Robb Boyd
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Network Automation for DevOps
This is our third episode for what I have personally termed the ‘NX-OS’ exposed series. The first two have been about programmability. Exploring the exposed interfaces, Object Models, the NX Tool kit and more of the NX-API framework that enables DevOps teams to respond more quickly. [TWTV 176 …
More Wi-Fi. Less Controller.
Surely the notion of enterprise quality wireless does not equate to some kind of increase in complexity? This episode features the new Mobility Express Solution. We dive into the details, what little there are, on just how simple enterprise quality Wi-Fi can be with TechWiseTV episode 179: Simplifi…
Open NX-OS featured on TechWiseTV
This is the first in a multi-part series where we cover ‘programmability’ for networking. The idea is to fully review the programming options now available inside the Nexus switches, (3000, 9000). This first episode covers new access with Linux tools, NX-API and more. Further shows will be diving…
Microsoft Lync Made Better
Made better with Cisco Collaboration Meetings Rooms (CMR for short) offering a standards based approach. Jabber supports Lync interoperability despite having to work with proprietary Microsoft protocols. https://youtu.be/eE8tuB0I2pc CMR can be deployed on premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid mix of…
Cisco Modeling Labs on TechWiseTV
After learning more about what can be done here, I really feel like more people should be taking advantage of this. The idea of building a fully virtualized version of your existing or desired network so you can see how your applications (and the network itself) will act and react in various situati…
Intercloud Fabric: Unleashing Hybrid Cloud
TechWiseTV Episode 174 featuring Cisco Intercloud Fabric, part of the Enterprise Cloud Suite with guest John McDonough, @johnamcdonough YouTube Preview https://youtu.be/XjPGaZK-yTE Watch the full show right now. Related Episode 171: Cloud Agility for automation in the private cloud featuring Cisco…
TechWiseTV SP: Cloud VPN
I first saw this demo’d at Cisco Live Milan and although it was interesting, I don’t think I fully appreciated the problem being solved. The base technology enabling this became our first show in the SP series (NSO enabled by Tail-f). It was then that I began to really appreciate how some of the mo…
Network Service Orchestration enabled by Tail-f
This is the first in a new series of Service Provider focused topics. We had a lot of choices on where to start but this jumped out as my favorite. Tail-f brought us some incredibly successful work that dovetails nicely into our SP strategy. Tedious CLI and home-spun scripts continue to charact…