Issue Number 40 Thought For The Week - Packet Pushers · gathered and shared in a keynote at...
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Another week of being a Human in IT Infrastructure. Are you still alive to talk about it? View this email in your browser IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE: Reasons To Buy Whitebox, How To Bust Silos, & Edward Snowden. Please remember to enable the images; the magazine looks a lot better that way! Table of Contents (aka The Project Plan) 1. Nine Reasons For Buying Whitebox Switches 2. How To Bust Silos, Even If Your Job Won't Let You 3. A Pardon For Edward Snowden? Internets Of Interest PacketPushers.net - The Last Five Watch This! Quick Survey: Filling Your Stack Issue Number 40 09/16/2016 The "Doing things differently" issue. Thought For The Week: Firewalls don't have to be secure to meet policy--they just have to be there.
Transcript of Issue Number 40 Thought For The Week - Packet Pushers · gathered and shared in a keynote at...
Another week of being a Human in IT Infrastructure Are you still alive to talkabout it
View this email in your browser
IN THIS WEEKS ISSUE Reasons To Buy Whitebox How To Bust Silos amp EdwardSnowden Please remember to enable the images the magazine looks a lot betterthat way
Table of Contents (aka The Project Plan)
1 Nine Reasons For BuyingWhitebox Switches2 How To Bust Silos Even IfYour Job Wont Let You3 A Pardon For EdwardSnowdenInternets Of Interest PacketPushersnet - The LastFiveWatch ThisQuick Survey Filling YourStack
Issue Number 40
09162016 The Doing things differently issue
Thought For The Week
Firewalls dont have to be secure tomeet policy--they just have to be
there
1 Nine Reasons For BuyingWhitebox Switchesby Greg Ferro Someone asked me for reasons why they should buy whitebox switches Icame up with nine
1 3shyyear ROI A lowshycost product can get ROI in less time and be replacedsooner Faster hardware rotation equals more innovationfeatureadoption (Big shout out to Cisco Nexus 7000 customers on decadeshylongownership cycles)
2 Software bugs Vendors take months to locate accept and fix bugswhich has enormous impact on your business (see here) With OCPshycompliant whiteboxes you can switch software and keep your businessalive or work around slow vendor support
3 Selfshysparing For somemost use cases selfshysparing is better thanrelying on vendor inventory When products are cheap you can holdinventory in your data center and bring MTTR down to hours instead ofdays
4 Preshyinventory Lowshycost switches held as internal stock reduce lead timefor new project provisioning Donrsquot wait for approvalPOdelivery just pullfrom stock Also stocks of SFP modules for whitebox switches can beheld when they cost 110th of vendor units
5 Vendor management Using at least some whitebox can coax betterdiscounts or engagement from incumbent vendors Most companies willhave a corepod architecture and use a mix ofbrandedwhitebrandwhitebox Encourage your vendors to be betteraligned to your needs by not buying their products
6 Supplier risk Using different whitebox vendors can reduce your risk fromhardware bugs A single switch model reduces operational costs but alsoplaces an enormous bet on a single supplier product
7 SDN Move your operational focus from a vendorshyspecific CLI to an SDNsolution If youre concerned about having multiple vendors to operatethen buy a SDN solution that is device independent Products such Anutaand Apstra remove the hassle
8 Corepod architecture You can build a new network using moderndesign principles like ECMP without affecting your existing networksDonrsquot have one network have many ldquonetwork podsrdquo
9 Low port utilization If switches are cheap enough you donrsquot have touse every port to get an ROI This avoids stretching cables between racksor rows or paying for expensive SFPs to longshyhaul a couple of servers
Final Advice Youll note that I didnt explicitly cite the cheaper price of whitebox switches as areason to buy them Thatrsquos because companies donrsquot really care about cuttingcosts Seriously Companies are more than willing to spend big if they believevalue is returned in some way Companies waste time negotiating prices withvendors just to pretend they havenrsquot overpaid for a particular brand or overshyprovisioned the solution lsquojust in casersquo You might also notice that I have explained how cheaper products can changethe way you design and operate a network And thats how you should presentthis to management
2 How To Bust Silos Even IfYour Job Wont Let Youby Ethan Banks
Here at Packet Pushers especially on the Datanauts podcast we espouse siloshybusting That is wersquove been encouraging folks to step outside of theirtechnological comfort zones and develop skills in other areas The logic issimple we see IT disciplines converging Some IT crossshyover is happening now just look at converged andhyperconverged products in which a bunch of tech has come together to form aunified system Folks working on converged platforms will better serve theirorganizations if they have some idea of how all of this tech works together Some crossshyover is on the horizon For instance enterprise IT seems headedtoward private and hybrid cloud but itrsquos a slow shift Itrsquos going to take a fewmore years to even get to the 50 mark according to some data VMwaregathered and shared in a keynote at VMworld US 2016 But the shift toward cloud is inexorable as opposed to trendy Cloud operationsimply converged operations The more you know the better off yoursquoll be However busting into another silo is not always easy Some of you havepointed out that what you do on the job is written in virtual stone Some of youhave contracts that stipulate exactly what your job is and neither initiative norambition will break you out of that contractual cage You can only do whatyoursquore allowed to do and no more Whatrsquos a prospective siloshybuster to do in this situation I have a few thoughts
1 Donrsquot let a job description inhibit your ability to learn You can still goafter new skills even if you wonrsquot be able to exercise those skills on thejob Not using new skills on the job might make it harder to retain specificmouse click and keyboard presses but donrsquot worry about that so muchInstead work on comprehension of previously unfamiliar technology shyshywhat the tech does and what problems are being solved with it
2 Recognize that knowledge always helps Technology breaks Having atechnology perspective outside of your silo means that yoursquoll have insightsothers might not when a complex IT system breaks When the system isdown and yoursquore on that allshyhands call bigshypicture knowledge coupled
with your siloshyspecific expertise can help rule out suspected problemsquickly
3 Understand that what you know about other silos will impact howyou behave in yours For example if Irsquom deep in my silo and never popmy head out I might simply set subshysecond network failover timers toaccommodate a specific application requirement thatrsquos been handeddown to me from on high However if Irsquove studied to understand thedetails of the application architecture and how the underlying protocolswork I might have enough knowledge to suggest an alternate applicationarchitecture that accomplishes the same resiliency goals Yes there arearchitecture teams dedicated to this sort of thinking in large organizationsbut that shouldnrsquot stop you from acquiring that knowledge yourself
4 Think of your future Career opportunities in technology are often basedon what you know Deep knowledge of a specific silo is powerful andperhaps exactly what your current job description calls for But what aboutthat next opportunity Donrsquot limit your options because you chose to lookat your job description shrug and take the path of least resistance
Futureshyproofing your career requires that you know more about more Even ifyour job description prevents you from crossing silo boundaries you need toenhance your skillset to keep up with changes coming in IT
Get to work--that silos not gonna bust itself
Join the Datanauts on their missionto bust silos and explore the latest
Network Break is a weeklypodcast that delivers news amp
developments in cloudconvergence data centers andmore Sign up free here
analysis on the networking industryin a fun fastshypaced style Subscribehere
3 A Pardon For EdwardSnowdenby Drew Conry-Murray Recently a New York Times editorial called for Barack Obama to pardonEdward Snowden The editorial argues that by exposing the US governmentsfarshyreaching surveillance of its citizens Snowden served the public interest anddeserves to be forgiven for illegally revealing classified documents I agree with the first part Snowdens revelations are a public service Unbridleddata collection with little to no oversight imperils our privacy It lays theinfrastructure for a surveillance state and opens the door to any number ofabuses by government individuals and institutions Our dayshytoshyday lives are now essentially digital windows into which anyonewith the requisite technology can peer This makes it all the more imperativethat we have robust controls over who gets to see what and how much By exposing the NSAs rapacious collection habits Snowden brought thedebate about digital privacy into mainstream political and public discoursewhich is exactly where it needs to be As for the second part I dont agree that Snowden should get a full pardonWhile I believe his actions were just they were also illegal and he should facethe consequences And frankly I think his cause would be better served if he came back to theUnited States and went to prison The sacrifice of his own liberty woulddemonstrate the strength of his convictions And it would remind us of the value
