Alexander Pope wrote about our inherent capability to make mistakes and conversely about the virtue of overlooking failure in his poem titled An Essay on Criticism in 1711. In the poem just before these words, Alexander wrote “Good-Nature and Good-Sense must ever join” which says to me that both error and forgiveness must always coexist. But what […]
What’s in this Post: Introduction Tip 1: Collect all of the data Tip 2: Break down network data silos Tip 3: Move the data without breaking things Tip 4: Let everyone have the data Summary The Alchemist by Mattheus von Helmont Introduction Data is gold. Or perhaps stated more accurately data in context is gold. […]
What’s in this Post: Best way to help customers connect to multiple clouds What is a multi-cloud interconnection service? Why offer direct connections? How to deploy a multi-cloud interconnection service Infographic – Overview of implementation The 5 Steps for Implementing a Multi-Cloud Service More Resources Introduction Cloud computing technology is maturing. As a result, the […]
Unless you’re a software engineer, you may have not heard the term ‘stateless’ mentioned very often. If you have heard of the term ‘stateless’ at all, chances are you’ve heard it in the context of an individual’s geopolitical relationship to their country of origin. At Stateless Inc., we use the term often to refer to […]
HR still seems to evoke looks of disdain, pain, and maybe even nausea in people. In fact, I used to be one of those people. Nobody (at least I’m 99% sure) says they want to be a HR professional when they grow up. For me, I was either going to be a Jedi Knight, actress, […]
Cloud Interconnections should be built in minutes. Today, however, it’s not unusual for it to take months to turn up a new direct cloud interconnection. The reason it often takes months to build a direct cloud interconnection is that most people construct them with a device-centric, “Box- First” mindset. “Box-First” is what happens when you […]
As organizations move beyond the initial shock from the impact of COVID-19, they are starting to examine future needs. Many of them are moving applications out of their internal data centers and into either colocation facilities or public cloud environments. To make this change, these organizations are building new network interconnections at an increasing pace. […]
COVID-19 is impacting all aspects of how we live, work, and play. We’ve written about several of these impacts lately including the rapid increase in the use of cloud computing. As a result of this increase, there has also been a substantial increase in the number of cloud interconnections. But, what is a cloud interconnection? […]
The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly growing and today, is no longer just computers and phones. According to David Evans, former chief futurist at Cisco, “Today, literally anything can be connected, including tennis rackets, diapers, clothing, vehicles, and, of course, homes. And although people may find this unsettling, the network is also starting to […]
It shouldn’t take a village to route a packet, but as I explained recently, networking today requires the population of a small town to function properly. Even before the Coronavirus, the networking world has been suffering from an illness – the reliance on legacy vendors, hardware, and physical and manual processes to manage networks. This […]