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Just Say No to Jumbo Frames

How do you feel about jumbo MTU? I seem to periodically get into debates about jumbos. I’m highly allergic to jumbos. Let’s examine the facts (as I see them), and [...]

Ways to Automate VXLAN

More and more sites are deploying Cisco Nexus 9K-based fabrics. Basically, if the time has come for datacenter switch refresh, you have two choices: Nexus 7700 etc. with a “classic [...]

The Changing Cisco QoS Environment

Are you using Cisco gear for your QoS implementation? Learn about how to simplify your QoS to minimize complexity in your network.

Service Chaining via Cisco Catena

Learn about Cisco Nexus and the Catena feature, building service chains for services from devices that connect to a single data center switch.

Kentik Adds Value, Gets Cloudy

During NFD19, Kentik presented about their cloud-based big data approach to analyze flow data, both from internal sources and cloud sources.

Apstra’s Intent-Based Networking

This is one of several blogs about the vendor presentations during Network Field Day 19, which took place November 7-9, 2018. This blog contains a summary of the vendor presentations [...]

Silver Peak is Serious about SD-WAN

This is one of several blogs about the vendor presentations during Network Field Day 19, which took place November 7-9, 2018. This blog contains a summary of the vendor presentations [...]

BlueCat: DNS, DDI + Visibility and Workflow Automation

This is one of several blogs about the vendor presentations during Network Field Day 19, which took place November 7-9, 2018. This blog contains a summary of the vendor presentations [...]

Illumio: Micro-Segmentation via the Endpoint

This is one of several blogs about the vendor presentations during Network Field Day 19, which took place November 7-9, 2018. This blog contains a summary of the vendor presentations [...]

Riverbed Enhanced SD-WAN

This is one of several blogs about the vendor presentations during Network Field Day 19, which took place November 7-9, 2018. This blog contains a summary of the vendor presentation [...]

Cisco Aggressively Ups Its SD-WAN Game

This is one of several blogs about the vendor presentations during Network Field Day 19, which took place November 7-9, 2018. This blog contains a summary of the vendor presentations [...]

No, It’s Not Optimus Prime

It doesn’t morph your network into something that fights the bad guy, or hurl cars at the enemy to hold them back, but it does help you use bits and [...]