Show 28 – IT Is About SKILLS Not Business

This week on the Packet Pushers we had Josh O’Brien, Jeremy Filliben, and Marko Milivojevic discussing myths of IT, Cisco’s marketing past and future, and what you do during your commute.

The Lure of Layer 2

Unless you’re “in the know”, terms like “layer 2″ can seem mysterious, making it all the more plausible when someone touts the benefits. It seems logical: “Bare-metal” communication must be better, faster, and cheaper than higher-level “everything over IP” approaches, right? But it’s not quite that simple.