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

Meraki’s Eye in the Sky

June 27, 2019

Meraki may be the last name you think of when it comes to security cameras. But the engineering effort put into their line of on-premises security devices is very impressive. Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at a couple of their new offerings and gives his perspective on how Meraki sees the world.

Intelligence In The Mist

June 20, 2019

How can cloud and artificial intelligence combine to make your wireless network more resilient to faults? Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at how Mist Systems, now a Juniper Networks, is using brand new ideas to solve age-old reliability issues.

Clean Analytics with ScienceLogic

June 20, 2019

Building an AIOps platform requires a lot of inputs. But not all inputs are good enough for your algorithms. How do you ensure that everything is working the way you want? You’re going to have to start with clean data. Tom Hollingsworth discusses ScienceLogic and their SL1 AIOps platform and how it can help with these issues.

Avoiding Automation Archipelagos with Extreme Networks

May 29, 2019

When it’s your turn to build the automation strategy for your environment, make sure you don’t fall into the trap of building a series of automation islands with no integration. Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at some recent announcements from Extreme Networks and how they can help you connect your automation archipelago.

Yellow Capes and Safe Escapes – The Journey of Zoë Rose

May 8, 2019

Learning about the journey of Zoë Rose from her past to the bright future ahead of her has been enlightening for Tom Hollingsworth. Read on as he covers some highlights of the presentations she’s shared at Security Field Day and Aruba HER over the past few months and how we can learn about the path she’s taken to get where she is today.

All-in with SD-WAN and Fortinet

May 6, 2019

Can SD-WAN innovate through software alone? Or can custom hardware ASICs make the difference in performance? Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at the Fortinet presentation from Networking Field Day and discusses how ASICs may be the key to Foritinet finding their ante in the SD-WAN market.

Security Field Day – The Non-Conference

April 29, 2019

Security Field Day is not a typical conference. In fact, it’s not a conference at all! Most industry events are focused on sales and demand generation: Pack the people in and get their contact information. Field Day is all about the content, the ideas, and the technology.

Layered Security Isn’t About Devices

April 25, 2019

Tom Hollingsworth looks at one of the biggest fallacies of defense in depth in security: It’s all about buying more devices and services to layer on top of your existing infrastructure. In reality, it should be looked at more like a tower defense game. It isn’t just about the assets you have, but how you place them that matter.

Defeating DDoS in the Network with Nokia

April 23, 2019

Denial-of-Service attacks are growing in size and number, especially as IoT devices become more commonplace. Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at a new solution from Nokia using Deepfield and analytics to stop this malicious traffic in transit.

Keeping the Network OS Contained with SnapRoute

April 16, 2019

SnapRoute is building a cloud-native NOS by building it from cloud-native software: Kubernetes. Read on for Tom Hollingsworth’s take on why that’s going to be important for the future of the cloud network.

Go to Top