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NB459: IBM Aims To Own The Quantum Realm; Amazon Hitches A Ride With SpaceX from 2023-12-11T16:04:38

Today on Network Break we cover IBM's new quantum processor and modular quantum computer and its effort to own the next generation of computing. We also cover Cisco's AI assistant for firewalls,...

HN713: Network Automation: Where Are We, And Where Can We Go? from 2023-12-08T16:53:13

Today’s show is roundtable conversation on the state of automation in the networking industry. We discuss takeaways from the recent AutoCon event on network automation, and get into issues such ...

D2C223: Accelerating VM Performance With Azure Boost from 2023-12-06T19:24:19

Azure Boost is a hardware offload of Azure virtual machines designed to improve VM performance. On today's Day Two Cloud we dig into how it works. We also talk about how to implement security in...

HN712: FortiGuard Security Services: Invisible Operations, Tangible Results (Sponsored) from 2023-12-05T22:20:37

Fortinet turns its on-prem and cloud security devices into a sensor network that collects threat intelligence across the globe. That intelligence then feeds those devices and services with new u...

HS060 Power Micro-Generation for Data Center from 2023-12-05T14:00:26

Powering data centres is big deal in current decade. Massive increases in consumption and scaling of off-prem clouds has exceeded the capacity of civilian power grids while cloud operators are r...

Tech Bytes: Pliant Combines APIs, Low Code Approach For Network Automation (Sponsored) from 2023-12-04T16:58:51

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk with sponsor Pliant about its automation platform. Pliant helps you orchestrate across devices and domains with a low-code approach that uses APIs to auto...

NB458: Broadcom Debuts On-Chip Neural Net, Lays Off VMware Staff; Okta Breach Gets Worse from 2023-12-04T16:10:05

Today's Network Break discusses a new Trident ASIC with an on-chip neural net inference engine, Broadcom staff cuts at VMware, more bad news from an Okta breach, financial results, and more.

HN711: Get Cloud-Like Operation Of Your Data Center With Juniper Apstra And Terraform (Sponsored) from 2023-12-01T20:46:49

Today on Heavy Networking, sponsored by Juniper, we’ll talk about how Juniper’s Apstra software can help you operate your on-prem data center more like a public cloud; meaning service provisioni...

KU042: Kubernetes Long-Term Support With Kubernetes Co-Founder Brendan Burns from 2023-11-30T21:57:18

As Kubernetes becomes more mainstream and overall “stable,” organizations need a way to get both enterprise support and proper upgrade paths. Brendan Burns, co-founder of Kubernetes, joins the s...

IPB140: IPv6 CLAT And IPv6-Only Networks from 2023-11-30T19:04:09

Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss the Customer-Side Translator (CLAT) function and its role in enabling client connectivity in IPv6-only networks.

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D2C222: What’s New In Azure Networking (Sponsored) from 2023-11-29T15:41:56

Today's Day Two Cloud discusses how Azure's use of hollow core fiber will impact customers, building networks to support AI workloads, the general availability of Virtual Network Manager, routin...

HS059 Cognitive Load and Platforms from 2023-11-28T17:32:11

Special guest David Stengel shares his unique perspective on the cognitive load of platforms in organizations, and the challenges of getting things done even when using tools that abstract workl...

HW016: How mDNS Can Kill Wi-Fi Performance And What To Do About It from 2023-11-28T15:59:52

If you’re not paying attention to mDNS traffic, it might be hurting your Wi-Fi performance in a big way. Bryan Ward shares his research looking at the mDNS protocol on a higher ed network and it...

NB457: Broadcom, VMware Tie The Knot; Nvidia SuperNICs Target AI Ethernet Acceleration from 2023-11-27T20:14:44

Broadcom clears the last hurdle to close its $69 billion purchase of VMware, but what comes next? Nvidia debuts a SuperNIC to accelerate Ethernet for AI workloads, China and India advance their ...

Tech Bytes: Nokia Deepfield Brings Fresh Analytics, New Gear To The DDoS Fight (Sponsored) from 2023-11-27T18:58:15

Today on Tech Bytes, sponsored by Nokia, we’ll talk about what’s brewing on the DDoS front and how Nokia’s Deepfield is bringing new analytics techniques to the fight.

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D2C221: KubeConversations Part 2 – Building Cloud Platforms from 2023-11-22T15:04:38

Ned Bellavance continues his KubeCon conversations with Akamai about cloud-native design and its impact on cloud architecture, Acorn Labs about building a cloud platform, F5 about the networking...

NB456: China Flexes Tech Muscles With 1.2Tb Backbone; Will CISOs Mitigate Risk Or Liability? from 2023-11-20T15:59:51

China demonstrates the strength of its home-grown technology industry by announcing a 1.2Tbit Internet backbone that stretches 3,000 kilometers, Fortinet warns of a 9.8 severity bug in its SIEM ...

HN710: The Future Of Networking With Brad Casemore – Part 2 from 2023-11-17T18:34:50

Analyst Brad Casemore offers his takes on the rise of zero trust, the influence of geopolitics on IT, what's driving the need for visibility and observability on prem and in the cloud, and wheth...

KU041: Running Kubernetes On Nomad from 2023-11-17T00:21:57

In this episode, Michael, Kristina, and Adriana Villela discuss the challenges and benefits of running Kubernetes on Nomad. Adriana shares her experience of using Nomad in a data center, highlig...

IPB139: Avoiding Typical IPv6 Pitfalls from 2023-11-16T16:32:46

Network engineers and architects considering IPv6 can benefit from the experiences of those who have gone before them by avoiding the problems that have bedeviled other deployments. On today's s...

D2C220: KubeConversations Part 1 – Platform Engineering from 2023-11-15T16:57:23

Welcome to a special edition of Day Two Cloud. Host Ned Bellavance traveled to KubeCon NA 2023 and spoke to vendors and open source maintainers about what's going on in the cloud-native ecosyste...

HW015: What Every Wi-Fi Pro Needs To Know About Private LTE from 2023-11-14T18:35:17

Private LTE and Wi-Fi use a lot of overlapping skills but there are also some key differences that Wi-Fi pros need to be aware of.

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NB455: Extreme Announces ZTNA Offering; Palo Alto Networks Spends Big On A Browser Startup from 2023-11-13T23:57:03

Extreme Networks is jumping into Zero Trust Network Access, Palo Alto Networks is reportedly spending more than half a billion dollars to acquire a corporate browser startup, and Forrester predi...

Tech Bytes: Why AI Workloads Require Optimized Ethernet Fabrics (Sponsored) from 2023-11-13T19:16:26

Network engineers have a good grasp on how to build data center networks to support all kinds of apps, from traditional three-tier designs to applications built around containers and microservic...

KU040: Kubernetes Autoscaling Magic – Cost Control In Gen AI And LLMs With CAST AI (Sponsored) from 2023-11-10T18:52:22

In this sponsored episode of Kubernetes Unpacked, we dive into the importance of cost and resource optimization with CAST AI. The truth is, it’s not just about saving money. The goal is ensuring...

HN709: Protecting Data, Apps With Cloud DLP And CASB (Sponsored) from 2023-11-10T09:00:19

Cloud environments often have poor visibility and monitoring, and controlling access to sensitive corporate data is difficult. We speak with sponsor Palo Alto Networks about how it integrates CA...

D2C219: Building A Multi-Cloud Network With A Cloud-Native Approach (Sponsored) from 2023-11-08T15:32:28

What if you could have a multi-cloud network that was cloud-native, but you didn’t have to know the nitty-gritty details for each of the clouds? That is, you work with a single cloud network int...

Tech Bytes: How VMware And HPE Greenlake Tackle AI And Multi-Cloud For Customers (Sponsored) from 2023-11-06T16:52:13

VMware and HPE are partnering on HPE Greenlake for VMware Cloud Foundation. On today's episode we discuss how the HPE and VMware partnership benefits customers’ multi-cloud initiatives and how V...

NB454: Is Bad InfoSec Now Securities Fraud? from 2023-11-06T16:25:25

On today's Network Break we discuss potential repercussions for security executives after the SEC charges Solar Winds' CISCO with fraud, examine a new SD-LAN offering from Versa Networks that ai...

HN708: The Future Of Networking With Brad Casemore – Part 1 from 2023-11-03T18:36:20

The Future of Networking series continues with Brad Casemore, who survived multiple decades in the technology sector, including sixteen years as an analyst for IDC. He's been a longtime observer...

KU039: Prepping For KubeCon North America 2023 from 2023-11-02T19:54:49

Grab a rundown of what to expect at KubeCon NA this year as Kubernetes Unpacked co-host Michael Levan prepares to hit the conference floor.

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IPB138: Making Sense Of DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation (DHCPv6-PD) from 2023-11-02T14:56:48

DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation (DHCPv6-PD) is an IETF RFC that lets a router delegate a long-lived prefix, using DHCP, to a requesting router. The hosts discuss how this is used today both by service ...

D2C218: What’s Inside The AI Magic Box? from 2023-11-01T14:50:31

AI and machine learning are being more widely used in IT and elsewhere. Today's episode opens the AI magic box to better understand what's inside, including software and hardware. We discuss ess...

HW014: Exploring Wireless Automation From Python To APIs from 2023-10-31T16:31:59

Two Wi-Fi engineers share their experiences automating wireless workflows, including the role of Python & tools like Postman.

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The Final Journey Of Full Stack Journey from 2023-10-31T15:55:42

The Full Stack Journey is coming to an end. After five years and more than 80 episodes of deeply technical conversations about technologies, tools, and career journeys, this is the final episode...

Tech Bytes: Nokia’s ChatGPT App Lets Engineers Query The Network (Sponsored) from 2023-10-30T15:51:27

AI is making its way into network operations, and on today’s episode, sponsored by Nokia, we talk about how Nokia has developed a ChatGPT-based application that runs on its SR Linux network OS. ...

NB453: Cisco Invests In Quantum Networking; SmartNIC Sales Surge; Intel Unplugs Another Business from 2023-10-30T15:01:33

Today's episode includes Cisco patching a critical vulnerability affecting IOS-XE gear, startup Prosimo releasing a cost calculator to help network engineers track their public cloud networking ...

HN707: Getting Real With Selector’s AIOps (Sponsored) from 2023-10-27T18:30:20

AI and machine learning are finally being applied to networking in meaningful ways. On today's sponsored show we talk with Selector about its AIOps platform, which ingests networking logs, flows...

HS058: Are We Pausing The Technology Cycle? from 2023-10-26T15:43:22

Today we debate its technoloyg is reaching a stable phase. Greg argues that we are in a period of stability, citing resistance to change and a slowdown in advancements. Johna believes that the r...

D2C217: Building Successful Security Operations – Blue Teaming And Beyond from 2023-10-25T16:19:13

On today's Day Two Cloud we talk about how to build a successful security practice within your organization. Our guest is Swathi Joshi, VP, SaaS Cloud Security at Oracle. She breaks down securit...

Tech Bytes: Addressing New Service Provider Routing Applications With Nokia’s FPcx Silicon (Sponsored) from 2023-10-23T20:05:49

Today's Tech Bytes podcast explores custom silicon with sponsor Nokia. Nokia has recently launched its new FPcx chip for Nokia routers. We’ll talk about the features and capabilities in the new ...

NB452: Cisco Makes You Feel Vulnerable; Broadcom 25.6Tbps Routing ASIC Targets Custom Silicon; China Mandates IPv6 from 2023-10-23T15:11:44

This week's IT news podcast covers a serious Cisco exploit against IOS XE, new firewalls from Juniper, Broadcom's hopes to capture the routing market with merchant silicon, more movement on rest...

Heavy Networking 706: The GitNops Approach To Collaborative Network Automation from 2023-10-20T16:06:47

Today’s Heavy Networking is about collaborative automation via GitNops, which applies DevOps principles to networking. That means things like version control, working with sources of truth, oper...

KU038: The Kubernetes Dev Experience In 2023 from 2023-10-19T15:10:52

On today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, Michael and Kristina catch up with Arsh Sharma, Developer Experience Engineer at Okteto. Arsh dives into the key aspects to consider for incorporating a p...

IPB137: Running IPv6 At An Internet Exchange from 2023-10-19T14:20

On today's IPv6 Buzz, we talk with Jason Gintert of the Ohio Internet Exchange about what's involved with running an IX and where IPv6 fits in to the picture. We also discuss Jason's work with t...

D2C216: Implementing Private AI Architecture With VMware (Sponsored) from 2023-10-18T18:10:40

The goal of private AI is to bring AI models and compute to where your data is stored to ensure privacy and control. On today's Day Two Cloud, sponsored by VMware, we dig more deeply into privat...

Heavy Wireless 013: A University Perspective On Operating Wi-Fi And Testing Vendors from 2023-10-17T15:57:28

On today's Heavy Wireless episode, Keith Parsons speaks with UMass Amherst CTO Jim Mileski on the history of Wi-Fi at the school. They discuss initial challenges of rolling out wireless, strateg...

Tech Bytes: Secure Hybrid Workers Without Compromising User Experience (Sponsored) from 2023-10-16T20:33:36

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk about techniques to improve user experience and application performance while also securing end users, applications, and devices. Our sponsor is Palo Alto...

Network Break 451: Making A Ruckus About Wi-Fi 7; Arista Announces 25G Layer 1 Switches; AWS To Require MFA from 2023-10-16T15:27:56

This week's Network Break covers a new set of Layer 1 switches from Arista for high-frequency trading, Ruckus announcing a (pre-ratified) Wi-Fi 7 AP, and AWS planning to require multi-factor aut...

Heavy Networking 705: Evolving From Python To Platforms For Network Automation (Sponsored) from 2023-10-13T16:41:55

Today on Heavy Networking we talk about how to get from a handful of Python scripts to a network automation platform that enables a self-service environment and incorporates the checks and gover...

Kubernetes Unpacked 037: Improving The Developer Experience With Continuous Deployment (Sponsored) from 2023-10-12T15:12:02

In this sponsored episode of the Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, Kristina and Michael are joined by Adam Frank, SVP of Product and Marketing at Armory, to discuss the role of continuous deployment ...

Day Two Cloud 215: Highlights From The Edge from 2023-10-11T15:03:37

Today's Day Two Cloud covers highlights from a recent Edge Field Day event. Ned Bellavance was a delegate at the event and will share perceptions and insights based on presentations from the eve...

HS057 Technical Debt from 2023-10-11T12:15:25

In this podcast episode, Johna and I discuss the concept of technical debt. We provide different definitions of technical debt, with me focusing on the inability to switch solutions easily and J...

Tech Bytes: Why Retail Branches Need Next-Gen SD-WAN And SASE (Sponsored) from 2023-10-10T21:27:12

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, we talk with sponsor Palo Alto Networks about SD-WAN for retail locations. From securing payment card data to supporting customer Wi-Fi to connecting a multitude...

Network Break 450: Cisco, Nutanix Announce HCI Gear; HPE Aruba Releases Wi-Fi 6e Sensor; Amazon Ships Test Satellites Into Orbit from 2023-10-10T15:55:03

This week's Network Break covers new HCI gear from the Cisco/Nutanix partnership, a sensor to detect Wi-Fi 6e performance, Intel financial engineering, Amazon shipping test satellites for a spac...

Heavy Networking 704: Roundtable Redux: Blaming The Network; Containerlab Love; 400G Envy from 2023-10-06T20:00:57

Today's Heavy Networking is another roundtable episode. We've assembled a group of network engineers to talk about what's on their minds. Topics today include why other IT departments adn end us...

Kubernetes Unpacked 036: What The Heck Is Ingress? from 2023-10-05T18:15:56

There are a lot of moving parts to Kubernetes. In today's Kubernetes Unpacked, we get into Ingress with guest Whitney Lee. Whitney breaks down her thoughts on Ingress, how she learned it, and ho...

IPv6 Buzz 136: IPv6 And Zero Trust Architecture from 2023-10-05T13:01:40

In this episode Tom and Scott explore Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), where it aligns (and doesn't) with IPv6, and what the future might hold for both technologies.

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Day Two Cloud 214: Preparing People, Teams, And Infrastructure For Automation from 2023-10-04T15:15:19

Welcome to Day Two Cloud. If you want your journey to infrastructure automation to be successful, you have to prepare for that journey. On today's show we talk about how to lay the groundwork fo...

Heavy Wireless 012: Why Wireless Pros Should Get To Know LoRaWAN from 2023-10-03T17:19

LoRaWAN is a wireless protocol that's well suited for use cases that require long-range, low-power operations such as sensors, asset and livestock tracking, municipal "smart city" initiatives, a...

Tech Bytes: The SD-WAN Prescription For Healthcare Networks (Sponsored) from 2023-10-02T21:14:16

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, we talk with sponsor Palo Alto Networks about SD-WAN in healthcare markets. The healthcare sector has stringent requirements around the privacy and security of p...

Network Break 449: Amazon Invests $4 Billion In AI Startup; Will Small Modular Reactors Power Public Clouds? from 2023-10-02T15:19:11

Today's Network Break, with guest host Johna Till Johnson, discusses why Amazon is pouring $4 billion into a generative AI startup, Marvell's response to accusations of an NSA-friendly backdoor ...

Heavy Networking 703: Integrating ZTNA And SASE With Palo Alto Networks (Sponsored) from 2023-09-29T18:02:30

Today’s Heavy Networking, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, discusses Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) across the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). You could think of ZTNA, as VPN evolved and SA...

Day Two Cloud 213: Get Application Visibility And Governance For Your K8s Clusters With Lens AppIQ (Sponsored) from 2023-09-28T15:08:21

Welcome to Day Two Cloud! Today we talk with sponsor Mirantis about Lens AppIQ. If you've started using Kuberentes and you've got multiple clusters supporting many applications, Lens AppIQ help ...

Day Two Cloud 212: Cloud Essentials – Object, File, And Block Storage from 2023-09-27T17:12:16

Day Two Cloud continues the Cloud Essentials series with cloud storage. We focus specifically on AWS's offering, which include object, file, and block storage options. We also discuss special fi...

Heavy Strategy 56: FU to the Followup from 2023-09-27T13:36:58

Taking your feedback and followup and discussing the questions you bring us. Zero Trust Defintions, Out of Band in Zero Trust, Johna and/or Greg is/are insufferable and re-evaluating the Tech Jo...

Network Break 448: Cisco Splashes Out $28 Billion For Splunk; OpenTofu Is Vegetarian Alternative To Terraform from 2023-09-25T15:07:20

On today’s Network Break, Greg Ferro is joined by guest co-host Brad Casemore. You can follow Brad on his blog Crepuscular Circus. Greg and Brad discuss new capabilities in Juniper’s...

Heavy Networking 702: Supporting Network Automation With The Pandas Python Library from 2023-09-22T17:27:26

Today's Heavy Networking covers Pandas. Not the cuddly bears that eat bamboo, but the Python library that makes it easy for you to work with a set of data. Import Pandas at the top of your Pytho...

Kubernetes Unpacked 035: Chaos Engineering In Kubernetes And The Litmus Project from 2023-09-21T20:19:12

In today's Kubernetes Unpacked, Michael and Kristina catch up with Prithvi Raj and Sayan Mondal to talk about all things Chaos Engineering in the Kubernetes space! We chat about the open source ...

