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In this episode, we talk with Hank Preston, one of the lead creators of the new Cisco Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Connectivity exam. We cover why the exam is needed, what role it plays as part of Cisco's larger certification ecosystem, and what the blueprint means.

How to connect with Hank:
Twitter: [https://twitter.com/hfpreston]
LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hpreston/]
Cisco Blogs: [https://blogs.cisco.com/author/hankpreston]


ENCC Exam Topics
https://learningcontent.cisco.com/documents/marketing/exam-topics/300-440-ENCC-v1.0.pdf

Cisco Certification Roadmap
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/cisco-certification-roadmaps

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In this episode, we tackle common myths surrounding cloud in general.

1. The cloud is someone else’s data center
2. The cloud is always more/less expensive than on-prem
3. Everything should run in the cloud
4. Enterprises should not go multicloud
5. We are too small to take advantage of the cloud
6. AWS 7 Rs

Links:

AWS 7 Rs:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/application-portfolio-assessment-guide/prioritization-and-migration-strategy.html#migration-r-type

Facebook Data Center Network:
https://engineering.fb.com/2019/03/14/data-center-engineering/f16-minipack/

Sneakernet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet

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In this episode, we talk with Steve McNutt, a cybersecurity professional at Cisco. Steve has seen the industry change several times, and together we cover the traditional security design as well as how to design for cloud security in the new age. We bounced around between a lot of security topics in this show, so there are a lot of links to share!

How to connect with our guest:
Twitter: [https://twitter.com/densem0de]
Blog: [https://densemode.com/]

Topics:

NIST: [https://www.nist.gov]
AWS GWLB: [https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/gateway-load-balancer/]
Azure GWLB: [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/gateway-overview]
AWS GWLB Design/Packet Walk: [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/vpc-routing-enhancements-and-gwlb-deployment-patterns/]
Layered VPC Security and Inspection (re:Invent 2022 presentation): [https://youtu.be/Ya4WFO9P0i8]
John Savill Azure GWLB Deep Dive: [https://youtu.be/JLx7ZFzjdSs]
TechTalk Reduce NGFW Deployments for AWS Public Facing Workloads: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cEnF7MdB0o]
VPC Lattice: [https://youtu.be/fRjD1JI0H5w]
What is a service mesh? [https://linkerd.io/what-is-a-service-mesh/]
Istio: [https://istio.io]

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This episode is all about how to approach the transition from a traditional network engineering role to a more cloud centric network engineering role. While we firmly believe that hybrid cloud is not going anywhere, there are plenty of things within cloud networking that require a bit of a shift in how you frame your thinking and what you do in this new role. Today’s episode is very much a round table discussion where we go around and discuss our thoughts on a variety of questions, as well as give any insights that we think may have helped along the way.

“Networking is in my way” whitepaper:

https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2010/10/datacenter-networks-are-in-my-way/

Gateway Load Balancer:

https://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/gateway-load-balancer/

Purchase Chris and Tim's book on AWS Cloud Networking: https://www.amazon.com/Certified-Advanced-Networking-Certification-certification/dp/1835080839/

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Today’s episode is an introduction to the Cables 2 Clouds podcast. We go into the co-host's backstories a bit and talk about what kicked off their transition into the cloud networking world from the more traditional network engineering roles they started with. The “target audience” is covered as well as ideas and topics that we want to cover in future episodes. Alex, Chris, and Tim talk about the sort of forced elegance in the cloud and give opinions on what each of them really enjoys about working in this new frontier and what things they are excited to talk about. We wrap up with remarks about being under the Art of Network Engineering umbrella and where you can find us online.

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

https://landscape.cncf.io

Purchase Chris and Tim's book on AWS Cloud Networking: https://www.amazon.com/Certified-Advanced-Networking-Certification-certification/dp/1835080839/

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