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A network engineer is a person responsible for the installation, management and monitoring of the computer networks of an organization. The goal of a network engineer is to make sure that the network is operating as expected, providing the best performances and availability. He might work as part of the internal …

Why are network engineers so bitter about managing virtualization? Rivka Gewirtz Little Published: 13 Apr 2012 Network engineers are tired of being viewed as plumbers—especially when it comes to managing virtualization.  After all, the job of supporting virtualized traffic goes so much deeper than providing an always-available pipe. Systems teams …

In my long and storied IT career (haha!), I have seen many rounds of Reductions in Force (RIFs) and layoffs. When a company sells a division, spins off a business, or shows less-than-positive revenue, we invariably see some people, deserving or not, get their walking papers. I have to be …

 The Twelve Days of Christmas Vacation for a Network Engineer (As sung to the tune of 12 days of Christmas) On the first day of Christmas Break my NETWORK gave to me A dead switch in my spanning tree On the 2nd day of Christmas Break my NETWORK gave to …

As a network engineer, so much of our daily job is filled with duties that are not necessarily related to networking.  No more is our day filled with just routers and switches. We wear many hats and are asked to do many things. Often times these duties are not always …