(With apologies to Frederic Austin.)
On the first day of Christmas, my CIO gave to me:
A WAN link with BGP.
On the second day of Christmas, my CIO gave to me:
Two teams for Scrum,
And a WAN link with BGP.
On the third day of Christmas, my CIO gave to me:
Three SDNs,
Two teams for Scrum,
And a WAN link with BGP.
On the fourth day of Christmas, my CIO gave to me:
Four cloud-based apps,
Three SDNs,
Two teams for Scrum,
And a WAN link with BGP.
On the fifth day of Christmas, my CIO gave to me:
FIVE SECURE SMART THINGS,
Four cloud-based apps,
Three SDNs,
Two teams for Scrum,
And a WAN link with BGP.
On the sixth day of Christmas, my CIO gave to me:
Six meshes meshing,
FIVE SECURE SMART THINGS,
Four cloud-based apps,
Three SDNs,
Two teams for Scrum,
And a WAN link with BGP.
On the seventh day of Christmas, my CIO gave to me:
Seven bugs a-patching,
Six meshes meshing,
FIVE SECURE SMART THINGS,
Four cloud-based apps,
Three SDNs,
Two teams for Scrum,
And a WAN link with BGP.
On the eighth day of Christmas, my CIO gave to me:
Eight cables running,
Seven bugs a-patching,
Six meshes meshing,
FIVE SECURE SMART THINGS,
Four cloud-based apps,
Three SDNs,
Two teams for Scrum,
And a WAN link with BGP.
On the ninth day of Christmas, my CIO gave to me:
Nine hours of training,
Eight cables running,
Seven bugs a-patching,
Six meshes meshing,
FIVE SECURE SMART THINGS,
Four cloud-based apps,
Three SDNs,
Two teams for Scrum,
And a WAN link with BGP.
On the tenth day of Christmas my CIO gave to me:
Ten testbeds testing,
Nine hours of training,
Eight cables running,
Seven bugs a-patching,
Six meshes meshing,
FIVE SECURE SMART THINGS,
Four cloud-based apps,
Three SDNs,
Two teams for Scrum,
And a WAN link with BGP.
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my CIO gave to me:
Eleven silos blending,
Ten testbeds testing,
Nine hours of training,
Eight cables running,
Seven bugs a-patching,
Six meshes meshing,
FIVE SECURE SMART THINGS,
Four cloud-based apps,
Three SDNs,
Two teams for Scrum,
And a WAN link with BGP.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my CIO gave to me:
Twelve gofers going,
Eleven silos blending,
Ten testbeds testing,
Nine hours of training,
Eight cables running,
Seven bugs a-patching,
Six meshes meshing,
FIVE SECURE SMART THINGS,
Four cloud-based apps,
Three SDNs,
Two teams for Scrum,
And a WAN link with BGP!
Happy Holidays, ENP readers!
Joe Stanganelli is a writer, attorney, and communications consultant. He is also principal and founding attorney of Beacon Hill Law in Boston. Follow him on Twitter at @JoeStanganelli.
