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蜜月直播
蜜月直播 to Become Marist University
University designation reflects breadth of global opportunities and bold vision for Marist's next century.
蜜月直播
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蜜月直播 to Become Marist University
University designation reflects breadth of global opportunities and bold vision for Marist's next century.
Academics
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蜜月直播 to Become Marist University
University designation reflects breadth of global opportunities and bold vision for Marist's next century.
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蜜月直播 to Become Marist University
University designation reflects breadth of global opportunities and bold vision for Marist's next century.
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Robert M. Cannistra
Distinguished Professional Lecturer of Computer Science, Information Technology & Systems
Bio
Mr. Robert M. Cannistra has held the positions of Northeast Regional Manager, Technical Services Manager and Senior Consultant for VLINK Solutions, previously known as AllTechData Systems, a Cisco Partner. His time at VLINK was spent designing, configuring, and implementing highly accessible data networks for various enterprise, service provider and Internet companies across the world. Upon the completion of each client implementation, Mr. Cannistra would create and instruct customized training classes to help the client administer, manage and troubleshoot the newly designed networks. He has taught part-time as an adjunct faculty member for RPI, in Troy, NY and as a technical instructor for MTI, in Poughkeepsie, NY. Prior to VLINK Solutions, Mr. Cannistra held the position of Senior Network Engineer for 蜜月直播.com, Inc. where he redesigned and scaled the network to handle several million Internet users. He specialized in Internet infrastructure at AT&T Solutions. While at Unisys Corporation he specialized in a proprietary distributed paperless workflow environment. Prior to Unisys he consulted for Kodak Imaging Services optimizing and upgrading their mixed NT/Novell network environment utilizing Lotus Notes collaboration tools.
Education
BS State University of New York at Brockport
MS 蜜月直播
Certifications
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure System Engineer.
Open Networking Foundation (ONF) Certified SDN Associate (OCSA).
Palo Alto Networks Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE).
Cisco Certified Network Professional Data Center (CCNP Data Center).
Cisco Data Center Support for UC Specialist.
Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Design Specialist.
Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric Design Specialist.
Cisco Unified Computing Technology Design Specialist.
Cisco Unified Computing Technology Support Specialist.
Cisco Unified Fabric Technology Support Specialist.
Cisco Certified Network Associate Data Center (CCNA Data Center).
Certified Cisco Networking Academy Instructor Trainer.
Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP).
Cisco IPS Specialist.
4013 Recognition.
Cisco Information Security Specialist (CS-CISecS).
Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professional Recognition (National Security Agency (NSA) and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) 4011 Training Standard).
Cisco Certified Academy Instructor (CCAI).
Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP).
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP).
Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA).
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA Routing and Switching).
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE, MCP+I, MCP).
Certified Lotus Professional (CLP).
Certified Lotus Specialist (CLS).
Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Mr. Cannistra's specializes in network infrastructure, design, implementation and troubleshooting. His interest lies within virtualizing network functions to provide a secure policy-based service chain within SDNs.
- Software Defined Networking (SDN).
- Network Functions Virtualization (NFV).
- Secure Multi-tenancy.
- Policy-Based Service Chaining.
Selected Publications
DeCusatis, C., Carle, B., Cannistra, R., 鈥淓nergy Efficient Networks for Hybrid Cloud Storage-as-a-Service using Software-Defined Networking鈥�, submitted 鈥� waiting to hear on acceptance.
DeCusatis, C., Cannistra, R., Ludovic, H., 鈥淢anaging Multi-tenant Services for Software Defined Cloud Data Center Networks鈥�, 2014 IEEE 6th International Conference on Adaptive Science & Technology (ICAST 2014: 29-31 Oct. 2014), Nigeria, October 2014.
DeCusatis, C., Cannistra, R., Carle, B., Johnson, M., Kapadia, J., Meath, Z., Miller, M., Young, D., Bundy, T., Zussman, G., Bergman, K., Carranza, A., Sher-DeCusatis, C., Pletch, A., Ransom, R., 鈥淒ynamic orchestration test bed for SDN and NFV at the New York State Center for Cloud Computing & Analytics鈥�, Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC) 2014, San Francisco, CA, March 2014.
DeCusatis, C., Haley, M., Bundy, T., Cannistra, R., Wallner, R., Parraga, J., Flaherty, R., 鈥淒ynamic, software-defined service provider network infrastructure and cloud drivers for SDN adoption鈥�, IEEE International Conference on Communications 2013: IEEE ICC鈥�13 鈥� 2nd Workshop on Clouds, Networks and Data Centers, June 2013.
Cannistra, R., DeCusatis, C., Haley, M., Bundy, T., Wallner, R., Flaherty, R., Parraga, J. Dynamic, Software-defined Service Provider Network Infrastructure. IEEE International Conference Communications 2013; IEEE ICC鈥�13 鈥� 2nd Workshop on Clouds, Networks, and Data Centers. Budapest, Hungary, June 13, 2013.
Technical Reviewer for Small Market Trial of Cisco Networking Academy CCNA 5.0 curricula, 04/2013.
