With this blog, I try to inspire and mentor. One person I have a lot of respect for is Joe Onisick. I had the pleasure of interviewing Joe. Joe has really transformed himself and everything about him lately and I
SDN Ate My Hamster
I posted a Tweet the other day which gained a lot of attention in the networking community: As SDN gains more traction, people start fearing for their jobs. Some jobs will decrease in demand and some will disappear entirely. However,
Vendor Lock-in – Is It Really That Bad?!
In today’s IT infrastructure, open source software is a common component. Many organizations and network engineers stay away from certain architectures and products citing vendor lock-in as their only argument but often lack the understanding to why they think vendor
SD-WAN – Glorified DMVPN?
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
Cisco IT Blog Awards Finalist
I’m proud to announce that I’ve been selected as a finalist in the Cisco IT Blog Awards in the “most inspirational” category. I’m happy to be in this category as I hope that my posts here have inspired others to
Do I Need a WAN?
In the latest Network Break, Network Break 213 from Packet Pushers, they discussed some of the latest news in networking, such as Amazon Outpost. With the rise of SaaS applications, the questions was also raised, do I even need a
Passed AWS Solutions Architect Associate
Hi, Yesterday I took the AWS Solutions Architect Associate and passed it which means I’m now certified. I started studying for this exam around the August time frame. I had wanted to get some exposure to public cloud to broaden
The Road to Success – Not Always Straight
A lot of people look to me for mentoring and advice. When you see someone in the industry having success, it’s easy to think that they know it all and never have any setbacks, that their career was a straight
Introducing Network4dev
Intro Some of you may have heard it through the grapevine but it’s time to make my plans known. I have founded a new website called Network4dev which has been setup by my friend Cristian Sirbu. What is it? Network4dev
Networking in the Cloud – Different but the Same
Networking in the cloud is impressive. Building redundant internet access is as easy as attaching an internet gateway (IGW) to your VPC. In an on-premises network we would have to build VLANs, subnets, IGPs, possibly HSRP and BGP etc. This