After seeing them at Networking Field Day in January, Chris Grundemann does an extremely good job of limiting the puns, and digging into what made Extreme Networks stand out. He looks at how the company’s StackStorm acquisition laid the groundwork for their current automation solution. In the end, Chris concluded the Extreme Networks is a “formidable networking company”.
Secure Multicloud Networking with Contrail
At Networking Field Day, Chris Grundemann got hear the latest updates from Juniper Networks’ Contrail team. The team demonstrated their growing product line, which will feature Contrail Networking, Contrail Security, Contrail Cloud, and Contrail Multicloud by the middle of 2018. For Chris, this development is a reflection of the prevalence of leaf-spine architectures, and the virtualized networks often needed to overlay them.
Networking Field Day 17: Hawt or Naught
WIth Networking Field Day in the rearview mirror, Chris Grundemann looks back at some of the trends from the presenters. He breaks down what’s in and out, and includes a lot of animated GIFs as a bonus!
Networking Field Day 17 – Here We Go!
Chris Grundemann is all set for his first Field Day event, attending Networking Field Day this week out in Silicon Valley. He’ll get to drink from the networking fire hose as he hears from a wide range of companies with technical deep dives and demos. We can’t wait to hear what Chris thinks of the experience!
Chris Grundemann
Independent advisor, analyst, and consultant. Specializing in internet routing, network architecture, and automation.