IPv6 Buzz 135: Making Sense Of IPv6 Address Formatting from 2023-09-21T20:05:10

Today's IPv6 Buzz episode dives into the topic of IPv6 address formatting, the do's and don'ts of representing an IPv6 address, and what guidance RFC 5952 provides for representing these very lo...

Day Two Cloud 211: Cloud Security Acronym Soup With Jo Peterson from 2023-09-20T16:00:34

Today on Day Two Cloud we go deep on new areas of cloud security that you may not be familiar with. There are forces out there that are driving the rise of new security tools and processes, and ...

Heavy Wireless 011: How You Can Participate In The Wi-Fi Awards 2023 from 2023-09-19T15:22:52

The Wi-Fi Awards is an industry effort to recognize excellence and achievements in the wireless community. There are award categories for companies, products, and individuals. Award recipients a...

Full Stack Journey 082: Inside Talos Linux – The Distro Built For Kubernetes from 2023-09-19T13:12:01

Today's Full Stack Journey dives into Talos Linux, a "fit-for-purpose OS" designed for running Kubernetes. Host Scott Lowe speaks with Andrew Rynhard about Talos Linux and Sidero Labs, the compa...

Network Break 447: Cisco Chases AI Ethernet Fabrics With New Silicon One ASICs; Nokia Announces Routers With Custom Silicon from 2023-09-18T14:44:49

Today on Network Break we get a plethora of networking news, including Cisco rolling out new custom Ethernet switch ASICs to compete for AI fabrics. Nokia announces new routers also boasting cus...

Heavy Networking 701: Monitoring SD-WAN At Scale With Broadcom (Sponsored) from 2023-09-15T15:24:56

Our topic today on Heavy Networking is SD-WAN monitoring at massive scale. Scale can grow quickly with SD-WAN when you account for the underlay, overlays, gateways, endpoints, and more. We talk ...

Day Two Cloud 210: Can Network Automation Catch Up To The Cloud? from 2023-09-13T17:05:18

On today's Day Two Cloud we discuss the state of  network automation and whether and how it can catch up to automation in the public cloud. We look at network automation challenges, define bound...

Heavy Networking 700: Rethinking Networking and Security For The Campus And Branch With Fortinet (Sponsored) from 2023-09-12T17:28:10

On today's sponsored Heavy Networking we talk with Fortinet about how it converges network and security across the breadth of its portfolio. Fortinet is best known for its firewalls, but the com...

HS055 Cloud Is Not The Only Future ? from 2023-09-12T10:26:27

A special guest today, Keith Townsend joins Johna Greg to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing compared to on-premises infrastructure. We start by clarifying the definitio...

Network Break 446: Microsoft’s Series Of Unfortunate Events; Huawei’s 7nm Chip Gives US The Middle Finger from 2023-09-11T16:06:13

This week on Network Break we dig into Microsoft's post-mortem of an attack that led to the theft of emails from multiple US government agencies, discuss Huawei rolling out a new 7nm chip despit...

Heavy Networking 699: Connecting Multicloud Kubernetes Clusters With Virtual Application Networks from 2023-09-08T15:38:41

Virtual Application Networks, or VANs, are today’s Heavy Networking topic. Our guest is Ted Ross, motive force behind the Skupper.io project. Skupper builds VANs in Kubernetes clusters that are ...

Kubernetes Unpacked 034: Platform Engineering And Internal Development Platforms On Kubernetes from 2023-09-07T23:04:57

On today's Kubernetes Unpacked, Michael and Kristina catch up with Roberth Strand, Principal Cloud Engineer at Amesto Fortytwo to talk about all things Internal Developer Platform (IDP) on Kuber...

IPv6 Buzz 134: Revisiting Unique Local Addressing At The IETF from 2023-09-07T13:56:12

In today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, Ed, Scott, and Tom bring Nick Buraglio back on to the show to discuss IPv6 Unique Local Addressing and the latest activity at the IETF to attempt to address both pr...

Day Two Cloud 209: Cloud Essentials – Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) from 2023-09-06T18:27:48

Today's Day Two Cloud kicks off an occasional series on cloud essentials. For the first episode we discuss the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). A VPC is an fundamental construct of a public cloud. I...

Heavy Wireless 010: Using Drones In Your WLAN Consulting from 2023-09-06T14:59:36

Drones can be a useful tool for outdoor wireless surveys. Drones can help an engineer figure out the best place to mount a radio, get line of sight between points, confirm antenna orientation, a...

Heavy Networking 698: Integrating Edge Networking And Compute With VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator (Sponsored) from 2023-09-05T20:06:31

On today’s Heavy Networking we explore the edge. But where is the edge? In today's conversation with sponsor VMware, it's a remote location where data is being generated. It could be end users i...

Tech Bytes: Introducing The Network Automation Forum And AutoCon Event (Sponsored) from 2023-09-05T15:55:58

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we discuss the Network Automation Forum (NAF) and its inaugural independent conference--AutoCon 0. The networking industry has been taking about automation foreve...

Network Break 445: Juniper Pairs With ChatGPT, Microsoft To Unpair Teams In The EU from 2023-09-05T14:09:27

Today on Network Break we discuss Juniper integrating ChatGPT with its AI digital assistant, Microsoft's plan to unbundle Teams in the EU to fend off regulators, financial results from soon-to-b...

Heavy Networking 697: Getting Operational Visibility Into The Networks That Matter (Sponsored) from 2023-09-01T15:43:50

In today's sponsored Heavy Networking we explore new features in Cisco Thousand Eyes, an operational tool based on visibility and observability of public and private network. Thousand Eyes has c...

Day Two Cloud 208: HashiCorp Licensing Changes And The Day Two Cloud-Chaos Lever Crossover from 2023-08-30T15:27:14

Today on Day Two Cloud we dive into the implications of licensing changes that HashiCorp has made to its popular Terraform software. In short, the company has switched from an open source to a b...

HS054 Matching IT and Corporate Culture from 2023-08-29T16:54:17

Are you interested in learning more about aligning technology choices with organizational goals? Our podcast has got you covered! Listen now to explore the importance of technology alignment wit...

Tech Bytes: How StackPath Uses Catchpoint’s Internet Performance Monitoring To Accelerate MTTI (Sponsored) from 2023-08-28T20:43:20

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk about monitoring network and application performance. Our sponsor is Catchpoint, and they’ve sent a customer, StackPath, to talk about using Catchpoint in...

Network Break 444: NVIDIA Mines GPU Gold; VMware Wants To Sell You Private AI; SUSE Prepares To Go Private from 2023-08-28T19:15:44

Take a Network Break! On today's episode we discuss two announcements from VMware Explore 2023: a private AI offering, and a revamped NSX for public and private cloud networking. We also discuss...

Heavy Networking 696: EVPN Fundamentals (And Some VXLAN) With Tony Bourke from 2023-08-25T16:35:46

EVPN/VXLAN is our topic on today's Heavy Networking. What is it? What’s it for? Should you deploy it? Since you’ve probably already got a network, how do you add EVPN to it? Do you need special ...

IPv6 Buzz 133: Getting Familiar With IPv6 Multicast from 2023-08-24T16:00:06

In this episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss IPv6 multicast, what it is, how it differs (and doesn't) from its IPv4 counterpart, and how it's used in production.

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Kubernetes Unpacked 033: Platform Engineering And The CNCF White Paper from 2023-08-24T13:38:28

In today's episode, Michael and Kristina catch up with Saim Safdar to chat about a recent white paper on platform engineering from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Saim dives into n...

Heavy Wireless 009: Ham Radio For Wi-Fi Folks from 2023-08-22T17:10:45

In this podcast episode, Keith Parsons, Glenn Kate, and Lee Badman discuss the intersection of ham radio and Wi-Fi. Glenn and Lee share their personal experiences and involvement in both fields....

Network Break 443: Nuclear DCs, Mobile Cars, Fibrechannel, Open Source And Cheese from 2023-08-21T11:05:08

We’ve got more durm and strang in open source license debate, cars that don't work wihtout a network, something mumble something Fibrechannel, a security acquisition by Check Point, cheesy micro...

Heavy Networking 695: Automating Network And Firewall Operations With BackBox (Sponsored) from 2023-08-18T16:30:18

On today's Heavy Networking we explore network and firewall automation with sponsor BackBox. BackBox has developed a platform that aims to deliver practical automation out of the box. We get un...

Day Two Cloud 207: Making Sense Of SSE, SASE, And SD-WAN from 2023-08-16T14:39:35

On today's Day Two Cloud we examine the similarities and differences among SSE and SASE, which provide cloud-delivered security; and SD-WAN, which can provide connections to these services. We a...

Full Stack Journey 081: Growing Your Application Deployments With Acorn from 2023-08-16T13:08:42

Today's Full Stack Journey digs into the Acorn open source project with Darren Shepherd. Darren and Scott Lowe discuss where Acorn fits into the infrastructure and app development landscape, how...

Network Break 442: HashiCorp Swaps Open Source For BSL; Open Enterprise Linux Goes After RHEL from 2023-08-14T15:32:57

Today on Network Break we discuss big moves in open source, including HashiCorp switching from an open source license to "business source" and Red Hat competitors banding together to offer an al...

Heavy Networking 694: A Network Engineering Roundtable from 2023-08-11T16:00:47

This week on Heavy Networking we've assembled a roundtable of network engineers to talk about...stuff. Each guest has brought a topic to discuss with the table, so we've got lots of subjects and...

Kubernetes Unpacked 032: AI Use Cases For Kubernetes from 2023-08-11T15:05:03

On today's Kubernetes Unpacked we speak with Evis Drenova about whether AI has a role to play in the Kubernetes ecosystem. We discuss everything from using chat-based generative AI tools to inte...

IPv6 Buzz 132: Down The Rabbit Hole Of IPv6 Router Advertisements from 2023-08-10T15:55:44

In this episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom get technical with a discussion of IPv6 Router Advertisements (RAs), what they are, what they're for, what information they contain, new and future RA options...

Day Two Cloud 206: Making The Most Of Red Teaming With Gemma Moore from 2023-08-09T14:57:13

Red teams attack a customer's security systems. The idea of a red team, whether consultants or in-house, is to approach the target like an attacker would. A red team includes technical and human...

Heavy Wireless 008: 3D Printing For Wireless Engineers from 2023-08-08T18:05:11

3D printing is a popular activity among wireless network engineers. Given that they deal with invisible, intangible radio waves all day, maybe it's no surprise they'd enjoy making things they ca...

Tech Bytes: Spotting Performance Problems Faster With Digital Experience Monitoring (Sponsored) from 2023-08-07T20:13:57

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we get into Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM). DEM goes beyond traditional SLAs by offering more precise measurements of network and application performance as ...

Network Break 441: AWS Makes You Pay For IPv4; Superconductor Claims Meet Resistance; An Ultra Ethernet Q&A from 2023-08-07T15:37:56

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss new charges for IPv4 addresses being levied by AWS, Cisco's acquisition of a BGP monitoring service, and financial results for a host of tech companies...

Heavy Networking 693: Securing Workforce Transformation With Cloud SWG (Sponsored) from 2023-08-04T16:48:14

On today's sponsored Heavy Networking we dig into cloud-delivered Secure Web Gateways (SWGs), which help guard end users against Web-based threats and enforce corporate Web access policies. As e...

Day Two Cloud 205: States Of Quantum Computing With Abby Mitchell from 2023-08-02T16:04:40

Today's Day Two Cloud peers inside the box of quantum computing. We explore how it works, what qbits are and why they matter, the current state of quantum computing hardware, what problems could...

HS053 IT Facilities in 2023 from 2023-08-02T14:57:33

The use of physical infrastructure has changed substantially in the last three years. Data centres are scaling down, offices and branches are being re-considered. One view is that offices are ‘p...

Tech Bytes: Modernizing Your Secure Web Gateway For A Distributed Workforce (Sponsored) from 2023-07-31T19:51:04

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we explore Secure Web Gateways with sponsor Palo Alto Networks. Secure Web Gateways sit between users and Web traffic to enforce policies around Web and applicati...

Network Break 440: Broadcom Releases SONiC-Friendly Trident; Senator Requests Investigations Into Microsoft’s Shoddy Security from 2023-07-31T15:18:33

On this week's Network Break we discuss a new Broadcom ASIC, a request from US Senator Ron Wyden to three US agencies to investigate Microsoft for sloppy security practices, an Intel pledge to a...

Heavy Networking 692: Implementing Practical Network Automation – With Tony Bourke from 2023-07-28T15:41:36

If you’ve been staring down the barrel of network automation and wonder what the proper approach might be, today’s episode is for you. The Packet Pushers chat with Tony Bourke about what network...

IPv6 Buzz 131: Why Bother With IPv6 When Everyone’s Using NAT? from 2023-07-27T19:40:27

Today's IPv6 Buzz podcast riffs on a question raised in a Reddit thread that asks why you should use IPv6 when NAT exists. Tom, Ed, and Scott provide answers, and also discuss the complicated ro...

Kubernetes Unpacked 031: Is Kubernetes Getting Boring? from 2023-07-27T13:48:04

In today's Kubernetes Unpacked, Kristina and Michael talk about whether Kubernetes is getting boring, and how elements such as service mesh, security-centric CNIs, and movements such as GitOps, ...

Day Two Cloud 204: Deploying Cloud-Delivered Security With Cisco Secure Access (Sponsored) from 2023-07-26T17:52:09

On today's Day Two Cloud we get inside Cisco Secure Access, a new set of cloud-delivered security services from Cisco. We discuss the security capabilities on offer, the service's architecture a...

Heavy Wireless 007: Why Networking And Security Convergence Is Important For Wireless Pros (Sponsored) from 2023-07-25T20:51:24

Wireless pros sit at the intersection of networking and security. On today's Heavy Wireless, sponsored by Fortinet, Keith Parsons and guest Ben Wilson discuss this convergence, why visibility in...

Tech Bytes: Need Those Packets? Palo Alto Networks Introduces Traffic Replication In SASE (Sponsored) from 2023-07-24T18:48:30

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk about traffic replication in SASE environments. Our sponsor is Palo Alto Networks, and they’ve added a new capability in Prisma Access that lets you repli...

Network Break 439: Ethernet Gets Ultra Injection For AI; Huawei Climbs The Patent Charts from 2023-07-24T17:59:40

This week on Network Break we discuss the launch of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium and its intention to revamp Ethernet to support AI and HPC workloads. We also cover NOS startup Arrcus pulling i...

Heavy Networking 691: Why OOB Infrastructure Is Critical For IT Ops&Automation With ZPE Systems (Sponsored) from 2023-07-21T20:08:34

On today’s Heavy Networking podcast, we look at how sponsor ZPE Systems is rethinking Out-Of-Band management for automated, NetOps-driven infrastructure. This includes tasks like device staging,...

Day Two Cloud 203: Becoming An SRE – It’s More Than Just Software Skills from 2023-07-19T15:52:14

If you want to be a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) you need strong software skills. You also have to be versed in observability, incident response, capacity planning, change management, perform...

Full Stack Journey 080: Career Transitions Via Cloud, Infrastructure, And Content Creation With Rishab Kumar from 2023-07-18T16:58:10

Today's Full Stack Journey talks with Rishab Kumar, developer advocate at Twilio. He and Scott Lowe discuss three key things Rishab learned in public cloud, Infrastructure as Code, and creating ...

HS052 Professional Liability and Qualified Design from 2023-07-18T12:23:19

As technology becomes more critical and vital to companies business leaders are beginning to question the reliability and liability. Insurers now require audits and demand complienace with set p...

Tech Bytes: ThousandEyes Extends End-to-End Network Visibility To Meraki MX And More (Sponsored) from 2023-07-17T20:11:51

In today’s Tech Byte, we’ve got Cisco ThousandEyes sharing new product capabilities, including ThousandEyes on Meraki MX and Webex RoomOS devices and faster insights into the root cause of probl...

Network Break 438: Intel Abandons NUC; EU Blesses Broadcom/VMware Union; Microsoft Joins SSE Race from 2023-07-17T15:45:09

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss Intel walking away from the NUC PC, Microsoft rebranding Azure AD and launching an SSE offering, and Microsoft Exchange Online getting hacked. We also ...

Heavy Networking 690: LACP Is Not Link Aggregation – With Tony Bourke from 2023-07-14T17:40:14

On today’s Heavy Networking we talk LACP and link aggregation. While bonding two or more links together to act as a single virtual link has been done for decades, LACP and link aggregation aren'...

Kubernetes Unpacked 030: What’s Up With WASM? – With Nigel Poulton from 2023-07-13T15:00:01

In this episode of Kubernetes Unpacked, Michael and Kristina catch up with with Nigel Poulton, an independent consultant, trainer, and content creator to discuss what Web Assembly (WASM) is, why...

IPv6 Buzz 130: Routing With Link-Local Addresses from 2023-07-13T14:03:07

In this IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom get technical (and maybe a little controversial) with a discussion about using IPv6 link-local addresses instead of globally scoped addresses (e.g.,...

Day Two Cloud 202: How Azure Embraces Terraform For Infrastructure As Code from 2023-07-12T15:14:11

On today's Day Two Cloud, we talk with Microsoft about how it's embracing Terraform to make it Azure-friendly, including the Terraform Export Tool, the AzAPI Provider, and a Terraform on Azure c...

Heavy Wireless 006: Building Sustainable, Efficient Backhaul Networks With Ceragon Networks (Sponsored) from 2023-07-11T17:38:24

Today's Heavy Wireless episode explores building sustainable and efficient backhaul networks with sponsor Ceragon Networks. We discuss the challenges of backhaul, the complementarity of wireless...

HS051 Things I Wish I’d Known Back When from 2023-07-11T09:22:38

Oft-asked question that doesn't have a right answer. We discuss non-convential answers that career coaches or self-help twaddle won't give you.

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Network Break 437: Ethernet Turns 50; TSMC Imports Workers For Arizona Fab; BT, HPE Partner On Managed LAN from 2023-07-10T20:05:35

On today's Network Break, Greg Ferro wishes Ethernet an unhappy birthday, HPE and BT want to manage your LAN, TSMC brings in Taiwanese workers to build new fabs in Arizona, Nokia touts new Fixed...

Tech Bytes: Deploying Sovereign Clouds With VMware And Tietoevry from 2023-07-10T14:30:36

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, we explore the concept of sovereign clouds with sponsor VMware. Sovereign clouds provide the agility and scale of the cloud while ensuring data resides in a spec...

Heavy Networking 689: Prepping For Certification Exams With Mary Fasang from 2023-07-07T19:14:47

Certifications are a part of life in IT. On today's Heavy Networking we explore preparation strategies with guest Mary Fasang. Her certs run the gamut from CompTIA to MCSE to the CCNP, as well a...

Day Two Cloud 201: Building A Product That Uses LLMs from 2023-07-05T20:35:25

Today we talk about Large Language Models (LLMs) and writing products and applications that use LLMs. Our guest is Phillip Carter, Principal PM at Honeycomb.io. Honeycomb makes an observability ...

