Modern Software : Networking

Our industry never stops changing, but sometimes those changes are trivia and fluffy. Sometimes they are fundamental and enduring. This series is going to highlight some of the most important trends happening in the hardware, software, data and architecture spaces.

Networking technologies may seem like done deals, but that could not be further from the truth. We will introduce you to some of the most important advances happening in the world of networking including current and upcoming changes to HTTP.

Modern software developers need to understand the benefits and impacts of modern networking.

We will cover:

• IPv4
• IPv6
• HTTP/2
• HTTP/3 and QUIC
• TLS 1.3
• Modern networking libraries and frameworks
• Software Defined Networks (SDNs)
• Quality of Experience (QoE)
• Network Function Virtualization (NFV).

About Brian Sletten

Brian Sletten is a liberal arts-educated software engineer with a focus on forward-leaning technologies. His experience has spanned many industries including retail, banking, online games, defense, finance, hospitality and health care. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary and lives in Auburn, CA. He focuses on web architecture, resource-oriented computing, social networking, the Semantic Web, AI/ML, data science, 3D graphics, visualization, scalable systems, security consulting and other technologies of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries. He is also a rabid reader, devoted foodie and has excellent taste in music. If pressed, he might tell you about his International Pop Recording career.

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