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Where is QoS Needed?

Some recent QoS discussions got me thinking. I want to share some of my perspectives on QoS in the hope that you find them useful. The starting point here is [...]

Preparing for Disaster

All right, who applied the curse “may you live in interesting times”? COVID, climate change, floods, fires, and so on have us thinking about disaster planning, among other things. Nationally, [...]

Solving “Impossible” IT Challenges: Slow Internet Streaming Performance

Your business has a problem. Your IT Department is reporting slow performance for internet streaming applications. It’s impacting your operations and is frustrating for employees. No one has solved it, [...]

Migrating an Urban Network

I’ve recently had the pleasure of being involved in some long-term discussions about replacing the building switches and core network for a medium-sized city’s network. That was at the initial [...]

Designing the Datacenter: ACI, NSX, or Both?

I’m shocked. There is a reasonably good topic I failed to blog about! It’s not like I didn’t write about it. I’ve expounded on this topic in several design writeups [...]

Guiding Your Company Through the Log4j Vulnerability

The vulnerability found in the Log4j logging system should be old news for you at this point. However, what your company does about it is still worthy of your attention. [...]

Where to Stick the Firewall – Part 2

This is part 2 of a long blog. You should probably start with Part 1 if you haven’t already read it! Given the title, I hasten to state that nothing [...]

Where to Stick the Firewall – Part 1

Given the title, I hasten to state that nothing crude is meant. If you hate your firewall, let’s not go there. Just trying to get your attention. Now that I [...]

Single Vendor Network Modules

This blog represents some thoughts I’ve been mulling over for a while since my last large network assessment. Looking at it from the Cisco perspective, but also from what I’m [...]

AWS Transit Gateway Network Manager

I just became aware of AWS Transit Gateway Network Manager. (“AWSTGNM”) I’m not sure how I missed it, seeing as I’ve become a fan of transit gateways. It was announced [...]

What Is NaaS?

This blog attempts to answer the question, “What Is NaaS?”. However, I’m limiting this to NaaS for enterprises. What the acronym stands for is simple: NaaS stands for Network as [...]

Aligning Your Technology Strategy with Your Business Strategy

A question that is often posed to CIOs is: “What is our technology strategy?” Usually, this question is tied to a specified technology area, such as, “What is our Cloud [...]