Networking Field Day 17 (NFD17) Redux

John Herbert shares his parting thoughts from Networking Field Day last week. He touches on the two dominant themes he saw from the presenters, ever increasing automation and an emphasis on telemetry. He shares his favorite presentations as well. Make sure to watch the recorded video of the presentations to see for yourself.


Are network vendors ignoring serverless security?

The move of servers to the cloud has integrated more complexity to network security, as the assumptions of static rules based networking break down. Keith Townsend saw a presentation how network companies are addressing this from Juniper Networks. But this caused him to question if not enough attention is being paid to the emerging serverless market like AWS Lambda.


BiB 24: Juniper OpenContrail At NFD17 – One Fabric To Bind Them

Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray posted a Briefings in Brief episode on Juniper Networks’ presentation from Networking Field Day last week. They focus on their announcements regarding Contrail. Juniper reviewed the difficulties of fully open sourcing OpenContrail, how Contrail and OpenContrail will diverge going forward, and where they see the commercial product going from here. Once you listen to the episode, be sure to watch the full video of their presentation.


Network Field Day 17: Mark Your Calendars!

Drew Conry-Murray and Greg Ferro from Packet Pushers will be at Networking Field Day next week. They’ll get to drink from the firehouse of presenting companies over the three day event. Remember to follow along on our live stream and tweet out questions with #NFD17.


Its time for Network Field Day 17

Greg Ferro is no stranger to Networking Field Day. We’re happy to have him along for our first event of the year. He’ll beheading out to Silicon Valley to hear presentations from the latest and greatest in networking. In this piece, Greg breaks down where each of the presenting companies are positioned at the start of 2018 and what he hopes to hear from them. Make sure to watch along with Greg on our live stream!


PQ Show 106: Whitebox, SD-WAN & More – An NFD14 Wrapup

It’s a Networking Field Day delegate super show on the latest episode of the PQ Show podcast! Greg Ferro, Drew Conry-Murray, Eyvonne Sharp, and Kevin Myers all give their impressions from Networking Field Day from January. SD-WAN, Whitebox networking, analytics, and orchestration are all on the table. Give it a listen and check out our video coverage for more details.


The Quest for the Self-Driving Network with Juniper Networks

Rich Stroffolino takes a look at what Juniper Networks presented at Networking Field Day last week. What really interested him was the company’s philosophical approach they laid out during the event. Instead of trying to simply implement a ton of features for network automation, Juniper takes a much more systematic approach. They laid out their ultimate goal, to create a fully self-driving network. In the presentation, they outline what it will take to get there, and how their current solution fits into that roadmap.


A network geek pilgrimage

Kevin Myers is attending Networking Field Day this year. He’s excited to drink from the deluge of knowledge about to be poured his way. In this post, he talks about some of the topics he’s interested in getting more details about. One of them is SD-WAN. Kevin wants more under the hood details about specific mechanics. He’s also in seeing it an non-traditional applications, like Wireless ISP. We’ll be excited to see what Kevin’s takeaways are after the event. Stay tuned!


Building Data Center Fabric: Junos Fusion vs Cisco FEX

Building Data Center Fabric: Junos Fusion vs Cisco FEX


Juniper vSRX Automation with Ansible

Juniper vSRX Automation with Ansible


OpenStack Neutron Lovebomb at NFD10

OpenStack Neutron Lovebomb at NFD10


The Importance of Quality in Infrastructure Software

The Importance of Quality in Infrastructure Software


From CLI to API at Networking Field Day

From CLI to API at Networking Field Day


Juniper QFabric, Junosphere, Automation, and More

Juniper QFabric, Junosphere, Automation, and More


Are Younger Engineers Dumb? Part 2

Are Younger Engineers Dumb? Part 2


Holy Smokes, it’s Almost NFD Time Again!

Holy Smokes, it’s Almost NFD Time Again!


Networking Field Day 7 – Here We Go Again!

Networking Field Day 7 – Here We Go Again!


Software Defined Networking is the New Way of Networking

Software Defined Networking is the New Way of Networking


YAML – Yet Another YAML Lover

YAML – Yet Another YAML Lover


Network Function Abstraction Redux (Now with DevOps!) | Keeping It Classless

Network Function Abstraction Redux (Now with DevOps!) | Keeping It Classless