of our own freedom and how much we have to lose if we dont push backagainst unchecked surveillance
Internets Of Interest A collection of pre-loved links that might interest you Pre-lovedbecause I liked them enough to put into this newsletter Its not true love By Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray
Excess Management Is Costing The US $3Trillion Per Year Ive been highlighting that the fact the IT management is in a poor state ITengineering professionals have changed their practice and business skills overthe last decade to become useful Business professionals have done littleto upgrade their skills or learn technology According to an article in the Harvard Business Review managers are creatinglayers of excessive bureaucracy
That works out to one manager and administrator for every 47employees Overall managers and administrators made up 176of the US workforce and received nearly 30 of totalcompensation
It also highlights that overshyemployment of managers is a productivity burden
Three trillion dollars represents 17 of US GDP If this burden wasreduced by half over the next 10 years productivity growth wouldincrease by a compounded rate of 13 annually essentiallydoubling the postshy2007 productivity growth rate
Email this to your boss
Did Hackers Tilt An Oil Rig Getting The StoryStraight Cris Thomas (aka Space Rouge) tries to track down a rumor that hackers wereresponsible for causing an offshore oil rig to tilt by infiltrating the rigs ballastcontrol system Its a story that sounds plausible because we know industrialcontrols and SCADA systems represent juicy targetsshyshymalicious actors cancause physical damage and disruption from the cybershyshadows It turns out the claim is really hard to prove even though its been repeated inthe media and by infosec companies
I can easily see how someone could make a jump fromlsquoproblemswith softwarersquo all the way to lsquohackers did itrsquo Someone then halfremembers the story and starts repeating it a few times and itspreads from there
We need to beware of the FUD and stick to the facts At present Cris notesthat Stuxnet and a Ukraine power outage are the only provable cases of acyber attack causing physical damage
Serverless architectures game-changer orrecycled fad Gojko Adzic has an interesting take on the serverless phenomenon Jokes andbuzzwords aside he asserts that what makes serverless so unique isnt thetechnology per se but the financial incentives it creates
Itrsquos the first time at least in twenty years Irsquove been making softwarefor money that a deployment architecture actually creates strongfinancial incentives for good design practices and clear financialpenalties for bad design And that for me is the thing thatrsquos reallyrevolutionary about serverless
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Recent ArticlesThe last five articles published on EtherealMind and Packet Pushers
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Intel IDF Convergence Is Everything Why Google Slows Fibre Rollout Response Arista Market Share
PacketPushersnet - The Last FiveShow 306 Debating Network Complexity amp Capability With VMware(Sponsored) PQ Show 92 Network Or Endpoint Where To Put Security Datanauts 051 Intel amp The State Of Software Defined Infrastructure(Sponsored) Network Break 103 Dell EMC Unite HPE Intel Sell Parts Show 305 A Eulogy For TRILL
Watch ThisWhere we collect some videos that make us reflect think about our inner livesor just entertain us
I cant skateboard but this video makes me wish I could Heres a board-level viewfrom various spots in Boston
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Quick Survey Filling YourStack
Aside from your primary technical discipline (ie networking) in how manyother disciplines (ie storage security applications etc) would you say youare competent
A None B One or two C Three or four D Im full stack baby
Did We Miss Something Got an link or an article to share Email it tohumaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet
The End Bit
Sponsorship and Advertising - Send an email to humaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet for more information Youcould reach 5013 people Human Infrastructure is bi-weekly newsletter with view perspectives and opinions It is edited andpublished by Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray from PacketPushersnet If youd like to contribute emailDrew at drewconrymurraypacketpushersnet We dont give away your email address or personal details because that would suck Copyright copy 2016 Packet Pushers Interactive LLC All rights reserved unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
1 Nine Reasons For BuyingWhitebox Switchesby Greg Ferro Someone asked me for reasons why they should buy whitebox switches Icame up with nine
1 3shyyear ROI A lowshycost product can get ROI in less time and be replacedsooner Faster hardware rotation equals more innovationfeatureadoption (Big shout out to Cisco Nexus 7000 customers on decadeshylongownership cycles)
2 Software bugs Vendors take months to locate accept and fix bugswhich has enormous impact on your business (see here) With OCPshycompliant whiteboxes you can switch software and keep your businessalive or work around slow vendor support
3 Selfshysparing For somemost use cases selfshysparing is better thanrelying on vendor inventory When products are cheap you can holdinventory in your data center and bring MTTR down to hours instead ofdays
4 Preshyinventory Lowshycost switches held as internal stock reduce lead timefor new project provisioning Donrsquot wait for approvalPOdelivery just pullfrom stock Also stocks of SFP modules for whitebox switches can beheld when they cost 110th of vendor units
5 Vendor management Using at least some whitebox can coax betterdiscounts or engagement from incumbent vendors Most companies willhave a corepod architecture and use a mix ofbrandedwhitebrandwhitebox Encourage your vendors to be betteraligned to your needs by not buying their products
6 Supplier risk Using different whitebox vendors can reduce your risk fromhardware bugs A single switch model reduces operational costs but alsoplaces an enormous bet on a single supplier product
7 SDN Move your operational focus from a vendorshyspecific CLI to an SDNsolution If youre concerned about having multiple vendors to operatethen buy a SDN solution that is device independent Products such Anutaand Apstra remove the hassle
8 Corepod architecture You can build a new network using moderndesign principles like ECMP without affecting your existing networksDonrsquot have one network have many ldquonetwork podsrdquo
9 Low port utilization If switches are cheap enough you donrsquot have touse every port to get an ROI This avoids stretching cables between racksor rows or paying for expensive SFPs to longshyhaul a couple of servers
Final Advice Youll note that I didnt explicitly cite the cheaper price of whitebox switches as areason to buy them Thatrsquos because companies donrsquot really care about cuttingcosts Seriously Companies are more than willing to spend big if they believevalue is returned in some way Companies waste time negotiating prices withvendors just to pretend they havenrsquot overpaid for a particular brand or overshyprovisioned the solution lsquojust in casersquo You might also notice that I have explained how cheaper products can changethe way you design and operate a network And thats how you should presentthis to management
2 How To Bust Silos Even IfYour Job Wont Let Youby Ethan Banks
Here at Packet Pushers especially on the Datanauts podcast we espouse siloshybusting That is wersquove been encouraging folks to step outside of theirtechnological comfort zones and develop skills in other areas The logic issimple we see IT disciplines converging Some IT crossshyover is happening now just look at converged andhyperconverged products in which a bunch of tech has come together to form aunified system Folks working on converged platforms will better serve theirorganizations if they have some idea of how all of this tech works together Some crossshyover is on the horizon For instance enterprise IT seems headedtoward private and hybrid cloud but itrsquos a slow shift Itrsquos going to take a fewmore years to even get to the 50 mark according to some data VMwaregathered and shared in a keynote at VMworld US 2016 But the shift toward cloud is inexorable as opposed to trendy Cloud operationsimply converged operations The more you know the better off yoursquoll be However busting into another silo is not always easy Some of you havepointed out that what you do on the job is written in virtual stone Some of youhave contracts that stipulate exactly what your job is and neither initiative norambition will break you out of that contractual cage You can only do whatyoursquore allowed to do and no more Whatrsquos a prospective siloshybuster to do in this situation I have a few thoughts
1 Donrsquot let a job description inhibit your ability to learn You can still goafter new skills even if you wonrsquot be able to exercise those skills on thejob Not using new skills on the job might make it harder to retain specificmouse click and keyboard presses but donrsquot worry about that so muchInstead work on comprehension of previously unfamiliar technology shyshywhat the tech does and what problems are being solved with it
2 Recognize that knowledge always helps Technology breaks Having atechnology perspective outside of your silo means that yoursquoll have insightsothers might not when a complex IT system breaks When the system isdown and yoursquore on that allshyhands call bigshypicture knowledge coupled
with your siloshyspecific expertise can help rule out suspected problemsquickly
