Summary: Welcome to Heavy Networking. Joining us is William Collins, lead cloud architect for a large healthcare company, who raised his hand when we asked for folks who wanted to be a guest on the show to volunteer. William volunteered, and we’re going to discuss hybrid cloud networking.<br> Specifically, we’re going to drill into routing complexity. No one operating public cloud networks had “making the network engineer’s life easier” at the top of their list when they came up with things like ExpressRoute and VPCs.<br> William will share his practical and hard-earned experiences connecting applications and services from on premises into the public cloud.<br> We discuss:<br> <br> * A working definition of hybrid cloud<br> * Developing a hybrid cloud strategy<br> * The importance of design and governance<br> * Cloud connectivity pros and cons for VPNs, DirectConnect, ExpressRoute, and Carrier Neutral Facilities (CNFs)<br> * Routing topology scenarios<br> * Why your networking knowledge is relevant–and crucial–when it comes to the cloud<br> * More<br> <br> Sponsor: INE<br> This episode is sponsored in part by INE, the ‘experts at making you an expert’. INE is announcing a new, monthly All Access Pass subscription plan, which provides you with unlimited access to INE’s entire content library of over 14,000 of the best IT and Networking training videos for just $99 a month. Visit<a href="http://ine.com/packetpushers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> INE.com/packetpushers</a> to get started.<br> Sponsor: ExtraHop<br> Today’s show is also sponsored in part by ExtraHop, the enterprise cyber analytics company delivering performance and security from the inside out. ExtraHop offers complete visibility with machine learning to help you make quick, confident decisions about your IT environment. Explore the ExtraHop Performance Platform at<a href="https://www.extrahop.com/packetpushers/"> extrahop.com/packetpushers</a>.<br> Show Links:<br> <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/william-collins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">William Collins on LinkedIn</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/wcollins502/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">William Collins on Twitter</a><br> <a href="https://packetpushers.net/podcast/heavy-networking-452-using-netbox-as-a-source-of-networking-truth/">Heavy Networking 452 – Using Netbox As A Source Of Networking Truth</a><br> Cloud Certifications<br> <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/certification/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AWS Certification</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/azure-training.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Microsoft Azure training</a><br> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/certification/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google Cloud certified</a><br> Cloud Documentation<br> <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AWS Documentation</a><br> <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Microsoft Azure Documentation</a><br> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/docs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google Cloud Documentation</a><br> <br>