Network Break CCCCXXXVII: Summer Holiday Special! from 2023-07-03T10:00:06

This bonus episode of Network Break discusses a new free tier of Prosimo's multi-cloud networking offering, the latest ThousandEyes acquisition, new SEC problems for SolarWinds, and a million-do...

Heavy Networking 688: Packet-Level Fundamentals With Chris Greer from 2023-06-30T17:36:56

Packet-level fundamentals are essential for network engineers to be able to diagnose and solve network and application problems. On today's Heavy Networking, we dive into the transport layer and...

Kubernetes Unpacked 029: Kubernetes And Certifications For Product Managers from 2023-06-29T21:03:31

In this episode, Michael catches up with Anton Smith, Head Of Product at Spectro Cloud. This episode goes outside of the standard engineering conversation and into a conversation of why it makes...

IPv6 Buzz 129: IPv6 Architecture And Subnetting With Daryll Swer from 2023-06-29T15:39:04

Today's IPv6 Buzz podcast gets into IPv6 architecture and subnetting including how geography fits into IPv6 subnetting, minimum allocation sizes from the RIR to end-users, whether current RIR po...

Day Two Cloud 200: Coaching For Accidental (And On-Purpose) Managers from 2023-06-28T18:03:32

Going from a tech role to manager is more than just a new gig---it's a full-blown career change. On today's Day Two Cloud we talk with management coach Steve Dwire about a manager's primary resp...

HS050 The Tech Job Debacle from 2023-06-28T13:47:32

Google, Microsoft, Twitter, META/FB and a few others laid off an estimated 200,000 tech and tech-adjacent folks in recent weeks. Other companies like Fedex and Amazon have made layoffs, many imp...

Heavy Wireless 005: How To Build A Wi-Fi Community With Ferney Munoz from 2023-06-27T22:49:19

Have you ever wanted to build a community of professionals in your field, but didn't know where to start? In this episode of the Heavy Wireless podcast, Keith Parsons interviews Ferney Munoz, fo...

HN687 Juniper CORA Coherent Optics Enabling IPoDWDM from 2023-06-27T13:20:24

Its about reducing the cost and complexity of DWDM coherent optical networks. Connecting the DWDM network directly to your router removes the DWDM edge equipment which simplifies operation, redu...

NB436: Cisco AI Silicon, DEM. HPE Greenlake AI LLM. FCC Talks Bandwidth Caps. from 2023-06-26T10:22:25

Cisco announces AI Networking versions of SIlicon One ASICs and buys another DEM business. HPE Greenlake adds AI LLM. FTC talks bandwidth caps. Google accusing Microsoft of monopolistic behavio...

Tech Byte: DWDM at the Edge with Nokia PSE6 Coherent Optics from 2023-06-19T09:48

Today’s Tech Byte is a discussion on Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine (PSE) optics. Release 6 of its PSEs promises huge changes to DWDM Edge by bringing coherent optical DWDM circuits directly to...

NB435: Your FUs, VMware takeover, DPU News and Cooling is Toxic from 2023-06-19T09:09:01

FU, vendors co-operating ? Google ditches something, Quantum computing, the state of AMD DPUs. Finally liquid cooling is toxic due to PFAS are 'forever chemicals'.

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Heavy Networking 686: Juniper Cloud-Native Contrail Networking CN2 (Sponsored) from 2023-06-16T14:48:23

Today we’re going deep on software-defined networking for containers and OpenStack with sponsor Juniper Networks. Juniper has revamped its approach to secure networking for telcos and telco clou...

Kubernetes Unpacked Episode 028: K8s Consulting-A Journey Of Discovery And Burnout from 2023-06-15T20:37:26

In this episode of the Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, co-hosts Michael Levan and Kristina Devochko interview David Flanagan, a Kubernetes consultant, about his experience running his own consultan...

IPv6 Buzz 128: Cisco Enabling IPv6 In The Enterprise (Sponsored) from 2023-06-15T19:44:09

There's only going to be one episode 128 of IPv6 Buzz, and this is it. In this Cisco Country Digital Acceleration Program sponsored episode, co-hosts Ed Horley and Scott Hogg talk with Pradeep K...

Day Two Cloud 199: Platform Engineering With Suzanne Daniels from 2023-06-14T20:01:49

Welcome to this episode of Day Two Cloud! Today, we'll be diving into the world of platform engineering and internal developer portals. Our special guest, Suzanne Daniels, Developer Relations Le...

Heavy Networking 685: Opengear With Zero Trust Approach in the Out of Band (sponsored) from 2023-06-14T13:26:29

Remote operation of infrastructure has renewed importance in the era of remote working. Opengear offers secure, zero trust and segmented methods to reach serial & LAN ports plus GUI interfa...

Full Stack Journey 079: Infrastructure Management With GitOps&Flux With Frank Wiles from 2023-06-13T18:39:35

This Full Stack Journey podcast episode features host Scott Lowe and guest Frank Wiles of REVSYS discussing infrastructure management with GitOps and Flux.

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Tech Byte: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN App-defined Fabric (Sponsored) from 2023-06-13T17:40:17

SD-WAN provides new options for connecting branch locations to your headquarters, SaaS, and cloud applications. But SD-WAN is about more than just connectivity, Palo Alto Networks offer an appli...

Heavy Wireless 004: Vendor Agnostic Training with Peter MacKenzie from 2023-06-13T15:48:41

Host Keith Parsons speaks with Peter MacKenzie, a trainer and course developer in the wireless industry, about the importance of vendor-neutral training.

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Network Break 434: Cisco Licensing To Get Simpler, Bluecat Buys Again, Hashicorp Money Problems, and Itential Pops A Release from 2023-06-12T11:10:45

Take a Network Break: Drew is on holiday (again) and Ethan shows up. Who knew he was still around ? We start with FU, Cisco Live was underwhelming announcing a new focus simplicity and that cust...

Heavy Networking 684: What To Do With Your E-Waste? from 2023-06-09T11:00:24

By some estimates, 50 to 70 million tons of e-waste is generated every year, and that number is growing. When sent to landfills to be buried or burned, e-waste can leach toxic chemicals into soi...

HS049 Evanescent vs Enduring IT from 2023-06-07T16:12:09

IT organisations tend towards two strategic approaches - enduring, permanent and susatined. Or short term, consumable and fungible IT.

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Day Two Cloud 198: Modern Cloud Design Themes From CFD 17 from 2023-06-07T15:41:51

Today's Day Two Cloud explores some design themes that emerged from the Cloud Field Day event. These themes include platform engineering, data protection and recovery, and how to deal with the f...

Heavy Networking 683: Palo Alto Networks Integrates AIOps Into ADEM For Faster Remediation (Sponsored) from 2023-06-06T11:18:40

On today’s Heavy Networking we have a conversation about monitoring, visibility, and observability with sponsor Palo Alto Networks. More specifically we’ll dig into Palo Alto Networks’ Autonomou...

Network Break 433: NVIDIA Melds Switches, DPUs For AI Networking Fabric; FTC Says Amazon Ring Employee Spied On Female Customers from 2023-06-05T19:30:35

This week's Network Break discusses a new Google offering to interconnect public clouds, NVIDIA's platform for AI networking fabrics using Ethernet switches and DPUs, and Cisco's latest security...

Tech Bytes: Building The Branch Of The Future With Palo Alto Networks SD-WAN And SASE (Sponsored) from 2023-06-05T15:57:07

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we explore the branch of the future with sponsor Palo Alto Networks. We talk about how SD-WAN and SASE come together with Digital Experience Management (DEM) to m...

Heavy Networking 682: Automating Upgrades And Ensuring Compliance With BackBox (Sponsored) from 2023-06-02T18:08:43

If you’ve shied away from network automation because you’re a network engineer not a coder, fear not. There are network automation approaches that can help you get needful work done and don’t re...

Kubernetes Unpacked 027: KubeCon EU 2023 Recap from 2023-06-01T15:30:56

In today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, Michael and Kristina chat about KubeCon EU, which took place in April 2023 in Amsterdam. They explore the latest and greatest technologies that are coming...

IPv6 Buzz 127: IPv6 Security And Firewalls from 2023-06-01T14:17

In this episode, Ed and Tom interview Scott on the topic of IPv6 security and firewalls. This is one of Scott's many areas of expertise as he is the co-author of IPv6 Security from Cisco Press. ...

Day Two Cloud 197: Understanding Decentralized Identity With Dr. Joanne Friedman from 2023-05-31T14:37:52

On today's Day Two Cloud we dive into Decentralized Identity, or DID. This W3C standard is a unique identifier, authenticated by cryptographic proofs, that individuals and organizations can gene...

Heavy Wireless 003: Designing Eduroam For The Future With Mark Houtz from 2023-05-30T22:17:14

On today's Heavy Wireless, Keith Parsons talks with guest is Mark Houtz about designing Eduroam for the future, including the 6Ghz band. Mark explains the challenges of filtering Internet access...

Network Break 432: DriveNets Aims To Make Ethernet AI-Friendly; China Goes Eye-For-An-Eye With US Over Tech Bans from 2023-05-30T21:32

This week we discuss a new offering from DriveNets that aims to make Ethernet more suitable as a network fabric for AI workloads, why the EU slapped Meta with a $1.3 billion fine, and a new offe...

Tech Bytes: Assembling A SASE Architecture With Fortinet (Sponsored) from 2023-05-30T20:19:54

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we pull back the covers on SASE, or Secure Access Service Edge. Fortinet is our sponsor. One important concept to grasp around SASE is that it’s as much an archit...

Heavy Networking 681: Under The Hood Of Formula 1 Networking from 2023-05-26T19:56:27

Modern F1 racing is bathed in data. Real-time vehicle telemetry. In-car video feeds. More video from camera crews and drones. Live streaming. All of this and more needs a network. On today's Hea...

Kubernetes Unpacked 026: Data Backup And Recovery In Kubernetes from 2023-05-25T14:19:57

On today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, Michael and Kristina catch up with with Geoff Burke, Senior Cloud Solutions Architect, to talk about running backups for Kubernetes, how to recover those ...

Day Two Cloud 196: Peering Behind The Curtain Of Podsqueeze’s AI Podcasting Service from 2023-05-24T14:34:30

Today's show gets behind the curtain of a cloud service called Podsqueeze. Podsqueeze is an application that ingests audio and video files and then produces text-based output including a show de...

HS048 Using Personal Product Branding To Be Better Paid Technology Engineer from 2023-05-23T12:47:43

Many business executives are incompetent scumbags and yet they managed to get the job and get paid serious money. What can technology engineers learn from these fools so that they get the same r...

Tech Bytes: Pica8 NOS Enables Multi-Vendor Networking To Solve Campus Supply Chain Problems (Sponsored) from 2023-05-22T15:44:41

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we speak with sponsor Pica8 about how whitebox networking gives engineers the flexibility to choose the hardware and software that best meets their campus needs. ...

Network Break 431: Juniper NAC Emerges From The Mist; New Google TLDs Are A Bad Idea from 2023-05-22T15:27:31

This week's Network Break looks at a new Network Access Control (NAC) offering from Juniper, plus a ChatGPT integration with Juniper's Marvis. Google debuts new Top-Level Domains that have secur...

Heavy Networking 680: Speed Up Mean Time To WAN Innocence With Broadcom NetOps (Sponsored) from 2023-05-19T16:02:39

It's common for SD-WAN vendors to offer monitoring as part of the solution, but leaves the question … how do I monitor the rest of the network? Today’s sponsor Broadcom offers digital experience...

IPv6 Buzz 126: What Employers Are Looking For With IPv6 Job Postings from 2023-05-18T13:50:54

In this episode of IPv6 Buzz, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about what employers are looking for when IPv6 shows up in a job posting or as an interview question.

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Day Two Cloud 195: Planning For Post-Quantum Cryptography from 2023-05-17T17:52:03

Today's Day Two Cloud explores post-quantum cryptography and how to make your cryptographic secrets safe from quantum computers. We're looking at a time horizon of at least five or ten years, so...

Full Stack Journey 078: Using pyATS For Network Testing With John Capobianco from 2023-05-16T18:15:58

On today's Full Stack Journey podcast we examine pyATS, a Python testing framework typically used for network testing. Our guest to explain all things pyATS is John Capobianco. John is a Develop...

Heavy Wireless 002: Making The Transition To WPA3 With Jennifer Minella from 2023-05-16T15:01:18

On today's Heavy Wireless we discuss transitioning from WPA2 to WPA3, including pros and cons, managing the project, supporting WPA2 and WPA3 simultaneously, and more. My guest is Jennifer Minel...

Network Break 430: Cisco Viptela Customers Have A Certifiably Bad Day; IT Crimes And Punishments from 2023-05-15T15:29:08

Take a Network Break! This week we cover some follow-up on Lumen. Then we dive into a massive Cisco blunder that let a digital certificate expire on some models of the Viptela SD-WAN appliance, ...

Heavy Networking 679: Mountaintop Networking And Long-Haul Wireless from 2023-05-12T17:27:12

Today's Heavy Networking explores the challenges Wireless ISPs (WISPs) face when bringing services to locations without a lot of fiber in the ground. Those challenges include lining up radio ant...

Kubernetes Unpacked 025: The Kubernetes Developer Experience from 2023-05-11T13:55:05

Michael Levan and Calvin Hendryx-Parker talk about their experience using Kubernetes, the pros and cons of the orchestration platform, and its impact on infrastructure engineers and developers. ...

Day Two Cloud 194: Unpacking Flexera’s State Of The Cloud Report With Keith Townsend from 2023-05-10T14:24:16

When you're deep in the trenches of operating your cloud, sometimes it's helpful to step back and get a broader view of what's happening in the industry. On today's Day Two Cloud we explore the ...

Tech Bytes: Nokia Delivers 800GE Routing With An Eye On Performance And Efficiency (Sponsored) from 2023-05-08T15:46:08

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk with Nokia about 800G Ethernet. Nokia is deploying 800G Ethernet routing to customers (primarily hyperscalers and providers). We examine the drivers of 80...

Network Break 429: Palo Alto Previews Azure Firewall; White House Chases AI Horse After It Escapes Barn from 2023-05-08T15:04:50

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss a new Azure-native cloud firewall from Palo Alto Networks, why pharma giant Merck might be owed a big settlement from its cyber-insurers, and why HPE w...

Heavy Networking 678: How Cisco Accelerates The IP/Optical Automation Journey (Sponsored) from 2023-05-05T18:52:44

On today's Heavy Networking we dive into the frameworks commonly used by service providers to tackle network slicing and traffic engineering challenges. We'll also talk their pros and cons, and ...

IPv6 Buzz 125: Unique Local Addressing (ULA) And Other IPv6 Topics At IETF 116 from 2023-05-04T14:46:51

In today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, Ed and Tom speak with Nick Buraglio, a network architect for the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet). We discuss the recent IETF 116 meeting and what's new with IPv6, U...

Day Two Cloud 193: Should You Get A Cloud Networking Cert? from 2023-05-04T13:30:56

On today's Day Two Cloud we explore cloud networking certifications. Who do these certs make sense for? Which clouds should you focus on? What do certifications typically cover? Where do third-p...

HS047: Architect/Engineers/Operations, Career Progression and Liability from 2023-05-02T17:55:03

What are these roles and how do they fit into a strategy ? Who solves problems, designs solutions, and tests to make sure that’s workable ? How do we create/train people for these roles ? What a...

Heavy Networking 677: US Networking User Association – Meetups For Network Engineers from 2023-05-02T13:00:28

You ever want a group of fellow networking nerds to hang with once in a while? The US Networking User Association might be exactly what you’re looking for. With local networking user groups popp...

Heavy Wireless 001: Are We Ready For Wi-Fi 7? from 2023-05-02T10:00:55

Welcome to the Heavy Wireless podcast! For this inaugural episode we look at the Wi-Fi 7 standard (802.11be). With consumer products expected to ship in 2023, now's the time to explore what the ...

Network Break 428: Arista Announces Cloud-Based NAC; Is Google Cloud Finally Making Money? from 2023-05-01T19:21:49

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss a new NAC solution from Arista Networks, a new version of Central from HPE Aruba, and the latest version of NetBrain. We also cover a new XDR offering ...

Tech Bytes: How ITQ And VMware Support Multi-Cloud And Hybrid Work (Sponsored) from 2023-05-01T10:00:41

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we discuss multi-cloud deployments and supporting hybrid workers with VMware’s Workspace ONE. We’re sponsored by VMware, and we talk with VMware partner ITQ. Our ...

Heavy Networking 676: Implementing ZTNA And SASE With Fortinet (Sponsored) from 2023-04-28T16:29:46

Fortinet is a security vendor most of you have heard of. But if all you think of when you hear the name “Fortinet” is firewalls, well yeah, but you should think more broadly. On today's sponsore...

Kubernetes Unpacked 024: Day Zero Kubernetes With Kristina Devochko from 2023-04-27T14:35:05

In this episode, Michael catches up with Kristina Devochko, a Senior Software Architect to talk about Day Zero Kubernetes. Originally, Michael thought that it would be similar to Day One and Day...

Day Two Cloud 192: OpenTelemetry – Getting From Visibility To Observability With Ben Hall from 2023-04-26T15:32:20

OpenTelemetry is an open-source project that brings together tools, SDKs, and APIs for collecting telemetry--that is, logs, metrics, and traces---in a standardized way. The goal of the project i...

Network Break 427: Prosimo Launches Cloud-Native Networking Suite; Broadcom Stitches New Jericho ASIC For AI-Friendly Network Fabrics from 2023-04-24T15:33:37

Take a Network Break! This week we cover new cloud networking capabilities from Prosimo, discuss Broadcom's latest version of the Jericho ASIC which is being positioned for network fabrics for A...

IPv6 Buzz 124: DHCPv6, SLAAC, And DNS – Getting IPv6 Addresses To Hosts from 2023-04-21T15:22:03

In this episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss how hosts OSes such as Windows, Apple, and Android automatically obtain both IPv6 addresses and DNS server information.

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Heavy Networking 675: Enabling Self-Service Automation&NetDevOps With Itential (Sponsored) from 2023-04-21T14:46:06

Today’s Heavy Networking podcast explores the concept of NetDevOps with sponsor Itential. The idea behind NetDevOps is to advance your network to the point where it’s self-service; that is, the ...

Day Two Cloud 191: Modernizing Cloud Security And Optimizing Costs With Jo Peterson from 2023-04-19T14:48:50

Today's Day Two Cloud delves into cloud security and cloud cost optimization for SaaS and public clouds. Our guest is Jo Peterson. On the security front, we compare and contrast traditional on-p...

Full Stack Journey 077: A Career Journey From Finance To InfoSec from 2023-04-18T20:28:56

On today's Full Stack Journey podcast, Scott Lowe talks with Alexandria Leary who left a career as a financial advisor to break into cybersecurity. Alexandria and Scott discuss the reasons why s...

HS046 What Do We Do About China ? from 2023-04-18T13:45:16

The new geopolitical reality means that China is part of IT Strategy. The supply chain is changing, joint ventures are limited and more.