3 Understand that what you know about other silos will impact howyou behave in yours For example if Irsquom deep in my silo and never popmy head out I might simply set subshysecond network failover timers toaccommodate a specific application requirement thatrsquos been handeddown to me from on high However if Irsquove studied to understand thedetails of the application architecture and how the underlying protocolswork I might have enough knowledge to suggest an alternate applicationarchitecture that accomplishes the same resiliency goals Yes there arearchitecture teams dedicated to this sort of thinking in large organizationsbut that shouldnrsquot stop you from acquiring that knowledge yourself
4 Think of your future Career opportunities in technology are often basedon what you know Deep knowledge of a specific silo is powerful andperhaps exactly what your current job description calls for But what aboutthat next opportunity Donrsquot limit your options because you chose to lookat your job description shrug and take the path of least resistance
Futureshyproofing your career requires that you know more about more Even ifyour job description prevents you from crossing silo boundaries you need toenhance your skillset to keep up with changes coming in IT
Get to work--that silos not gonna bust itself
Join the Datanauts on their missionto bust silos and explore the latest
Network Break is a weeklypodcast that delivers news amp
developments in cloudconvergence data centers andmore Sign up free here
analysis on the networking industryin a fun fastshypaced style Subscribehere
3 A Pardon For EdwardSnowdenby Drew Conry-Murray Recently a New York Times editorial called for Barack Obama to pardonEdward Snowden The editorial argues that by exposing the US governmentsfarshyreaching surveillance of its citizens Snowden served the public interest anddeserves to be forgiven for illegally revealing classified documents I agree with the first part Snowdens revelations are a public service Unbridleddata collection with little to no oversight imperils our privacy It lays theinfrastructure for a surveillance state and opens the door to any number ofabuses by government individuals and institutions Our dayshytoshyday lives are now essentially digital windows into which anyonewith the requisite technology can peer This makes it all the more imperativethat we have robust controls over who gets to see what and how much By exposing the NSAs rapacious collection habits Snowden brought thedebate about digital privacy into mainstream political and public discoursewhich is exactly where it needs to be As for the second part I dont agree that Snowden should get a full pardonWhile I believe his actions were just they were also illegal and he should facethe consequences And frankly I think his cause would be better served if he came back to theUnited States and went to prison The sacrifice of his own liberty woulddemonstrate the strength of his convictions And it would remind us of the value
of our own freedom and how much we have to lose if we dont push backagainst unchecked surveillance
Internets Of Interest A collection of pre-loved links that might interest you Pre-lovedbecause I liked them enough to put into this newsletter Its not true love By Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray
Excess Management Is Costing The US $3Trillion Per Year Ive been highlighting that the fact the IT management is in a poor state ITengineering professionals have changed their practice and business skills overthe last decade to become useful Business professionals have done littleto upgrade their skills or learn technology According to an article in the Harvard Business Review managers are creatinglayers of excessive bureaucracy
That works out to one manager and administrator for every 47employees Overall managers and administrators made up 176of the US workforce and received nearly 30 of totalcompensation
It also highlights that overshyemployment of managers is a productivity burden
Three trillion dollars represents 17 of US GDP If this burden wasreduced by half over the next 10 years productivity growth wouldincrease by a compounded rate of 13 annually essentiallydoubling the postshy2007 productivity growth rate
Email this to your boss
Did Hackers Tilt An Oil Rig Getting The StoryStraight Cris Thomas (aka Space Rouge) tries to track down a rumor that hackers wereresponsible for causing an offshore oil rig to tilt by infiltrating the rigs ballastcontrol system Its a story that sounds plausible because we know industrialcontrols and SCADA systems represent juicy targetsshyshymalicious actors cancause physical damage and disruption from the cybershyshadows It turns out the claim is really hard to prove even though its been repeated inthe media and by infosec companies
I can easily see how someone could make a jump fromlsquoproblemswith softwarersquo all the way to lsquohackers did itrsquo Someone then halfremembers the story and starts repeating it a few times and itspreads from there
We need to beware of the FUD and stick to the facts At present Cris notesthat Stuxnet and a Ukraine power outage are the only provable cases of acyber attack causing physical damage
Serverless architectures game-changer orrecycled fad Gojko Adzic has an interesting take on the serverless phenomenon Jokes andbuzzwords aside he asserts that what makes serverless so unique isnt thetechnology per se but the financial incentives it creates
Itrsquos the first time at least in twenty years Irsquove been making softwarefor money that a deployment architecture actually creates strongfinancial incentives for good design practices and clear financialpenalties for bad design And that for me is the thing thatrsquos reallyrevolutionary about serverless
The Weekly Show channel is ouroneshyhour deep dive on networkingtechnology Subscribe today
Priority Queue tackles niche andnerdy tech topics and cuttingshyedgeresearch projects Subscribe here
Recent ArticlesThe last five articles published on EtherealMind and Packet Pushers
EtherealMindcom LatestEnterprise IT Doesnrsquot Care About The Price Really Unregenerate 20160827 ndash The Week Gone By or To Come
Intel IDF Convergence Is Everything Why Google Slows Fibre Rollout Response Arista Market Share
PacketPushersnet - The Last FiveShow 306 Debating Network Complexity amp Capability With VMware(Sponsored) PQ Show 92 Network Or Endpoint Where To Put Security Datanauts 051 Intel amp The State Of Software Defined Infrastructure(Sponsored) Network Break 103 Dell EMC Unite HPE Intel Sell Parts Show 305 A Eulogy For TRILL
Watch ThisWhere we collect some videos that make us reflect think about our inner livesor just entertain us
I cant skateboard but this video makes me wish I could Heres a board-level viewfrom various spots in Boston
Cant get enough newsletters Check out Link Propagation our newestpublication We send you a free weekly digest with tech news interesting blogsand industry announcements all curated by the Packet Pushers Its an easyway to keep up and stay informed Subscribe at packetpushersnetlink-propagation
Quick Survey Filling YourStack
Aside from your primary technical discipline (ie networking) in how manyother disciplines (ie storage security applications etc) would you say youare competent
A None B One or two C Three or four D Im full stack baby
Did We Miss Something Got an link or an article to share Email it tohumaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet
The End Bit
Sponsorship and Advertising - Send an email to humaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet for more information Youcould reach 5013 people Human Infrastructure is bi-weekly newsletter with view perspectives and opinions It is edited andpublished by Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray from PacketPushersnet If youd like to contribute emailDrew at drewconrymurraypacketpushersnet We dont give away your email address or personal details because that would suck Copyright copy 2016 Packet Pushers Interactive LLC All rights reserved unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
6 Supplier risk Using different whitebox vendors can reduce your risk fromhardware bugs A single switch model reduces operational costs but alsoplaces an enormous bet on a single supplier product
7 SDN Move your operational focus from a vendorshyspecific CLI to an SDNsolution If youre concerned about having multiple vendors to operatethen buy a SDN solution that is device independent Products such Anutaand Apstra remove the hassle
8 Corepod architecture You can build a new network using moderndesign principles like ECMP without affecting your existing networksDonrsquot have one network have many ldquonetwork podsrdquo
9 Low port utilization If switches are cheap enough you donrsquot have touse every port to get an ROI This avoids stretching cables between racksor rows or paying for expensive SFPs to longshyhaul a couple of servers
Final Advice Youll note that I didnt explicitly cite the cheaper price of whitebox switches as areason to buy them Thatrsquos because companies donrsquot really care about cuttingcosts Seriously Companies are more than willing to spend big if they believevalue is returned in some way Companies waste time negotiating prices withvendors just to pretend they havenrsquot overpaid for a particular brand or overshyprovisioned the solution lsquojust in casersquo You might also notice that I have explained how cheaper products can changethe way you design and operate a network And thats how you should presentthis to management
2 How To Bust Silos Even IfYour Job Wont Let Youby Ethan Banks
