Tom Hollingsworth

About the Author:

Tom Hollingsworth is a networking professional, blogger, and speaker on advanced technology topics. He is also an organizer for networking and wireless for Tech Field Day.  His blog can be found at https://networkingnerd.net/

Articles by Tom Hollingsworth

Stop Building Snowflakes

February 14, 2023

In this episode of the On-Premise IT Podcast, John Kilpatrick, Jody Lemoine, and Vince Schuele highlight all the reasons why we’ve spent our careers tailoring the needs of the infrastructure to the workload.

Is XDR Only for Security Teams?

February 7, 2023

In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth, Zoë Rose, and Dominik Pickhardt discuss XDR and how it can be leveraged by the entire organization to help secure your assets and users.

Tech Field Day is Extra at Cisco Live EMEA!

February 2, 2023

Join Tech Field Day for a special Extra event in Amsterdam during Cisco Live EMEA! We’ll be there for two days of great Cisco content around security, enterprise networking, IoT, and much more.

Enterprise IT Doesn’t Care About A Recession

January 17, 2023

In this episode, Tim Bertino, Ethan Banks, and Tom Hollingsworth discuss the various ways that investing in tech helps grow business but also the potential pitfalls of companies that think they’re bigger than the economic indicators.

Networking Into The Future with Networking Field Day 30

January 12, 2023

It’s already a new year and we’re kicking it off in style with another edition of Networking Field Day! The flagship networking event returns for more great discussion and learning in Silicon Valley January 18-20. You’re not going to want to miss a minute of the great conversations.

Intel 4th Gen Xeon Rides the Rapids | Gestalt IT Rundown: January 11, 2023

January 11, 2023

Intel’s long-rumored Sapphire Rapids architecture is now official as of this week. The biggest takeaways from the official coverage are the inclusion of accelerators on the CPU die to help increase performance for specific workloads such as SSL, 5G, and networking built around DPDK. This features comes alongside Intel On Demand, a service that allows you to purchase a CPU now and unlock accelerators in the future for a fee.

Okta Source Code Nabbed from GitHub | Gestalt IT Rundown: January 4, 2023

January 4, 2023

Just in time for the holidays, Okta got a lump of coal in the form of a breach of their GitHub repository for source code. The intrusion appears to have been targeted at the Workforce Identity Cloud solution and an automated tool was able to access and dump the code. GitHub declined to offer details on how the code was accessed but assured users that customer data was not impacted and Auth0 products were not affected. This attack comes on the heels of Okta being breached by Lapsus earlier in 2022. Tom, what do you think about this latest SNAFU for Okta?

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