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Network Break 426: NetBox Labs Raises $20 Million; Intel Foundry, Arm Team Up To Make SoCs from 2023-04-17T14:48:31

This week's Network Break discusses NetBox Labs's $20 million funding round and why it spun itself out of NS1's IBM acquisition, Intel Foundry and Arm teaming up on SoC manufacturing, why Amazon...

Heavy Networking 674: IPv6 Essentials For Network Engineers – Think Abundance, Not Scarcity from 2023-04-14T18:35:20

On today’s Heavy Networking we get into IPv6 essentials for network engineers, including how to incorporate IPv6 support in upcoming projects, how IPv6 affects NAT and subnetting, what the heck ...

Kubernetes Unpacked 023: Is Kubernetes Security The Same As Other Security? from 2023-04-13T19:41:41

Today's Kubernetes Unpacked discusses essential requirements to secure a Kubernetes environment.

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Day Two Cloud 190: Serious Public Clouds Invest In Infrastructure With Charles Fitzgerald from 2023-04-12T14:01:35

On today's Day Two Cloud we dive into how the public clouds spend their money and what IT and engineering folks can learn from those spending patterns. We also look at the notion of cloud repatr...

HS045 Seize Opportunities for Modern IT Operations with VIA (Sponsored) from 2023-04-11T12:17:34

AIOps is been a buzzword but public generative AI and LLMs like ChatGPT mean there is a lot more awareness and demand. In todays sponsored show we are talking to Vitria about VIA AI Ops and how ...

Tech Bytes: Configure Devices, Stream Telemetry With Nokia’s Free, Open-Source gNMIc (Sponsored) from 2023-04-10T20:32:56

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we dive into gNMIc with sponsor Nokia. gNMIc is open-source software you can use to configure devices and collect device telemetry. It can output telemetry to Inf...

Heavy Wireless 000: Launching In May 2023 from 2023-04-10T19:05:17

Heavy Wireless is a new addition to the Packet Pushers podcast network. Well-known wireless expert Keith Parsons will be hosting the show. Subscribe now and be able to say "First!" when episode ...

Network Break 425: Microsoft Adds Security Copilot To AI Squadron; Samsung Stung By ChatGPT Leaks from 2023-04-10T15:30:51

This week's Network Break examines Security Copilot, the latest AI-infused assistant in Microsoft's growing arsenal; discusses optical advancements from Arelion and Infinera that sent 400Gb wave...

Heavy Networking 673: Multicast DNS Gone Wild On Your WLAN from 2023-04-07T18:26:46

You know all those Apple and other IoT devices connected to your wireless network? Lots of them run apps that discover services on your network via multicast DNS (mDNS). All of that mDNS traffic...

IPv6 Buzz 123: Why You Need An IPv6 Security Plan from 2023-04-06T14:32:14

Today's IPv6 Buzz podcast explores why you need a plan for IPv6 security. Even if you haven't actively deployed IPv6, you've got v6-enabled hosts on your LAN and remote workers connecting to you...

Day Two Cloud 189: The Cloud Network Engineer Career Path With Kam Agahian from 2023-04-05T14:48:51

Today on Day Two Cloud we explore what it takes to transition from traditional networking to a career as a cloud network engineer. Guest Kam Agahian shares insights from his own career journey a...

HS044 Is Digital Transformation Bollocks ? from 2023-04-03T16:00:02

So much wasted marketing on Digital Transformation. Was it all bollocks or was there something real underneath the bombast and hype ?

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Network Break 424: Amazon Invites Devs To Its Sidewalk Wireless Network; OneWeb Readies Global Satellite Internet Service from 2023-04-03T15:26:53

On today's Network Break podcast we cover Amazon opening its Sidewalk low-power IoT wireless network to developers, Cisco putting the expiration date on Prime Infrastructure, HAProxy adding QUIC...

Heavy Networking 672: Overcoming Your Imposter Syndrome from 2023-03-31T15:44:27

Lots of folks suffer from impostor syndrome. Tech is complex--how could you know what you’re doing? And yet, many of us are responsible for incredibly complex IT systems. Fake it ‘til you make i...

Kubernetes Unpacked 022: Kubernetes Networking And Abstraction With Cilium And eBPF from 2023-03-30T14:47:35

In this episode, Michael catches up with Stephane Karagulmez, Senior Solution Architect at Isovalent (founded by the creators of Cilium). Michael spent a lot of time working with Cilium, which i...

Day Two Cloud 188: Out-Of-Band Management And Infrastructure Automation With ZPE Systems (Sponsored) from 2023-03-29T14:54:17

On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk through out-of-band management network design with sponsor ZPE Systems. If your idea of OOB management is a jump box and some terminal servers, there’s a...

Tech Bytes: Choosing Single-Vendor SASE For Networking And Security (Sponsored) from 2023-03-27T20:29:53

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we get into Secure Access Services Edge (SASE), which combines SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security services. You can integrate ...

Network Break 423: Arista Woos Large Enterprises With New SD-WAN Router; Google Breaks Glass Enterprise from 2023-03-27T15:59:32

This week's Network Break covers Arista's new WAN routers that get the company into the SD-WAN market, debates whether Aryaka targeting SMEs is a sign of problems or opportunity, and discusses a...

Briefings In Brief 103: Arista Enters The SD-WAN Arena from 2023-03-24T17:55:52

Arista Networks has announced two hardware WAN routers, the 5510 and the 5310, which are targeted at branch, edge, and remote sites. The routers run EOS with a full routing stack. The new hardwa...

Heavy Networking 671: Is ChatGPT Coming For Your Job? from 2023-03-24T15:31:13

On today's Heavy Networking we sub in a podcast from our Heavy Strategy channel. Greg Ferro from the Packet Pushers and Johna Till Johnson, CEO of Nemertes Research, discuss the impacts of ChatG...

IPv6 Buzz 122: Using IPv6 Networks For IPv4 As A Service from 2023-03-23T18:40:04

On today's IPv6 Buzz podcast we explore the topic of using IPv6 networks to provide IPv4 as a Service (IPv4aaS). Enterprises may become more interested in IPv4aaS as they connect disparate servi...

Day Two Cloud 187: The Back End Of Bear Blog With Herman Martinus from 2023-03-22T15:18:19

Today on Day Two Cloud we talk with developer Herman Martinus about his open-source blogging platform Bear. We talk about how a developer views infrastructure and operations, and how he went abo...

Full Stack Journey 076: Going Deep On Public Key Infrastructure from 2023-03-21T23:14:51

We all use certificates and certificate authorities every day, so in episode 76 Scott takes a deep dive on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with Linda Ikechuwku of Smallstep Labs. We discuss how ...

HS043 Is The IT Team In The Service, Project or Product Business from 2023-03-21T14:16:53

Differences between project (disruption, replacement), service (smooth, continuous) and product (updates, changes) mean that process and people have very different approach to technology managem...

Network Break 422: Microsoft Tasks Copilot To Do Your Drudge Work; Cisco Debuts A New Learning Platform from 2023-03-20T14:45:19

On this week's Network Break podcast we examine Palo Alto Networks adding AI Ops to its SASE offering, and Microsoft Copilot bringing AI into its suite of Office tools. The Ethernet Adapter mark...

Heavy Networking 670: The Challenges And Satisfactions Of Building And Running A Mastodon Instance from 2023-03-17T20:12:04

On today’s Heavy Networking I talk with two people who have built and are running Hachyderm, a Mastodon instance which orients itself towards technical-minded folks. What started as a cool proje...

Kubernetes Unpacked 021: Catching Up With Windows Containers On Kubernetes from 2023-03-16T14:36:50

On today's Kubernetes Unpacked, Michael and guests explore Windows containers. A few years ago there was a lot of hype around Nano, which then morphed into Nano Server. We look at the current st...

Day Two Cloud 186: A Day In The Life Of A Sales Engineer With Pete Robertson from 2023-03-15T14:51:55

Today's Day Two Cloud episode gets into sales engineering. IT pros may look down on sales for not being a strictly technical discipline, but it turns out there's more overlap between an engineer...

Tech Bytes: Automating Network Administration At Scale With BackBox (Sponsored) from 2023-03-13T18:00:14

Today's Tech Bytes podcast gets into network automation with sponsor BackBox. BackBox’s approach to automation is to focus on network engineers and integrate automation with how they already do ...

Network Break 421: Huawei Is Both In And Out Of German Networks; Hot-Desking Rubs Hybrid Workers Wrong from 2023-03-13T15:21:11

Take a Network Break! On today's episode we discuss a record quarter for switch sales, examine Germany's mixed signals about allowing Huawei gear in its networks, and debate whether employees' f...

Heavy Networking 669: Graphiant’s Network Edge Service Rethinks SD-WAN (Sponsored) from 2023-03-10T20:23:34

On today's Heavy Networking, sponsor Graphaint is here to discuss how it's rethinking SD-WAN using a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) model to help customers consume WAN connectivity instead of setti...

IPv6 Buzz 121: Uncovering IPv6 Host Default Address Selection from 2023-03-09T15:35:13

Today's IPv6 Buzz podcast explore the topic of default address selection with IPv6 hosts as defined in RFC 6724. It's very common for a host to have multiple IPv6 addresses of different types (a...

Day Two Cloud 185: Grappling With Cloud Strategies With Tim Banks from 2023-03-08T16:48:49

Today on Day Two Cloud we engage in strategic thinking about cloud, workload repatriation, costs and spending, DevOps and Kubernetes, and more with guest Tim Banks. Tim is a Lead Developer Advoc...

HS042 Is ChatGPT Coming For Your Job from 2023-03-08T15:31:07

Short answer is yes. Long answer is long. CHatGPT is useful for demonstrating potential and getting more funding for AI. In terms of potential for real work, well, its not good enough.

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Network Break 420: Cisco, HPE Buy Security Startups; Can We Finally Hold Vendors Responsible For Software Defects? from 2023-03-06T16:02:44

Take a Network Break! We begin with some FU on what constitutes on-prem and off-prem, and then dive into news. Cisco and T-Mobile are partnering on 5G gateways, Cisco Webex is getting installed ...

Heavy Networking 668: Inside A Virtualization Consultant’s Home Lab from 2023-03-03T17:15:10

On Heavy Networking today we look at a home lab running VMware products including NSX, as well as infrastructure-as-code products Terraform, Packer, and Ansible. These use cases create a differe...

Kubernetes Unpacked 020: A Working Definition Of Kubernetes At The Edge from 2023-03-02T15:04:12

The edge is one of those terms that can be shaped to fit almost any use case. On today's Kubernetes Unpacked episode, host Michael Levan talks with Alan Hohn, Director of Software Strategy at Lo...

Day Two Cloud 184: Think Multiplatform, Not Multicloud from 2023-03-01T15:36:10

Today on Day Two Cloud we put on our thinking caps about platforms, cloud, and multicloud. The last ten years or so has been a push for "cloud-first," but any wholesale approach to "X-first" (cl...

HS041 Intelligent Network Automation With BackBox – Sponsored from 2023-03-01T12:40:11

We talk a lot about automation and orchestration and how they can change your network strategy and smooth network workflows. But not everybody wants to sit around writing code and building test ...

Tech Bytes: ThousandEyes Enhances Data Correlation With OpenTelemetry (Sponsored) from 2023-02-27T20:56:59

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking about OpenTelemetry with sponsor Cisco ThousandEyes. OpenTelemetry is an open collection of tools, APIs, and SDKs to help share telemetry data among...

Network Break 419: HPE Buys Athonet For Private 5G; Exit Public Cloud, Save Millions? from 2023-02-27T16:41:18

Is the private 5G market big enough to justify HPE's acquisition of Athonet? Is saving money worth retreating from public cloud? Why are organizations still getting bit by basic cloud misconfigu...

Heavy Networking 667: Broadcom’s NetOps Delivers End-User Visibility Into SD-WAN (Sponsored) from 2023-02-24T17:28:12

In today’s Heavy Networking show with sponsor Broadcom we go deep into network management and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM). At its heart, DEM is about understanding the user experience of...

IPv6 Buzz 120: Revisiting IPv6 Address Allocation – What’s The Right Size For Your Organization? from 2023-02-23T15:02:01

Today's podcast episode revisits the subject of IPv6 address allocation along with how changes in network planning and Regional Internet Registry (RIR) policy are influencing allocation size req...

Day Two Cloud 183: How Did We Get To WebAssembly And What Is It For? from 2023-02-22T16:19:56

WebAssembly (Wasm) is an up-and-coming technology that's probably going to fall into the lap of operations folks. WebAssembly is basically a specification on how to compile things to a bytecode ...

Tech Bytes: Extending ZTNA To Remote And Office Workers With Fortinet (Sponsored) from 2023-02-21T23:16:38

Today's Tech Bytes podcast dives into the notion of applying Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) to users on campus as well as remote workers. Our sponsor is Fortinet and we discuss bringing ZTNA t...

Network Break 418: Avaya Goes Chapter 11 Again; Cisco, Arista See Revenues Rise from 2023-02-21T23:07:44

This week's Network Break looks at who takes a haircut in Avaya's Chapter 11 restructuring, GoDaddy's ongoing security issues, new photonics from Nokia, a huge quarter for Arista and more tech n...

Full Stack Journey 075: Authentication’s Role In The Online World from 2023-02-21T21:16:37

Authentication is a key technology that underpins large portions of the online world, and so it's worth exploring in a bit more detail. In this episode of the Full Stack Journey podcast, Scott t...

HS040 Top Mistakes Technology Strategists Make from 2023-02-21T20:06:18

It might be curmudgeon day. Johna and Greg ask what are mistakes that we have seen in technology strategies.

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Heavy Networking 666: Improving Quality Of Experience With LibreQoS from 2023-02-17T21:54:17

Welcome to Heavy Networking! In this episode we discuss LibreQoS, a free and open source software project to help ISPs improve network latency and responsiveness and improve the Quality of Exper...

Kubernetes Unpacked 019: Understanding Service Meshes And Linkerd from 2023-02-16T18:40:23

In today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, we explore the concept of a service mesh and why you might want to run one in a Kubernetes cluster. While there are many service meshes to choose from we ...

Day Two Cloud 182: Assembling The Multicloud Networking Puzzle To Operate At Cloud Speed (Sponsored) from 2023-02-16T18:18:31

Today's Day Two Cloud assembles a panel to discuss the challenges of multicloud networking. We're sponsored by Prosimo, and the recording took place live at AWS re:Invent 2022. We discuss how an...

Tech Bytes: Event-Driven Automation With Nokia’s SR Linux Event Handler Framework (Sponsored) from 2023-02-13T18:25:21

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk about Event Handler, a new automation feature in Nokia’s SR Linux network OS that lets you automatically run scripts to fix problems when an event occurs....

Network Break 417: Zoom Chief Raises Bar For CEO Pay Cuts; Fortinet Rolls Out New Firewall Chips from 2023-02-13T17:14:52

Take a Network Break! On this week's episode we discuss new chip hardware from Fortinet, Extreme integrating its SD-WAN into its network fabric, the US and UK governments sanctioning members of ...

Heavy Networking 665: Augtera Network AI Automates NetOps And Works To Prevent Incidents (Sponsored) from 2023-02-10T20:49:20

The Packet Pushers' Heavy Networking podcast dives into sponsor Augtera and how its AI platform, purpose-built for networking, improves network operations and enables automation. We'll examine h...

IPv6 Buzz 119: Operational Issues With IPv6 Neighbor Discovery from 2023-02-09T19:51:44

In today's IPv6 Buzz podcast we discuss IPv6 Neighbor Discovery and some of the operational issues that can happen when configuring and operating IPv6, and what can help listeners understand and...

Day Two Cloud 181: Implementing Patterns And Practices For Infrastructure as Code from 2023-02-08T20:31:53

On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and software practices you might want to put in place for the parts of your team who know what they're doing with infr...

Network Break 416: Ericsson Flogs 5G Network Slicing For Laptops; Microsoft Loads Work Drudgery Onto ChatGPT from 2023-02-06T22:18:43

On this week's Network Break we examine Ericsson's push for 5G network slicing on laptops, Microsoft injecting ChatGPT into Teams to do the grunt work, financial results from Juniper and Amazon,...

Tech Bytes: Enabling Smart Cloud Migration With VMware And Expedient (Sponsored) from 2023-02-06T14:46:51

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking about cloud migration and operating in a multi-cloud environment. We’re sponsored by VMware and we’re speaking with Expedient, a VMware partner. Exp...

Heavy Networking 664: Semantic Networking – Science Project Or Networking’s Future? from 2023-02-03T20:34:56

Today's Heavy Networking is a forward-looking episode about semantic networking. Semantic networking aims to make decisions on how to route packets based on more than just the destination addres...

Kubernetes Unpacked 018: Grappling With Kubernetes Complexity from 2023-02-02T21:21:39

In today's Kubernetes Unpacked episode, host Michael Levan and guest Michael Chenetz examine the complexity that comes with Kubernetes and its broader ecosystem, what engineers should expect whe...

Day Two Cloud 180: Understanding AWS EC2 At The Edge from 2023-02-01T16:09:40

On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, we speak with Jan Hofmeyr, a VP within Amazon Web Services (AWS). This show was recorded at AWS re:Invent 2022 in Las Vegas, and we discuss EC2 at the edge, AWS...

Tech Bytes: Fortinet’s FortiRecon Customizes Digital Risk Protection (Sponsored) from 2023-01-30T20:06:55

On today's Tech Bytes podcast we discuss security reconnaissance with sponsor Fortinet. We drill into FortiRecon, a service that can provide critical information, personalized for your organizat...

Network Break 415: WAN Update Severs Microsoft Cloud Services; Intel To Wind Down Network ASIC Biz from 2023-01-30T17:02:54

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss new capabilities in Juniper's Astra data center automation software; a major Microsoft outage that affected Outlook, Teams, and more; reports that Inte...

Heavy Networking 663: OpenAI For Networking from 2023-01-27T19:04:12

Would you give an artificial intelligence responsibility to write your router configurations? You wouldn’t. Not yet. But we’re not as far from that as you might think. On today's Heavy Networkin...

IPv6 Buzz 118: IPv6 Training At RIPE NCC from 2023-01-26T15:10:22

In today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, Ed, Scott, and Tom speak with Jad El Cham about the RIPE NCC IPv6 training program as well as RIPE NCC's role as the European and Middle Eastern Regional Internet R...

HS039 Operating an Enterprise Architecture Function from 2023-01-25T16:18:11

After setting questions and perspectives on What is Enterprise Architecture, the natural sequence is How to Maintain and Operate an Architecture team.

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Day Two Cloud 179: Will CXL Make Composable Infrastructure Real? from 2023-01-25T15:16:52

On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about Compute Express Link (CXL), a technology for composable infrastructure. The idea is to take all the peripherals in a system---network cards, memory...

Network Break 414: 230 Juniper Vulnerabilities, Should Cisco Patch An EOL Router, T-Mobile Takes Weeks To Spot Breach from 2023-01-23T19:31:40

On today's Network Break podcast we cover a raft of Juniper vulnerabilities, whether Cisco should patch serious vulnerabilities in end-of-life products, a big T-Mobile breach, Avaya dealing with...