Here at Packet Pushers especially on the Datanauts podcast we espouse siloshybusting That is wersquove been encouraging folks to step outside of theirtechnological comfort zones and develop skills in other areas The logic issimple we see IT disciplines converging Some IT crossshyover is happening now just look at converged andhyperconverged products in which a bunch of tech has come together to form aunified system Folks working on converged platforms will better serve theirorganizations if they have some idea of how all of this tech works together Some crossshyover is on the horizon For instance enterprise IT seems headedtoward private and hybrid cloud but itrsquos a slow shift Itrsquos going to take a fewmore years to even get to the 50 mark according to some data VMwaregathered and shared in a keynote at VMworld US 2016 But the shift toward cloud is inexorable as opposed to trendy Cloud operationsimply converged operations The more you know the better off yoursquoll be However busting into another silo is not always easy Some of you havepointed out that what you do on the job is written in virtual stone Some of youhave contracts that stipulate exactly what your job is and neither initiative norambition will break you out of that contractual cage You can only do whatyoursquore allowed to do and no more Whatrsquos a prospective siloshybuster to do in this situation I have a few thoughts
1 Donrsquot let a job description inhibit your ability to learn You can still goafter new skills even if you wonrsquot be able to exercise those skills on thejob Not using new skills on the job might make it harder to retain specificmouse click and keyboard presses but donrsquot worry about that so muchInstead work on comprehension of previously unfamiliar technology shyshywhat the tech does and what problems are being solved with it
2 Recognize that knowledge always helps Technology breaks Having atechnology perspective outside of your silo means that yoursquoll have insightsothers might not when a complex IT system breaks When the system isdown and yoursquore on that allshyhands call bigshypicture knowledge coupled
with your siloshyspecific expertise can help rule out suspected problemsquickly
3 Understand that what you know about other silos will impact howyou behave in yours For example if Irsquom deep in my silo and never popmy head out I might simply set subshysecond network failover timers toaccommodate a specific application requirement thatrsquos been handeddown to me from on high However if Irsquove studied to understand thedetails of the application architecture and how the underlying protocolswork I might have enough knowledge to suggest an alternate applicationarchitecture that accomplishes the same resiliency goals Yes there arearchitecture teams dedicated to this sort of thinking in large organizationsbut that shouldnrsquot stop you from acquiring that knowledge yourself
4 Think of your future Career opportunities in technology are often basedon what you know Deep knowledge of a specific silo is powerful andperhaps exactly what your current job description calls for But what aboutthat next opportunity Donrsquot limit your options because you chose to lookat your job description shrug and take the path of least resistance
Futureshyproofing your career requires that you know more about more Even ifyour job description prevents you from crossing silo boundaries you need toenhance your skillset to keep up with changes coming in IT
Get to work--that silos not gonna bust itself
Join the Datanauts on their missionto bust silos and explore the latest
Network Break is a weeklypodcast that delivers news amp
developments in cloudconvergence data centers andmore Sign up free here
analysis on the networking industryin a fun fastshypaced style Subscribehere
3 A Pardon For EdwardSnowdenby Drew Conry-Murray Recently a New York Times editorial called for Barack Obama to pardonEdward Snowden The editorial argues that by exposing the US governmentsfarshyreaching surveillance of its citizens Snowden served the public interest anddeserves to be forgiven for illegally revealing classified documents I agree with the first part Snowdens revelations are a public service Unbridleddata collection with little to no oversight imperils our privacy It lays theinfrastructure for a surveillance state and opens the door to any number ofabuses by government individuals and institutions Our dayshytoshyday lives are now essentially digital windows into which anyonewith the requisite technology can peer This makes it all the more imperativethat we have robust controls over who gets to see what and how much By exposing the NSAs rapacious collection habits Snowden brought thedebate about digital privacy into mainstream political and public discoursewhich is exactly where it needs to be As for the second part I dont agree that Snowden should get a full pardonWhile I believe his actions were just they were also illegal and he should facethe consequences And frankly I think his cause would be better served if he came back to theUnited States and went to prison The sacrifice of his own liberty woulddemonstrate the strength of his convictions And it would remind us of the value
of our own freedom and how much we have to lose if we dont push backagainst unchecked surveillance
Internets Of Interest A collection of pre-loved links that might interest you Pre-lovedbecause I liked them enough to put into this newsletter Its not true love By Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray
Excess Management Is Costing The US $3Trillion Per Year Ive been highlighting that the fact the IT management is in a poor state ITengineering professionals have changed their practice and business skills overthe last decade to become useful Business professionals have done littleto upgrade their skills or learn technology According to an article in the Harvard Business Review managers are creatinglayers of excessive bureaucracy
That works out to one manager and administrator for every 47employees Overall managers and administrators made up 176of the US workforce and received nearly 30 of totalcompensation
It also highlights that overshyemployment of managers is a productivity burden
Three trillion dollars represents 17 of US GDP If this burden wasreduced by half over the next 10 years productivity growth wouldincrease by a compounded rate of 13 annually essentiallydoubling the postshy2007 productivity growth rate
Email this to your boss
Did Hackers Tilt An Oil Rig Getting The StoryStraight Cris Thomas (aka Space Rouge) tries to track down a rumor that hackers wereresponsible for causing an offshore oil rig to tilt by infiltrating the rigs ballastcontrol system Its a story that sounds plausible because we know industrialcontrols and SCADA systems represent juicy targetsshyshymalicious actors cancause physical damage and disruption from the cybershyshadows It turns out the claim is really hard to prove even though its been repeated inthe media and by infosec companies
I can easily see how someone could make a jump fromlsquoproblemswith softwarersquo all the way to lsquohackers did itrsquo Someone then halfremembers the story and starts repeating it a few times and itspreads from there
We need to beware of the FUD and stick to the facts At present Cris notesthat Stuxnet and a Ukraine power outage are the only provable cases of acyber attack causing physical damage
Serverless architectures game-changer orrecycled fad Gojko Adzic has an interesting take on the serverless phenomenon Jokes andbuzzwords aside he asserts that what makes serverless so unique isnt thetechnology per se but the financial incentives it creates
Itrsquos the first time at least in twenty years Irsquove been making softwarefor money that a deployment architecture actually creates strongfinancial incentives for good design practices and clear financialpenalties for bad design And that for me is the thing thatrsquos reallyrevolutionary about serverless
The Weekly Show channel is ouroneshyhour deep dive on networkingtechnology Subscribe today
Priority Queue tackles niche andnerdy tech topics and cuttingshyedgeresearch projects Subscribe here
Recent ArticlesThe last five articles published on EtherealMind and Packet Pushers
EtherealMindcom LatestEnterprise IT Doesnrsquot Care About The Price Really Unregenerate 20160827 ndash The Week Gone By or To Come
Intel IDF Convergence Is Everything Why Google Slows Fibre Rollout Response Arista Market Share
PacketPushersnet - The Last FiveShow 306 Debating Network Complexity amp Capability With VMware(Sponsored) PQ Show 92 Network Or Endpoint Where To Put Security Datanauts 051 Intel amp The State Of Software Defined Infrastructure(Sponsored) Network Break 103 Dell EMC Unite HPE Intel Sell Parts Show 305 A Eulogy For TRILL
Watch ThisWhere we collect some videos that make us reflect think about our inner livesor just entertain us
I cant skateboard but this video makes me wish I could Heres a board-level viewfrom various spots in Boston
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Aside from your primary technical discipline (ie networking) in how manyother disciplines (ie storage security applications etc) would you say youare competent
A None B One or two C Three or four D Im full stack baby
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Sponsorship and Advertising - Send an email to humaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet for more information Youcould reach 5013 people Human Infrastructure is bi-weekly newsletter with view perspectives and opinions It is edited andpublished by Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray from PacketPushersnet If youd like to contribute emailDrew at drewconrymurraypacketpushersnet We dont give away your email address or personal details because that would suck Copyright copy 2016 Packet Pushers Interactive LLC All rights reserved unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
