Author: Zig Zsiga

Zig Zsiga, CCDE™ 2016::32, CCIE™ #44883 has been in the networking industry for 20 years. He is currently a Principal Architect supporting the CX US Public Sector Business and Customers. Zig holds an active CCDE and two CCIE certifications, one in Routing and Switching and the second in Service Provider. Zig also holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science from Park University. Zig is a father, a husband, a United States Marine, a gamer, a nerd, a geek and a big soccer fan. Zig loves all technology and can usually be found in the lab learning and teaching others. Zig is a published author now working on his second book, the CCDE OCG. He is the host of the Zigbits Network Design Podcast (ZNDP) where he interviews leading industry experts to talk about network design. All of Zig's content is located at https://zigbits.tech. Zig lives in Upstate New York, USA with his wife, Julie and their son Gunnar.

ZNDP 048 – Real Talk With Jason Gooley – Part 2

September 20, 2019 Zig Zsiga Network Community, Network Design, Podcast, ZNDP

This part 2 of our 2 part series featuring a Real Talk with my good friend Jason Gooley. Jason is the founder of MetalDevOps, a dual CCIE (RS and SP), an author of a number of Cisco Press books, a Distinguished Cisco Live Speaker and a true Leader and Pioneer in our industry.

ZNDP 047 – CCDE Simulator with Mohamed Radwan

September 13, 2019 Zig Zsiga Cisco, Network Community, Network Design, Podcast, ZNDP

CCDE Simulator!! Yep I said that right! Today we are going to highlight, discuss and review Mohamed’s CCDE Simulator. Years ago I thought of creating my own CCDE Simulator but honestly never got around to it. With that said, today we get to have a first hand view in video format of this CCDE simulator that Mohamed has built.

ZNDP 046 – Real Talk With Jason Gooley – Part 1

September 6, 2019 Zig Zsiga Network Community, Network Design, Podcast, ZNDP

This part 1 of a 2 part series that features a Real Talk with my good friend Jason Gooley. Jason is the founder of MetalDevOps, a dual CCIE (RS and SP), an author of a number of Cisco Press books, a Distinguished Cisco Live Speaker and a true Leader and Pioneer in our industry.

ZNDP 045 – Zero Trust

July 16, 2019 Zig Zsiga Network Design, Podcast, ZNDP

In Today’s episode we are highlighting Zero Trust. We are going to discuss what is and what it isn’t. We are then going to talk about the specific steps to start your journey towards a Zero Trust world. Lets jump in my friends!

ZNDP 044 – Unified Network Fabric

July 15, 2019 Zig Zsiga Network Design, Podcast, ZNDP

In Today’s episode we are highlighting Unified Network Fabric, or UNF. Unified Network Fabric is not a vendor solution, it is not a marketing pitch (at least not yet)… it is a transformational concept that we will explain in detail that fully meets business priorities, requirements and goals. Lets Dig in my friends

ZNDP 043 – Cisco Live US 2019 Network Design and CCDE Focused Sessions

June 28, 2019 Zig Zsiga Cisco, Network Community, Network Design, Podcast, ZNDP

I usually have this podcast published and released weeks before Cisco Live US so that all of you have a chance to to review it and make your session schedule adjustments. Well this year there was some uncertainty on what was the future of the CCDE. With no CCDE Techtorials, a number of us in the community were waiting to hear what was going to happen with this certification. I am very happy to state “The CCDE is not dead!!”

ZNDP 42 – Intent Based Networking With Phil Gervasi

March 29, 2019 Zig Zsiga Network Community, Network Design, Podcast, ZNDP

Hey Nerds, Geeks, and Ziglets out there. Today’s show is covering Intent Based Networking, its a market term, a sales term, and potentially much more but before we start lets introduce our guest expert, my good friend Phil Gervasi.

ZNDP 41 – Why Segment Routing with Suraj Soni

January 25, 2019 Zig Zsiga Demystifying The Roles, Network Community, Network Design, Podcast, ZNDP One comment

Hey Nerds, Geeks, and Ziglets out there. Today we start our Mini Series on Segment Routing with our Guest Expert Suraj Soni. We have a lot planned for this Mini Series but today’s focus is “Why Segment Routing?” so lets get to it! Guest Expert: Suraj Soni Soni has been

ZNDP 40 – Benefits of SD-WAN

January 11, 2019 Zig Zsiga Network Community, Network Design, Podcast, ZNDP One comment

I am back!! Sorry it’s been so long. I went MIA for a bit, but I am back today with a new episode of the Zigbits Network Design Podcast! Today I will be highlighting the Benefits of SD-WAN, vendor agnostically!! 🙂 Enough jabbering, lets get on with the show! 🙂

ZNDP 039 – Design Documents

October 26, 2018 Zig Zsiga Network Design, Podcast, ZNDP

In Today’s episode, we are going to cover Design Documents. I recently had a number of coaching sessions where design documents were discussed. I then attempted to remember how I learned about all of the Design Documents that I have seen, written, and peer reviewed over my career, but I couldn’t find a good answer other than experience. Well today we are going to shed some light on what I would call the most common Design Documents our there. Lets get started.