Zigbits Network Design Podcast

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This is going to be a similar show theme as our Demystifying Role series, but we are going to highlight the transition Damon has gone through from being a Leading Security Architect to a Leader of People in his new Leadership role.

Today we are talking about Network Design but at the Global Scale! What do you need to think about? What questions should you be asking? What are the most important design decisions, for a Global Scale Network? Click here to find out!

This is a 100% technical show, we are diving into the weeds on VXLAN and what the critical Network Design Decisions are around that protocol.

How Abstraction, Orchestration, and True Automation can make your Career Successful! This is all about making you successful in your career with Abstraction, Orchestration, and True Automation. What are they? How can you learn them and immediately start leveraging them in your Career right now! If you want to make your Career successful and you want to know how you should go about leveraging Abstraction, Orchestration, and True Automation immediately, check today’s episode of the Zigbits Network Design Podcast! Helping me today is my good friend and frequent Zigbits Guest Tim Fiola! We are starting right now!

Why all Network Engineers need Tequila with Tim Fiola? Today we are going to take a break and we are going to talk about something totally off-topic. We are going to talk about Tequila. Something I know nothing about. This is going to be a fun show to break up our normal rhythm of Network Design shows. Hey, and maybe we will tie some network design concepts into this topic as well. If you know nothing about Tequila and your first thought is it’s another automation tool, well this is the show for you! Find out all about it today in this episode of the Zigbits network design podcast.

Network Design Principle Security! Network Design Principles... we have to know them and leverage them in every network design decision we make. Is Security a Network Design Principle? Find out today in this episode of the Zigbits network design podcast. Let's Go!

What Truly Matters? Today we are going to take a break and I am going to talk about What Truly Matters. As part of this conversation, I will be doing an impromptu review of my 2021 goals, what I said I would be doing in Jan 2021, and what have I actually done. Do I need to adjust course? Do I need to totally revamp my goals? Find out today in this episode of the Zigbits network design podcast. Let's Go!

How can you get started with AWS Networking right now, today? And why should you? What's the business benefit, what's the business impact? Find all of this out and much more in this episode!

Here is our Cisco Live 2021 Network Design Sessions List. If you are looking to just be a better network designer, or if you are going after your CCNP ENSLD or the CCDE, this show is for you.

What's The Impact of Network Automation on Your Career? How do we get network engineers… how do we get you to adopt Network Automation? I am joined by Rich Martin this week to discuss why you should adopt Network Automation today! What’s the value in it for you? What’s the impact on your career if you do not adopt automation? That's what this show is all about. Let’s go!

Is the role of the Network Engineer now a Commodity resource? How do we make ourselves stick out in the crowded pool of Network Engineers, Network Designers, and Network Architects?

Here I talk about how we can leverage Scalability to make a business flexible. Scalability is a Network Design Principle, and as network designers, we can leverage it to provide Network Design options to our Business Leaders and Stakeholders. I go into some detail on this network design principle with real-world, raw examples in this show. I even leverage my soccer experience and how we used to "play the tape" forward. This is a must listen to episode for all Network Engineers, Network Designers, and Network Architects! Check it out!

We take a trip back in time… Back to the Future! Let’s be like Marty McFly and jump into our Delorean, our time-traveling car to find out what the evolution of network design is all about.

We are going to pull back the curtains. We are going to answer why do we truly build networks in networking engineering. What is their purpose, what are their end goals? Why is a network there in the first place? Do all Networks have the same goal? I’m joined by my good friend Jordan Martin from Network Collective and he is going to help me provide answers, perspectives, and understanding as to why we even build networks in the first place. Click here to find out why we need a network!

Here I talk about Keeping it simple stupid... AKA KISS! Simplicity is a Network Design Principle, and it includes managing the complexity level of the network designs we are creating. I go into some detail on this network design principle with real-world, raw examples in this show. This is a must listen to episode for all Network Engineers, Network Designers, and Network Architects! Check it out!

Today’s topic is a real automation use case with all of the good, bad, and ugly that goes with a production environment - how Automating The Entire Canadian Parliament Precinct Network happened from start to finish.

Today, We are back with another Demystifying The Role of The Network Engineer episode with Carl Zellers. Today's guest, Carl Zellers, went from wanting to be a Pirate to being a FedEx Carrier to finally becoming a Network Engineer! Here all about his Journey from Pirate to FedEx Carrier to Network Engineer at an MSP in this episode! As Carl would say, "Living it, Learning it, Experience it!" So Stick around! Here we go!

We are back with another Demystifying The Role of The Network Engineer episode with A.J Murray. How would you like to work at a Value Added Reseller (VAR) and Cisco Partner as a Network Engineer Team Lead? Being a team lead is something dear to my heart as well as our Guest Expert today. Today's guest, A.J. Murray, actually works in this role, making customers successful and coaching others in this industry! So Stick around! Here we go!

Parliament Precinct Network - A True Enterprise Network Design Use Case covering Campus, Wide Area Network, Data Center, Cloud, and Security. This is a Design Use Case, a true Design Case Study! I am joined by John Capobianco to give us a deep dive of this massive transformation from a legacy Nortel network into a world-class Cisco Network including a 50 building campus; 500 WAN sites, a DMZ perimeter with firewalls and security devices, active/active data centers, and a ton of new services like Wifi and VoIP. So Stick around. Here we go!