Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 16:15:00 +0000
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/stephr_wong"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stephanie Wong</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and Lorin Price welcome guests Zach Seils and</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/ManasaChalasani"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Manasa Chalasani</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to talk about networking and the newly released Network Analyzer. Google Cloud’s Network Intelligence Center is described as a one-stop shop that simplifies network monitoring, troubleshooting, workload expansion, security, and more. Manasa tells us about the four modules of Network Intelligence Center and how they work together.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As part of Network Intelligence Center, the new Network Analyzer monitors and proactively runs tests and detects issues on the network automatically, taking the guesswork out of network troubleshooting. Network Analyzer checks the entire network ecosystem, finding any connectivity issues and extrapolating them to other similar situations as well. Zach tells us more about the specific features of Analyzer, like its ability to check for overlapping or shadowed routes and validating network configurations in relation to any managed services being used.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zach walks us through the set up of Network Analyzer and how to navigate results. Manasa expands on the development of Network Analyzer, including how customer feedback really shaped the project, and we hear about challenges along the way. Through examples, Zach describes different types of Analyzer customers and how they’re using the product. More analyzers will be available soon, and the team is open to suggestions for future projects.</span></p> <h5><strong>Zach Seils</strong></h5> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zach Seils is a Networking Specialist with Google Cloud, where he works with customers to accelerate their adoption of cloud networking.</span></p> <h5><strong>Manasa Chalasani</strong></h5> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Manasa is a Product Manager on the Google Cloud Networking team with a focus on network observability.</span></p> <h5><strong>Cool things of the week</strong></h5> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The new Google Cloud region in Columbus, Ohio is open</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/new-google-cloud-region-in-columbus-ohio-is-open"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">blog</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Assembling and managing distributed applications using Google Cloud Networking solutions</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/networking-spotlight-2022"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">blog</span></a></li> </ul> <h5><strong>Interview</strong></h5> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Network Intelligence Center</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/network-intelligence-center"><span style="font-weight: 400;">site</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Network Analyzer Documentation</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/network-intelligence-center/docs/network-analyzer/overview"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">docs</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Introducing Network Analyzer: One stop shop to detect service and network issues</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/introducing-network-analyzer-detect-service-and-network-issues"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">blog</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CloudSQL</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/sql"><span style="font-weight: 400;">site</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GKE</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine"><span style="font-weight: 400;">site</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cloud Monitoring</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/monitoring"><span style="font-weight: 400;">site</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Contact the Network Analyzer team</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">email</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GCP Podcast Episode 270: Traditional vs. Service Networking with Ryan Przybyl</span> <a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-270-traditional-vs-service-networking-with-ryan-przybyl/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast</span></a></li> </ul> <h5><strong>What’s something cool you’re working on?</strong></h5> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lorin is working on a new video series called Concepts of Networking on the</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNb7xKyya5c&list=PLIivdWyY5sqJ0oXcnZYqOnuNRsLF9H48u"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Networking End to End Playlist</span></a></p> <h5><strong>Hosts</strong></h5> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stephanie Wong and Lorin Price</span></p>