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Appearance: Rethinking Data Center Infrastructure Automation

Company: Nokia

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Personnel: Bruce Wallis

Bruce Wallis, Senior PLM on the Event Driven Automation (EDA) solution shifts gears to explain the operational capabilities of the data center fabric with a focus on the state of the network and the way that EDA abstractions reduce the complexity of the day to day tasks for data center operations teams.

Rethinking Data Center Infrastructure Automation with Nokia – Fabric Creation

Appearance: Rethinking Data Center Infrastructure Automation

Company: Nokia

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Personnel: Bruce Wallis

Bruce Wallis, Senior PLM on the Event Driven Automation (EDA) solution delves deeper into how EDA automates the key deployments steps of setting up a new data center fabric, including the creation of an underlay network (the fabric) and overlay services (EVPN) via the power of the EDA app-store.

Rethinking Data Center Infrastructure Automation with Nokia – EDA Overview

Appearance: Rethinking Data Center Infrastructure Automation

Company: Nokia

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Personnel: Bruce Wallis

Bruce Wallis, Senior PLM on the Event Driven Automation (EDA) solution explains the thinking behind the EDA infrastructure automation engine and the core foundation of the solution for data center networks.

Networking Field Day Exclusive with Nokia Delegate Roundtable

Appearance: Networking Field Day Exclusive with Nokia Delegate Roundtable

Company: Nokia

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Personnel: Tom Hollingsworth

The state of data center automation is fragmented and too bespoke. The next generation of IT specialists aren’t going to be building their strategy from scratch. They’ll be using familiar tools and working with comfortable platforms. In this roundtable discussion, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by the Networking Field Day Exclusive delegates as well as employees from Nokia to discuss Nokia EDA and how it is transforming the landscape of data center networking automation. They also discuss the role that management has to play in the process and how we can better prepare our replacements for the future.

The Path Towards Consumable Network Automation with Nokia

Appearance: Nokia for Data Center Networking

Company: Nokia

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Personnel: Wim Henderickx

Network automation has been talked about for over 10 years, yet the adoption of automation tools within the enterprise network is sporadic, with many only deploying islands of automation. Nokia IP Head of Technology and Architecture and Bell Labs Fellow, Wim Henderickx will discuss what needs to change to make the network more consumable. Through open and extensible frameworks, the aspirations of network automation are within reach, Wim will tell you how.

Nokia for IP Networking with Vach Kompella

Appearance: Nokia for Data Center Networking

Company: Nokia

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Personnel: Vach Kompella

In a rapidly evolving tech landscape, Nokia has emerged as a formidable player in global IP networking, captivating the attention of technical engineers worldwide. Nokia is not just keeping pace with the demands of modern networking but is also setting new standards. Hear from Vach Kompella, the leader of the Nokia IP team on how they achieve best-in-industry software quality, hardware capacities and operational toolsets that allow IP networkers to build at speed and with confidence.

Nokia for the Data Center and Beyond

Appearance: Nokia for Data Center Networking

Company: Nokia

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Personnel: Michael Bushong

Industry veteran Michael Bushong has recently joined the Nokia team to lead business development for IP solutions into the data center. What piqued Mikes interest in what Nokia was building and ultimately drove him to join? Mike will cover his view from the outside and provide insights into Nokia and the key differentiations that sets the solution set apart from the competition.

The AI Development Lifecycles with Guy Currier of The Futurum Group

Event: Edge Field Day 3

Company: Ignite, The Futurum Group

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Personnel: Guy Currier

Guy Currier from The Futurum Group discusses the AI development lifecycle, emphasizing that AI is not an application in itself but rather a service integrated into applications. He begins by clarifying a common misconception: AI is often thought of as a standalone application, but in reality, it is a service that enhances applications by providing intelligent responses or actions. For example, a chat application may use AI to generate responses, but the AI is just one component of the broader application. This distinction is crucial for organizations looking to adopt AI, as they need to understand that AI development involves creating services that can be integrated into various applications, rather than building a single AI “application.”

