The flip side of my most recent post was covered by the WSJ (again, paywall) in an article from about Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, who thinks that AI will wipe out tons of jobs–a prospect he seems quite happy about–joining the ranks of Mark Benioff in celebrating putting millions of people out of work. Since […]
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The Next Big Thing, TLDR version
At the last Cisco Live in June, I was asked by marketing to do a “center stage” presentation. My days of getting normal sessions at Cisco Live seem to be over. Perhaps I’m too far into the management track (although that’s changing) to impress the Cisco Live Session Group Managers. Eager to speak again, I […]
HPE Buys Juniper
In 2007, I left Cisco after two brutal years in high-touch TAC. I honestly hated the job, but it was an amazing learning experience. I draw on my TAC experience every single day. A buddy of mine got a job at a Gold Partner, offered to bring me in, and I jumped on the opportunity. […]
Networking Simplicity
There’s a lot of talk about networking simplicity these days. There’s been a lot of talk about networking simplicity, in fact, for as long as I can remember. The drive to simplify networking has certainly been the catalyst for many new products, most (but not all) unsuccessful. Sometimes we forget that networking has some inherent […]