Living on the Edge: The Network Resilience Podcast by Opengear

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The ‘Engine Room’ at PayPal; Site Operations and the Role of SRE with TJ Gibson, Director of Site Operations at PayPal

2021-03-1337:52

Site Operations at PayPal covers Incident Response, Network Monitoring, Site Reliability, and a whole lot more. Security is an ever present concern. AI and Machine Learning are disruptors on the horizon. As the person who runs the Network Command Center – the “Engine Room” at PayPal – TJ Gibson has a lot on his mind. In this episode of Living on the Edge, TJ walks us through the complexity of running a large corporate network as part of a team of 600 engineers. We talk about the growth of Si...

The Journey to Cisco Certification; and thoughts on SD-WAN, DevNet and More With Jason Gooley, Technical Evangelist at Cisco

2021-02-1447:28

The Cisco Certification path has changed significantly over the years. Jason Gooley, a Tech Evangelist at Cisco, has seen that certification journey from several viewpoints – as a student, a mentor, and as the author of several textbooks. In this episode of Living on the Edge, Jason talks about the evolution of the CCNA/CCIE programs, including the “Cert-pocalypse” in February 2020, when the program was streamlined to focus the program to a narrower core, while adding in the DevNet certificat...

Avoiding Shiny Objects: Talking SD-WAN, NFV and CCIE with Michael Wynston of Fiserv

2020-12-1437:47

Adaptability has been a watchword for Michael’s career in Fintech networking. And as an early adopter of new technologies, avoiding shiny objects has been key. We discuss the value of CCNA and CCIE certifications; what Network Function Virtualization brings to the table, and how SD-WAN has evolved during the pandemic. Michael Wynston, Director of Global Network Architecture at Fiserv, shares his experiences and viewpoints with the Living on the Edge Podcast. We covered a number of topics: ·&n...

In the Trenches: How the Cable Industry Adapts: featuring Jay Rolls, Former CTO of Charter Communications

2020-11-1020:21

How is the cable industry adapting to the current technology trends? With his background at both Charter and Cox, Jay shares his views on automation, edge networks and 5G. Are they an opportunity or a threat? Friend or Foe? The answer, of course, is “yes”. On this episode of Living on the Edge, Jay Rolls, former CTO at Charter Communications, talks about the road that brought him to the cable industry, from cryptography at the CIA, to the Defense Data Network in the early days of the Internet...

Zero Touch Management: The Future of Out-of-Band? featuring Todd Rychecky of Opengear

2020-10-1929:23

Todd Rychecky is VP Americas at Opengear. He discusses the evolution in out-of-band management, and how increasing automation makes console servers more relevant than ever.As the leader of the Americas Sales team at Opengear, Todd is a trusted advisor on network resilience solutions to many large enterprise and hyperscale organizations. On this episode of Living on the Edge, Todd recalls how serial ports were “old news” twenty years ago when he started selling console servers. And yet today, ...

Putting the "F.U.N" into Networking: featuring Roy Chua of AvidThink

2020-10-1230:50

Discussing the evolution of SD-WAN, how increased automation will change network management, and why a strategic approach to Network Resilience may be the natural extension of SREs - Site Reliability Engineers. On today's Living on the Edge podcast, Roy Chua, founder and principal at AvidThink, and co-founder of SDxCentral, shares his views on the evolution of SD-WAN, how the adoption of NetOps practices are impacting IT organizations, and why Network Resilience could become the next focus fo...

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Living on the Edge: The Network Resilience Podcast by Opengear