Currier outlines three distinct life cycles in AI development. The first involves foundational models, such as GPT or DALL-E, which are typically developed by large organizations or cloud providers. While companies can create their own foundational models, it is often more practical to adopt existing models and tune them using proprietary data. This tuning process is where organizations begin to develop their own intellectual property, as they adapt the foundational models to their specific needs. For instance, companies like Thomson Reuters have incorporated AI into their legal services, using proprietary legal data to enhance the AI’s capabilities. This tuning process follows a development cycle similar to traditional software development, involving infrastructure, tooling, and iterative testing.

The third life cycle Currier discusses is Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), which adds contextual data to user prompts. RAG involves searching for relevant information, either from internal or external sources, to enhance the AI’s responses. This process requires its own development and monitoring, as the quality and relevance of the contextual data are critical to the AI’s performance. Currier emphasizes that these three life cycles—foundational model development, model tuning, and RAG—each have distinct infrastructure and development strategies. Organizations must address all three to create AI services that are responsive, contextual, and tailored to specific business scenarios.

Private Cellular and Salt with Mark Houtz

Event: Edge Field Day 3

Company: Ignite

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Personnel: Mark Houtz

Mark Houtz, a network engineer working with school districts in Utah, shared his recent experiments with private cellular networks, particularly focusing on CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) and Wi-Fi technologies. He explained that CBRS operates in the 3.55 to 3.7 GHz band in the U.S. and is gaining traction globally. Mark and his team conducted tests at the Bonneville Salt Flats, a vast, flat area known for land speed records, making it an ideal location for testing wireless technologies over long distances. In their initial tests two years ago, they managed to achieve a two-mile range using a 15-foot antenna for CBRS, but they wanted to push the limits further with more advanced equipment.

In their recent tests, Mark and his team used a cellular cow (Cell on Wheels) with a 60-foot antenna to improve the range and performance of their wireless technologies. They tested both LTE and 5G radios, along with Wi-Fi Halo, which operates in the 900 MHz spectrum. While Wi-Fi Halo didn’t perform as well as expected, reaching only about a mile instead of the hoped-for three kilometers, the CBRS tests were more successful. They achieved a four-mile range with usable signal strength, allowing them to perform speed tests and browse the internet. Mark emphasized the importance of antenna height and line of sight in achieving better performance, noting that in some pristine conditions, they had previously reached up to 12 miles with private cellular.

Mark also highlighted the potential for edge computing in these setups, particularly in remote or mobile environments like the Bonneville Salt Flats. By integrating edge computing into the cellular cow or even on the client side, they could handle data processing closer to the source, improving efficiency and reducing latency. The tests demonstrated the viability of private cellular networks for high-speed, long-distance connectivity, especially in challenging environments, and underscored the importance of proper equipment setup, including antenna height and spectrum analysis, for optimal performance.

Zero Trust is a Strategy Not a Product with Jack Poller

Event: Edge Field Day 3

Company: Ignite

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Personnel: Jack Poller

In this talk, Jack Poller emphasizes that Zero Trust is a cybersecurity strategy, not a product. He begins by reflecting on the pre-pandemic era when VPNs were the primary method for remote workers to access internal networks. However, the sudden shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the limitations of VPNs, particularly their scalability and security vulnerabilities. This led to the rise of Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), which improved security by eliminating direct inbound connections to servers. Instead, both clients and servers connect outbound to a cloud solution, reducing the attack surface. However, Poller clarifies that ZTNA is just a product and not the full embodiment of Zero Trust.

Poller traces the origins of Zero Trust back to 2010 when John Kindervag, an analyst at Forrester, introduced the concept to address the flaws in the traditional “castle and moat” security model. In this older model, once a user passed through the firewall, they had broad access to the internal network, which attackers could exploit through lateral movement. Zero Trust, on the other hand, operates on the principle of “never trust, always verify,” requiring strict authentication and authorization for every interaction, whether it’s between users, devices, or APIs. Google’s implementation of Zero Trust through its BeyondCorp initiative in 2014 further popularized the concept, demonstrating how it could be applied to large-scale environments.

