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VMware SD-WAN in Azure vWAN

Bandwith usage is increasing exponentially, especially for companies moving fast to cloud services. At Michelin we have struggled to optimize network traffic routing as our usage of cloud services has

Network

QUIC Analysis - A UDP-Based Multiplexed and Secure Transport

Introduction The goal of this article is to do the analysis of the QUIC protocol, how it works, what are its advantages/disadvantages and what kind of impacts it will

Automation

Network and DevOps - Our Beginnings

In a previous post I mentioned how Network needed to adopt DevOps principles in order to achieve the speed and agility required to meet the business needs (As a reminder,

Network

Securing a Virtual Desktop Environment in a Public Cloud - Part 2

This has turned out to be quite the learning adventure. Much more so than I had envisioned. I thought it would be 'simple' to just deploy NSX Cloud [https://www.vmware.com/products/nsx-cloud.html] to our existing Horizon Cloud environment and we would

Infrastructure

Securing a Virtual Desktop Environment in a Public Cloud - Part 1

At Michelin, like most organizations, COVID-19 brought us an increased need and usage of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) [https://www.vmware.com/topics/glossary/content/virtual-desktop-infrastructure-vdi#:~:text=Virtual%20desktop%20infrastructure%

Network

Azure ExpressRoute and VPN Gateways coexisting - Conditional routing for web-surfing to third party solution

Context Azure implementation at Michelin follows Microsoft recommendations: we have several virtual Data Centers (vDC) in different regions connected to our "on-premises" network through Express Route. In terms of network

Network

Network as a Service - Why Network needs DevOps

What exactly is "Network as a Service"? Once you have your own understanding of that you can start the journey. I'll give my understanding below as well as the one