Heavy Networking 662: Home Lab In The Cloud Or Your Basement? from 2023-01-20T17:23:12

On today's Heavy Networking, guest Tom Costello walks us through his personal lab in the cloud. We discuss pros and cons of the cloud vs. a basement, using EVE-NG vs. CML, how automation can hel...

Kubernetes Unpacked 017: Kubernetes In 2023 – 6 Things To Think About from 2023-01-19T15:13:26

On today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, host Michael Levan discusses six big ideas to consider as you build your Kubernetes foundation in 2023. Topics include abstractions, the need to understan...

Day Two Cloud 178: Implementing Zero Standing Privilege (Sponsored) from 2023-01-18T20:40:31

On today's sponsored Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about zero standing privilege with strongDM. Zero standing privilege goes beyond just-in-time credentials to a model where no credentials pre-e...

Full Stack Journey 074: Going The Distance – What Running Can Teach Us About Careers from 2023-01-17T17:15:43

On today's Full Stack Podcast, Scott is joined by Krithika Chandramouli, a software engineer at Meta, to discuss how the lessons she learned while preparing to run her first-ever half-marathon a...

Network Break 413: 800G Switches, Intel’s Big Hopes For 4th-Gen CPUs, And Reading Cyber Insurance Fine Print from 2023-01-16T17:25:44

Take a Network Break! This week's episode covers a bunch of tech news including Arista rolling out a heap of new switches, Intel pinning its comeback hopes on newly released Xeon CPUs, a serious...

Heavy Networking 661: Home Labbing With EVE-NG And Juniper from 2023-01-13T19:53:08

Today on Heavy Networking, home labs. Specifically, we’re going to discuss building and using a lab with virtualized Juniper gear in EVE-NG. Our guest is Christian Scholz, who has written and pr...

IPv6 Buzz 117: Microsoft’s OS Evolution With IPv6 from 2023-01-12T16:20:26

The IPv6 Buzz podcast talks with Richard Hicks about Microsoft's OS changes and use cases for IPv6. Richard is a technology consultant and author. We discuss which Microsoft solutions use IPv6, ...

Day Two Cloud 177: IT Security Is Broken; Here’s Ideas On How To Fix It from 2023-01-11T18:42:24

IT security is broken. Vendors ship insecure products, customers have to bolt on and then operate more and more security products, compliance and regulatory requirements don't necessarily make t...

Network Break 412: IT Spending, ChatGPT, Cloud Repatriation And Other 2023 IT Speculations from 2023-01-09T16:03:09

Take a Network Break! For our first show of 2023 we skip the news to spend some time speculating on technologies and trends that may influence IT and networking in the coming year, including the...

Kubernetes Unpacked 016: Taking On Kubernetes As A New Engineer from 2023-01-05T19:04:58

On today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast we talk about taking on Kubernetes as a young engineer. As all IT pros know, learning Kubernetes isn’t the easiest thing, especially when you’re first ente...

Heavy Networking 660: Writing The Manual – An Insider’s View Of Product Documentation from 2022-12-16T10:00:19

On today’s Heavy Networking we get inside the process of technical writing and product documentation from a person deep in the trenches of creating docs. We also talk about why writing as a skil...

Kubernetes Unpacked 015: Managing Cloud Costs With FinOps from 2022-12-15T19:00:13

In this episode of the Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, Michael explores the concept of Financial Operations, or FinOps, with guest Chris Love. As CTOs get their cloud bills, they want to know why a...

IPv6 Buzz 116: Hey Vendors! What About IPv6-Only? from 2022-12-15T16:00:56

In today's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about the good, bad, and ugly of vendor support for IPv6-only. While some vendors support dual-stack deployments, things get a little more p...

Day Two Cloud 176: Comparing Cloud Provider Network Performance (Sponsored) from 2022-12-14T17:18:58

Today on Day Two Cloud we examine global network performance of some of the biggest public cloud providers. Sponsor ThousandEyes shares key findings and surprising data points from its 2022 Clou...

Full Stack Journey 073: Finding And Following Technical Passion Projects from 2022-12-13T15:44:25

Today's Full Stack Journey podcast welcomes software engineer Kat Morgan to discuss finding and following passion projects---which for Kat include KubeVirt and UOR Framework. Scott and Kat have ...

Network Break 411: Cisco Revamps Certification Schedules; FTC Says Game Over For Microsoft’s Activision Bid from 2022-12-12T22:01:44

Take a Network Break! On today's episode we cover a new certification roadmap from Cisco, speculate on the future of corporate office space, and delve into an FTC lawsuit that aims to stop Micro...

Tech Bytes: Redefining Secure Remote Access With Fortinet’s SASE Solution (Sponsored) from 2022-12-12T19:22:21

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we explore sponsor Fortinet’s Secure Access Service Edge, or FortiSASE, offering, including the FortiClient agent, what cloud-delivered security services are avai...

Heavy Networking 659: Securing Cloud Metro With Zero Trust (Sponsored) from 2022-12-09T20:19:25

On today's Heavy Networking podcast, sponsored by Juniper Networks, we discuss how metro networks are evolving to Cloud Metro, how to apply cloud principles and automation to these locations, an...

Day Two Cloud 175: Deploying Kubernetes And Managing Clusters from 2022-12-07T21:04:49

On today's Day Two Cloud we continue our Kubernetes conversation with guest Michael Levan. Today's show focuses on Kubernetes deployments and managing clusters once they're up and running. We di...

HS038 What is Enterprise Architecture And How To Plan For It from 2022-12-07T18:55:37

Some companies use formal Enterprise Architecture (EA) to maintan a consistent IT strategy. Its not often successful so we discuss possible ways to practically maintain the EA function.

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Tech Bytes: Diagnosing SaaS Outages When It’s Not The Network (Sponsored) from 2022-12-05T18:43:06

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we explore two outages of big-time cloud applications with sponsor ThousandEyes, a Cisco company. These outages share a common thread, in that the network was up ...

Network Break 410: AWS Previews Secure Remote Access; Broadcom Promises Not To Raise VMware Prices from 2022-12-05T15:37:38

On today's Network Break we discuss new AWS previews for secure remote access and for connecting applications and services across VPCs. We also discuss a serious outage at Hive Social, Open RAN ...

Heavy Networking 658: Using Batfish To Model And Test Your Network from 2022-12-02T20:41:55

Today on Heavy Networking, modeling your network with Batfish. Batfish is an open-source project that builds a model of your production network based on a snapshot of your network and device con...

Kubernetes Unpacked 014: Using GitOps And AKS To Build And Deploy Applications from 2022-12-01T15:30:55

In today's episode of Kubernetes Unpacked, Michael catches up with Steve Buchanan, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, to talk about using GitOps and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to automa...

IPv6 Buzz 115: DNS And IPv6 from 2022-12-01T15:18:22

In this episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about DNS and IPv6. We cover legacy IPv6 brokeness and DNS, how DNS performs over v6, and how DNS works with v6-only networks.

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Day Two Cloud 174: Building Kubernetes Clusters from 2022-11-30T15:00:41

On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we walk through how to build a Kubernetes cluster to support a container-based application. We cover issues such as what constitutes a minimum viable cluster, ro...

Network Break 409: Regulators Tap Brakes On Broadcom, VMware; Google Settles Location Tracking Charges For $392M from 2022-11-28T21:18:28

This week's Network Break podcast discusses UK and EU regulators wanting a closer look at Broadcom's VMware acquisition, Google settling with 40 US states over location tracking charges, and the...

Tech Bytes: Run On-Prem Infrastructure Like Public Cloud With vSphere+ (Sponsored) from 2022-11-28T17:20:16

Today’s Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by VMware, dives into VMware’s vSphere+. vSphere+ allows you to operate your on-prem workloads and infrastructure as if they were a public cloud. It support...

Day Two Cloud Invite: Recording At TopGolf Las Vegas Nov. 30, 2022 from 2022-11-27T19:44:10

If you're headed to AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, you can catch Ned & me recording a show live. On Wednesday, November 30, 2022, we’ll be at TopGolf with sponsor Prosimo from 4 to 7 pm. Join ...

Heavy Networking 657: New VMware Client Connects Users To SASE, SD-WAN (Sponsored) from 2022-11-25T13:00:44

Today on Heavy Networking, a discussion with sponsor VMware about SD-WAN and SASE. We’re diving into announcements from VMware Explore Barcelona 2022 covering a new SD-WAN client and more. With ...

Day Two Cloud 173: Istio Ambient Mesh Minimizes Sidecar Proxies from 2022-11-23T15:23:04

Today on Day Two Cloud we examine Istio Ambient Mesh, a new option for building service meshes in a microservices environment. Istio Ambient Mesh essentially brings the concept of a load balance...

Heavy Strategy 037 – Metaversing The Office is More Than One Thing from 2022-11-22T18:26:08

Are there angles on future metaverse that make sensee ? Johna and Greg dive into their perspectives on what is a metaverse and converge on the face that its a form of collaboration. Potentially ...

Tech Bytes: Boosting WAN Speeds While Cutting Costs With VMware SD-WAN (Sponsored) from 2022-11-21T17:15:41

On today’s Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by VMware, we explore a real-world SD-WAN deployment. A customer in the automotive industry needed a better way to share large CAD files among global sit...

Network Break 408: Arista Launches Network Automation Pipeline; Palo Alto Targets Software Supply Chain Security from 2022-11-21T17:04:58

Take a Network Break! This week we cover a new continuous integration pipeline from Arista Networks to support network automation, Cisco's intention to open a new silicon design center in Spain,...

Heavy Networking 656: Embedding Zero Trust Into Applications from 2022-11-18T19:33:42

On today's Heavy Networking we look at the idea of embedding zero trust into applications. The way we do cyber security these days has failed in significant ways. What if we could extend the AAA...

IPv6 Buzz 114: Another Listener Questions Episode! from 2022-11-17T16:28:14

Today's IPv6 Buzz episode answers listener questions about Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) and auto-addressing, privacy and IPv6, and where NAT46 fits in.

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Full Stack Journey 072: A Peek Inside The Comp Sci Ivory Tower from 2022-11-15T16:11:57

On today's Full Stack Journey podcast we climb the ivory tower to get a glimpse of academic life in the field of networking and computer science with guest Dave Levin. Dr. Levin is Assistant Pro...

Network Break 407: VMware Buys Startup For SD-WAN Client; Zoom Meetings At The Movies? from 2022-11-14T18:10:23

This week's Network Break covers several announces from VMware Explore including a new SD-WAN client. ASIC-maker Marvell goes after industrial networks with new silicon, Cisco announces the curt...

Heavy Networking 655: On-Prem VPC Networking With Netris (Sponsored) from 2022-11-11T11:00:29

Heavy Networking welcomes sponsor Netris to the show with a special episode for you network nerds who are really getting into automation, infrastructure as code, pipelines, and so on. Netris is ...

Kubernetes Unpacked 013: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) In Production from 2022-11-10T22:40:59

In this episode, Michael Levan catches up Richard Hooper, Microsoft Azure MVP and Azure Architect, to chat about Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in production. Richard spends the majority of his ...

Tech Bytes: Why SASE Is An Architecture, Not A Product (Sponsored) from 2022-11-07T21:21:19

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, we’ll be investigating Secure Access Service Edge, or SASE, including the current state of the market and how SASE is evolving. We’ll also look at how sponsor Ju...

Heavy Networking 654: What’s Up With DPUs? from 2022-11-04T17:27:47

Today on Heavy Networking we have a round-table discussion about Data Processing Units (DPUs). These devices let you bring networking, security, and storage capabilities closer to server workloa...

IPv6 Buzz 113: We Have DAD Issues (Duplicate Address Detection) from 2022-11-03T15:30:28

In this episode of IPv6 Buzz, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about our DAD issues — well, our IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) issues anyway. DAD is a feature of IPv6 that looks for duplicate IP ...

HS036 Cyberstupid – Can We Stop Doing Dumb IT Security from 2022-11-01T14:11:56

You can't make a profit from Cybersecurity, its a cost. How do we work with business to see IT risk management on the same level as accounting and human resources ? Johna and Greg discuss variou...

Tech Bytes: Aruba Enhances Security Capabilities In EdgeConnect SD-WAN (Sponsored) from 2022-10-31T19:54:49

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking SD-WAN. We dive into new features and capabilities in Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN, including new security and segmentation features, licensing options,...

Heavy Networking 653: Design, Deploy, And Operate With Nokia Data Center Fabric Solution (Sponsored) from 2022-10-28T11:55:47

Today’s Heavy Networking, sponsored by Nokia, dives into Nokia's fabric-based approach to data center automation and operations. That approach includes its SR Linux network OS, its Fabric Servic...

Kubernetes Unpacked 012: Getting Hands-On For The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Cert from 2022-10-27T14:43:28

In this episode, Michael catches up with Chad Crowell to talk about the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam. They talk about why the certification is important, its hands-on emphasis, ...

Tech Bytes: Using Opengear Every Day–For Disruptions And More (Sponsored) from 2022-10-24T16:35:04

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk about how to use out-of-band management for daily networking tasks, not just when there’s a problem or crisis. Our sponsor is Opengear and we’re joined by...

Heavy Networking 652: Why Networkers Should Want Routing Protocols Written In Rustlang from 2022-10-21T15:33:25

On today’s Heavy Networking episode, I talk with Nick Carter about Flock Networks, his routing protocol stack startup, as well as Nick’s love of the Rust programming language. As a network engin...

IPv6 Buzz 112: What’s New With IPv6 At The IETF? from 2022-10-20T15:33

In this episode of IPv6 Buzz, Ed, Scott, and Tom speak with XiPeng Xiao, the new chair of the IETF v6ops working group. We discuss the lastest work in IPv6 at the IETF, whether the IETF should h...

HS035 Quiet Quitting Hustle Culture from 2022-10-18T18:39:36

Whats the deal with Quiet Quitting ? Johna & Greg get into a heated debate about the nature of work. Johna wants people to ‘do your job’, Greg wants ‘pay me more to do more...

Full Stack Journey 071: Technology Short Takes Audio Edition from 2022-10-18T15:54:33

Today on the Full Stack Journey podcast, host Scott Lowe tries something new with an audio version of his Technology Short Takes blog series. Scott takes three career-focused articles, shares a ...

Tech Bytes: LiveAction Integrates NDR And Network Visibility (Sponsored) from 2022-10-17T19:34:46

The Tech Bytes podcast welcomes sponsor LiveAction, which provides network visibility and NDR products for network engineers. We’ll get an overview of LiveAction’s portfolio and take a closer lo...

Heavy Networking 651: How Juniper Networks’ SMO Enables Network Slicing (Sponsored) from 2022-10-14T18:29:49

As carriers and service providers look to embrace disaggregated infrastructure and software, and drive new business through technologies such as network slicing, it’s critical to have management...

Kubernetes Unpacked 011: Containers Past, Present And Future from 2022-10-13T13:54:31

On today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, Michael catches up with Eric Wright to discuss the current and future of containers and Kubernetes, as well as a look into how the world of containers has...

Tech Bytes: Get Early Attack Detection And Fast Response With Fortinet FortiDeceptor (Sponsored) from 2022-10-11T21:34:38

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking deception. That is, deceiving attackers that try to exploit your network by creating fake assets and infrastructure. Sponsor Fortinet is here to tal...

Heavy Networking 650: Whether And How To Adopt Whitebox Switches from 2022-10-07T19:11:06

On today’s Heavy Networking podcast, Kevin Myers joins us for a whitebox conversation. Kevin helps Internet Service Providers build their networks, and has noticed increased adoption of whitebox...

IPv6 Buzz 111: IPv6 And The Public Cloud from 2022-10-06T15:51:42

What's the state of IPv6 in the public cloud? What support is available in which of the major providers? What are the cloud challenges of v6? How does v6 affect multi-cloud architectures? The la...

Tech Bytes: Juniper Integrates SD-WAN, AI Ops To Solve WAN Challenges (Sponsored) from 2022-10-05T13:28:20

On today's Tech Bytes podcast we talk with sponsor Juniper Networks about its AI-driven SD-WAN. While SD-WAN solves a number of problems for network engineers, it also introduces new ones: more ...

HS033 Getting real about LEO Space Networking from 2022-10-05T13:07:28

Should LEO space networks be part of your network ? Are there common questions about using and designing for them ? What should be expecting from your telco ?

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Heavy Networking 649: Cisco NSO 6.0 Boosts Performance, Improves Usability (Sponsored) from 2022-09-30T17:48:03

On today’s sponsored Heavy Networking we dive into new features of Cisco’s Network Services Orchestrator, or NSO. NSO is a network orchestration platform for large enterprises and service provid...

Kubernetes Unpacked 010: Troubleshooting And Alerting On Kubernetes from 2022-09-29T19:11:34

In this episode, Michael catches up with Natan Yellin, CEO of Robusta.dev. Michael and Ned chat about how logging and troubleshooting works in Kubernetes today. They discuss three stages of trou...

HS034 Introducing Graphiant Stateless Cloud WAN – Sponsored from 2022-09-27T10:53:40

Graphiant Stateless Cloud WAN addresses the limitations of SDWAN - better scalability, more flexibility and service guarantees. Their stateless network core is multi-tenant, predictable and scal...

Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks Enhances AIOps For Prisma SD-WAN (Sponsored) from 2022-09-26T12:09:27

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk with sponsor Palo Alto Networks about the latest AI Ops features for SD-WAN. AI Ops analyzes network data and then recommends fixes for probems, a capabil...

Heavy Networking 648: Using Zero Knowledge Middleboxes To Enforce Policy On Encrypted Traffic from 2022-09-23T18:05:53

Encrypted traffic poses a problem for enterprise policy enforcement. On today's Heavy Networking, we explore the notion of zero knowledge middleboxes, which use a variety of techniques to allow ...

IPv6 Buzz 110: The Peculiar Power Of DHCPv6 Option 108 from 2022-09-22T14:38:54

On today's IPv6 Buzz podcast we explore DHCPv6 Option 108. Option 108 basically allows a DHCP server to use IPv4 to contact a host and tell that host to disable its IPv4 stack and switch to IPv6...

Full Stack Journey 070: A Network Automation Career Journey With Eric Chou from 2022-09-21T12:57:59

On today's Full Stack Journey podcast we welcome guest Eric Chou, an author, educator, and network engineer. From traditional network engineering to the birth of "cloud" at Amazon and now workin...

Tech Bytes: Aruba Navigates 6Ghz Spectrum Challenges With AFC Demo (Sponsored) from 2022-09-19T20:18:35

Wi-Fi 6E gear can take advantage of the 6GHz band, but there are incumbent entities that also have a stake in the spectrum. To prevent interference, the Automated Frequency Coordination database...

Heavy Networking 647: Fortinet’s ZTNA Differentiation Starts With The OS (Sponsored) from 2022-09-16T20:00:31

A full zero trust architecture goes up and down the stack, bringing in policy and enforcement strategies from the application layer, all the way down into the network. On today's Heavy Networkin...