Poller outlines the core principles of Zero Trust, including explicit verification, least privilege access, and the assumption that breaches will occur. He stresses the importance of strong identity controls, device security, network security, and data protection, all underpinned by visibility, analytics, and automation. Zero Trust requires a comprehensive, integrated approach to security, tailored to the specific needs of each organization. Poller concludes by reminding the audience that Zero Trust is not a one-size-fits-all solution but a strategic framework that must be customized based on the unique requirements and risks of each business.

Object Storage For Disaster Recovery with Jim Jones

Event: Edge Field Day 3

Company: Ignite

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Personnel: Jim Jones

Jim Jones from 11:11 Systems discusses the evolving landscape of disaster recovery (DR) and how object storage plays a crucial role in modern strategies, particularly in the face of increasing ransomware attacks. He emphasizes that traditional DR concerns like fire and flood have been overshadowed by the growing threat of ransomware, which has become a global issue. Attackers now target backups, attempting to exfiltrate and delete them, making it essential to have encrypted, immutable backups. Jones stresses the importance of a layered approach to resilience, combining active defense, well-architected recovery strategies, and regular testing of backups to ensure they are functional when needed.

Object storage, according to Jones, has become the preferred solution for modern backup and disaster recovery due to its inherent immutability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Unlike traditional storage methods like tape or disk, object storage abstracts the underlying hardware and distributes data across multiple locations, ensuring durability. He highlights that hyperscalers like Amazon S3 offer exceptional durability by replicating data across multiple zones, making it a reliable option for large-scale disaster recovery. Additionally, object storage is cost-efficient, especially for backup workloads that involve many writes but few reads, making it suitable for cold storage tiers like Amazon S3’s infrequent access or Azure’s cold tier.

Jones also explains how object storage can be integrated into both on-premises and cloud-based DR strategies. He advises using on-premises object storage for initial backups of critical workloads like VMs and databases, while leveraging cloud storage for off-site copies. This hybrid approach ensures that data is protected both locally and remotely. He also touches on the flexibility of object storage in edge environments, where backups can be regionalized or store-specific, and how hyperscaler clouds can serve as a secondary data center for recovery in case of a major disaster. Ultimately, Jones underscores the importance of having a comprehensive, scalable, and tested disaster recovery plan that leverages the strengths of object storage.

CXL Test Drives featuring Andy Banta

Event: AI Field Day 5

Company: Ignite

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Personnel: Andy Banta

Andy Banta’s talk at AI Field Day 5 delves into the concept of CXL (Compute Express Link) and its potential to revolutionize memory access in computing architectures. He begins by explaining the traditional concept of Non-Uniform Memory Access (Numa), where memory access times vary depending on the proximity of the memory to the processor. CXL extends this idea by allowing memory to be connected via a CXL channel, which operates over a PCI-E bus, rather than the traditional DDR channel. This innovation enables memory to be located both inside and outside the physical box, and even connected through future CXL switches, which will allow shared memory access among multiple hosts. The potential for CXL to incorporate SSDs means that memory access times could range from nanoseconds to milliseconds, offering a wide array of possibilities for memory management.

Banta highlights the current limitations in testing CXL devices, noting that many are still in the conceptual phase and not readily available for purchase or testing. He draws an analogy to test-driving a car, where certain limitations prevent a thorough evaluation of the vehicle’s performance. Similarly, with CXL, the lack of commercially available switches and the ongoing development of standards for shared switches make it challenging to conduct meaningful tests. To address this, Banta proposes a simulation-based approach, akin to practices in other engineering disciplines like electrical or mechanical engineering. He suggests that software engineering and system design should also adopt simulation to evaluate different configurations and workloads, thereby optimizing performance and resource allocation.