Here at Packet Pushers especially on the Datanauts podcast we espouse siloshybusting That is wersquove been encouraging folks to step outside of theirtechnological comfort zones and develop skills in other areas The logic issimple we see IT disciplines converging Some IT crossshyover is happening now just look at converged andhyperconverged products in which a bunch of tech has come together to form aunified system Folks working on converged platforms will better serve theirorganizations if they have some idea of how all of this tech works together Some crossshyover is on the horizon For instance enterprise IT seems headedtoward private and hybrid cloud but itrsquos a slow shift Itrsquos going to take a fewmore years to even get to the 50 mark according to some data VMwaregathered and shared in a keynote at VMworld US 2016 But the shift toward cloud is inexorable as opposed to trendy Cloud operationsimply converged operations The more you know the better off yoursquoll be However busting into another silo is not always easy Some of you havepointed out that what you do on the job is written in virtual stone Some of youhave contracts that stipulate exactly what your job is and neither initiative norambition will break you out of that contractual cage You can only do whatyoursquore allowed to do and no more Whatrsquos a prospective siloshybuster to do in this situation I have a few thoughts
1 Donrsquot let a job description inhibit your ability to learn You can still goafter new skills even if you wonrsquot be able to exercise those skills on thejob Not using new skills on the job might make it harder to retain specificmouse click and keyboard presses but donrsquot worry about that so muchInstead work on comprehension of previously unfamiliar technology shyshywhat the tech does and what problems are being solved with it
2 Recognize that knowledge always helps Technology breaks Having atechnology perspective outside of your silo means that yoursquoll have insightsothers might not when a complex IT system breaks When the system isdown and yoursquore on that allshyhands call bigshypicture knowledge coupled
with your siloshyspecific expertise can help rule out suspected problemsquickly
3 Understand that what you know about other silos will impact howyou behave in yours For example if Irsquom deep in my silo and never popmy head out I might simply set subshysecond network failover timers toaccommodate a specific application requirement thatrsquos been handeddown to me from on high However if Irsquove studied to understand thedetails of the application architecture and how the underlying protocolswork I might have enough knowledge to suggest an alternate applicationarchitecture that accomplishes the same resiliency goals Yes there arearchitecture teams dedicated to this sort of thinking in large organizationsbut that shouldnrsquot stop you from acquiring that knowledge yourself
4 Think of your future Career opportunities in technology are often basedon what you know Deep knowledge of a specific silo is powerful andperhaps exactly what your current job description calls for But what aboutthat next opportunity Donrsquot limit your options because you chose to lookat your job description shrug and take the path of least resistance
Futureshyproofing your career requires that you know more about more Even ifyour job description prevents you from crossing silo boundaries you need toenhance your skillset to keep up with changes coming in IT
Get to work--that silos not gonna bust itself
Join the Datanauts on their missionto bust silos and explore the latest
Network Break is a weeklypodcast that delivers news amp
developments in cloudconvergence data centers andmore Sign up free here
analysis on the networking industryin a fun fastshypaced style Subscribehere
3 A Pardon For EdwardSnowdenby Drew Conry-Murray Recently a New York Times editorial called for Barack Obama to pardonEdward Snowden The editorial argues that by exposing the US governmentsfarshyreaching surveillance of its citizens Snowden served the public interest anddeserves to be forgiven for illegally revealing classified documents I agree with the first part Snowdens revelations are a public service Unbridleddata collection with little to no oversight imperils our privacy It lays theinfrastructure for a surveillance state and opens the door to any number ofabuses by government individuals and institutions Our dayshytoshyday lives are now essentially digital windows into which anyonewith the requisite technology can peer This makes it all the more imperativethat we have robust controls over who gets to see what and how much By exposing the NSAs rapacious collection habits Snowden brought thedebate about digital privacy into mainstream political and public discoursewhich is exactly where it needs to be As for the second part I dont agree that Snowden should get a full pardonWhile I believe his actions were just they were also illegal and he should facethe consequences And frankly I think his cause would be better served if he came back to theUnited States and went to prison The sacrifice of his own liberty woulddemonstrate the strength of his convictions And it would remind us of the value
of our own freedom and how much we have to lose if we dont push backagainst unchecked surveillance
Internets Of Interest A collection of pre-loved links that might interest you Pre-lovedbecause I liked them enough to put into this newsletter Its not true love By Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray
Excess Management Is Costing The US $3Trillion Per Year Ive been highlighting that the fact the IT management is in a poor state ITengineering professionals have changed their practice and business skills overthe last decade to become useful Business professionals have done littleto upgrade their skills or learn technology According to an article in the Harvard Business Review managers are creatinglayers of excessive bureaucracy
That works out to one manager and administrator for every 47employees Overall managers and administrators made up 176of the US workforce and received nearly 30 of totalcompensation
It also highlights that overshyemployment of managers is a productivity burden
Three trillion dollars represents 17 of US GDP If this burden wasreduced by half over the next 10 years productivity growth wouldincrease by a compounded rate of 13 annually essentiallydoubling the postshy2007 productivity growth rate
Email this to your boss
Did Hackers Tilt An Oil Rig Getting The StoryStraight Cris Thomas (aka Space Rouge) tries to track down a rumor that hackers wereresponsible for causing an offshore oil rig to tilt by infiltrating the rigs ballastcontrol system Its a story that sounds plausible because we know industrialcontrols and SCADA systems represent juicy targetsshyshymalicious actors cancause physical damage and disruption from the cybershyshadows It turns out the claim is really hard to prove even though its been repeated inthe media and by infosec companies
I can easily see how someone could make a jump fromlsquoproblemswith softwarersquo all the way to lsquohackers did itrsquo Someone then halfremembers the story and starts repeating it a few times and itspreads from there
We need to beware of the FUD and stick to the facts At present Cris notesthat Stuxnet and a Ukraine power outage are the only provable cases of acyber attack causing physical damage
Serverless architectures game-changer orrecycled fad Gojko Adzic has an interesting take on the serverless phenomenon Jokes andbuzzwords aside he asserts that what makes serverless so unique isnt thetechnology per se but the financial incentives it creates
Itrsquos the first time at least in twenty years Irsquove been making softwarefor money that a deployment architecture actually creates strongfinancial incentives for good design practices and clear financialpenalties for bad design And that for me is the thing thatrsquos reallyrevolutionary about serverless
The Weekly Show channel is ouroneshyhour deep dive on networkingtechnology Subscribe today
Priority Queue tackles niche andnerdy tech topics and cuttingshyedgeresearch projects Subscribe here
Recent ArticlesThe last five articles published on EtherealMind and Packet Pushers
EtherealMindcom LatestEnterprise IT Doesnrsquot Care About The Price Really Unregenerate 20160827 ndash The Week Gone By or To Come
Intel IDF Convergence Is Everything Why Google Slows Fibre Rollout Response Arista Market Share
PacketPushersnet - The Last FiveShow 306 Debating Network Complexity amp Capability With VMware(Sponsored) PQ Show 92 Network Or Endpoint Where To Put Security Datanauts 051 Intel amp The State Of Software Defined Infrastructure(Sponsored) Network Break 103 Dell EMC Unite HPE Intel Sell Parts Show 305 A Eulogy For TRILL
Watch ThisWhere we collect some videos that make us reflect think about our inner livesor just entertain us
I cant skateboard but this video makes me wish I could Heres a board-level viewfrom various spots in Boston
Cant get enough newsletters Check out Link Propagation our newestpublication We send you a free weekly digest with tech news interesting blogsand industry announcements all curated by the Packet Pushers Its an easyway to keep up and stay informed Subscribe at packetpushersnetlink-propagation
Quick Survey Filling YourStack
Aside from your primary technical discipline (ie networking) in how manyother disciplines (ie storage security applications etc) would you say youare competent
A None B One or two C Three or four D Im full stack baby
Did We Miss Something Got an link or an article to share Email it tohumaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet
The End Bit
