{"id":275,"date":"2021-01-06T22:49:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T06:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ntwr.kn\/?p=275"},"modified":"2021-01-18T20:33:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T04:33:25","slug":"af-michael-bushong-on-the-future-of-dc-networking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntwr.kn\/index.php\/2021\/01\/06\/af-michael-bushong-on-the-future-of-dc-networking\/","title":{"rendered":"AF: Michael Bushong on the future of DC networking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Remember the episode where we analyzed Juniper acquiring Apstra?  Well Michael Bushong, VP of Datacenter at Juniper, was the brains behind that idea &#8211; he had a listen to the episode and reached out to have a chat.  We had a great time with Mike and talked about of course the acquisition but much more including where AI\/ML fits in the network, network disaggregation, SONiC, SmartNics&#8230; have a listen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Assured Forwarding: Michael Bushong on the future of DC networking\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nE6gcSRc0Wo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/assured-forwarding-michael-bushong-on-future-dc-networking\/id1533500592?i=1000504587512\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/assured-forwarding-michael-bushong-on-future-dc-networking\/id1533500592?i=1000504587512\">Apple<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7qqejbkMAHRWTNJnEyTuQS?si=iBrwAT_dSnCkL5wB6xNbdQ\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7qqejbkMAHRWTNJnEyTuQS?si=iBrwAT_dSnCkL5wB6xNbdQ\">Spotify<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9udHdyLmtuL2luZGV4LnBocC9mZWVkLw\/episode\/aHR0cHM6Ly9udHdyLmtuLz9wPTI3NQ?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjwv6HDnYruAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAg\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9udHdyLmtuL2luZGV4LnBocC9mZWVkLw\/episode\/aHR0cHM6Ly9udHdyLmtuLz9wPTI3NQ?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjwv6HDnYruAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAg\">Google<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/castbox.fm\/episode\/Assured-Forwarding%3A-Michael-Bushong-on-the-future-of-DC-networking-id3362045-id342784785?country=us\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/castbox.fm\/episode\/Assured-Forwarding%3A-Michael-Bushong-on-the-future-of-DC-networking-id3362045-id342784785?country=us\">CastBox<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosts: Erwan James and Bruce Wallis<br>Guest: Michael Bushong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=75s\">1:15<\/a> Who is Mike Bushong?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=133s\">2:13<\/a> How was our analysis of the Apstra acquisition?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=255s\">4:15<\/a> How does Apstra fit in with Contrail Fabric Manager, Q Fabric?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=380s\">6:20<\/a> Does Juniper maintain Apstra&#8217;s multi vendor capabilities?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=555s\">9:15<\/a> How does Apstra tie into Juniper&#8217;s Mist AI story?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=820s\">13:40<\/a> AI and ML in the datacenter<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=1782s\">29:42<\/a> Where is SONiC today, a rant<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=2055s\">34:15<\/a> Why network hardware\/software disaggregation, what is it trying to solve?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=2705s\">45:05<\/a> Where does SONiC\/NOS fit into the value of disaggregation?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=3025s\">50:25<\/a> Is SONiC ready for the wider enterprise market?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=3345s\">55:45<\/a> What is the operational value in using SONiC for non-hyperscalers?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=3510s\">58:30<\/a> Do we know where we should be normalizing the network stack?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=3775s\">1:02:55<\/a> The networking hardware landscape in the datacenter, the Broadcom monopoly and where does it lead us<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=4205s\">1:10:05<\/a> How does Broadcom maintain its footprint while fending off smaller players as well as maybe new large player entrants<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=4445s\">1:14:05<\/a> SmartNICs why and when?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=4725s\">1:18:45<\/a> Question time: What are the 3 top challenges facing DC networks\/operators\/users over the next 5-10 years?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=5005s\">1:23:25<\/a> Mike&#8217;s top advice for aspiring executives in the networking space! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=5040s\">1:24:00<\/a> Final question: What is after &#8216;intent&#8217;, what is the next buzz word in the networking world?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nE6gcSRc0Wo&amp;t=5235s\">1:27:15<\/a> Closing thoughts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the episode where we analyzed Juniper acquiring Apstra? Well Michael Bushong, VP of Datacenter at Juniper, was the brains behind that idea &#8211; he had a listen to the episode and reached out to have a chat. We had a great time with Mike and talked about of course the acquisition but much more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[66,25,11,3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntwr.kn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntwr.kn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntwr.kn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntwr.kn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntwr.kn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ntwr.kn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/ntwr.kn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntwr.kn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntwr.kn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntwr.kn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}