Heavy Networking 555: Top Network Design Trends Of 2020

Today’s episode is the last Heavy Networking of 2020. In the spirit of an end-of-year reflection, we’re going to talk about network design trends from this year, some of which were driven, or at least accelerated, by the pandemic hellscape that was 2020. Our guest is Zig Zsiga, a network designer, architect, and CCDE who also does training and education at zigbits.tech. See the show links below to find out all the ways you can connect with and learn from Zig. We discuss: * Having to support remote work/distributed work at scale very quickly * Changing governance and security models to support remote work * The accelerating growth of workloads in the public cloud * New operational models around automation and DevOps * Data center and campus fabrics * Zero Trust Access * The rise of end user experience as a performance metric * More Sponsor: InterOptic InterOptic makes high quality optical modules you can rely on. Plus, they are far cheaper than OEM optics. Save big money without compromising quality. Visit interoptic.com/packet-pushers. Sponsor: DriveNets DriveNets offers a network cloud: a hugely scalable network on a disaggregated platform. Get higher capacity at a lower cost. Find out more at drivenets.com/resources. Show Links: Zigbits Network Design Podcast Zigbits Network Design Videos – YouTube Zigbits Courses Zigbits Articles/Blogs @zig_zsiga – Zig on Twitter Zig on LinkedIn

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Heavy Networking is an unabashedly nerdy dive into all things networking. Described by one listener as "verbal white papers," the weekly episodes feature network engineers, industry experts, and vendors sharing useful information to keep your professional knowledge sharp and your career growing. Hosts Ethan Banks & Drew Conry-Murray cut through the marketing spin to explore what works—and what doesn't—in networking today, while keeping an eye on what's ahead for the industry. On air since 2010, Heavy Networking is the flagship show of the Packet Pushers podcast network.