VNet Flow Logs Recipes (part 2): fine-tune your security rules

Right when VNet Flow Logs were launched I blogged about some recipes that help to extract insights out of the different information fields contained in the Flow Logs. After working with VNet Flow Logs and Traffic Analytics for a while now, I thought I could share some additional tips and tricks, this time focusing on … Continue reading VNet Flow Logs Recipes (part 2): fine-tune your security rules

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

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?

Are ACI and NSX complementary solutions?

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?