Sponsorship and Advertising - Send an email to humaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet for more information Youcould reach 5013 people Human Infrastructure is bi-weekly newsletter with view perspectives and opinions It is edited andpublished by Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray from PacketPushersnet If youd like to contribute emailDrew at drewconrymurraypacketpushersnet We dont give away your email address or personal details because that would suck Copyright copy 2016 Packet Pushers Interactive LLC All rights reserved unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
with your siloshyspecific expertise can help rule out suspected problemsquickly
3 Understand that what you know about other silos will impact howyou behave in yours For example if Irsquom deep in my silo and never popmy head out I might simply set subshysecond network failover timers toaccommodate a specific application requirement thatrsquos been handeddown to me from on high However if Irsquove studied to understand thedetails of the application architecture and how the underlying protocolswork I might have enough knowledge to suggest an alternate applicationarchitecture that accomplishes the same resiliency goals Yes there arearchitecture teams dedicated to this sort of thinking in large organizationsbut that shouldnrsquot stop you from acquiring that knowledge yourself
4 Think of your future Career opportunities in technology are often basedon what you know Deep knowledge of a specific silo is powerful andperhaps exactly what your current job description calls for But what aboutthat next opportunity Donrsquot limit your options because you chose to lookat your job description shrug and take the path of least resistance
Futureshyproofing your career requires that you know more about more Even ifyour job description prevents you from crossing silo boundaries you need toenhance your skillset to keep up with changes coming in IT
Get to work--that silos not gonna bust itself
Join the Datanauts on their missionto bust silos and explore the latest
Network Break is a weeklypodcast that delivers news amp
developments in cloudconvergence data centers andmore Sign up free here
analysis on the networking industryin a fun fastshypaced style Subscribehere
3 A Pardon For EdwardSnowdenby Drew Conry-Murray Recently a New York Times editorial called for Barack Obama to pardonEdward Snowden The editorial argues that by exposing the US governmentsfarshyreaching surveillance of its citizens Snowden served the public interest anddeserves to be forgiven for illegally revealing classified documents I agree with the first part Snowdens revelations are a public service Unbridleddata collection with little to no oversight imperils our privacy It lays theinfrastructure for a surveillance state and opens the door to any number ofabuses by government individuals and institutions Our dayshytoshyday lives are now essentially digital windows into which anyonewith the requisite technology can peer This makes it all the more imperativethat we have robust controls over who gets to see what and how much By exposing the NSAs rapacious collection habits Snowden brought thedebate about digital privacy into mainstream political and public discoursewhich is exactly where it needs to be As for the second part I dont agree that Snowden should get a full pardonWhile I believe his actions were just they were also illegal and he should facethe consequences And frankly I think his cause would be better served if he came back to theUnited States and went to prison The sacrifice of his own liberty woulddemonstrate the strength of his convictions And it would remind us of the value
of our own freedom and how much we have to lose if we dont push backagainst unchecked surveillance
Internets Of Interest A collection of pre-loved links that might interest you Pre-lovedbecause I liked them enough to put into this newsletter Its not true love By Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray
Excess Management Is Costing The US $3Trillion Per Year Ive been highlighting that the fact the IT management is in a poor state ITengineering professionals have changed their practice and business skills overthe last decade to become useful Business professionals have done littleto upgrade their skills or learn technology According to an article in the Harvard Business Review managers are creatinglayers of excessive bureaucracy
That works out to one manager and administrator for every 47employees Overall managers and administrators made up 176of the US workforce and received nearly 30 of totalcompensation
It also highlights that overshyemployment of managers is a productivity burden
Three trillion dollars represents 17 of US GDP If this burden wasreduced by half over the next 10 years productivity growth wouldincrease by a compounded rate of 13 annually essentiallydoubling the postshy2007 productivity growth rate
Email this to your boss
Did Hackers Tilt An Oil Rig Getting The StoryStraight Cris Thomas (aka Space Rouge) tries to track down a rumor that hackers wereresponsible for causing an offshore oil rig to tilt by infiltrating the rigs ballastcontrol system Its a story that sounds plausible because we know industrialcontrols and SCADA systems represent juicy targetsshyshymalicious actors cancause physical damage and disruption from the cybershyshadows It turns out the claim is really hard to prove even though its been repeated inthe media and by infosec companies
I can easily see how someone could make a jump fromlsquoproblemswith softwarersquo all the way to lsquohackers did itrsquo Someone then halfremembers the story and starts repeating it a few times and itspreads from there
We need to beware of the FUD and stick to the facts At present Cris notesthat Stuxnet and a Ukraine power outage are the only provable cases of acyber attack causing physical damage
Serverless architectures game-changer orrecycled fad Gojko Adzic has an interesting take on the serverless phenomenon Jokes andbuzzwords aside he asserts that what makes serverless so unique isnt thetechnology per se but the financial incentives it creates
Itrsquos the first time at least in twenty years Irsquove been making softwarefor money that a deployment architecture actually creates strongfinancial incentives for good design practices and clear financialpenalties for bad design And that for me is the thing thatrsquos reallyrevolutionary about serverless
The Weekly Show channel is ouroneshyhour deep dive on networkingtechnology Subscribe today
Priority Queue tackles niche andnerdy tech topics and cuttingshyedgeresearch projects Subscribe here
Recent ArticlesThe last five articles published on EtherealMind and Packet Pushers
EtherealMindcom LatestEnterprise IT Doesnrsquot Care About The Price Really Unregenerate 20160827 ndash The Week Gone By or To Come
Intel IDF Convergence Is Everything Why Google Slows Fibre Rollout Response Arista Market Share
PacketPushersnet - The Last FiveShow 306 Debating Network Complexity amp Capability With VMware(Sponsored) PQ Show 92 Network Or Endpoint Where To Put Security Datanauts 051 Intel amp The State Of Software Defined Infrastructure(Sponsored) Network Break 103 Dell EMC Unite HPE Intel Sell Parts Show 305 A Eulogy For TRILL
Watch ThisWhere we collect some videos that make us reflect think about our inner livesor just entertain us
I cant skateboard but this video makes me wish I could Heres a board-level viewfrom various spots in Boston
Cant get enough newsletters Check out Link Propagation our newestpublication We send you a free weekly digest with tech news interesting blogsand industry announcements all curated by the Packet Pushers Its an easyway to keep up and stay informed Subscribe at packetpushersnetlink-propagation
Quick Survey Filling YourStack
Aside from your primary technical discipline (ie networking) in how manyother disciplines (ie storage security applications etc) would you say youare competent
A None B One or two C Three or four D Im full stack baby
Did We Miss Something Got an link or an article to share Email it tohumaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet
The End Bit
Sponsorship and Advertising - Send an email to humaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet for more information Youcould reach 5013 people Human Infrastructure is bi-weekly newsletter with view perspectives and opinions It is edited andpublished by Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray from PacketPushersnet If youd like to contribute emailDrew at drewconrymurraypacketpushersnet We dont give away your email address or personal details because that would suck Copyright copy 2016 Packet Pushers Interactive LLC All rights reserved unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
Get to work--that silos not gonna bust itself
Join the Datanauts on their missionto bust silos and explore the latest
Network Break is a weeklypodcast that delivers news amp
developments in cloudconvergence data centers andmore Sign up free here
analysis on the networking industryin a fun fastshypaced style Subscribehere
