Meet Michael Morris
I am occasionally asked questions about network design. I’m a journalist by trade, and I don’t have the expertise to design networks. What I can do, however, is keep my eye on trends and find resources to help anyone who has to design networks for a living. Luckily, one great resource has found us.
His name is Michael Morris, and he has set up a blog at Network World, under our Cisco Subnet banner. From his bio:
“Morris is a Technical Team Lead and Network Architect at a $3 billion high-tech company. His background is in enterprise WANs working with telcos, and developing large-scale routing designs. He has worked on networks at government and corporate organizations, including networks at two Fortune 10 companies. In his current role, he leads large-scale IT networking projects and develops and maintains network architectural standards. Michael is a CCIE and has 10 years experience in networking and communications.”
Morris’ blog gives a lot of tips for being a good network designer. In recent entries, Morris has delved into the process involved in designing networks, focusing on planning and design.
He has also provided visual aids when discussing network design templates, which can be used to engineer actual network designs. And occasionally he’ll even talk about small yet important aspects of design, like what icons to use in the diagrams.
He also writes about things that matter to network designers, like certifications – here, here, and here.
And then there’s the stuff that really matters, of course – like the bag Cisco gives out at its Networkers conference.
All in all, Morris is providing a great perspective on Network World’s site, and if network design interests you, you should bookmark his blog or add his RSS feed to your reader.
