Easy Mile Case study 

Cost was never top of mind for on-prem networking/security/cloud architects but its an important design pillar in cloud. In this episode, we discussed with James Devine and Saad Mirza from #aviatrix on how infrastructure teams and architects needs to change their mental model when looking at network/security cost and where compromises does not make sense.

Some key points:

1. Be comfortable with not having a clear picture of your OPEX as you start you journey. In fact, your cost could very well be higher but additional benefits are well worth it. Cost is not the only reason why businesses are moving to the cloud.

2. Understand the data transfer cost e.g. when accessing a recording from S3 bucket to prove out a financial transaction

3. Understand CSPs savings plans and use them as much as possible.

4. Don't take shortcuts and settle for sub-optimal architecture just b/c of cost factor. In the end, you will end up paying lot more. How platforms like Aviatrix helps business realize rapid ROI and allow them to unlock new revenue streams.

5. Convincing CIO/CFO on funding and why sometimes "risk of not having something" is more impactful explanation than "benefit of having something"

Hope you enjoy.

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Exciting episode this... Jennifer Reed is a highly trusted and well respected cloud professional. She is also founding member of D3clarity [formerly ViqtorDavis] who have been helping enterprise customers with their cloud journey for # of years now. 

In this episode, Jennifer shares her fascinating career journey starting from being in US Marin Corp to then working in very diverse technology roles and eventually becoming a trusted cloud networking and security  professional assisting many large enterprise customers.

Some key points:

1. Why taking an architectural approach is so critical in a rapidly evolving cloud world.

2. Why CSR's doesn't work in cloud. 

3. Jennifer also talked about D3clarity specialization in working with heavily regulated industries helping customers all the way from cloud migration to a fully secure, compliant and high available cloud infrastructure.

4. Advise to Netsec professionals : Learn at least one cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle]  and do ACE trainings to get ramped on cloud networking quickly https://aviatrix.com/ace/

5. Key message : Never let a CSP lock you in. Ask deeper questions on various traffic flows and how to secure connections b/w various regions , cloud and on-prem. 

6. Jennifer view of how Aviatrix brings flexibility, security, repeatability and visibility as key value adds to enterprise cloud environments.. 

Enjoy !! 

Barry Li is Principal Solutions architect with vast experience in helping diff type of SaaS vendors especially in designing and operationalizing their cloud networks. In this podcast, Barry shares his experience and lessons learned working with some of the prominent SaaS vendors who are leveraging Aviatrix as their foundational platform for variety of needs.

Some of the point covered include:

If you are a SaaS provider or partner helping SaaS Vendor manage their offerings in cloud, you would find this very useful.

Enjoy !!

Brad Hedlund is a networking legend when it comes to data centers and AWS cloud expert having spend several years at Cisco, VMWare, and AWS In this podcast, Brad shared his fascinating career journey and why he thinks Aviatrix is the next big thing in cloud networking

Some key points we covered:

1. Why he left AWS and joined Aviatrix ? and his view of major inflection points in networking over the last 20 years.

2. Why he thinks the "center of gravity" in the cloud and need for consuming services in multiple cloud is making "networking cool again".

3. How role of network engineers is transforming in cloud and why Aviatrix is fast tracking their skills with a platform that allows for a common repeatable architecture (MCNA) across any CSP and connectivity back to on-prem ?

4. Economies of scale and pace of innovation are 2 key reasons why discussions are no longer "private vs public", but more of how to do public cloud better ?

5. Why cloud networking has become so critical for enterprises?  

6. Why networking will never be advance focus of any CSP as they are not really in the business of providing a DC like traditional vendors. Their focus is higher lever business application services as that's where they compete with each other and critical role Aviatrix is playing for CSPs and customers 

Hope you will enjoy !! 

Leon N’Guetta leads the VDC.cloud’s growing UK and globally dispersed team as the Owner, Managing Director & Certified Aviatrix Multi-Cloud Expert. In this episode, we get together with Leon to learn about his interesting journey in transforming his business to cloud. We also discussed how cloud has made them realize "The Art of possible" with elastic, on-demand infrastructure and cloud services at finger tips. 

Below are some key points he shared:

1. Importance of Cloud Network architecture and why leveraging multiple clouds to use best of breed services is key

2. Power of Cloud marketplace in  value creation and ability to quickly bring ideas to life by spinning up solutions almost instantly in cloud.

3. Why he thinks "Aviatrix Certified Engineer"  (ACE) program is key for cloud network/security architects to build enterprise grade networks.

4. Customers are desperately looking for skilled partners who knows cloud really well and can act as prescriptive, trusted advisors.

As Aviatrix trusted partner, VDC.cloud is rapidly expanding their customer footprint and becoming trusted advisors for customers especially in Legal, Finance and Insurance sectors along with helping SaaS vendors manage their offerings in the cloud - https://vdc.cloud/

Enjoy the podcast !!!

Justin Donohoo the Founder and CTO of Observian and is probably one of the most knowledgeable and experienced cloud advisor we know in the space of app modernization, cloud migration, cloud security and big data. A trusted advisor with real world cloud experience that can be of tremendous help with customers cloud journey. In this episode, we get together with Justin to get his thoughts on customer lessons learned, partner landscape and how Observian is helping enterprises in this rapidly evolving cloud space. Some key points:

John Smoker is an experience DevOps engineer and infrastructure architect with solid command on cloud technologies, infrastructure as code, cloud patterns, and automation. Prior to joining Aviatrix, John was leveraging Aviatrix as part of his CI/CD application delivery in the cloud. He loved it so much, that he ended up joining Aviatrix now helping customers who are looking for guidance in their cloud journey:

In episode 11, we touch some key topics around:

Great learning and I hope you will find it useful too.

James Devine is AWS Networking expert who recently joined Aviatrix as Principal Solutions Architect. In EP10, we got together with James to get his views on reasons behind AWS wild success. We also talked about how Aviatrix cloud networking platform makes Customer's AWS experience more impactful, secure and enterprise grade. There is also some thought provoking discussions on why world needs "modern CIO/CTO's " to drive innovation strategy of the future and how VMware VMCoAWS type strategy may help provide a "DRaaS to cloud" as a starting point for many enterprises who are not ready to jump to cloud or want a intermediate solution for workloads not yet in cloud.

This week we got together with Head of Corp Networks at Inmarsat to talk about their cloud journey. Sone key points we covered include: