Heavy Networking 549: The Future Of Networking With Simon Sharwood

You know, Greg Ferro, right? The co-host of the Packet Pushers Heavy Networking podcast (that’s this one in case you weren’t sure)? Well, Greg hosts this episode in our time-honored and much lauded show, which is yet another in the Future Of Networking series that he’s been running off and on for, oh, like…a really long time now. In this discussion, Greg accosts converses with Simon Sharwood on a variety of issues highly relevant to networking’s future. It turns out, Simon is not short on opinions. And thusly, Simon and Greg opine about sundry topics such as… * Are vendor claims of innovation and disruption real or bloviation? * Why do vendors invent complex products customers don’t want and that require lots of effort to sell to them? * Is telework really the future? The knee-jerk response is “Well, duh, of course it is.” But there is actual data out there suggesting otherwise. Oh, my. * The exciting new bigness of smart NICs. Or are smart NICs really all that big…or exciting? * Will the current state of global politics, monopolies, and tech drive the break up of some tech companies? If so, do we care? A Few Links To Consider * Who is this Simon Sharwood character? We’re not sure, but Simon has this Twitter account that might help. * Okay, we are pretty sure who Simon is, actually. He’s the APAC editor The Register. Turn snark cannons to “excessive”. * All those ‘teleworking is the new normal’ predictions? Not so much, say bosses * Reinventing virtualization with the AWS Nitro System – All Things Distributed Today’s Excellent Sponsors * ITProTV. Start or grow your IT career with online IT training from ITProTV. There’s a special offer for Packet Pushers Heavy Networking listeners: sign up and save 30% off all plans! Visit itpro.tv/PACKETPUSHERS for 30% off all plans. Use promo code PACKETPUSHERS at checkout. * InterOptic. InterOptic makes high quality optical modules you can rely on. Plus, they are far cheaper than OEM optics. Save big money without compromising quality. Visit interoptic.com/packet-pushers.