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I haven’t had a regular office for 17 years. When I was teaching for Global Knowledge, instructors were never in one city long enough to need an office, so I [...]

The 2017 RSA Conference was filled with interesting, inspiring, and informative topics. My limited experience in security allowed me to come in with an open mind; I was willing to [...]

So you want to get certified. Nearly every technology vendor you can think of offers a certification program. You might have a few different reasons for wanting to get certified, [...]

I was recently troubleshooting an SVI issue with a pair Nexus 7000 switches. The switches were a vPC pair, and had been set up a couple of years ago. I [...]

There were two SD-WAN vendors at Khalid Reza’s blog (Viptela) and responded to #NFD13’s Ethan Banks on some questions, including some that touch on this topic. The Viptela hardware devices [...]

Like snowflakes, no two IT projects are the same. Each has many unknowns, and each varies with the complexity of the enterprise’s technology environment. Therefore, project management involving the implementation [...]

Baltimore, MD – NetCraftsmen is pleased to announce that four of its engineers have been selected as 2017 Cisco Champions. William Bell, Denise Donohue, Carole Warner Reece, and Peter Welcher join [...]

Network Field Day 13 was my second encounter with the smart people at VeloCloud. Just as in VeloCloud provided an awesome series of presentations to the report by Mike Fratto. [...]

The App-ID and content-ID engines of the Palo Alto next generation firewall (NGFW) identify the application in use by examining the traffic/packets within a session. Once the firewall has seen [...]

SolarWinds The NetPath tool, a supplement to its Network Performance Monitor (NPM) product.If “improved multi-path aware TCP-based traceroute on steroids” grabs your attention, read on! Some Background SolarWinds produces relatively [...]

There are many ways to improve your home. You can add on to your house, giving you more functionality or space to grow into. You can remodel your house, changing [...]

#NFD13 attendees (techno-geeks at heart). All demo action and little marketing talk wins techie friends! I recommend viewing the streaming videos just to appreciate the different approach and enthusiasm. What [...]