Cannistra, R., Scheuing, M. Cisco CCNA Voice Portable Command Guide, Cisco Press, February 12, 2013, ISBN-10: 1-58720-442-8, ISBN-13: 978-1-58720-442-5.
Technical Reviewer for Small Market Trial of Cisco Networking Academy CCNP SWITCH curricula, 05/2010.
Technical Reviewer for Small Market Trial of Cisco Networking Academy CCNP ROUTE curricula, 05/2010.
Technical Reviewer for Small Market Trial of Cisco Networking Academy CCNP TSHOOT curricula, 03/2010.
Technical Reviewer for Small Market Trial of Cisco Networking Academy CCNA Security curricula, 03/2009 & 06/2009.
Technical Editor CompTIA鈥檚 Security+ Flash Cards, published by Pearson Education, 2009.
Technical Reviewer, 鈥淧asswords Authentication鈥� in The Handbook of Computer Networks, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 06/2006.
Technical Reviewer, 鈥淧asswords Authentication鈥� in The Handbook of Information Security, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004.
Selected Presentations
Invited Presentations
Cannistra, R., 鈥淣etwork Programmability鈥� at the Northeast Cisco Academy Conference in Troy, NY, 06/2016.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淣ested Orchestration in a Heterogeneous Software Defined Infrastructure鈥�, SDN & OpenFlow World Congress, D眉sseldorf, Germany, October 2015.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淓therChannel and HSRP鈥� at the Northeast Cisco Academy Conference in Troy, NY, 06/2015.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淢ulti-Area OSPF鈥� at the Northeast Cisco Academy Conference in Troy, NY, 06/2015.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淰PNs鈥� at the Northeast Cisco Academy Conference in Troy, NY, 06/2015.
Cannistra, R., Ferguson, C., Iori, M., Maud, K., Miller, M., 鈥淎 Collaborative Approach for Developing Next Generation Networks鈥�, The IEEE Mid-Hudson Section Workshop on Advanced Technology for Next Generation Computing, New Paltz, NY, November 2014.
Cannistra, R., Carle, B., DeCusatis, Bundy, T., 鈥淪oftware Defined Networking 鈥� Real World Use Cases with a live Hybrid Cloud Connectivity demonstration鈥�, North American Symposium hosted by ADVA Optical Networking, New York, NY, September 2014.
Cannistra, R., Johnson, M., Kippins, A., Proce, C., 鈥淪oftware Defined Networking from the ground up using OpenFlow鈥�, IEEE 27th Biennial Symposium on Communications (QSBC), Kingston, ON, Canada, June 2014.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淕etting Started with SDN in the Enterprise鈥�, Open Networking Exchange (ONX) conference, Rosemont, IL, May 2014.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淥rchestrating Applications to the Network Using a Top Down Approach with SDN鈥�, Open Networking Exchange (ONX) conference, Rosemont, IL, May 2014.
Cannistra, R., DeCusatis, C., Bundy, T., Meath, Z., Miller, M., 鈥淎 New Approach for Developing Technology and Building Partnerships鈥�, KINBER conference, Harrisburg, PA, April 2014.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淓therChannel Simplified鈥�, Worldwide Cisco Academy Conference, March 2014.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淎 Teaching Topology鈥�, Worldwide Cisco Academy Conference, March 2014.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淥penFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware鈥�, Mid-Hudson Valley Linux User Group meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY, December 2013.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淣etwork Virtualization and SDN鈥�, Panel Discussion, INTEROP, New York, NY, October 2013.
Cannistra, R., Carle, B., Johnson, M., Kapadia, J., Meath, Z., Miller, M., Young, D., 鈥淒emonstrating Automated VM Movement and L1+L2 Provisioning using OpenFlow鈥�, SDN & OpenFlow World Congress, Bad Homburg, Germany, October 2013.
Cannistra, R., Carle, B., DeCusatis, C., Johnson, M., Bundy, T., Kapadia, J., Meath, Z., Miller, M., Young, D., 鈥淪oftware Defined Networking 鈥� Real World Use Cases鈥�, North American Symposium hosted by ADVA Optical Networking, New York, NY, September 2013.
Cannistra, R., DeCusatis, C., Illmer, C., 鈥淪DN and OpenFlow in Optical Networks鈥�, SDN & OpenFlow IBM Workshop in Bratislava, Slovakia, September 2013.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淪oftware Defined Networking鈥�, IBM Center of Excellence, Toronto, ON Canada, July 2013.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淪ecurity: Utilizing Site-to-Site VPNs鈥� at the Northeast Cisco Academy Conference in Troy, NY, 06/2013.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淐CNA Voice鈥� at the Northeast Cisco Academy Conference in Troy, NY, 06/2013.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淓therChannel鈥� at the Northeast Cisco Academy Conference in Troy, NY, 06/2013.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淥penflow at Marist鈥� for IBM at the IBM Wall Street Center of Excellence in Manhattan, NY, 04/03/2013.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淐onverged Networking for the Data Center鈥� for ECC Community Online Forum, 01/2010.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淎 Cloud Curriculum鈥� at an IEEE Workshop in New Paltz, NY, 10/2009
Cannistra, R., 鈥淲ireshark鈥� at Cisco Networking Academy Conference in Denver, CO, 07/2009.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淲ireshark鈥� at Cisco Networking Academy Conference in Orlando, FL, 06/2009.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淪ite-to-Site VPNs Utilizing Pre-Shared Keys鈥� at the Northeast Cisco Academy Conference in Troy, NY, 05/2007.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淪ite-to-Site VPNs Utilizing Pre-Shared Keys鈥� at the Northeast Cisco Academy Conference in Troy, NY, 05/2006.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淯sing Technology To Create a Disaster Recovery Plan鈥� for the High Tech Business Council (HTBC) at the Public Safety Training Center in Rochester, NY, 01/2006.