Banta introduces Magnition, a company he is consulting with, which has developed a large-scale simulation framework for CXL environments. This framework allows for distributed, multi-processor simulations of various components, enabling users to run genuine applications and workloads to capture memory access patterns. By simulating different configurations and workloads, Magnition’s framework can help identify optimal memory allocation strategies and performance sweet spots. Banta emphasizes the importance of consistent results in performance engineering and demonstrates how their simulation framework can achieve this by running controlled experiments. The ultimate goal is to provide a reliable and efficient way to “test drive” CXL systems, ensuring that users can make informed decisions about their memory management strategies.

Thoughts on Enterprise Ready Solutions featuring Karen Lopez

Event: AI Field Day 5

Company: Ignite

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Personnel: Karen Lopez

Karen Lopez’s talk at AI Field Day 5 delves into the evolution of enterprise software acquisition and the critical considerations that have emerged over her extensive career. Reflecting on her 38 years in the field, Lopez contrasts the early days of software procurement, where software was a tangible product with limited integration capabilities, to the current landscape where integration, security, and compatibility with existing enterprise systems are paramount. She recalls a time when software came in physical boxes, required manual data integration, and had limited scalability and backup options. The roles of system integrators and specialized experts were crucial due to the complexity and cost of integrating disparate systems.

Lopez emphasizes that modern enterprise software acquisition now demands a holistic view that goes beyond the software’s inherent features. She highlights the importance of understanding how new solutions will fit within an organization’s existing infrastructure, including integration with current administrative, security, and privacy tools. Lopez points out that many vendors often gloss over these integration details during their pitches, which can lead to significant hidden costs and implementation challenges. She stresses the need for thorough questioning about a solution’s compatibility with continuous deployment environments, identity systems, governance frameworks, and monitoring tools to ensure that the software can be seamlessly integrated and managed within the enterprise.

In her current approach, Lopez places greater weight on external features such as security practices, data classification capabilities, and the ability to use existing analytical tools. She shares her experience with a recent acquisition project where the lack of granular security controls in a hastily purchased solution posed significant risks. Lopez advocates for a comprehensive evaluation of a solution’s enterprise readiness, including its support for modern security measures like multi-factor authentication and its ability to integrate with existing data management and monitoring systems. By focusing on these broader considerations, Lopez aims to reduce the cost and risk associated with new software implementations, ensuring that they deliver long-term value to the organization.

FIDO Phishing-Resistant Authentication featuring Jack Poller

Event: AI Field Day 5

Company: Ignite

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Personnel: Jack Poller

Jack Poller, founder and principal analyst of Paradigm Technica, discusses the evolution and challenges of authentication methods, particularly focusing on the limitations of traditional passwords. He explains that passwords, which have been used since ancient times, are fundamentally flawed because they are shared secrets that can be easily stolen or phished. Despite the implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) to enhance security by combining something you know (password) with something you have (a device) or something you are (biometrics), these methods still rely on shared secrets that can be compromised through social engineering tactics.

Poller introduces public key cryptography as a more secure alternative for authentication, which has been around since the 1970s but is relatively new in the context of identity and access management. Public key cryptography involves a pair of keys: a private key that encrypts data and a public key that decrypts it. This method ensures that the private key, stored in a secure vault within a trusted processor module (TPM), cannot be extracted or misused, even under duress. The TPM not only stores the keys securely but also performs the encryption and decryption processes, ensuring that the keys are never exposed.

He further elaborates on how the FIDO (Fast Identity Online) protocol leverages this technology to provide phishing-resistant authentication. When a user attempts to log in to a website, the site sends a challenge to the user’s device, which is then encrypted using the private key stored in the TPM. The encrypted response is sent back to the website, which decrypts it using the corresponding public key to verify the user’s identity. This method eliminates the risks associated with password reuse and phishing, making it a more secure and user-friendly solution. Poller emphasizes the importance of adopting passkeys offered by websites to enhance overall internet security.

Accelerate Your SDLC with BEST featuring Calvin Hendryx-Parker of Six Feet Up

Event: AI Field Day 5