Amazon Web Services adding more IPv6 support
Right on the heels of Microsoft Azure's announcement of IPv6 support for VM's and AWS's own announcement earlier of IPv6 support for S3 is the current AWS IPv6 news. Specifically, AWS has enabled IPv6...
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InteropITX - What's Next for Cloud Computing
Once again I will be at Interop - now called Interop ITX but this time instead of talking about IPv6 (a favorite topic but not my only one!) I will be moderating a panel on Cloud. Pretty excited to be...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving - Slow year for content
It seems content for howfunky.com goes in waves. I have been pretty active over at the Infoblox IPv6 Center of Excellence site with my friends Tom Coffeen and Scott Hogg. I would suggest check out...
View ArticleAWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate for another 2 years
I recently had to crash study for the AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate Recertification Exam. I had originally passed in Dec of 2015 and of course I waited until the last possible moment to...
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2018 Book Reading
One of the habits I have been trying to work on is reading daily. I have managed to make it through a lot more books and I thought I would share a bit of my book list. I am not going to bother with...
View ArticleNew job, new podcast, new focus...
It has been an interesting year for me and I'm excited to say I have decided to strike out on my own with some good friends and colleagues to start HexaBuild. We are focusing on advancing cloud, IoT...
View ArticleI'll be at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2018 and Future:net
I am pleased I get to spend a few more cycles with my friends and colleagues by participating at the Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld 2018 on Weds August 29th. So far, Blue Medora and NetScout are...
View ArticleThoughts on the Lenovo L380 Yoga
Because I have transitioned to starting my own company (HexaBuild) I needed to pick up a new daily driver laptop rig. Looking around there were some tempting things to pick up like the new Surface Pro,...
View ArticleTech Field Day 18 is Feb 6-8, 2019 - Look out Austin!
With my current role at my new company, one of the fortunate benefits is that I can participate in more independent industry events. Some of my favorite in the industry are the Tech Field Day events....
View ArticleTechField Day 18 - Day 1 with Datera, NetApp and VMware
I was fortunate to be invited to participate in Tech Field Day 18 in Austin, TX. Day one had Datera, NetApp and VMware presenting to the delegates. The mix of delegates made for some interesting...
View ArticleTech Field Day 18 - Day 2 with SolarWinds
Picking up from the data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence discussion from my last blog post about Tech Field Day 18 - Day 1, I wanted to dive into the briefing we got from...
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SnapRoute - Is there something new happening in networking?
The launch (or relaunch depending on your opinion of when they started and on what they were building verse what they are doing now) of SnapRoute was an interesting event to be able to participate in....
View ArticleNetwork Field Day 21 - October 1-4, 2019 - Biggest Tech Field Day Event Ever?!?
I have had the privilege of participating in a few Network Field Day events in the past, dating all the way back to NFD6. They are always interesting, lots of good technology to learn about, but the...
View ArticleNetwork Field Day 21 - Aruba SD-Branch - Evolution
I am going to focus on the Aruba SD-Branch solution (their combination of SD-WAN -LAN and Cloud making it SD-Branch) presentation that is only a portion of the overall presentation that Aruba gave at...
View ArticleNetwork Field Day 21 - Forward Networks - Useful Intent Based Networking
One of the challenges in larger organizations and service providers is the inherent complexity in the design, deployment and operation of their networks. The reasons are varied and often a function of...
View ArticleNetwork Field Day 21 - Network to Code - Changing the networking landscape
It is not often you get to see a friend and colleague start and grow a business from scratch and have major impact on your industry. My friend Jason Edelman has done just that with his company, Network...
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Network Field Day 21 - Itential - The Steady Progression of Network Automation
At some point you run into tool overload. Given the diverse number of tools coming out for networking thing can get complex in a hurry. With automation all the rage along with software defined...
View ArticleNetwork Field Day 21 - NGINX - Making Sense of Service Mesh
NGINX presented on their service mesh solution at Network Field Day 21, and you should check out the presentation by Faisal Memon explaining what they have built. He explains what a service mesh is,...
View ArticleCloud Field Day 7 - All virtual but still a Tech Field Day event in every way
Adapting to the times is a given in the technology field and the current worldwide crisis around COVID-19 has forced some changes for Tech Field Day events and the Cloud Field Day 7 event starting...
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Cloud Field Day 7 - VMware Cloud on AWS
For those who are traditional VMware enterprise customers you are likely comfortable with their products and technologies and rely on it daily to help keep your company up and running in a highly...
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