On 27 February 2020, I took and passed the Automating Cisco Enterprise Solutions (ENAUTO) exam on my first attempt. This was the last exam I took that day, having taken DEVASC and DEVCOR in earlier. This exam was a bit
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My Cisco Certified DevNet Associate Journey by Nick Russo
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When I studied for my CCDE, I had the good fortune of receiving mentoring from Russ White. Something he taught me, that I really took to heart, is that in every design and choice you make, there is a tradeoff.
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In a recent Packet Pushers Heavy Networking episode, Ethan and Greg discussed how difficult SD-WAN is, and why you shouldn’t outsource your SD-WAN to a MSP. So, how difficult is really SD-WAN? Now, this is of course going to depend
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A couple of days ago, I wrote on LinkedIn asking you what a SD-WAN solution should consist of. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danieldib_sdn-sdwan-wan-activity-6583614108971655168-BH8x The post was meant to create a discussion and there were a lot of great answers. Some of the features are
Impostor Syndrome and Loser DNA
Most of you are probably already familiar with impostor syndrome. Wikipedia defines it as: Despite external evidence of their competence, those experiencing this phenomenon remain convinced that they are frauds, and do not deserve all they have achieved. Individuals with impostorism incorrectly
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