SKILLS Not Business
19 December 2010 by 1 Comment
This week on the Packet Pushers we had Guests Josh O'Brien http://staticnat.com @joshobrien77 Matthew Norwood … [Read more...]
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