Kubernetes Unpacked 009: Kubernetes Automation And Repeatability from 2022-09-15T15:17:22

In this episode, host Michael Levan talks with Ned Bellavance about why orchestration is important in today’s world, how the HashiCorp stack (primarily Terraform and Vault) fit into Kubernetes, ...

Heavy Networking 646: Networking For Spacefaring Rockets from 2022-09-09T17:26:41

Today on Heavy Networking, aerospace networking. We talk with Lexie Cooper, who works for Blue Origin as an Avionics Integration Engineer. That’s right. Lexie does networking for rockets. We tal...

IPv6 Buzz 109: Microsegmentation With IPv6 from 2022-09-08T14:57:38

In this episode of the IPv6 Buzz podcast, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about microsegmentation with IPv6 and what the IT use cases look like.

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Tech Bytes: Develop Custom Network Apps With Nokia’s SR Linux NDK (Sponsored) from 2022-09-06T17:48:40

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk with sponsor Nokia about its SR Linux network OS. More specifically, because SR Linux is open, customers can write homegrown applications to solve specifi...

Heavy Networking 645: Secure Wireless Planning And Design from 2022-09-02T16:31:06

On today’s episode of Heavy Networking, we discuss secure wireless planning and design with Jennifer "JJ Minella. JJ is the author of the book "Wireless Security Architecture." We talk about the...

Kubernetes Unpacked 008: Go – The Language Of Kubernetes from 2022-09-01T14:47:08

In this episode, Michael catches up with Josh Duffney, Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft to talk about Go (golang). Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform are all written in Go. Josh and Michael ...

HS032 Mentors and Leadership from 2022-08-30T17:31:34

Is there a role for career mentors and coaches in modern IT ? We discuss the topic and establish some points. IT Careers are high value and high effort but unlike other professions (such as law ...

Tech Bytes: Augtera Builds AIOps Specifically For Networking (Sponsored) from 2022-08-29T19:19:51

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk AIOps with sponsor Augtera, which takes a domain-specific approach to AI and ML that focuses on networking to develop its operational capabilities. Our gu...

Heavy Networking 644: Building And Running Temporary Event Networks from 2022-08-26T17:43:48

Today's Heavy Networking podcast explores what it's like to set up a temporary network to support thousands of users at a live event. We discuss planning and preparation, defining requirements, ...

IPv6 Buzz 108: IPv6 In The Asia Pacific Region from 2022-08-25T20:01:01

In this IPv6 Buzz episode, we with George Michaelson of APNIC about IPv6 in the Asia Pacific region (and beyond). Topics include how mobile drives IPv6, regional variations in adoption, and what...

HS031 Kolide and Honest Security from 2022-08-23T13:21:01

We discuss how Kolide tools engage the user to improve end-point security. Monitoring devices and then contacting the user to gather more information and provide contextual questions is a novel ...

Heavy Networking 643: Privacy Responsibilities Of Running A Network from 2022-08-19T15:44:12

What does privacy have to do with running a network? Is protecting the privacy of users, customers, and the organization one of the responsibilities of the networking team? If so, what kind of i...

Kubernetes Unpacked 007: Kubernetes From Beginner To Advanced from 2022-08-18T16:06:47

Learning Kubernetes isn't easy. In fact, there are so many places to start that people literally don’t know where to begin. Do they learn Kubernetes security? Networking? Infrastructure? Develop...

Tech Bytes: NVIDIA BlueField And Project Monterey (Sponsored) from 2022-08-17T21:14:23

On today’s Tech Bytes podcast, we talk Data Processing Units (DPUs) with sponsor NVIDIA. The context is VMware’s Project Monterey. Wes Kennedy, TME for BlueField at NVIDIA, is here to discuss ho...

Full Stack Journey 069: Network Automation Challenges For Engineers And Organizations from 2022-08-16T14:57:07

Today's Full Stack Journey podcast explores the barriers to network automation that individuals and organizations face. We also discuss how network engineers can overcome the inertia of just get...

HS030 Can Low Code Fit Your IT Strategy from 2022-08-16T14:37:26

Both sides of the low code/no code debate. We outline two sides of the debate, discuss four topics in favour of low code and then cover four negatives. Avoidance of toil coding, avoid skill shor...

Tech Bytes: Manage Cloud Risks With Fortinet’s New FortiCNP Offering (Sponsored) from 2022-08-15T21:00:23

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk about managing cloud risk with sponsor Fortinet. Fortinet recently announced its new FortiCNP product, which collects and correlates security findings, al...

Heavy Networking 642: 10Mbps Single Pair Ethernet from 2022-08-12T15:00:56

Single pair Ethernet. That’s right. Ethernet over a single twisted pair, rather than the four you’re used to. Or two if you’ve got a little gray in your beard. Now, single pair Ethernet isn’t fa...

IPv6 Buzz 107: IPv6 Unique Local Addresses (ULA) At IETF 114 from 2022-08-11T12:00:18

In this episode, Ed and Tom talk with Nick Buraglio about ongoing efforts within the IETF to improve ULA. Nick is co-author of the IETF draft "Unintended Operational Issues With ULA" and recentl...

Tech Bytes: Aruba Networks AIOps Get More Features and Functions from 2022-08-08T19:05:31

Aruba Networks is announcing new capabilities in its Aruba Central platform that leverage machine learning to do things like provide insights into clients on the network, recommend firmware for ...

Heavy Networking 641: Network Design For NVMe Over Fabric from 2022-08-05T17:51:36

Today on Heavy Networking, we discuss NVMe over fabric, where your Ethernet and IP network is the fabric. Many NVMe over fabric discussions focus on what’s happening inside the storage packets t...

Kubernetes Unpacked 006: The Impact Of Kubernetes On DevOps Teams from 2022-08-04T14:24:53

Kubernetes is hard. Regardless of what tech marketing says, DevOps teams are still trying to implement and figure out this whole Kubernetes thing. With multi-cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-prem Kub...

HS029 Do You Want A Strategic Vendor ? from 2022-08-04T11:50:17

The pro and con's of having preferred supplier for IT technology ? You can save time and effort, simplify purchasing and move quicker but are you getting the best solution and support. We discus...

Heavy Networking 640: Architecture Vs. Engineering Roles from 2022-07-29T20:18:08

What’s been your experience with architecture vs. engineering roles? Are those distinct functions or combined in your organization? How do the roles interact? Does the architecture team hand dow...

IPv6 Buzz 106: How To Retire Before You Have To Deploy IPv6! from 2022-07-28T18:02:05

In this IPv6 Buzz podcast episode Ed, Scott, and Tom--with tongues firmly in cheek---discuss some of the ways to avoid or put off IPv6 adoption until you can retire.

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Full Stack Journey 068: An Introduction To Pixie For Open-Source Kubernetes Observability from 2022-07-26T14:45:08

Today's Full Stack Journey podcast is all about Pixie, an "open source observability tool for Kubernetes applications." Pixie takes advantage of eBPF to capture telemetry data. Joining Scott to ...

Tech Bytes: Nokia Fabric Services System Streamlines Network Automation For Application Stacks (Sponsored) from 2022-07-25T18:43:59

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we welcome back sponsor Nokia to talk about a compelling feature in Nokia’s Fabric Services System. This feature, called Connect, lets Fabric Services System inte...

Heavy Networking 639: Juniper Cloud Metro Boosts Metro Performance, Efficiency And Sustainability (Sponsored) from 2022-07-22T16:26:53

In today’s sponsored Heavy Networking podcast we dive into Juniper Cloud Metro, which includes new appliances, software, and integrations with other Juniper services to address the entire busine...

Kubernetes Unpacked 005: Serverless Kubernetes In Azure from 2022-07-21T14:13:07

Since the inception of Kubernetes, the goal has been to make our lives as engineers easier. But with great power comes great responsibility---which in this case is the need to manage a bunch of ...

HS028 – Do’s and Don’ts of Selecting Technology Provider from 2022-07-19T19:00:59

We discuss different aspects of selecting technology to buy. Topics include business case, planning, selection, evaluation and review - as you might expect - but we find that there isn't one rig...

Tech Bytes: Forecasting SD-WAN Performance With WAN Insights (Sponsored) from 2022-07-18T19:15:18

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we look at how to get better visibility into the WAN. Our sponsor is Cisco ThousandEyes and we’re going to discuss its latest capability, called WAN Insights, tha...

Heavy Networking 638: Don’t Block DNS Over TCP from 2022-07-15T14:57:18

DNS is our subject on today's Heavy Networking. More specifically, DNS transport over TCP. We talk with John Kristoff, one of the forces behind RFC9210, which covers the operational requirements...

Kubernetes Unpacked 004: Pros And Cons Of Using Terraform With Kubernetes from 2022-07-15T00:20:17

On today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast we explore tradeoffs that come with using Terraform to manage Kubernetes. My guest is Luke Orellana, an SRE who uses Kubernetes. He's also a HashiCorp Amba...

Tech Bytes: Switching On Fortinet’s Wired, Wireless Portfolio (Sponsored) from 2022-05-02T20:45:36

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Fortinet, we’re going to dig into Fortinet’s campus and branch switching and wireless LAN portfolio. You might think of Fortinet primarily as a fire...

Network Break 380: BT, Toshiba Trial Quantum Key Distribution; Juniper Expands Free Cert Training from 2022-05-02T14:32:17

This week's Network Break discusses quantum key distribution, a startup getting millions to develop an enterprise SONiC distribution, Juniper expanding free cert training, quarterly financial re...

Heavy Networking 628: Pluribus Extends Its SDN Fabric To SmartNICs/DPUs from 2022-04-29T16:51:30

On today's sponsored Heavy Networking podcast we talk to Pluribus Networks. Pluribus can extend networking and security services directly to smartNICs/DPUs via its Unified Cloud Fabric to improv...

Day Two Cloud 144: The State Of IPv6 In Public Cloud from 2022-04-27T15:20:46

Today's Day Two Cloud explores the vastness of IPv6 and public cloud. IPv6 provides so much address space that you can use an address once for one connection and never use it again, and it isn't...

Full Stack Journey 065: Developer Tools And Practices Other IT Disciplines Can Adopt from 2022-04-26T14:24:11

Today's Full Stack Journey asks: Are there tools, techniques, or practices common to software development that other IT disciplines should consider adopting? Can these tools and practices help o...

Network Break 379: Nokia Goes SONiC For Microsoft Data Centers: Comcast Tests Hollowcore Fiber from 2022-04-26T01:53:30

This week's Network Break podcast discusses Nokia deal to sell switch hardware to Microsoft running the SONiC network OS. We also cover Dell's 4.0 release of its Enterprise SONiC distribution, a...

Tech Bytes: Why The Network Is Essential For Securing Hybrid IT (Sponsored) from 2022-04-25T19:21:43

Today’s Tech Bytes podcast gets into networking and security. More specifically, despite what you might hear about cloud taking over, the network still matters, and is essential to an organizati...

Heavy Networking 627: Network Automation As A Business Culture from 2022-04-22T23:24:52

The business benefits of network automation are sometimes lost in discussion about technology and tools. Guest Tim Fiola joins this episode of Heavy Networking to discuss how to engage the busin...

IPv6 Buzz 099: Why You Need An IPv6 Proof Of Concept Lab from 2022-04-21T13:56:33

In this episode of IPv6 Buzz we talk about what a Proof of Concept (PoC) lab is and why you probably need one as part of your IPv6 initiative. We discuss technical challenges and considerations,...

Day Two Cloud 143: Application Security Isn’t Just For Developers from 2022-04-20T15:47:45

Today's Day Two Cloud gets into application security and working with developers to make sure code is sanitized and tested. Writing secure code at the outset can dramatically reduce risk and hel...

Network Break 378: Barracuda Gets A New Owner; Intel Buys Ananki For Private 5G from 2022-04-18T11:21:27

Take a Network Break! This week we cover several acquisitions including Barracuda Networks being bought by KKR, SailPoint being picked up by Thoma Bravo, Perforce buying Puppet, and Intel snappi...

Tech Bytes: Why Wi-Fi 6E Is Off To A Fast Start (Sponsored) from 2022-04-18T11:00:47

Today on Tech Bytes podcast we talk with Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, about the evolution of Wi-Fi standards, why Aruba is seeing the fast take-up of Wi-Fi 6E, practical enhancem...

Heavy Networking 626: Choosing The Right Silicon For The Job (Sponsored) from 2022-04-15T16:19:36

Today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Juniper, dives into the custom vs. merchant silicon debate. Juniper makes the case for its Trio 6 ASIC in MX routers. We get into the specifics of Trio 6 c...

Day Two Cloud 142: OpenZiti Serves Up Zero Trust For Applications (Sponsored) from 2022-04-13T14:49:45

Today's Day Two Cloud episode bites into OpenZiti, an open-source project that brings zero trust principles to networks and applications. OpenZiti builds an overlay network to enforce zero trust...

Tech Bytes: An Introduction To Nokia’s Edge Network Controller (Sponsored) from 2022-04-11T18:50:28

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk with sponsor Nokia about its Edge Network Controller, a Kubernetes-based application that lets you configure switch hardware in edge cloud locations and s...

Network Break 377: AMD Buys Pensando; IBM Mainframe Marches On With z16 from 2022-04-11T15:07:49

This week's Network Break discusses AMD's $1.9 billion bid for Pensando, why Juniper is partnering with Synopsys on silicon photonics, a new application access control feature from Cato Networks...

Heavy Networking 625: Home IoT Networking At Scale from 2022-04-09T01:50:19

Today's Heavy Networking dives into home IoT at scale. We’re going to get into the weeds with two network engineers who’ve gone way beyond lighting and a few smart plugs in their home automation...

IPv6 Buzz 098: Troubleshooting IPv6 from 2022-04-07T11:12:16

In this episode of IPv6 Buzz Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about some of the challenges and best-practices when troubleshooting IPv6, including tools that work for IPv4 and v6, online test sites, and ...

Tech Bytes: Building The Right Network Underlay With Singtel (Sponsored) from 2022-04-06T20:21:20

On today's Tech Bytes podcast, we discuss the importance of getting the underlay network architecture correct with sponsor Singtel. And we don’t mean just the circuits. We mean the management of...

Day Two Cloud 141: Developing Multicloud Fluency from 2022-04-06T19:58:25

Today's Day Two Cloud is a discussion about how to build your multicloud fluency. That is, having knowledge of, and competence in, more than one cloud. The short answer? Learn to code. That's th...

Tech Bytes: Why Arelion Pushes For Open Optical Networks (Sponsored) from 2022-04-04T20:27:59

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking about disaggregated optical networks and what they mean for both customers and carriers when it comes to issues such as service delivery and cost. O...

Network Break 376: Aruba Automates Overlays; Arista CUEs Up Branch Networking Gear from 2022-04-04T15:04:22

Today's Network Break examines new network fabric automation capabilities from Aruba, new network and security gear from Arista that opens up brand new markets for the company, a cloud-native fi...

Heavy Networking 624: Solving Network Problems With Opmantek’s NMIS (Sponsored) from 2022-04-01T22:36:29

On today's sponsored Heavy Networking we speak with Opmantek, a FirstWave company. Opmantek's NMIS is a suite of network monitoring applications for managing fault, performance, configuration, c...

Day Two Cloud 140: Troubleshooting Cloud Outages With End-To-End Visibility (Sponsored) from 2022-03-30T20:59:59

On today’s sponsored Day Two Cloud episode with Cisco ThousandEyes, we discuss how to monitor what’s broken in public cloud services. With the right information, you can offer a nuanced, knowled...

Tech Bytes: Achieve SD-WAN Multicloud With Palo Alto Networks And Azure (Sponsored) from 2022-03-28T20:18:58

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, which is expanding its cloud partnership by integrating with Azure to help customers achieve a multicloud strategy.

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Network Break 375: Aruba Networks Dives Into GreenLake; Okta Pins Incident On Outsourcer from 2022-03-28T14:43:58

Today's Network Break discusses Aruba Networks moving closer to HPE GreenLake with a new reseller-focused way to sell network gear, how data center design hampered fire fighting at an OVHcloud f...

Heavy Networking 623: Growing From Junior To Senior Engineer from 2022-03-25T15:45:45

Today's Heavy Networking is a roundtable conversation about career growth. Maybe your title is junior engineer, but you want to be a senior engineer. Be careful what you wish for! Maybe your tit...

IPv6 Buzz 097: Selling An IPv6 Project To Your Organization from 2022-03-24T14:28:31

Today's IPv6 Buzz discusses how to sell IPv6 as a project. That is, doing the advocacy work in your organization to drive IPv6 adoption. We examine the business and technical arguments you can m...

Tech Bytes: The Advantages Of Singtel SD-WAN For Cloud Access (Sponsored) from 2022-03-23T18:03:52

On today's Tech Bytes with sponsor Singtel, we look at SD-WAN as a critical network feature for cloud access, including the use of overlays to simplify operations. We also discuss why organizati...

Day Two Cloud 139: Azure Bicep Is (Not) ARM from 2022-03-23T14:56:44

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast gets into Azure Bicep, a language that IT teams can use to deploy Azure resources in a consistent manner. While Bicep is Azure-specific, it can be useful as part of...

Tech Bytes: Apstra Extends Intent-Based Data Center Networking To The Edge (Sponsored) from 2022-03-21T20:14:10

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking about a new release of Juniper’s Apstra intent-based networking platform for data centers. Apstra is introducing new features including a collapsed ...

Network Break 374: Pluribus Extends DC Fabric To NVIDIA DPUs; Intel Buries Three FPGAs from 2022-03-21T14:10:59

In this week's Network Break we discuss Pluribus porting its network OS to NVIDIA DPUs, why Intel is pulling the plug on three FPGA cards in its portfolio, the debut of a network operations star...

Heavy Networking 622: Intel’s Smart Edge Brings The Cloud To The Edge (Sponsored) from 2022-03-18T22:18:51

In today’s sponsored Heavy Networking show with Intel, we dive into recent Intel silicon announcements that are impacting how networking services will be delivered in the years to come. The edge...

Day Two Cloud 138: Rethinking Logs And Analysis With vRealize Log Insight Cloud (Sponsored) from 2022-03-16T14:40:28

VMware is our sponsor today for a Day Two Cloud episode about logging. Specifically, we're talking about vRealize Log Insight Cloud. It’s not just about collecting logs and events, and it's not ...

Full Stack Journey 064: Should You Embrace Chaos Engineering? from 2022-03-15T20:15:13

Maybe you've heard of chaos engineering, and you're curious about what it is. This episode will help you understand! Joining Scott for the Full Stack Journey is Cwen (Chengwen) Yin, a co-founder...

Tech Bytes: Integrating Digital Experience Management And Cloud-Delivered Security (Sponsored) from 2022-03-14T17:01:14

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we focus on the intersection of security and digital experience management. With more applications moving to the cloud, IT has to provide secure access while also...

Network Break 373: Google Buys Mandiant To Bolster Security Ops; Network OS DENT 2.0 Released from 2022-03-14T15:15:44

Today's Network Break examines why Google spent billions of dollars to acquire Mandiant for security ops, the latest release of the DENT network OS, NVIDIA's software revenue strategy, and more ...

