Interview with Kevin Olivieri, Digital Content and Social Media Manager at Juniper Networks

In this inverview, I sit down with Kevin Olivieri, Digital Content and Social Media Manager at Juniper Networks. We discuss social media trends, thoughts around building out a social media and branding strategy, analysis of different social media platforms and analytics tools, and the democratization of video content. To top it off, we even get a chance to discuss our favorite burger joints!

Kevin’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/KevinOlivieri

Kevin’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinjolivieri/

Interview with Juniper Networks Ambassador Nupur Kanoi

In our next Juniper Ambassador interview, I spend time with fellow Juniper Ambassador Nupur Kanoi at the Juniper NXTWORK 2018 conference in Las Vegas. We discuss her life as an Ambassador, her engineering role at Virtela, her upcoming Day One Guide “MPLS Up and Running” scheduled for release next month, and her family life back home.

Nupur’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/nupur_kanoi

Nupur’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nupur-kanoi-520/

Interview with Juniper Networks Ambassador Pierre-Yves Maunier

In our next Juniper Ambassador interview, I spend time with fellow Juniper Ambassador and French compatriot Pierre-Yves Maunier at the Juniper NXTWORK 2018 conference in Las Vegas. We discuss his life as an Ambassador, his architecture role at Dailymotion, his thoughts on the conference around DevOps and automation, and his family life back home.

Pierre’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/pymaunier

Pierre’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/pymaunier/

Interview with Juniper Networks Ambassador Jeff Fry

In this first ever Juniper Ambassador interview, I spend time with fellow Juniper Ambassador Jeff Fry at the Juniper NXTWORK 2018 conference in Las Vegas. We discuss his life as an Ambassador, his job at Dimension Data, his recent contribution to the 2018 Juniper Ambassador’s Cookbook, his interest in DevOps and automation, and his contribution to the JNCIA-Cloud exam.

2018 Juniper Ambassador’s Cookbook with his contribution here – https://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/jnbooks/day-one/ambassadors-cookbook-2018/

Jeff’s blog – https://www.fryguy.net/

Jeff’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/fryguy_pa

Juniper Data Center Cohesion Wrap Up

Finally getting caught up with work since my time in Cali and although this post is a little late, I wanted to take a moment to capture my thoughts on Juniper Network’s Data Center Cohesion event which took place in Sunnyvale at Juniper’s Aspiration Dome last week. I had an awesome time and the sessions were full of a ton of useful information geared towards all things Data Center. Apparently this was the first time that Juniper opened the conference to outside partners — roughly 16 partners showed up, so to say that I was honored to be there is quite an understatement.

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Network Modernization Webinar Now Available Online

On February 8th I gave a webinar on network modernization initiatives with Doug Nash, the Deputy Chief Information Officer, Operations & Infrastructure at the USDA.

I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to speak with Doug and discuss some of the new directions that various Federal agencies are undertaking to create more modernized and agile networks.

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An Inside Look at Juniper Networks’ Forthcoming JNCIE-DC Exam

Data Centers and the Cloud are all the rage right now, and Juniper has been at the forefront of the Data Center revolution from the very beginning – early on with their introduction of the QFX and the much maligned QFabric, and more recently with the addition of Virtual Chassis Fabric (VCF), various open architectures for creating IP Clos Fabrics, and even advanced features such as Junos Fusion for the Data Center which collapse and simplify the deployment and management of a large number of Ethernet switches.

[pullquote]The JNCIP-DC is currently rated as the fifth hottest Data Center certification by Tom’s IT Pro, an online resource tracking the demand of various industry certifications.[/pullquote]The folks at the Juniper Networks Technical Certification Program (JNTCP) have not been far behind, creating a Data Center track and releasing a new certification, the Juniper Networks Certified Professional Data Center (JNCIP-DC). I’ve been following the developments within the Data Center track for a while now, and you could imagine my delight when I saw the following a few months back on Juniper’s Certification portal:

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