Network Collective

In this episode of Network Collective, the panel takes some time to acknowledge some of the lessons they have learned along the way, and share what from them they wish they had known when they were starting out. Topics range from mentorship, study, technical specialization, job selection, and more. Guest for this episode are Daniel Dib, Denise Donohue, Lindsay Hill, and Mathew Norwood. Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In episode 5 the Network Collective panel dives deep into the inner-workings of EIGRP and how to tune the protocol to work best for you. This isn’t your run of the mill EIGRP training session though, so buckle up and dig in to learn a lot about a protocol which appears pretty straight forward on the surface. On another note… If you like the technical and community aspects of Network Collective, we wanted to tell you about a podcast that our friends over at Gestalt IT have just started up that you’ll probably enjoy as well.  The name of their podcast is the On-Premise IT Roundtable and in addition to networking they will be covering topics like system architecture, storage, big data, virtualization, hyper-converged, and a slew of other topics.  You should check them out.   Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/     Audio Only Podcast Feed:

In episode 4 the panel discusses the ever increasing pervasiveness of encrypted traffic on our networks and how that encrypted traffic impacts the services that we run today.   Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/     Audio Only Podcast Feed:

In this episode of Network Collective we dive in to the challenges of working as a technologist in a small or medium sized business (SMB).  We look at things like staffing, budgets, and small business mindsets that make working in this space very different than working in mid-market or enterprise organizations.  Matt Haedo, John Duprey, and Kevin Blackburn join the Network Collective hosts in talking about this common, but often under the radar topic.   Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/     Audio Only Podcast Feed:

In this Off The Cuff episode of Network Collective, we talk about all aspects of Cisco’s announcement of their intent to acquire Viptela’s SD-WAN product.  Who wins in this deal?  What happens to Cisco’s existing SD-WAN product line?  What happens to the rest of the SD-WAN market?  Keith Townsend and Tom Hollingsworth join the Network Collective hosts in breaking down what this means for all involved.   Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Audio Only Podcast Feed:

In episode 2 our panel discusses some key differences between routing protocols and the details that should be considered before choosing to implement one over another.  Is there any difference between IGP routing protocols at this point?  When does it make sense to run BGP in an enterprise network?  Is IS-IS an old and decaying protocol, or something you should viably consider?  Russ White, Kevin Myers, and the co-hosts of Network Collective tackle these questions and more.   Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/     Audio Only Podcast Feed:

In episode 1, we take an introspective look back at some of our biggest mistakes when operating live production networks.  The panel discusses outages that range from a total outage on a global MPLS network, to taking out a core switch due to an over-active case of OCD.  Valuable, hard-earned, lessons are shared by this group of experienced network engineers and possibly a funny story or two. Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/     Audio Only Podcast Feed:

In short, Network Collective is a bi-weekly video roundtable where data networking engineers talk about industry trends, challenging projects, and what it takes to do network engineering day-to-day.  For a more thorough description of what were up to, please take a minute to watch the video above. If you want to know exactly who is behind Network Collective, you can find that information on our Who Is Network Collective? page.And if you’re interested in being a guest on Network Collective, please tell us a little bit about who you are by filling out the form here.