Networking

Adios I.T., the cloud is here

January 14, 2010

Yesterday Network World published a ground breaking prediction by Gartner, “20% of businesses will get rid of all I.T. assets as they move to cloud” Outlandish statements make for good headlines but as a prediction it’s woefully ignorant and incomplete. I assume the truth doesn’t translate into pageviews. The truth is that I.T. infrastructure is [...]

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If I could tell all SMBs one thing

January 6, 2010

Businesses are cutting costs and trimming tech budgets. Daily I see small business owners express shock at the cost of I.T. solutions. I’m a friend and advocate for private business and I’m a fan of people making money but I’m tired of explaining the price of tech. If I could only share one insight with [...]

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7 things you should do to every switch

June 26, 2009

So often I see organizations purchase a new switch and throw it into production without any configuration. This is poor management and terribly insecure. Therefore I’m going to offer my quick guide to 7 things you should do to every switch. This is by no means a complete guide to security or best practices this [...]

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A History of the Internet

January 7, 2009

I am fascinated by the origins of our present day internet so I am constantly intrigued by efforts to document the net’s evolution. “A History of the Internet” by Melih Bilgil is a brief animated video that documents how several separate international projects collaborated to create a worldwide distributed network. The production quality is excellent [...]

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How to Configure OSPF within your LAN.

December 10, 2008

Over the past year I’ve become a big proponent of using Layer 3 (L3) routing protocols within large LAN networks. There are several benefits to using routing protocols at the LAN level but the driving force behind my support of L3 in the LAN is to mitigate Layer 2 (L2) security attacks. (For more information [...]

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How the Web Was Won

July 28, 2008

VanityFair.com has a wonderful article that details the History of the Internet as we know it. It is a lengthy piece (as it should be) and it is very deserving of your time. Enjoy This year marks the 50th anniversary of an extraordinary moment. In 1958 the United States government set up a special unit, [...]

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World Wide Web envisioned in 1934

June 24, 2008

NYTimes.com | The Web Time Forgot by Alex Wright | link In 1934 one man envisioned an interconnected network that would provide a method of sharing text, images, and video. Paul Otlet imagined a system comprised of telegraphs and index cards that connected via symbolic links. To have such a concept in 1934 is nothing [...]

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