Making a Clickable HTML Network Diagram using OmniGraffle
As a Mac user, I have to give my diagramming love to OmniGraffle and I try not to envy the Visio users too much. I maintain that Graffle diagrams subjectively look nicer than Visio, but […]
2017
CYA! Cover Your Assets (By Securing Them) (Thwack)
Still using local accounts for device access? Don’t know what a Term Process is? You need to CYA! On the Solarwinds Thwack Geek Speak blog I looked at a variety of security (and related) features […]
Your Network: The Glue Holding the Business Together (Thwack)
TCP congestion control, buffer bloat and micro bursting are just a few of the things that can ruin your network and, as a consequence, your business. On the Solarwinds Thwack Geek Speak blog I looked at […]
Microburst: Intent-Washing (See Apstra Fight Back!)
Apstra – the intent-based networking company – was thrilled, perhaps in a somewhat ironic sense, when Cisco announced just before Cisco Live 2017 US that the future was intent-based networking. I hear informally that their […]
Ok, I’m Giving Ubiquiti Networks Another Chance
After quite a few discussions resulting from my Epic Evaluation: Ubiquiti ERPro-8 vs Play-Doh where (spoiler alert!) the Play-Doh™ won hands down after an exhaustive six-month test, I’ve been persuaded to give Ubiqiuti Networks (aka […]
You Need Configuration Management. Really. (Thwack)
Oops, lost a network device. I sure hope we have a configuration backup… On the Solarwinds Thwack Geek Speak blog I looked at how configuration management can help not just with total loss scenarios, but […]