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Hello again! This blog will briefly cover the presentations by #NFD16. If you’re interested and want more detail, watch the Greg Ferro Packet Pusher blog (albeit in a Riverbed/SD-WAN setting. [...]

What a network speed check revealed about sluggish performance.) Arista Founder, Chief Development Officer, and Chairman Andy Bechtolsheim talked about 400G Ethernet, explaining how the industry will get there. He [...]

This blog is one of several about Veriflow was kind enough to provide me with a demo and discussion earlier in 2017. I followed that up with the blog post, [...]

Pluribus did a nice job presenting at marketing page for which vendors. Short list.) Bzzt, that costs points. I think vendors should (must!) provide open access to their documentation. Anything [...]

I’m sure I’ll step on a few toes with this entry, but it’ll paint a very clear picture you can relate to and give you something to reflect on when [...]

Improving the customer experience is the top priority for nearly 75 percent of businesses, according to four to eight percent above the market — and those that deliver less-than-ideal experiences [...]

I was excited going into the Networking Field Day (push back with humor about “intent washing.” Recommended amusement value. I suppose Cisco could push back. It seems like Cisco IOS [...]

#NFD16) and did a great job. I started with high expectations, since I was aware that previous KentiK NFD presentations received high reviews. And I was not disappointed. Who or [...]

One of the things I look for when doing network assessments is the availability of syslog data. I’m always amazed at how few sites seem to be using this valuable [...]

Today, the big emphasis in IT seems to be on “software defining” everything: SD-WAN, SD access, intuitive networks, switches and routers that run containers and programming languages. Are network engineers [...]

A number of NetCraftsmen attended Cisco Live 2017 in Las Vegas this past June. While there was a lot to take in for all attendees, a few highlights from the [...]

I’m looking forward to #NFD16. On the techie delegate side, we’ve got some of the usual suspects (thought leaders, bloggers, social media presences): me, Terry Slattery, Amy Arnold, Carl Niger, [...]