#126 From 135 ms to 6 ms: The Multi-Cloud Networking Mistake Everyone Makes

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The episode discusses the complexities of networking in multi-cloud environments with insights from Chris Noon.

In episode 126 of De Nederlandse Kubernetes Podcast, Ronald and Jan sit down with Chris Noon, Technical Solution Director at Alkira, to talk about one of the most underestimated challenges in cloud-native environments: networking. Chris shares his journey from traditional telco and enterprise networking, through VMware NSX, to modern cloud and Kubernetes platforms. The conversation dives deep into why networking often becomes more complex—not less—once organizations adopt multi-cloud, hybrid ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Ronald Kers, Jan Stomphorst

Guest: Chris Noon

Topics covered

• multi-cloud networking
• cloud-native environments
• networking challenges
• Kubernetes
• hybrid cloud
• enterprise networking

Keywords

• multi-cloud
• networking
• cloud-native
• Kubernetes
• enterprise networking
• VMware NSX
• hybrid cloud

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Alkira, VMware, Kubernetes

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