Heavy Networking 621: Get Scalable Network Automation With Itential (Sponsored) from 2022-03-11T15:55:49

On today's Heavy Networking, sponsor Itential joins us to discuss how you can deliver a scalable and sustainable network automation system for your enterprise. Our guest is Peter Sprygada, VP of...

IPv6 Buzz 096: Greenfield Vs. Brownfield IPv6-Only Deployments from 2022-03-10T15:39:53

Today's IPv6 Buzz discusses different strategies for going IPv6-only in both greenfield and brownfield environments.

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Tech Bytes: Solving WAN Problems With Singtel Solutions (Sponsored) from 2022-03-09T16:36:53

In this Tech Bytes episode we welcome back Singtel to discuss real-life examples of WAN problems from customers and how Singtel helped solve them.

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Day Two Cloud 137: Automating Windows Container Builds from 2022-03-09T16:22:09

Today's Day Two Cloud gets into the weeds of a real-world project build around Windows containers. Windows containers? Yes, the goal was to run a particular job and deploy it on Kubernetes using...

Tech Bytes: Credit Union Taps Aruba ESP For SD-WAN, Branch Networking (Sponsored) from 2022-03-07T21:06:02

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we dive into a real-world SD-WAN deployment. Our sponsor is Aruba and we’re talking with Aruba ESP customer Alabama ONE, a credit union. Our guest is Bobby Umfres...

Network Break 372: VMware Enhances Container Security; Google Summons Workers Back To The Office from 2022-03-07T18:36:50

This week on Network Break we discuss VMware enhancing its Carbon Black software with container runtime security, Google telling employees to return to the office starting April 4, and Broadcom ...

Heavy Networking 620: High Frequency Trading And Big Data Network Design from 2022-03-04T19:45:08

Network design for high frequency trading and big data networks is the topic of today’s Heavy Networking. If you’re interested in what it’s like to carefully manage data center latency and maint...

Day Two Cloud 136: The Role And Responsibilities Of A Kubernetes Operator (Sponsored) from 2022-03-02T17:18:17

Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast we examine the role and responsibilities of Kubernetes operators; that is, the humans in charge of running Kubernetes. Kubernetes operators have to support app...

Tech Bytes: How Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs Turns Billions Of Security Events Into Intelligence (Sponsored) from 2022-02-28T20:37:26

Today’s Tech Bytes podcast explores threat intelligence with sponsor Fortinet and its FortiGuard Labs. FortiGuard Labs analyzes billions of global security events daily and distills them into ac...

Network Break 371: Arista Turns Campus Switch Into NDR Sensor; Mikrotik Puts A Router On A PCIe Card from 2022-02-28T15:49:16

Take a Network Break! This week we examine how Arista is turning a campus switch into a sensor for network detection and response, a new PCIe card from Mikrotik running router software, a Dell/M...

Heavy Networking 619: Pluribus Empowers NetOps With Kubernetes Network Visibility (Sponsored) from 2022-02-25T20:21:06

Today's sponsored Heavy Networking dives into the latest features from Pluribus Networks, including Pluribus KubeTracker, which correlates containers with applications, maps hosts to the network...

IPv6 Buzz 095: Enterprise IPv6 Is Here – Time To Pivot Your Career? from 2022-02-24T15:57:43

In the latest episode of IPv6 Buzz we talk to network architect Ben Bittfield about his experience moving to a large enterprise after a decade of IPv6 design and deployment work at Sprint/T-Mobi...

Tech Bytes: Misconceptions About Connecting Your Network To The Cloud (Sponsored) from 2022-02-23T18:18:28

This Day Two Cloud Tech Bytes episode, sponsored by Singtel, discusses common customer misconceptions about connecting private networks to the public cloud. For instance, SD-WAN might seem like ...

Day Two Cloud 135: Infrastructure As Code Should Foster Infrastructure As Collaboration from 2022-02-23T16:40:59

On today's Day Two Cloud we examine why Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is about more than the just the tools that enable it. Guest Rob Hirschfeld puts forth the notion that while the tools are the...

Tech Bytes: Improve Network TCO, Enable Cloud-Like Innovation And More With DriveNets (Sponsored) from 2022-02-23T14:50:31

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, we’re talking about how your organization can adopt a hyperscale model in your network to improve TCO, scale out capabilities and services, and get supply chain ...

Network Break 370: Juniper Acquires NAC Startup; Intel Buys Semiconductor Foundry from 2022-02-22T15:55:14

This week's Network Break dives into a trio of acquisitions by Juniper, Intel, and Akamai; new security features from Gigamon and Aviatrix; big financial gains for Arista; and more tech news. Listen

Heavy Networking 618: Building Virtual Networks With Console Connect (Sponsored) from 2022-02-18T20:29:02

On today’s Heavy Networking episode we talk with sponsor Console Connect, which provides software-defined interconnections for enterprises and service providers. Guests Paul Gampe and Jay Turner...

Day Two Cloud 134: Simplifying Infrastructure Access With StrongDM (Sponsored) from 2022-02-16T15:53:49

Today's Day Two Cloud is a sponsored episode with StrongDM, which helps engineers and IT professionals get access to databases, servers, Kubernetes clusters, switches, Web apps, and more from a ...

Full Stack Journey 063: Protecting Your Time And Other Career Advice With Tracy Holmes from 2022-02-15T15:15:37

Today's Full Stack Journey podcast explores an IT career journey with guest Tracy Holmes. Tracy shares lessons she's learned on an IT voyage that includes engineering, data centers, and develope...

Network Break 369: Cisco SD-WAN Ramps Up Webex, Microsoft 365 Access; Pluribus Adds Virtual Packet Broker from 2022-02-14T15:46:38

Take a Network Break! This week we cover Cisco’s SD-WAN getting users to cloud services such as Webex and Microsoft 365 faster; as well as new capabilities in Pluribus’s Netvisor net...

Heavy Networking 617: Go Vs. Python For Network Engineers from 2022-02-11T17:07:15

Today's Heavy Networking makes the case for why network engineers should consider using the Go language instead for their automation needs. Guest Darren Parkinson makes a strong argument for add...

IPv6 Buzz 094: Measuring IPv6 Growth from 2022-02-10T16:45:22

IPv6 adoption is growing worldwide. On today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, we discuss which countries are leading the way, what IPv6 adoption looks like among enterprises and service providers, and what ...

Tech Bytes: Getting Traditional Networks Cloud-Ready With Singtel (Sponsored) from 2022-02-09T20:42:49

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, we continue our conversation with sponsor Singtel on how to make your existing WAN communicate with cloud services more effectively. The traditional MPLS network...

Day Two Cloud 133: Tips For Tech Interview Success from 2022-02-09T16:18:46

Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast we offer tips and advice for those on the job market, from finding new opportunities, building a professional network, prepping for interviews, handling curve-...

Tech Bytes: AppNeta Provides SASE Observability For Ops Teams (Sponsored) from 2022-02-07T18:16:57

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking about how to get end-to-end observability into cloud-delivered security, including Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) and SASE. Our sponsor is Ap...

Network Break 368: Juniper, Cato Advance Cloud-Based Security Offerings; Citrix Gets Acquired from 2022-02-07T15:34:03

Take a Network Break! This week’s tech news includes new cloud-delivered security services from Juniper Networks and Cato Networks, new firewall hardware from Fortinet, prognostications on the c...

Heavy Networking 616: Do We Need An SMTP Alternative? TMTP And MNM Are Here To Find Out from 2022-02-04T18:12:05

The SMTP protocol isn't broken, but email kinda is. Spam, phishing, and other unwanted messages are easy to deliver and harder to stop. On today's Heavy Networking we discuss TMTP and mnm, a pro...

Day Two Cloud 132: What Web3 Means For Infrastructure Engineers from 2022-02-02T15:58:30

Web3 is the term for an emerging technology movement that aims to create a more decentralized Internet and put more ownership in the hands of individual users and consumers. At present Web3 is a...

Tech Bytes: Embedding Network Security Into Your Cloud Network (Sponsored) from 2022-01-31T18:28:48

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talk network security at scale. That is, in a cloud environment, how can you build security capabilities and features into the network while also being able...

Network Break 367: New Custom ASICs For Juniper Routers; Regulators, NVIDIA Arm Wrestle from 2022-01-31T15:59:45

This week's Network Break looks at new router silicon from Juniper, why NVIDIA's acquisition bid for Arm is running into headwinds, a new LiveAction service that inspects encrypted traffic for t...

Heavy Networking 615: Optimize User Experience With Palo Alto Networks’ ADEM (Sponsored) from 2022-01-29T01:19:30

How do you know your remote workers are having good performance--a good experience--using the applications they need to get their work done? Today we drill into Autonomous Digital Experience Man...

IPv6 Buzz 093: Dissecting DHCPv6 from 2022-01-27T15:24:09

In this latest episode of IPv6 Buzz, Ed, Scott, and Tom do their first episode-long dive into DHCPv6, how it works, how it differs from IPv4 DHCP, and some aspects of dealing with its deployment...

Tech Bytes: Singtel And The Cloud-Ready Network (Sponsored) from 2022-01-26T17:55:22

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk with sponsor Singtel, a global provider of network services. We dive into the services Singtel provides, including Internet, MPLS, IP transit 4G/5G, and w...

Day Two Cloud 131: Monitoring The Cloud From The Cloud from 2022-01-26T17:43:02

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast delves into issues about monitoring all the things, including the notion of monitoring the cloud...from the cloud. Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks discuss the pros a...

Tech Bytes: Managing SaaS Risks With Smarter, Cloud-Delivered Security (Sponsored) from 2022-01-24T20:38:46

On today’s Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we’re going to talk about how a SASE architecture and a next-generation CASB, or Cloud Access Security Broker, can help security t...

Network Break 366: Microsoft Spends $68.7 Billion On Games; Wi-Fi 7 On The Horizon from 2022-01-24T17:28:19

Take a Network Break! This week we examine the drivers behind Microsoft's proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of gaming company Activision Blizzard, Juniper integrates its SD-WAN portfolio with M...

Heavy Networking 614: eBPF, Cloud-Native Networking, And Other Modern Networking Trends from 2022-01-21T16:49

Today's Heavy Networking gets deep in the guts of what’s going on with all the modern trends in networking: cloud-native, containers, eBPF, Kubernetes, DPUs, and so on. Guests Brent Salisbury an...

Day Two Cloud 130: Getting Started With OpenShift For Kubernetes Orchestration from 2022-01-19T19:02:19

On today's Day Two Cloud we have a career conversation with Angela Andrews, a Solution Architect at Red Hat. Angela provides an introduction to OpenShift, a cloud-based offering for running and ...

Full Stack Journey 062: Advice And Recommendations For Tech Learners from 2022-01-18T16:49:35

The Full Stack Journey is back for 2022, and kicking off the year Scott shares recommendations for learning new technologies based on his own career experiences and the technology transitions he...

Tech Bytes: Why Network Design Matters For Security Clouds (Sponsored) from 2022-01-17T21:17:34

On today’s Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking security clouds; that is, cloud services that offer capabilities including firewalls, traffic inspection, Web gateways, and more. We explore why these...

Network Break 365: Salesforce Forces Multi-Factor Authentication; FAA Implements 5G Buffer Zones from 2022-01-17T15:28:04

This week on Network Break we discuss why Salesforce is requiring multi-factor authentication from customers starting in February 2022, examine an SFP module that comes with a tiny computer runn...

Heavy Networking 613: Deploying An Active-Active Data Center Network For Private Cloud (Sponsored) from 2022-01-14T16:43:47

This Heavy Networking episode focuses on building a data center fabric. Pluribus Networks is our sponsor. Pluribus brought along a customer to talk about their active/active DC deployment. We’ll...

IPv6 Buzz 092: Listener Questions – NAT66, Stable IPv6 Prefix Delegation And More! from 2022-01-13T15:56:44

In the latest episode of IPv6 Buzz, we tackle the first listener questions of the year (well, really left over from the end of 2021 but still good ones!). Those questions cover topics including ...

Day Two Cloud 129: Practical Advice On Optimizing Cloud Costs from 2022-01-12T15:28:37

Optimizing cloud costs means more than looking at your bill and hunting down unused instances. It's about understanding the full lifecycle of cloud workloads, dealing with management that wants ...

Heavy Networking 612: Cloud-Native Kubernetes Networking For CSPs (Sponsored) from 2022-01-11T20:41:30

Heavy Networking explores big ideas around service provider and cloud provider network services in 2022, both how they collide and are complementary. Our sponsor is Juniper Networks. We also get...

Tech Bytes: Embracing Policy-Driven Networks To Support Hybrid Work (Sponsored) from 2022-01-10T19:09:14

Today on the Tech Byte podcast we discuss redefining networks and policy in today’s hybrid world–that is, a network that needs to be available anywhere, anytime, anyhow, and any way. Aruba is ou...

Network Break 364: Oracle Acquires Federos For Network Assurance; Google Snags Security Startup Siemplify from 2022-01-10T15:20:26

Take a Network Break! This week we examine Oracle's purchase of network assurance vendor Federos, discuss why Cisco has added a service mesh manager to its Intersight Kubernetes service, explore...

Heavy Networking 611: Data Center Networking And Observability In 2022 (Sponsored) from 2021-12-17T13:00:23

As we approach the end of 2021, it's informative to look back at how much change has gone on in the industry. One of the biggest transitions we've seen in enterprise networking has taken place i...

IPv6 Buzz 91: Thanks For Listening To IPv6 Buzz In 2021! from 2021-12-16T14:40:50

In this episode we discuss presentations at the recent UK IPv6 Council meeting. More importantly, we say thanks to you, our listeners, for keeping IPv6 Buzz in your IT podcast playlist this tumu...

Day Two Cloud 128: DevOps’ing All The Things from 2021-12-15T16:08:06

Today is a deeply technical episode on DevOps, Azure, Docker, Terraform, and more. Our guest is Kyler Middleton, Principal DevOps Network Architect. Kyler is also a Pluralsight author and blogge...

Full Stack Journey 061: Linux Networking And Observability With eBPF And Cilium from 2021-12-14T14:30:21

eBPF has taken the Linux networking world by storm. But what is it, exactly? And how it is related to the open-source Cilium project? Duffie Cooley joins Scott Lowe on the Full Stack Journey pod...

Tech Bytes: Bringing ChatOps Into SD-WAN To Simplify Operations (Sponsored) from 2021-12-13T20:39:12

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we discuss a new ChatOps feature in Palo Alto’s Prisma SD-WAN. Engineers and administrators can query the SD-WAN controller from...

Network Break 363: Broadcom Buys AppNeta For Experience Monitoring; Cloudflare Offers New Firewall Service from 2021-12-13T15:17:50

This week's Network Break asks whether Broadcom's acquisition of AppNeta, which offers SaaS-based digital experience monitoring, is a good fit. We look at new features in the SONiC network OS, d...

Heavy Networking 610: Network Automation With Nautobot from 2021-12-11T18:16:40

On today's Heavy Networking we discuss a Nautobot, an open-source software tool that can serve as a source of truth for network automation. We explore how Nautobot works, what it's used for, how...

Day Two Cloud 127: Avoiding Infrastructure As Code (IaC) Pitfalls from 2021-12-08T15:19:29

There are a lot of good things you can do with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automation, repeatability, and ease of operations and development. But there are also code and infrastructure pitf...

Tech Bytes: The Security Fabric Advantage With Fortinet (Sponsored) from 2021-12-06T19:14:02

Today's Tech Bytes podcast is a security conversation--specifically security fabrics or ‘security mesh’ architectures: an integrated set of products that work together to help you manage risk in...

Network Break 362: AWS Announces Private 5G Service; FTC Says No To Nvidia’s Arm Grab from 2021-12-06T16:57:52

Today's Network Break covers two AWS announcements including a private 5G offering and new networking service, discusses why the FTC is against Nvidia acquiring Arm Holdings, examines a new secu...

Heavy Networking 609: Innovation Or Stagnation – A Year-End Networking Review from 2021-12-03T20:42:52

Today's Heavy Networking considers the current state of networking technologies and the networking market. We debate whether we've seen any significant innovations over the past year, if the ind...

IPv6 Buzz 90: IPv6 Unique Local Addresses (ULAs) And You from 2021-12-02T15:49:11

In this episode Ed, Scott, and Tom chat about Unique Local Addresses (ULAs), what they are, how they are used, when (or if) you should use them in your networks.

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Day Two Cloud 126: Azure Arc And Building A Hybrid Cloud from 2021-12-01T16:29:27

On today's Day Two Cloud, we dig into Azure Arc and the construction of hybrid clouds with guest Ben Weissman, a consultant, author, and Pluralsight creator.

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Network Break 361: US Government Targets Spyware Maker; Ericsson Spends $6.2 Billion For Vonage from 2021-11-29T21:54:25

In this week's Network Break we discuss how an Israeli spyware maker ran afoul of the US government, why Ericsson is dropping $6.2 billion in cash for Vonage, new IPv6 subnets available in AWS, ...

Tech Bytes: How Pluribus Automates Data Center Fabrics With SDN And BGP EVPN (Sponsored) from 2021-11-29T19:37:06

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking about data center fabrics and BGP EVPN with sponsor Pluribus Networks. A BGP EVPN deployment can be a heavy lift, but Pluribus is here to talk about...

Heavy Networking 608: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About NAC (And Then Some) from 2021-11-26T14:00:46

Today's Heavy Networking goes deep on Network Access Control (NAC) for wired and wireless networks. Our guest is Arne Bier, a Senior Consulting Engineer and CCIE. We hit a bunch of topics includ...

Day Two Cloud 125: Scanning Infrastructure-as-Code For Security Issues from 2021-11-24T10:00:50

It's always better to catch misconfigurations and security issues earlier in your pipeline rather than later. That's especially true for cloud services where a simple configuration error can exp...

Tech Bytes: Why Customers Should Care About SASE Architecture (Sponsored) from 2021-11-22T18:36:51

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re diving into SASE, which provides firewalling, Web filtering, and more as a cloud-delivered service. Sponsor Palo Alto Networks is here to make that case tha...

Network Break 360: Facebook Chooses Cisco ASIC For OCP; Apple To Allow Limited Self-Service Repair from 2021-11-22T17:24:23

This week's Network Break podcast examines why Facebook has chosen Cisco and Broadcom ASICS for new Open Compute Project switch designs, Apple will allow self-service repair of two iPhone models...

Heavy Networking 607: ZTNA Everywhere With VMware SASE (Sponsored) from 2021-11-19T16:24:18

In today's sponsored Heavy Networking show with VMware, we take a fresh look at VMware's SASE and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution. VMware has a breadth of products that allow for a dif...

IPv6 Buzz 089: An IPv6 Deployathon With AFRINIC from 2021-11-18T18:10:12

In this IPv6 Buzz episode, Tom and Ed chat with Mukom Tamon, AFRINIC's head of capacity building, about IPv6 Deployathon events and how Mukom and AFRINIC are helping move IPv6 deployment forward...

Day Two Cloud 124: New Cloud Security Thinking from 2021-11-18T03:08:17

Today on Day Two Cloud, we talk about new ways of thinking about security for cloud. As organizations adopt  cloud services, they're applying on-prem security designs. Our guest Adeel Ahmad is h...