3 A Pardon For EdwardSnowdenby Drew Conry-Murray Recently a New York Times editorial called for Barack Obama to pardonEdward Snowden The editorial argues that by exposing the US governmentsfarshyreaching surveillance of its citizens Snowden served the public interest anddeserves to be forgiven for illegally revealing classified documents I agree with the first part Snowdens revelations are a public service Unbridleddata collection with little to no oversight imperils our privacy It lays theinfrastructure for a surveillance state and opens the door to any number ofabuses by government individuals and institutions Our dayshytoshyday lives are now essentially digital windows into which anyonewith the requisite technology can peer This makes it all the more imperativethat we have robust controls over who gets to see what and how much By exposing the NSAs rapacious collection habits Snowden brought thedebate about digital privacy into mainstream political and public discoursewhich is exactly where it needs to be As for the second part I dont agree that Snowden should get a full pardonWhile I believe his actions were just they were also illegal and he should facethe consequences And frankly I think his cause would be better served if he came back to theUnited States and went to prison The sacrifice of his own liberty woulddemonstrate the strength of his convictions And it would remind us of the value
of our own freedom and how much we have to lose if we dont push backagainst unchecked surveillance
Internets Of Interest A collection of pre-loved links that might interest you Pre-lovedbecause I liked them enough to put into this newsletter Its not true love By Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray
Excess Management Is Costing The US $3Trillion Per Year Ive been highlighting that the fact the IT management is in a poor state ITengineering professionals have changed their practice and business skills overthe last decade to become useful Business professionals have done littleto upgrade their skills or learn technology According to an article in the Harvard Business Review managers are creatinglayers of excessive bureaucracy
That works out to one manager and administrator for every 47employees Overall managers and administrators made up 176of the US workforce and received nearly 30 of totalcompensation
It also highlights that overshyemployment of managers is a productivity burden
Three trillion dollars represents 17 of US GDP If this burden wasreduced by half over the next 10 years productivity growth wouldincrease by a compounded rate of 13 annually essentiallydoubling the postshy2007 productivity growth rate
Email this to your boss
Did Hackers Tilt An Oil Rig Getting The StoryStraight Cris Thomas (aka Space Rouge) tries to track down a rumor that hackers wereresponsible for causing an offshore oil rig to tilt by infiltrating the rigs ballastcontrol system Its a story that sounds plausible because we know industrialcontrols and SCADA systems represent juicy targetsshyshymalicious actors cancause physical damage and disruption from the cybershyshadows It turns out the claim is really hard to prove even though its been repeated inthe media and by infosec companies
I can easily see how someone could make a jump fromlsquoproblemswith softwarersquo all the way to lsquohackers did itrsquo Someone then halfremembers the story and starts repeating it a few times and itspreads from there
We need to beware of the FUD and stick to the facts At present Cris notesthat Stuxnet and a Ukraine power outage are the only provable cases of acyber attack causing physical damage
Serverless architectures game-changer orrecycled fad Gojko Adzic has an interesting take on the serverless phenomenon Jokes andbuzzwords aside he asserts that what makes serverless so unique isnt thetechnology per se but the financial incentives it creates
Itrsquos the first time at least in twenty years Irsquove been making softwarefor money that a deployment architecture actually creates strongfinancial incentives for good design practices and clear financialpenalties for bad design And that for me is the thing thatrsquos reallyrevolutionary about serverless
The Weekly Show channel is ouroneshyhour deep dive on networkingtechnology Subscribe today
Priority Queue tackles niche andnerdy tech topics and cuttingshyedgeresearch projects Subscribe here
Recent ArticlesThe last five articles published on EtherealMind and Packet Pushers
EtherealMindcom LatestEnterprise IT Doesnrsquot Care About The Price Really Unregenerate 20160827 ndash The Week Gone By or To Come
Intel IDF Convergence Is Everything Why Google Slows Fibre Rollout Response Arista Market Share
PacketPushersnet - The Last FiveShow 306 Debating Network Complexity amp Capability With VMware(Sponsored) PQ Show 92 Network Or Endpoint Where To Put Security Datanauts 051 Intel amp The State Of Software Defined Infrastructure(Sponsored) Network Break 103 Dell EMC Unite HPE Intel Sell Parts Show 305 A Eulogy For TRILL
Watch ThisWhere we collect some videos that make us reflect think about our inner livesor just entertain us
I cant skateboard but this video makes me wish I could Heres a board-level viewfrom various spots in Boston
Cant get enough newsletters Check out Link Propagation our newestpublication We send you a free weekly digest with tech news interesting blogsand industry announcements all curated by the Packet Pushers Its an easyway to keep up and stay informed Subscribe at packetpushersnetlink-propagation
Quick Survey Filling YourStack
Aside from your primary technical discipline (ie networking) in how manyother disciplines (ie storage security applications etc) would you say youare competent
A None B One or two C Three or four D Im full stack baby
Did We Miss Something Got an link or an article to share Email it tohumaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet
The End Bit
Sponsorship and Advertising - Send an email to humaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet for more information Youcould reach 5013 people Human Infrastructure is bi-weekly newsletter with view perspectives and opinions It is edited andpublished by Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray from PacketPushersnet If youd like to contribute emailDrew at drewconrymurraypacketpushersnet We dont give away your email address or personal details because that would suck Copyright copy 2016 Packet Pushers Interactive LLC All rights reserved unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
developments in cloudconvergence data centers andmore Sign up free here
analysis on the networking industryin a fun fastshypaced style Subscribehere
3 A Pardon For EdwardSnowdenby Drew Conry-Murray Recently a New York Times editorial called for Barack Obama to pardonEdward Snowden The editorial argues that by exposing the US governmentsfarshyreaching surveillance of its citizens Snowden served the public interest anddeserves to be forgiven for illegally revealing classified documents I agree with the first part Snowdens revelations are a public service Unbridleddata collection with little to no oversight imperils our privacy It lays theinfrastructure for a surveillance state and opens the door to any number ofabuses by government individuals and institutions Our dayshytoshyday lives are now essentially digital windows into which anyonewith the requisite technology can peer This makes it all the more imperativethat we have robust controls over who gets to see what and how much By exposing the NSAs rapacious collection habits Snowden brought thedebate about digital privacy into mainstream political and public discoursewhich is exactly where it needs to be As for the second part I dont agree that Snowden should get a full pardonWhile I believe his actions were just they were also illegal and he should facethe consequences And frankly I think his cause would be better served if he came back to theUnited States and went to prison The sacrifice of his own liberty woulddemonstrate the strength of his convictions And it would remind us of the value
of our own freedom and how much we have to lose if we dont push backagainst unchecked surveillance
Internets Of Interest A collection of pre-loved links that might interest you Pre-lovedbecause I liked them enough to put into this newsletter Its not true love By Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray
Excess Management Is Costing The US $3Trillion Per Year Ive been highlighting that the fact the IT management is in a poor state ITengineering professionals have changed their practice and business skills overthe last decade to become useful Business professionals have done littleto upgrade their skills or learn technology According to an article in the Harvard Business Review managers are creatinglayers of excessive bureaucracy
That works out to one manager and administrator for every 47employees Overall managers and administrators made up 176of the US workforce and received nearly 30 of totalcompensation
It also highlights that overshyemployment of managers is a productivity burden
Three trillion dollars represents 17 of US GDP If this burden wasreduced by half over the next 10 years productivity growth wouldincrease by a compounded rate of 13 annually essentiallydoubling the postshy2007 productivity growth rate
Email this to your boss
Did Hackers Tilt An Oil Rig Getting The StoryStraight Cris Thomas (aka Space Rouge) tries to track down a rumor that hackers wereresponsible for causing an offshore oil rig to tilt by infiltrating the rigs ballastcontrol system Its a story that sounds plausible because we know industrialcontrols and SCADA systems represent juicy targetsshyshymalicious actors cancause physical damage and disruption from the cybershyshadows It turns out the claim is really hard to prove even though its been repeated inthe media and by infosec companies
I can easily see how someone could make a jump fromlsquoproblemswith softwarersquo all the way to lsquohackers did itrsquo Someone then halfremembers the story and starts repeating it a few times and itspreads from there
We need to beware of the FUD and stick to the facts At present Cris notesthat Stuxnet and a Ukraine power outage are the only provable cases of acyber attack causing physical damage
Serverless architectures game-changer orrecycled fad Gojko Adzic has an interesting take on the serverless phenomenon Jokes andbuzzwords aside he asserts that what makes serverless so unique isnt thetechnology per se but the financial incentives it creates
