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Software Development Straight Talk Series In this new series, I will introduce popular and not so popular concepts in the software engineering world. In each article, I will be introducing a concept, its goals, the mechanics of the concept, and then onto a discussion of pros and cons. You can think of these articles as a discussion with fellow engineers over pizza and beer. There is no right or wrong answer, only a discussion of…

Given how much I’ve blogged about TCO, that title might surprise some. Refreshing is about doing the same as before just faster. Modernizing is doing things differently in how you operate, manage, and consume your infrastructure. Just like refreshing, there are obvious TCO benefits that you will get by modernizing: simplification through server consolidation due to increased performance and the financial impact of consolidation (reductions in OpEx (power, cooling, warranty, software licenses) and administrative overhead)….

Landing a dream job straight out of college may seem like just that – a dream. Some people are fortunate enough to see their aspirations turn into a reality however, and such was the case for me!  Back in late 2017, I was in my senior year at San Jose State University, prepping for job interviews as graduation neared. I remember hearing stories of alumni and classmates getting great job offers from Cisco, and I…

If you’re not familiar with the new 100G LR, you may be wondering, “What’s so great about it, especially compared with 100G LR4?” The names are nearly identical and both refer to 100G pluggable optics that provide 10km reach over duplex SMF (Single-Mode Fiber). In that respect, they are equivalent. However, a little history lesson reveals that there’s much more to it than that. Way back in what seems like the dark ages of 2010,…

Gartner’s most recent Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) and Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateways (SWG) tell us a lot about where both of those markets are headed. Data and users increasingly reside and work in the cloud, the global pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in unprecedented ways, and the march is on toward the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) future we’ve all been hearing about for some time now. As the status quo of security…

If you need to generate a list of names and addresses to test an application or a script that you’re working on, Linux can make that surprisingly easy. There’s a command called “rig” that will create name, address and phone number listings. As far as I can tell, out of the box, it only works with U.S. addresses and area codes. However, if this is indeed the case, you might be able to work around…

More than 18,000 new IT jobs sprang up in January as the overall outlook for tech hiring substantially improved over the past several months, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and research firm Janco Associates. Between that new hiring and adjustments made to the job market totals in the latest BLS numbers, the IT sector has now recouped 53,600 of the roughly 100,000 jobs it lost due to the COVID-19 crisis, according…

Network slicing technology has large parts of the wireless networking community excited, and it’s easy to understand why: It can deliver multiple logical networks over a single physical infrastructure and give each network the unique set of characteristics required to meet specific user needs. The idea of re-using scarce radio-frequency spectrum to create more value for providers that own the infrastructure, in addition to the ability to offer over-the-top services beyond mere connectivity, has the…

Historical Analytics for all Workspaces Companies around the world are in the midst of returning to the office or planning that return. We know the office we return to will not be the same as the one we left. The workforce is becoming increasingly distributed, where employees are working either in the office, at home or everywhere in between – making the need for collaboration in every meeting space more relevant than ever. It’s important…

Becoming a Digital University Driven by an explosion of computer-enabled devices that capture vast amounts of data, by advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning that are reinventing industries from transportation to entertainment and by innovations like network-enabled robotics and 3D printing that are reshaping manufacturing processes, the world is changing at an unprecedented pace.  Many refer to this transformation as a Fourth Industrial Revolution which is characterized by a synthesis of technology that blurs…