Last time we talked about some of the things that marketers do to hide the warts in their products. A lot of people commented on this post, apparently I struck a nerve. Here are some of...
Bad Technical Marketing
Disclaimer: This is a lighthearted blog post poking fun at everyone’s favorite employee, the technical marketer. Tech Marketing is an incredibly important activity, and when done right it can make...
Never Bet Against Ethernet
Truer words have never been spoken. Ethernet has proven to be one of the most successful and reliable technologies in history. Let’s have a quick history lesson for the youngsters....
Hablas BGP?
Did you miss the beginning of this series?Part 1 - Part 2 Network experts (CCIEs, JNCIEs, people with IETF tattoos) are incredible interpreters. Whether they know it or not, they speak many...
It’s Hard to Fire a CCIE
It’s actually hard to fire a CCIE. And no, this isn’t a veiled threat to my boss. Let’s put ourselves in the shoes of management for a moment. The network is a scary black box, you can’t just plug a...
Even CCIEs Break Things
Last year I celebrated 20 years of CCIE certification. No one threw me a party, there was no ticker tape parade, hell, if I didn’t rescue the email from my spam folder I wouldn’t have known that it...