Cannistra, R., Career Panel Discussion at 蜜月直播 in Poughkeepsie, NY, 10/2005.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淣etwork Security in the Data Center鈥� at AFCOM Data Center World in Dallas, TX, 09/2003.
Cannistra, R., Johnson, D., 鈥淪ecuring Cloud Environments Using Identity-Based VNFs鈥�, Enterprise Computing Conference (ECC), Poughkeepsie, NY, June 2016.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淥pen Platform for NFV鈥�, Enterprise Computing Conference (ECC), Poughkeepsie, NY, June 2015.
Cannistra, R., 鈥淣FV Integration and Orchestration for Resource Automation within Hybrid Cloud Environments鈥�, NFV World Congress, San Jose, CA, May 5, 2015.
Cannistra, R., DeCusatis, C., 鈥淏uilding a Cohesive Platform for Collaboration鈥�, Internet2 Global Summit, Washington D.C., April 28, 2015.
DeCusatis, C., Cannistra, R., Carle, B., 鈥淎 Demonstration of Energy Efficient Optical Networks for Cloud Computing using Software-Defined Provisioning鈥�, IEEE GreenComm, November 2014.
Cannistra, R., Carle, B., Ahmed, C., Ferguson, C., Kippins, A., Maud, K., Proce, C., 鈥淒ynamic Bandwidth Provisioning for Hybrid Cloud Environments鈥�, SDN & OpenFlow World Congress, D眉sseldorf, Germany, October 2014.
Cannistra, R., DeCusatis, C., 鈥淒ynamic Management and Provisioning of Software Defined Cloud Data Centers鈥�, Enterprise Computing Conference (ECC), Poughkeepsie, NY, June 2014.
Bundy, T., Cannistra, R., DeCusatis, C., 鈥淰ideo Demo and Discussion of Dynamic Software-Defined Network (SDN) Infrastructure Testbed at 蜜月直播 with IBM and ADVA Optical Networking鈥�, Internet2 Global Summit, Denver, CO, April 2014.
Cannistra, R., DeCusatis, C., Flaherty, R., Kapadia, J., Pietrow, Kevin., 鈥淪DN Lab Initiatives鈥�, Enterprise Computing Conference (ECC), Poughkeepsie, NY, June 2013.
Cannistra, R., DeCusatis, C., 鈥淪DN Birds of a Feather鈥�, Enterprise Computing Conference (ECC), Poughkeepsie, NY, June 2013.
Cannistra, R., Wallner, R., Flaherty, R., Parraga, J. Software Defined Networking with Openflow. Internet2 Technology in Paradise 2013 Joint Conference, Honolulu, HI, January 2013.
Cannistra, R., Wallner, R., Flaherty, R., Parraga, J. Openflow 鈥� Software Defined Networking. 5th Enterprise Computing Community National Conference, 蜜月直播, June 9-11, 2013.
Cannistra, R., Jeff Obrizok, J., Kenny E. Openflow at Marist. IBM Wall Street Center of Excellence, Manhattan, NY, April 2013.
Cannistra, R., Bundy, T., DeCusatis, C. Dynamic Software Defined Network (SDN) Infrastructure Test Bed at 蜜月直播 with IBM and ADVA Optical Networking. Internet2 Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 2013.
Cannistra, R. Keynote Speaker: An Innovative SDN Development Lab. Internet2 Annual Meeting ADVA RETAG, Arlington, VA, Ap/ril 2013.
Cannistra, R., Flaherty, R., Parraga, J., Wallner, R. Software Defined Networking with Openflow. Internet2 Technology in Paradise 2013 Joint Conference, January 11, 2013.
Cannistra, R., Flaherty, R., Parraga, J., Wallner, R. Openflow - Software Defined Networking. Enterprise Computing Conference (ECC), June 11, 2012.
Cannistra, R. Fundamentals of SANs and SAN Security. Cisco Networking Academy Conference, San Jose, CA, June 2011.
Cannistra, R. (presentation created with Rantanen, E., White, L.) Voice, QoS, and Other New Protocols in Packet Tracer. Cisco Networking Academy Conference, Madison, WI, August 2010.
Conferences & Workshops
Program Committee Member, OIDA/CIAN/IPIC Workshop, 2017.
Advisory Board Member, Network World鈥檚 Open Network Exchange (ONX), 2014.
Affiliations
- Research Associate, Open Networking Foundation (ONF).
- Member, Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).
- Member, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).
- Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
