Posts in 2018
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Install PowerCLI on Mac, start using PowerNSX
Friday, June 08, 2018 in Virtualization and Private Cloud
This is something I’ve been wanting to publish for a while, and finally my Mac got formatted (no questions will be taken at this point…) and I had to re-install it all, and I just couldn’t find the instructions on how to do it …
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How I passed Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect Exam
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Certifications
After a few months of heavy preps, I managed to pass the exam. I got the electronic certificate, and supposedly I’ll get a Cloud Architect Hoodie! Yeah, I’m gonna wear it :) The exam is every bit as difficult as advertised. I did A LOTS …
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Public Cloud Networking and Security: VPCs, Interconnection to Cloud, Load Balancing
Sunday, March 04, 2018 in Public Cloud
I’m so happy to finally be here, at the Networking part of the Public Cloud!!! I know, there are more important parts of Cloud then Networks, but SDN is my true love, and we should give it all the attention it deserves. IMPORTANT: In this post …
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Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - How do I choose among the Compute options? IaaS, PaaS, CaaS/KaaS?
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 in Public Cloud
Google has made their Cloud Platform (GCP) so that you can host your application any way your business requires. When we talk about the traditional Data Center, we tend to distinguish 3 types of “resources”: Compute Storage Networking …
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Big Data for Infrastructure Engineers: What is Hadoop?
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 in Playing Smart
Before we start, let’s make sure we know what we’re talking about here. A few concepts need to be clarified: OLTP vs OLAP Big Data Machine Learning OLTP and OLAP We can divide IT systems into transactional (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP). …
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Big Data for Infrastructure Engineers: What is Hadoop?
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 in Public Cloud
Before we start, let’s make sure we know what we’re talking about here. A few concepts need to be clarified: OLTP vs OLAP Big Data Machine Learning OLTP and OLAP We can divide IT systems into transactional (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP). …
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Google Cloud Architect, why and how to prepare for the exam
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 in Public Cloud
Why Public Cloud? In the last many years I’ve been strongly focusing on the Cloud. I have to admit though that due to various conversations with my customers, Public and Hybrid models have been getting more and more attention, and I can see how …
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Why is Hybrid Cloud so important? Cisco Cloud Blog
Tuesday, February 06, 2018 in Playing Smart
As you probably know, CiscoLive 2018 was celebrated in Barcelona in January 2018, and I had the pleasure of speaking at 3 sessions, two about ACI Anywhere and Hybrid Cloud and one about IoT. My focus was on how Cisco products can help you with these, …
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What is NSX-T, and how to build a Home Lab
Friday, January 19, 2018 in SDN and Network Virtualization
Let me start by saying that I’ve been a big NSX fan ever since it came to the market. I was one of the first CCIEs to get to the VCIX-NV (VMware Certified Network Virtualization Expert). It provides a single point of management of your Network …
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ACI 2018: ACI Anywhere and AVE (Application Virtual Edge)
Tuesday, January 16, 2018 in SDN and Network Virtualization
It’s 2018, and looking back at 2017 I must say that I’m quite happy, because having all in mind - it seems that Cisco is taking Cloud seriously. Four arguments to prove this: Intent Based approach UCS and HyperFlex evolution using Cisco …