Tech Interviews

As our technology stack continues to evolve and the demands on our IT systems grow, we need to become increasingly smarter with the way we deliver it. Increasingly we want all elements of our technology infrastructure to be software-driven, we want intelligence about performance so we can use it to drive and automate change. However, one area that is often not considered is the area of networking. Networking is at the very heart of modern infrastructure but often we still see very traditional approaches to how it is designed and deployed. Why is that and how do we change it? That is the topic of this week’s show as I catch up with Rich Martin, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at intelligent network automation specialists Intential. Join us as we discuss. • The networking bottleneck in IT automation. • Why can’t we “spin-up” networking? • How do we modernise when there a lack of strategy, skills and tools? • The COVID effect. • The problems with a traditional approach. • The cloud networking quandary! •