Author: erjosito

My name is Jose Moreno, I am a Microsoft architect passionate about increasing efficiencies in the DC. Today I focus in Microsoft Azure, which I find fascinating. In my private time I can't help being a Star Wars fanboy... You can follow me in Twitter under @erjosito

Bringing together Dev and Ops with Serverless Computing (Azure Functions)

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You might have read my previous blog on how important collaboration software can be for creating an effective DevOps culture. A couple of things have happened since I wrote that blog: Azure Functions make serverless computing possible in Azure Microsoft has launched Teams, more or less playing in the same category as Cisco Spark and … Continue reading Bringing together Dev and Ops with Serverless Computing (Azure Functions)

Using Ansible to Create and Manage Linux Workloads in Azure

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This is an exciting post, since it is the first one I write since I joined the Microsoft team. One of the things that have surprised me is the amount of open source solutions that you can deploy effortlessly in Azure. Services ranging from a simple RHEL or Ubunto machine, to complete open source solutions … Continue reading Using Ansible to Create and Manage Linux Workloads in Azure

So long Cisco, hello Microsoft!

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Last three years have been the hell of a ride for me personally at Cisco. Ever since Cisco acquired Insieme, I had the privilege of working on this new approach for data center networking. In an extremely exciting moment in the network industry fueled by the SDN hype, it looked as if every network professional suddenly … Continue reading So long Cisco, hello Microsoft!

A Recipe for DevOps: APIs + Collaboration + Analytics

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Imagine you are an IT admin. Your cellular rings while you are drinking your ritual cup of tea in the cafeteria: “why don’t you answer on our Instant Messenger? We have a serious problem in our production environment”. So much for your tea break. Anyhow, back to your desktop, and on to the Incident Management … Continue reading A Recipe for DevOps: APIs + Collaboration + Analytics

Tetration analytics, ACI 2.0 and much more!

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I have to apologise because of skipping last month’s update, what has led to a massive update today. If you thought that 2 years after ACI’s launch the speed of innovation would decrease, just have a look at all the new stuff below (and I assure you, it is not all of it). Without any doubt, … Continue reading Tetration analytics, ACI 2.0 and much more!

What do Cisco ACI, microsegmentation, service insertion, REST and Docker containers have in common?

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Lately I have been involved in quite some conversations, where organisations have shown a lot of interest in the integration between Cisco ACI and F5 BigIP and BigIQ (or should I say iWorkflow?). As you might know, Cisco ACI offers the option to integrate L4-L7 services in the network. What does this mean? Optionally, you … Continue reading What do Cisco ACI, microsegmentation, service insertion, REST and Docker containers have in common?

Using NX-API to deploy full networks

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Do you have a network lab to try out new technologies? Then you might have experienced this problem: you finished testing technology A, and you start testing technology B. For that you need to reconfigure your devices, obviously. Now you need to try out something new in technology A, for example a new functionality brought … Continue reading Using NX-API to deploy full networks

Demo with Docker containers and Cisco ACI integration: Contiv

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You might remember my old post on Linux container integration with ACI by using the “network=none” option in the old Docker implementation: http://erjosito.tumblr.com/post/110063660087/cisco-aci-and-linux-containers. In the meantime, the networking concept in Docker has considerably evolved, including in the latest releases the concept of network driver plugins (https://docs.docker.com/engine/extend/plugins_network/). Contiv (https://contiv.io) is one of those plugins, that enhances the … Continue reading Demo with Docker containers and Cisco ACI integration: Contiv

Are ACI and NSX complementary solutions?

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Lately there seems to be a lot of buzz in the press about combining Cisco ACI and VMware NSX to achieve a comprehensive SDN solution. Nothing bad with that, other than it creates some times the perception that NSX and ACI need themselves mutually. And hence this post, since I disagree with this perspective. First … Continue reading Are ACI and NSX complementary solutions?

ACI 1.3, NFM, CliQr, Austin and much, much more!

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Hi there! Amazing, another month has gone by, and there are a bunch of new stuff coming our way from the Cisco Nexus 9000 and ACI corner. Not only a new ACI software version with support for the new EX hardware, but a new way of managing VXLAN networks the easy way (awarded the Best … Continue reading ACI 1.3, NFM, CliQr, Austin and much, much more!