Eric Stewart: Running Off At The Mouth

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Cisco Live 2023 Review – and Me

by on Jul.06, 2023, under Networking, Technology

My experiences and review of Cisco Live 2023, including two of those days being spent with the Tech Field Day crew participating in Tech Field Day Extra. Also, a bit about me and why it took almost a month to get this review up.

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Cisco Live 2023 – Celebration Musical Lineup Announced! Also, NetVet Scheduling Update

by on Mar.21, 2023, under Networking, Technology

Who is it? Well, let me just say it’s entirely possible that this year I’ll be staying all the way through to the end …

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Cisco Live 2023 – Registration Now Open!

by on Mar.06, 2023, under Networking, Technology

Registration is now open for Cisco Live 2023, including conference hotels. Here’s what I know so far … which is mainly just a summary of key points from the website.

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Proving It’s Not The Network: Catchpoint and Kentik

by on Oct.05, 2022, under Networking, Technology

Catchpoint and Kentik presented their solutions for network observability at Network Field Day 29. Both solutions seek to provide the necessary evidence to say “It’s not the network”, but with different philosophies. I try no to show too much opinion in this post as to which one seemed more complete to me, and encourage you to watch both presentations for yourself.

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Opengear – Making Out Of Band Access More Useful

by on Sep.20, 2022, under Networking, Technology

Opengear presented on the first day of Network Field Day 29 and talked about using your out of band access more effectively, including using your serial connectivity for more than just emergencies.

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Network Field Day 29: My Experience As A First-Time Delegate

by on Sep.12, 2022, under Networking, Technology

My overall experience as a first-time delegate of Network Field Day is chronicled here.

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Network Field Day 29: September 7 – 9, 2022

by on Sep.04, 2022, under Networking, Technology

I will be a delegate for Network Field Day 29. What is it? What’s involved? This post will explain what I know so far and provide links to more information, including where to find streams of the presentations.

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Cisco Live 2022 Retrospective

by on Jun.27, 2022, under Networking, Technology

Cisco Live 2022 (for the US) is done and dusted. How did it go? Was COVID an issue? Is there anything they could do differently? Are in person events safe? Well, let’s talk about all that.

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“My Scheduler” open for NetVets – Cisco Live 2022

by on Apr.19, 2022, under Networking, Technology

Just a brief (me, brief? Hahahaha) note about the course scheduler being open for NetVets.

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Cisco Live 2022 – What Has Been Announced (And What Hasn’t)

by on Mar.01, 2022, under Networking, Technology

My previous post didn’t include a lot of information about the event itself – just that the conference registration website was up, and included hotel registration as well. Here’s what I’ve pulled so far from the website …

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