What is the Edge - Edge Field Day 1

Attending the first-ever Edge Field Day provided me with a fresh perspective on how service consumption on the edge is evolving. New technologies are bringing secure, reliable options to the edge to solve unique challenges. Throughout my career, I’ve worked on a variety of edges, including tho...
Published on February 27, 2023 | 2 min read

Why Should You Care About Network Function Virtualization (NFV)?

(I found this draft that I started several years ago and decided it was time to finish it as it is especially relevant with the rise in container networking)**_I have had been investigating and looking at strategies around Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Net...
Published on May 16, 2020 | 6 min read

The Day the Internet Died

It was just a normal day.  A day like any other day.  Children bundled up after asking Alexa what the weather was going to be like today.  Parents checked their online calendar to see how many different places they would need to be at the same time so they could have an Uber ready to pickup th...
Published on February 09, 2017 | 4 min read

Preparing for Network Field Day

Travel over the past few months including a recent two week stint overseas has left me little time to deeply prepare for what is to come over the next couple of days.  As a first time delegate to an event that is consistently packed with the finest network minds around I certainly feel a bit a...
Published on November 16, 2016 | 1 min read

Network Field Day 13 Delegate

I am honored and humbled to have been invited by @GestaltIT Tech Field Day to be a delegate at Network Field Day 13.  Having met several people who have been repeat attendees I can without a doubt say  that I will be amongst a very talented crowd of ...
Published on October 10, 2016 | 0 min read

Future:Net @ VMworld 2016

I was lucky enough to score an invitation to a new mini-conference that is running concurrently with VMworld 2016 in Las Vegas sponsored by VMware. The aptly titled Future:Net conference in its inaugural year was an invitation only event focused on...
Published on September 01, 2016 | 1 min read