Seems everyone wants to move to the cloud but, should they move? It’s the classic answer: it depends. What workloads, projects and companies are best for the cloud? Certain companies and projects were designed for the cloud and others are not. To start off I was going to give a definition of what the cloud…
Aruba Networks Joins The SD-WAN Crowd With SD-Branch Release
Don’t call it an SD-WAN: Aruba Networks thinks bigger with its SD-Branch announcement, but also asks more of potential customers.
3 Unspoken Messages From Chuck Robbins’ Cisco Live Keynote
I inferred 3 unspoken messages in Chuck Robbins’ Cisco Live 2018 keynote: you need Cisco to survive, Cisco is still relevant, and we hear your complaints.
OpenStack Summit – May 2018
The second time the opportunity was presented to attend OpenStack Summit. Here is few thoughts and observations. Venue – In one of the recent podcasts Greg has mentioned – that probably the decision to have the summit in Canada (not US) was based on premises that it is easier for Out-of-North-America OpenStack users to get…
ChatOps – more Ops?
In the recent years we observed several movements inside of Corporate IT – DevOps and NetOps are two big ones in my experience. Probably there are more. While the definition of those is constantly changing depending on who you talk to and what time of day. Recently I came across a new term – ChatOps….
Cisco’s HyperFlex 3.0, Container Platform, Target Hybrid Cloud
Cisco announces the latest version of its HyperFlex HCI product and the brand new Container Platform based on Kubernetes.
FireMon Announces Intelligent Policy Automation For AWS Security Groups
FireMon has announced Intelligent Policy Automation (IPA) for Cloud. The new software can automatically update security groups in AWS.
Notes from FireEye Cyber Defense Summit
It’s not a sponsored post, however I’m thankful to FireEye for assisting me with getting to the event. The conference details can be seen on CDS official page. Here I’ll just touch up on a couple of observations and thoughts that were triggered during the event by keynotes and session speakers as well as talking…
Public Cloud Security
Security and Compliance is a shared responsibility between AWS and the customer. This shared model can help relieve customer’s operational burden as AWS operates, manages and controls the components from the host operating system and virtualization layer down to the physical security of the facilities in which the service operates. The customer assumes responsibility and…
Office 365 – are users safe?
Have you seen recent Span attacks? They get more and more believable – I’m ashamed that I followed one of them few months back. Email was coming from my company’s HR and asked to provide feedback on my manager – and I had a lot of feedback. So I clicked the URL it took me…
VMware On AWS – How it Fits, Thoughts On How To Use It
Some thoughts on why VMware is partnering with AWS in the public cloud and what it means for VMware’s long-term strategy.
VMwrold 2017 US – Technology review
My personal experience at VMworld is described here. In this post I just want to summarize my discoveries of the event. It seems that one of common pinpoint that vendors see is “feature requests”. Almost every vendor faces the problem that they need to fill up all possible checkboxes to be considered during purchasing process…
Kubernetes and Slack on Google Cloud Platform
The title of this blog post seems to be really loaded with technologies names. It’s really impressive on how quickly anyone is able to get a feel for all three of them! I was very lucky to attend Google Developer Group – Cloud Vancouver at Slack office Vancouver. Let’s start with Slack – a year or…
Accelerite’s Rovius Readies Your Hybrid Cloud
Accelerite claims that Rovius creates a ready-to-run cloud in hours, with no unusual technology skills required.
Nirmata’s Cloudy Control-Plane Is The Catalyst For Container Calm
Nirmata provides a unified interface that makes it easy to stand up microservice-based apps across different cloud environments.
Understanding HPE Nimble Storage’s Cloud Volumes
Cloud Volumes are an enterprise-class storage cloud, consumed via iSCSI over the network. Customers buy capacity and IOPS, and are not charged for transfer.
Infrastructure As Code For The Network – Part 3
In Part 1 and Part 2 we covered everything from initial device provisioning to the continuous deployment of changes to our network. We ended with a very simplistic example that barely scratched the surface of the corner cases and scaling challenges that can be encountered along the way. From a process perspective however, now that we have this…
Infrastructure As Code For The Network – Part 2 – Day 1 Operations And Beyond
In Part 1 of our look into the feasibility of infrastructure as code for the network stack, we laid the foundation for device provisioning. Now comes the challenge of operating our newly built or converted infrastructure and incorporating it into our change control processes. Day 1 & Beyond: Daily Operations & Change Management Version Control :…
Infrastructure As Code For The Network – Part 1 – Introduction And Day 0 Provisioning
Automate, orchestrate, disable the CLI, fire your entire network team… The message has been pretty universal over the past couple of years, whether catching up on your favorite blogs, listening to the latest podcast, or engaging with other engineers on social media. While no one will deny its importance or even its inevitability (sort of), why…
Cloud Images with cloud-init Demystified
If you build multi-VM test clusters and have downloaded generic images from CentOS/RHEL/Ubuntu/Fedora you will have encountered the bootstrapping system known as cloud-init. The purpose of the post is to demystify cloud-init and tips on how to use it effectively. There is a benefit to using these pre-built VM images: they are typically a minimal…
Startup Radar: Volta Networks Puts The Router Control Plane In The Cloud
Startup Volta Networks is decomposing the traditional router by moving the control plane to the cloud.
Go Big or Go Home
A motorcycle parts company in Southern California in the 1990s used the phrase as a sales slogan for oversized Harley Davidson exhaust pipes. Others say the phase originated with mogul skiing in the 1980s as skiers taunted each other into more and more spectacular runs. Or maybe it came from the surfing and refers to the…
HPE: A Hardware Company That Needs To Win At Software
HPE needs to build the right software to meet its goal of simplifying IT operations.
Cisco Acquires Viptela: Facts & Commentary
Will Cisco be hands off with its Viptela acquisition to give it room to grow, or swallow the SD-WAN startup whole?
The Future of WAN, Part 2
A few years back, a field office might have had dual MPLS circuits, maybe even from different providers. But dual MPLS circuits offer a false promise of redundancy – the last mile of both circuits ride over the same Incumbent Local Exchange provider (ILEC) and share the same fate (misplaced backhoe, problems in central office,…
