For the last couple years, on the Saturday before Cisco Live US kicks off, we like to go and do something in the host city. Nothing big. Nothing fancy. Just something we aren’t going to be able to do once…
Cisco Live US 2017 – The Plan So Far
Put it on your calendar. Cisco Live US is June 25 – 29, 2017, in Las Vegas. This is the largest conference I go to every year, and it’s the highlight of my professional year. I’ve been going for a…
Cisco Clock Issue – This Is Really Bad
Check out this advisory from Cisco that came out a couple days ago. I’ll summarize for you : Thanks to a faulty clock signal component, certain Cisco devices will stop functioning after about 18 months and become really expensive bricks! If you read through it, you see phrases like “we expect product failures” and “is not recoverable.”
ASIC Programmability from Barefoot Networks
Think about the fastest switch in your network and why it’s so fast.
QoS? Really?
Yes, really. QoS has actually gotten some attention this year. After how many years of living in the dark and being feared by junior and senior engineers alike, we’re seeing some really cool technologies coming out for it.
Cisco Live 2016 – Everything Is Coming Together
It seems that Cisco Live is about the only thing I blog about in the last…well, few years. At least I’m still writing, even if it is twice a year. 🙂