More and more companies are starting to look at the cloud instead of building a conventional data center. I recently had the chance to sit down with Willem van Biljon, Nimbula Co-Founder and Vice President of Products. Willem built the business plan and led product development for Amazon EC2. Prior to joining Amazon, van Biljon was a co-founder of Mosaic Software, which was acquired by S1 Corp.

In the last of two conversations, I finish my conversation with Willem about what you need to think about when moving your computing needs to the Cloud.

More and more companies are starting to look at the cloud instead of building a conventional data center. I recently had the chance to sit down with Willem van Biljon, Nimbula Co-Founder and Vice President of Products. Willem built the business plan and led product development for Amazon EC2. Prior to joining Amazon, van Biljon was a co-founder of Mosaic Software, which was acquired by S1 Corp.

In this first of two conversations, I talk with Willem about the basics of what you need to think about when your company is looking to start deploying resources using a cloud infrastructure. We discuss whether you can try to do this on your own and what to think about when looking for a provider to help you do it.

This is the second of a two part conversation I had with Michael about Netflow and how best to use it. You dont have to buy an expensive monitoring system to get the most from Netflow. In this episode, we talk about using all the data that you have collected using Flowtools. Just as important, you dont have to be an all Cisco shop to be able to use Netflow either. Michael also has a good section in his book about setting up your own Netflow collection system without hocking your firstborn or the family jewels. If you dont already have this book in your library, click on this link to add it now.

Michael W. Lucas is a network/security engineer how keeps getting stuck with network problems that nobody else will go near. He has also written several other books – Absolute FreeBSD, Absolute OpenBSD, Cisco Routers for the Desperate and PGP & GPG.

Knowing when your network is having a problem before it becomes critical is becoming more and more important. Working better and smarter is something that everyone can do better. This is the first of a two part conversation I had with Michael about Netflow and how best to use it. You dont have to buy an expensive monitoring system to get the most from Netflow. Just as important, you dont have to be an all Cisco shop to be able to use Netflow either. Michael also has a good section in his book about setting up your own Netflow collection system without hocking your firstborn or the family jewels. If you dont already have this book in your library, click on this link to add it now.

Michael W. Lucas is a network/security engineer how keeps getting stuck with network problems that nobody else will go near. He has also written several other books – Absolute FreeBSD, Absolute OpenBSD, Cisco Routers for the Desperate and PGP & GPG.

I recently talked with Cory von Wallenstein, VP of Product Management with Dynamic Network Services Inc. about the recently change that took place that is good for everyone, the implementation of DNSSEC on the root DNS Servers. We talk about what it took to get there, what was involved in getting it in place and what you need to think about when doing it yourself. For more information, please check out http://www.dyn.com.

Here is a conversation I had with Anthony Bettini, part of McAfee Labs senior management team about the Security Challenges posed by all of the Social Network Apps our users just have to have and the same ones that we would all rather never see the light of day on our networks. Here is the link the White Paper that he wrote.

Anthony has also worked for Foundstone, Guardent, Bindview and as an independent contrator. He specializes in software security and vulnerability protection. His list of speaking credits include NIST, the Computer Anti-Virus Research Organization in Europe, RSA Europe 2009 and the 22nd Annual FIRST Conference on local-specific threats. He has published vulnerabilities found in Microsoft Windows, ISS Scanner, PGP, Symantec ESM and other well known applications.

Here is the last of my conversations with Joe Bardwell, Chief Scientist and President of Connect802. This time we talk about MiMo and SpatialMultiplexing.

Joe designs and installs wireless networks for companies all over the US. Here is a link to Joe’s website -http://www.connect802.com/. He has an excellent selection of tutorials on mode N and wireless in general to help grow your knowledge and understanding of wireless networking.

Here is a conversation I had with Joe Bardwell, Chief Scientist and President of Connect802 about Mode N and the 40 Mhz channels that are an option with Mode N. If you have the need for speed, Mode N will help you get there.

Joe designs and installs wireless networks for companies all over the US. Here is a link to Joe’s website -http://www.connect802.com/. He has an excellent selection of tutorials on mode N and wireless in general to help grow your knowledge and understanding of wireless networking.

Here is a conversation I had with Joe Bardwell, Chief Scientist and President of Connect802 about Mode N and the improvements that come with it. Mode N can be a great enhancement to your wireless operations when implemented correctly and you understand what is going on.

Joe designs and installs wireless networks for companies all over the US. Here is a link to Joe’s website -http://www.connect802.com/. He has an excellent selection of tutorials on mode N and wireless in general to help grow your knowledge and understanding of wireless networking.

Here is another conversation I had with Joe Bardwell, Chief Scientist and President of Connect802 about Mode N and something new OFDM. For those of you who dont recognize this FLA (Four Letter Acronyms), it stands for Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing. Try saying that fast three times and not get into trouble ! This is one of the new gems that comes with Mode N that should should be familiar with.

Joe designs and installs wireless networks for companies all over the US. Mode N is a little different from the mode B/G wireless that most of us are familiar with. Here is a link to Joe’s website -http://www.connect802.com/. He has an excellent selection of tutorials on mode N and wireless in general to help grow your knowledge and understanding of wireless networking.