TNO059: Design for Operations: Getting Vendor Support in the Ops Ecosystem

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Scott Robohn and Russ White discuss the importance of connecting protocol design to operational use.

Scott Robohn and networking expert Russ White dive into the concept of design for operations. That is, they look at how to connect the design of a protocol or solution to how people are actually going to use it. They examine how protocol designers often overlook the teams that must operate them, creating some “inoperable” ... Read more »

People in this episode

Host: Scott Robohn

Guest: Russ White

Topics covered

• design for operations
• vendor support
• networking
• protocol design
• operations ecosystem

Keywords

• design for operations
• vendor support
• networking
• protocol
• operations

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Organizations: Packet Pushers

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