Google Cloud Next 2023 was a happening affair, hosted in San Francisco. The conference was packed with new product announcements, insights into sector-specific services offered by Google Cloud, and discussions about environmental sustainability. Besides these, we also got a handle on the future of hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, and the importance of security and compliance. Throw in some customer success stories, and voila - tech haven!

NANOG 75 - San Francisco, CA - Hosted by Digital Realty NANOG Overview NANOG (North American Network Operators Group) recently held their 75th meeting. For a little more background on NANOG, check out my previous post from NANOG 73. I had the pleasure of attending NANOG once again. Below is the summary of the sessions... Continue Reading →

NANOG 73 - Denver, CO - Hosted by CoreSite NANOG Overview I have been attending NANOG meetings since the early 2000s. I have to say, the Program Committee (PC) that oversees the content for these meetings is doing a bang-up job. There was a time where most of the meetings revolved around arguments about when/if... Continue Reading →

Chicago Network Operators Group 08 Chi-NOG (Chicago Network Operators Group) held their 8th annual meeting this past week. I had the pleasure of attending once again and wanted to post a few of the items I took away from this year's meeting. Check the links in the post for speaker profiles and slides from the... Continue Reading →

Digital Transformation and Hybrid Multi-Cloud I had the pleasure of attending the ONUG Spring 2018 conference last week in San Francisco, CA. The themes for ONUG Spring were definitely "Digital Transformation" and "Hybrid Multi-Cloud". ONUG is attempting to help the IT user community speak with one voice about the challenges they face so their vendors... Continue Reading →