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JockDaRock

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Developer Experience

I love my family and anything that changes the world for the better (which is why I love technology). I am a technologist and a developer advocate. I like making jokes and making life as fun as possible.

I hope I have the chance to inspire you to be better :).

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August 23, 2019

DEVELOPER

How 3Data Uses Webex Device APIs and SDKs

The author of this blog is Wallon “Nick” Walusayi, the Co-Founder & CEO of 3Data, a 3D visual analytics platform and Cisco partner. The future of how we experience data is changing. Data is being generated from everywhere and filling data centers at a rate that is much greater than e…

August 19, 2019

DEVELOPER

DevNet Certifications: How to Get Ready for the IoT Exam

Networks are now programmable. Applications built for those networks have become essential to business security and success. As a result, the need for meaningful software skills development and certification has become a requirement. Many of us working in network automation, app dev, and DevOps have…

March 14, 2019

DEVELOPER

DevNet @Capital Factory #SXSW

I’m just back from SXSW Interactive. What a great experience! My company, Cisco, helped sponsor some events and a small space at Capital Factory where I was able to meet lots of VIPs, startups, and entrepreneurs together in one place to bring ideas, innovation, and business to better the world…

August 8, 2018

DEVELOPER

Vote for Sessions in the New “Coding and Development” Track Coming to SXSW

It’s time to VOTE for the sessions you want to see at SXSW 2019. Click on the session links below to cast your vote! But before you do, know that there’s a new track being added to SXSW this year called, “Coding and Development.” Check out the 14 sessions (see list below) that Cisco DevNet is submit…

January 23, 2018

DEVELOPER

IoT Edge Compute Part 2 – Gluing together your IoT w/ Resin.io

In my previous blog post, I spoke to you about the need for compute at the IoT Edge and how Cisco provides two platforms (Cisco IOx and Cisco Kinetic) to help facilitate your Ops and App dev portions of your IoT engineering and development.  I also spoke to you about the importance of IoT gateways a…

January 23, 2018

DEVELOPER

IoT Edge Compute Part 1 – Apps and Deployment on Cisco IoT Gateways

Why We Need Edge Compute We have been hearing about the increasing need for compute at the edge of our network for IoT devices.  In case you are not familiar with this concept, edge compute is ncecessary due to the amount of information that is and will be generated from IoT devices.  The problem to…

January 2, 2018

DEVELOPER

OpenFaaS At The Helm w/ Kubernetes in the DevNet Sandbox

One of the things that makes Cisco a great company to work with, is its commitment to innovation, developers, and open source projects.  Nowhere is this more evident than at Cisco DevNet.  DevNet is at the apex of that movement toward innovative and inspiring projects and wants to help developers bu…