The Independent IT Influencer Event
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Spirent Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Spirent
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Personnel: Paul To
Paul To, Director of Virtualization and SDN Solutions, introduces Spirent and discusses their testing methodology and products.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Brocade Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Brocade
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Personnel: David Meyer
An introduction to the concept of Software Defined Intelligence (SDI) and a brief overview of one of its foundational technologies, Machine Learning. Also includes a look at a few applications of SDI in a “network setting.”
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Cisco Datacenter
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Personnel: Paul Lesiak
Paul Lesiak demonstrates Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) programmability and automation.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Cisco Datacenter
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Personnel: Paul Lesiak
Paul Lesiak presents Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) programmability and automation.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Cisco Datacenter
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Personnel: Joe Onisick
Joe Onisick, Principal Engineer at Cisco, presents Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) fabric forwarding.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Cisco Datacenter
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Personnel: Joe Onisick
Joe Onisick, Principal Engineer at Cisco, presents Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI).
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Cisco Datacenter
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Personnel: Joe Onisick
Joe Onisick, Principal Engineer at Cisco, introduces the concept of Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) in this Tech Field Day presentation. He begins by clarifying that ACI is a form of Software-Defined Networking (SDN), addressing initial confusion about whether ACI fits within the SDN framework. Onisick emphasizes that ACI is designed to modernize network operations, making them more efficient and aligned with current technological advancements. He highlights three major technical shifts in the data center: the rapid increase in compute power, the evolving landscape of virtualization, and the changing data traffic patterns from North-South to East-West. These shifts necessitate higher bandwidth and more efficient network designs, such as spine-leaf architectures, to handle the increased data flow and avoid the limitations of traditional oversubscribed hardware.
Onisick delves into the complexities of modern networks, comparing network engineers to MacGyver for their ability to use protocols like IP and spanning tree to solve problems. He points out that while storage and compute have evolved rapidly, networking has lagged, leading to complex environments that SDN aims to simplify. ACI addresses the siloed nature of data center teams, particularly the disconnect between application and network teams. Onisick introduces the concept of an application network profile, a logical description of the end-to-end connectivity and policy requirements for an application. This profile allows for the automatic translation of application requirements into network configurations, simplifying the deployment process and ensuring that policies are consistently applied across different environments.
The presentation also covers the practical aspects of implementing ACI, including its compatibility with existing network designs and its cost-effectiveness. Onisick explains that ACI can operate in two modes: ACI mode and NXOS mode, the latter being a traditional Nexus operating system mode that fits into existing network designs. He emphasizes that ACI is designed to scale linearly, making it suitable for both small and large deployments. Security is a key focus, with ACI offering built-in security features that act like a stateless firewall, ensuring that no traffic is allowed without explicit policy. This approach simplifies compliance and auditing, as policies can be centrally managed and applied across both physical and virtual devices. Onisick concludes by discussing the cost advantages of Cisco’s hardware, including their BiDi optics, which allow for 40 gigabit connections using existing 10 gigabit fiber infrastructure, further reducing the overall cost of network upgrades.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Pluribus Networks
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Personnel: Dave Ginsburg
Dave Ginsburg, Pluribus CMO, introduces the Networking Field Day session and gives background on the company.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Pluribus Networks
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Personnel: Noah Wallach
Noah Wallach, network engineer for Pluribus customer CloudFlare, presents his company’s solution. He discusses CloudFlare Anycast, networking challenges, and Project Galileo, supporting DDOS protection for significant Internet sites.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Pluribus Networks
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Personnel: Sunay Tripathi
Pluribus Co-Founder and CTO, Sunay Tripathi, demonstrates the company’s internal Fabric-Cluster.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Pluribus Networks
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Personnel: Sunay Tripathi
Pluribus Co-Founder and CTO, Sunay Tripathi, presents Fabric-Connect.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Pluribus Networks
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Personnel: Sunay Tripathi
Pluribus Co-Founder and CTO, Sunay Tripathi, presents the Fabric-Cluster application.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Pluribus Networks
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Personnel: Alessandro Barbieri
Alessandro Barbieri, Pluribus Sr. Director, PLM, presents the network hypervisor, network virtualization, converged SDN platform, network analytics, and OpenStack Cloud Controller.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Big Switch Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Big Switch
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Personnel: Rob Sherwood
Rob Sherwood, CTO, demonstrates Big Cloud Fabric implementation and shows a walk-through of a packet in the Big Cloud Fabric.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Big Switch Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Big Switch
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Personnel: Kyle Forster
Kyle Forster, Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing, introduces Big Switch Networks and talks about the lessons learned from hyperscale data centers.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Big Switch Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Big Switch
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Personnel: Rob Sherwood
Rob Sherwood, CTO, introduces Big Cloud Fabric and demonstrates the setup and management of the product.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Big Switch Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Big Switch
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Personnel: Rob Sherwood
Rob Sherwood, CTO, discusses operational aspects of Big Cloud Fabric including user interfaces, high availability, and upgrade methods.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Big Switch Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Big Switch
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Personnel: TBD
Sunit Chauhan, Head of Product Marketing, discusses the Big Tap monitoring fabric and demonstrates troubleshooting of a switch using the product.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: Big Switch Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: Big Switch
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Personnel: Rob Sherwood
Rob Sherwood, CTO, discusses network function virtualization and support for service chaining in Big Cloud Fabric.
Event: Networking Field Day 8
Appearance: ThousandEyes Presents at Networking Field Day 8
Company: ThousandEyes
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Personnel: Joao Antunes
Modern enterprises are adopting VoIP throughout branch offices, but don’t have great tools for pre-deployment testing, capacity planning, and troubleshooting when performance issues arise. Software Engineer, Joao Antunes, demos the ThousandEyes VoIP network test.
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