Itrsquos the first time at least in twenty years Irsquove been making softwarefor money that a deployment architecture actually creates strongfinancial incentives for good design practices and clear financialpenalties for bad design And that for me is the thing thatrsquos reallyrevolutionary about serverless
The Weekly Show channel is ouroneshyhour deep dive on networkingtechnology Subscribe today
Priority Queue tackles niche andnerdy tech topics and cuttingshyedgeresearch projects Subscribe here
Recent ArticlesThe last five articles published on EtherealMind and Packet Pushers
EtherealMindcom LatestEnterprise IT Doesnrsquot Care About The Price Really Unregenerate 20160827 ndash The Week Gone By or To Come
Intel IDF Convergence Is Everything Why Google Slows Fibre Rollout Response Arista Market Share
PacketPushersnet - The Last FiveShow 306 Debating Network Complexity amp Capability With VMware(Sponsored) PQ Show 92 Network Or Endpoint Where To Put Security Datanauts 051 Intel amp The State Of Software Defined Infrastructure(Sponsored) Network Break 103 Dell EMC Unite HPE Intel Sell Parts Show 305 A Eulogy For TRILL
Watch ThisWhere we collect some videos that make us reflect think about our inner livesor just entertain us
I cant skateboard but this video makes me wish I could Heres a board-level viewfrom various spots in Boston
Cant get enough newsletters Check out Link Propagation our newestpublication We send you a free weekly digest with tech news interesting blogsand industry announcements all curated by the Packet Pushers Its an easyway to keep up and stay informed Subscribe at packetpushersnetlink-propagation
Quick Survey Filling YourStack
Aside from your primary technical discipline (ie networking) in how manyother disciplines (ie storage security applications etc) would you say youare competent
A None B One or two C Three or four D Im full stack baby
Did We Miss Something Got an link or an article to share Email it tohumaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet
The End Bit
Sponsorship and Advertising - Send an email to humaninfrastructurepacketpushersnet for more information Youcould reach 5013 people Human Infrastructure is bi-weekly newsletter with view perspectives and opinions It is edited andpublished by Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray from PacketPushersnet If youd like to contribute emailDrew at drewconrymurraypacketpushersnet We dont give away your email address or personal details because that would suck Copyright copy 2016 Packet Pushers Interactive LLC All rights reserved unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
of our own freedom and how much we have to lose if we dont push backagainst unchecked surveillance
Internets Of Interest A collection of pre-loved links that might interest you Pre-lovedbecause I liked them enough to put into this newsletter Its not true love By Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray
Excess Management Is Costing The US $3Trillion Per Year Ive been highlighting that the fact the IT management is in a poor state ITengineering professionals have changed their practice and business skills overthe last decade to become useful Business professionals have done littleto upgrade their skills or learn technology According to an article in the Harvard Business Review managers are creatinglayers of excessive bureaucracy
That works out to one manager and administrator for every 47employees Overall managers and administrators made up 176of the US workforce and received nearly 30 of totalcompensation
It also highlights that overshyemployment of managers is a productivity burden
Three trillion dollars represents 17 of US GDP If this burden wasreduced by half over the next 10 years productivity growth wouldincrease by a compounded rate of 13 annually essentiallydoubling the postshy2007 productivity growth rate
Email this to your boss
Did Hackers Tilt An Oil Rig Getting The StoryStraight Cris Thomas (aka Space Rouge) tries to track down a rumor that hackers wereresponsible for causing an offshore oil rig to tilt by infiltrating the rigs ballastcontrol system Its a story that sounds plausible because we know industrialcontrols and SCADA systems represent juicy targetsshyshymalicious actors cancause physical damage and disruption from the cybershyshadows It turns out the claim is really hard to prove even though its been repeated inthe media and by infosec companies
I can easily see how someone could make a jump fromlsquoproblemswith softwarersquo all the way to lsquohackers did itrsquo Someone then halfremembers the story and starts repeating it a few times and itspreads from there
We need to beware of the FUD and stick to the facts At present Cris notesthat Stuxnet and a Ukraine power outage are the only provable cases of acyber attack causing physical damage
Serverless architectures game-changer orrecycled fad Gojko Adzic has an interesting take on the serverless phenomenon Jokes andbuzzwords aside he asserts that what makes serverless so unique isnt thetechnology per se but the financial incentives it creates
Itrsquos the first time at least in twenty years Irsquove been making softwarefor money that a deployment architecture actually creates strongfinancial incentives for good design practices and clear financialpenalties for bad design And that for me is the thing thatrsquos reallyrevolutionary about serverless
The Weekly Show channel is ouroneshyhour deep dive on networkingtechnology Subscribe today
Priority Queue tackles niche andnerdy tech topics and cuttingshyedgeresearch projects Subscribe here
Recent ArticlesThe last five articles published on EtherealMind and Packet Pushers
EtherealMindcom LatestEnterprise IT Doesnrsquot Care About The Price Really Unregenerate 20160827 ndash The Week Gone By or To Come
Intel IDF Convergence Is Everything Why Google Slows Fibre Rollout Response Arista Market Share
PacketPushersnet - The Last FiveShow 306 Debating Network Complexity amp Capability With VMware(Sponsored) PQ Show 92 Network Or Endpoint Where To Put Security Datanauts 051 Intel amp The State Of Software Defined Infrastructure(Sponsored) Network Break 103 Dell EMC Unite HPE Intel Sell Parts Show 305 A Eulogy For TRILL
Watch ThisWhere we collect some videos that make us reflect think about our inner livesor just entertain us
I cant skateboard but this video makes me wish I could Heres a board-level viewfrom various spots in Boston
Cant get enough newsletters Check out Link Propagation our newestpublication We send you a free weekly digest with tech news interesting blogsand industry announcements all curated by the Packet Pushers Its an easyway to keep up and stay informed Subscribe at packetpushersnetlink-propagation
Quick Survey Filling YourStack
Aside from your primary technical discipline (ie networking) in how manyother disciplines (ie storage security applications etc) would you say youare competent
A None B One or two C Three or four D Im full stack baby
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Did Hackers Tilt An Oil Rig Getting The StoryStraight Cris Thomas (aka Space Rouge) tries to track down a rumor that hackers wereresponsible for causing an offshore oil rig to tilt by infiltrating the rigs ballastcontrol system Its a story that sounds plausible because we know industrialcontrols and SCADA systems represent juicy targetsshyshymalicious actors cancause physical damage and disruption from the cybershyshadows It turns out the claim is really hard to prove even though its been repeated inthe media and by infosec companies
I can easily see how someone could make a jump fromlsquoproblemswith softwarersquo all the way to lsquohackers did itrsquo Someone then halfremembers the story and starts repeating it a few times and itspreads from there
We need to beware of the FUD and stick to the facts At present Cris notesthat Stuxnet and a Ukraine power outage are the only provable cases of acyber attack causing physical damage
Serverless architectures game-changer orrecycled fad Gojko Adzic has an interesting take on the serverless phenomenon Jokes andbuzzwords aside he asserts that what makes serverless so unique isnt thetechnology per se but the financial incentives it creates
Itrsquos the first time at least in twenty years Irsquove been making softwarefor money that a deployment architecture actually creates strongfinancial incentives for good design practices and clear financialpenalties for bad design And that for me is the thing thatrsquos reallyrevolutionary about serverless
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Itrsquos the first time at least in twenty years Irsquove been making softwarefor money that a deployment architecture actually creates strongfinancial incentives for good design practices and clear financialpenalties for bad design And that for me is the thing thatrsquos reallyrevolutionary about serverless
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EtherealMindcom LatestEnterprise IT Doesnrsquot Care About The Price Really Unregenerate 20160827 ndash The Week Gone By or To Come
Intel IDF Convergence Is Everything Why Google Slows Fibre Rollout Response Arista Market Share
PacketPushersnet - The Last FiveShow 306 Debating Network Complexity amp Capability With VMware(Sponsored) PQ Show 92 Network Or Endpoint Where To Put Security Datanauts 051 Intel amp The State Of Software Defined Infrastructure(Sponsored) Network Break 103 Dell EMC Unite HPE Intel Sell Parts Show 305 A Eulogy For TRILL
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I cant skateboard but this video makes me wish I could Heres a board-level viewfrom various spots in Boston
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