Full Stack Journey 060: The Argo Project – Tools To Help You Run Kubernetes from 2021-11-16T15:22:15

Today's Full Stack Journey podcast delves into the open-source Argo project, a collection of tools to help ops team use Kubernetes. Our guest is Hong Wang. He's an Argo maintainer and co-founder...

Tech Bytes: Containerlab Makes Container And VM Networking Labs Easy (Sponsored) from 2021-11-15T18:30:20

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we discuss Containerlab, open-source software that lets you build virtual network labs on a server or even a laptop. It supports a variety of network OSs for netw...

Network Break 359: Arista Increases Its 400G Switch Portfolio; Nvidia Accelerates InfiniBand from 2021-11-15T15:45:40

This week's Network Break examines new 400G switches from Arista, discusses the Wi-Fi Alliance's certification program for the HaLow long-range low-power standard, targets key Nvidia announcemen...

Heavy Networking 606: Dealing With DNS And Domain Name Abuse from 2021-11-12T18:39:22

The DNS Abuse Institute is a community effort to develop solutions to DNS-related problems including malware, botnets, phishing, pharming, and spam. On today's show we speak with its Director, G...

Day Two Cloud 123: Managing Multi-Cloud Applications And Infrastructure With vRealize Operations Cloud (Sponsored) from 2021-11-10T20:34:25

Welcome to Day Two Cloud, where the topic is visibility. Hybrid cloud visibility with a side of Kubernetes, to be specific. VMware has come alongside as today’s sponsor for a discussion about vR...

Tech Bytes: Balancing Remote Work And Back-To-Office Priorities With AppNeta (Sponsored) from 2021-11-08T18:24:31

As forecasts vary between a full return to office and distributed work, IT organizations have to figure out how to monitor and manage work-from-anywhere. This Tech Bytes episode, sponsored by Ap...

Network Break 358: Unpacking Juniper’s Strategic Objectives; Intel Details New Infrastructure Chip from 2021-11-08T15:54:11

This weeks' Network Break discusses Juniper's Analyst & Influencer day plus a new Wi-Fi 6E announcement. Intel is teaming up with Google to develop a chip for offloading network, security, ...

Heavy Networking 605: How cnvrg.io Metacloud Can Help Solve MLOps Challenges (Sponsored) from 2021-11-05T14:56:25

Today on Heavy Networking, we consider a newly announced platform for artificial intelligence workloads, the cnvrg.io Meta Cloud. Our sponsor is Intel, and our guest is Yochay Ettun, Co-founder ...

IPv6 Buzz 088: Host OS IPv6 Addresses – What’s Up With That? from 2021-11-04T14:56:25

In this episode of IPv6 Buzz we chat about IPv6 addresses on host OSes: the different types, how they are formed, what they look like, how to tell them apart, and how they are used.

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Day Two Cloud 122: Two Customer Journeys To VMware Cloud (Sponsored) from 2021-11-03T16:40:27

Ethan Banks and Ned Bellavance hosted a panel discussion at VMworld 2021 with two VMware customers using VMware Cloud---the University of Miami and Sterling National Bank. This discussion looks ...

Tech Bytes: Advania Chooses Apstra For Data Center Operations (Sponsored) from 2021-11-01T17:25:44

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Juniper, we talk with a customer of Juniper’s Apstra intent-based networking data center software. IT solutions provider Advania uses Apstra interna...

Network Break 357: Switchless Networking? Startup Rockport Says Yes; ISPs Monetize Customer Surveillance from 2021-11-01T14:40:46

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss how startup Rockport Networks brings switchless networking to the data center. The FTC says ISPs are amassing and monetizing sensitive customer data. C...

Heavy Networking 604: Taking A Systems Approach To Networking With Bruce Davie from 2021-10-29T16:03:29

Today's Heavy Networking discusses the notion of looking at, and learning about, networking via a systems approach. Our guest is Dr. Bruce Davie who's had a long career in networking, has writte...

Day Two Cloud 121: Building Cool Things With GraphQL And AWS AppSync from 2021-10-27T20:50:03

Today's Day Two Cloud is a nerdy show on GraphQL and AWS AppSync and what you can do with these tools. Our guest is Amrut Patil, a senior software engineer using these tools.

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Full Stack Journey 059: Composing Event-Driven Applications With TriggerMesh from 2021-10-26T16:09:48

Today on the Full Stack Podcast we dive into TriggerMesh, an open-source platform for putting together event-driven applications. It's built on Kubernetes. Scott Lowe speaks with co-founder and ...

Tech Bytes: Cloud Agility, On-Prem Performance With Pluribus And ITRenew (Sponsored) from 2021-10-25T18:08:54

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking about how to get cloud agility on premises. Our sponsor is Pluribus Networks, which makes data center SDN software. They’ve brought along partner IT...

Network Break 356: Aruba Beefs Up ToR Switch With DPUs; VMware Stands Free from 2021-10-25T14:57:46

This week on the Network Break podcast we discuss a new ToR switch from Aruba that includes built-in silicon to offload security and network services. Dell Technologies says the VMware spin-off ...

Heavy Networking 603: Network Apps For Smarter Network Ops With Nokia (Sponsored) from 2021-10-23T03:02:18

What would you build if you could treat your network infrastructure programmatically? That’s what we’re going to consider in today’s sponsored Heavy Networking episode with Nokia. Nokia’s SR-Lin...

IPv6 Buzz 087: How Merit Network Used Carrots Over Sticks To Drive IPv6 Adoption from 2021-10-21T15:54:28

Merit Network is a non-profit ISP that provides network and security services for universities, K-12 schools, libraries, and other educational communities in Michigan. On today's IPv6 Buzz we sp...

Day Two Cloud 120: Web Assembly, K8s Rivals, And Other Cloud Computing Trends from 2021-10-20T14:54:48

On today's Day Two Cloud we talk trends and predictions in cloud computing, including emerging technologies such as Web assembly, rivals to Kubernetes, and the role of GitOps in infrastructure a...

Tech Bytes: What’s New With Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN 5.6 (Sponsored) from 2021-10-18T19:16:07

Today on Tech Bytes podcast we look at new features in Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE and Prisma SD-WAN, including digital experience management for home and branch users, new Cloudblades, a new...

Network Break 355: Azure Brags About DDoS Protection; Marvell Hitches Ride With Dent Network OS from 2021-10-18T15:12:48

Today on the Network Break, we discuss Marvell's choice of the Dent network OS for its Prestera silicon, Microsoft shares details about how its Azure cloud service thwarted a 2.4Tbps DDoS attack...

Heavy Networking 602: All About SPF, DKIM, DMARC Email Security from 2021-10-15T18:06:12

Today on Heavy Networking, all about improving email security with SPF (Sender Policy Framework), DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance), and DKIM (Domain Keys...

Day Two Cloud 119: Unifying Multi-Cloud Security With Valtix (Sponsored) from 2021-10-13T16:00:15

Ethan Banks & Ned Bellavance have a tech discussion with CEO Doug Murray and CTO Vishal Jain about multi-cloud security startup Valtix. Along the way, we find out that Valtix is a cloud-del...

Tech Bytes: Why Fortinet Zero Trust Works For You from 2021-10-12T14:41:52

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking Zero Trust Network Access, or ZTNA, with sponsor Fortinet. As organizations grapple with controlling end user access to applications and services, p...

Network Break 354: VMworld’s Constipation, Facebook Footgun, Marvell 5nm DPUs from 2021-10-12T11:15:17

This week on Network Break, VMware disgorges a slew of announcements at VMworld 2021, Facebook shoots itself in the foot with BGP and DNS bullets, Marvell announces new silicon for Data Processi...

Heavy Networking 601: Monitoring The Dispersed Network With Cisco ThousandEyes (Sponsored) from 2021-10-08T19:13:38

Cisco ThousandEyes is a long-time Packet Pushers sponsor, and we're going to probe deeply to discuss the latest feature additions that will bring you the data you need. And, since it’s been just...

IPv6 Buzz 086: E-Commerce And Holiday Shopping With IPv6! from 2021-10-08T13:00:48

As the holiday shopping season fast approaches, the IPv6 Buzz crew dive into IPv6 in relation to e-commerce.

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Day Two Cloud 118: Growing Your Open-Source Community from 2021-10-06T15:14:55

How does a company building a product from an open-source project get off the ground? How does it communicate its value, attract contributors, and develop a user base? And how does it spread the...

Network Break 353: New Juniper Chassis Tops 400G; Akamai Spends Big Money On Microsegmentation from 2021-10-04T17:21:36

This week's Network Break talks about a new data center chassis from Juniper, why Akamai spent $600 million to buy security company Guardicore, what happened to Zoom's big acquisition of a conta...

Tech Bytes: Global Manufacturer Taps Aruba EdgeConnect For SD-WAN, WAN Optimization from 2021-10-04T15:01:43

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we look at a global SD-WAN deployment for manufacturing company IMMI, which makes vehicle safety products, including products for school buses and military vehicl...

Heavy Networking 600: Inside A Non-Profit Internet Exchange from 2021-10-02T02:49:12

Internet exchange points are networks you can use to connect to some other exchange participant. Sounds like maybe that’s a service provider thing, and it can be. But IXPs are useful for busines...

Briefings In Brief 102: ZPE Systems Melds Universal CPE With Out-Of-Band Management from 2021-09-30T14:55:42

ZPE Systems presented at a recent Network Field Day. Founded in 2013, ZPE Systems focuses on two markets: providing out-of-band management for infrastructure, and providing universal CPE for rem...

Day Two Cloud 117: How Akamai Helped Transform IBM Cloud Console’s Architecture (Sponsored) from 2021-09-29T19:32:57

Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast we have a sponsored show with Akamai and a customer, IBM Cloud. When IBM rebuilt its Cloud Console from a monolithic application to microservices, the company ...

Tech Bytes: Getting Performance Visibility Into The Last 6 Feet (Sponsored) from 2021-09-27T16:29:27

You’ve heard of the last mile problem. Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking problems with the last six feet. With work-from-anywhere becoming commonplace, one of the hardest challenges ...

Network Break 352: Nokia Announces 800G Routing Silicon; Pica8 Enticingly Prices Its Campus Controller, Switches from 2021-09-27T15:10:39

This week's Network Break podcast discusses Nokia's new beefed-up routing silicon, how Pica8 is pursuing campus switching with a controller/switch pricing bundle, and the latest critical securit...

Heavy Networking 599: DriveNets Taps Disaggregation To Build Networks Like Cloud (Sponsored) from 2021-09-24T14:58:57

On today's sponsored Heavy Networking we talk with DriveNets about why it’s time to take the disaggregated model--where you buy whitebox hardware and put a network operating system of your choi...

IPv6 Buzz 085: Is Your Network Ready For IPv6? from 2021-09-24T02:51:51

In this episode of IPv6 Buzz, we discuss IPv6 network readiness assessments, what they should include, and some helpful ideas for where to start.

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Briefings In Brief 101: Juniper Wants To Wire Your Campus Fabric With Mist Cloud from 2021-09-23T15:08:05

Juniper Networks has announced a new wired campus fabric solution that uses EVPN VXLAN to create a fabric and ties in to the Juniper Mist Cloud for automation and management. Ed Horley and Drew ...

Day Two Cloud 116: Emotional Intelligence, Hard Conversations, And Other Essential Management Skills from 2021-09-22T15:14:36

Guest Shelley Benhoff stops by the Day Two Cloud podcast to discuss essential skills for moving into tech management, and how to decide if management is the right career path for you. Shelley ha...

Full Stack Journey 058: New Challenges And Embracing Change from 2021-09-21T18:40:39

In episode 58 of the Full Stack Podcast, Scott talks to Nick Korte about a change that happened with his own podcast, The Nerd Journey. What lessons did Nick learn from this change, and how can ...

Tech Bytes: Operationalizing EVPN For Data Center Networks With Nokia (Sponsored) from 2021-09-20T21:08:27

On today’s Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Nokia, we dive into data center networking and EVPN. Nokia’s SR-Linux operating system can help you build a data center fabric with EVPN, and in this ...

Network Break 351: Juniper’s Wired Campus Fabric Challenges Cisco; More Azure Holes Revealed from 2021-09-20T19:50:37

Today's Network Break podcast discusses Juniper's new wired campus effort and how it leverages Mist Cloud for to help automate its campus fabric, a new set of Azure vulnerabilities, robust SD-WA...

Heavy Networking 598: The Future Of Networking – Quantum Communications With Joshua Slater from 2021-09-17T16:01:26

Today's Heavy Networking gets entangled in a discussion about quantum communications or quantum networking. We discuss qubits, the challenges of moving them across a network, use cases such as k...

Day Two Cloud 115: Software-Defined Interconnects With Console Connect (Sponsored) from 2021-09-15T13:31:32

Today's Day Two Cloud sponsored episode dives into software-defined interconnects. The big idea is that you go up to a Web browser, click a few times, and now you've got a circuit stood up betwe...

Network Break 350: Intel Pledges Billions For European Chip Factories; Facebook Reveals New Data Center Design from 2021-09-13T15:52:16

This week's Network Break podcast wonders what Intel wants in return for a multi-year, multi-billion pledge to build European chip factories, marvels at Facebook's newly revealed data center des...

Heavy Networking 597: Why Enterprises Want Private 5G (Sponsored) from 2021-09-10T21:05:01

Today's Heavy Networking podcast discusses the pros and cons of building a private 5G network in the enterprise. We examine use cases, contrast 5G with Wi-Fi, unpack the hardware and software re...

IPv6 Buzz 084: Wi-Fi 6E Adoption And IPv6 from 2021-09-09T19:32:51

In this episode of IPv6 Buzz, we compare IPv6 adoption to Wi-Fi 6E adoption (and talk about IPv6 Wi-Fi at large) with guest Tom Hollingsworth of Gestalt IT and Tech Field Day.

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Day Two Cloud 114: Successfully Transitioning From A Tech Role To Management from 2021-09-08T15:18:24

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast topic is about moving from a tech role into management. Is it a good idea? Why might you want to make the change? How can you do it successfully? We speak with two ...

Network Break 349: T-Mobile Fails To Protect Millions Of Customer Records; Ciena Buys Vyatta Router from 2021-09-07T15:01:41

Today's Network Break podcast opines on why Ciena acquired the Vyatta router from AT&T (and why AT&T wanted to sell), how T-Mobile failed current and former customers via a breach that...

Heavy Networking 596: Weaponizing Firewalls And Middleboxes For DDoS Attacks from 2021-09-03T15:32:47

Today's Heavy Networking podcast dives into academic research on DDoS attack techniques. Our guests have published a paper about how the TCP protocol and middleboxes such as firewalls can be wea...

Day Two Cloud 113: Multi-Cloud Network Visibility And Automation With Aviatrix (Sponsored) from 2021-09-01T15:54:04

Today's Day Two Cloud episode dives into multi-cloud networking with sponsor Aviatrix. Aviatrix offers a cloud network platform with a common data plane and operational model that works across p...

Tech Bytes: Fortinet Secures Work-From-Anywhere With SD-WAN And ZTNA (Sponsored) from 2021-08-30T15:52:02

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we explore the evolution of SD-WAN to encompass Zero Trust Network Access, or ZTNA. Our sponsor is Fortinet and we’ll dig into how Fortinet’s SD-WAN and FortiClie...

Network Break 348: Ransomware Bedevils Cyber Insurance; TSMC To Raise Chip Prices from 2021-08-30T14:50:40

This week's Network Break examines how ransomware has insurers rethinking premiums and coverage limits, discusses the pros and cons of ISPs sharing flow records with security companies, digs int...

Heavy Networking 595: Detect, Diagnose, And Act With Opmantek’s Automated Network Management Software (Sponsored) from 2021-08-27T18:39:52

In today's sponsored Heavy Networking show, we talk to Opmantek about NMIS, an intelligent network management platform that spans monitoring, visibility, automation, and configuration management...

IPv6 Buzz 083: The IPv6 Interface Identifier from 2021-08-26T17:00:52

In this IPv6 Buzz podcast episode we geek out about the IPv6 Interface Identifier (IID, i.e., the lower 64 bits of an IPv6 address reserved for interface identification). We discuss why IID is 6...

Day Two Cloud 112: Complex Multi-Cloud Networking from 2021-08-26T15:02:47

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast discusses the challenges of stitching together a fabric across more than one public cloud. How do you architect a fabric given the constraints of each cloud? We als...

Tech Bytes: DDOS and State Exhaustion With NETSCOUT – Updated from 2021-08-26T09:09:10

Its not widely that DDOS attacks also cause damage from state exhaustion in devices. A recent study why Netscout surprised me that many engineers are aware of overload bandwidth or routing devic...

Tech Bytes: How Kentik Enables Automated Performance Testing (Sponsored) from 2021-08-23T19:47:07

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we get into the automation of network performance testing and synthetic transactions. Our sponsor is Kentik and our guest is Avi Freedman, Kentik's CEO and co-fou...

Network Break 347: Cisco Acquires Container App Monitor; Intel Unwraps Mount Evans IPU from 2021-08-23T15:34

It's the Network Break! This week we analyze Cisco's $500 million acquisition of a container-based and serverless application monitor, Intel's announcement of Mount Evans, an Infrastructure Proc...

Heavy Networking 594: TLS 1.3 Down Deep With Ed Harmoush from 2021-08-20T17:21:46

Like anything in the world of IT, TLS has gone through various versions. TLS 1.1 and 1.2 are still commonly used, but TLS 1.3 is really where it’s at. Our guest is Ed Harmoush. Ed’s a profession...

Day Two Cloud 111: Infrastructure As Software With Kris Nóva from 2021-08-18T12:03:19

Kris Nóva, Senior Principal Software Engineer at Twilio, claims that managing infrastructure using tools like Terraform isn't that far away from just writing your own code to do the job yourself...

Full Stack Journey 057: Open Policy Agent from 2021-08-17T18:33:32

What is Open Policy Agent (OPA)? And what can someone do with it? These are some of the questions that episode 57 of the Full Stack Journey podcast tackles. In this episode, Scott is joined by D...

Tech Bytes: DDOS and State Exhaustion With NETSCOUT from 2021-08-16T18:04:35

Its not widely that DDOS attacks also cause damage from state exhaustion in devices. A recent study why Netscout surprised me that many engineers are aware of overload bandwidth or routing devices ...

Network Break 346: Extreme Gets SDWAN, Huawei Struggles and SpaceX Swarms from 2021-08-16T16:39:03

The world of virtual donuts is supply constrained. Extreme Networks finally gets SDWAN buying Ipanema from Infovista at a bargain price. Research firms that does the numbers Dell'oro pitches tha...

Heavy Networking 593: Network Observability With VMware vRealize Network Insight (Sponsored) from 2021-08-13T15:31:36

On today’s Heavy Networking, we drill into VMware’s vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) to learn how it provides end-to-end monitoring, how it uses flow records and other data sources, and its archi...

IPv6 Buzz 082: All About Allocations from 2021-08-12T14:29:13

In today's IPv6 Buzz podcast we discuss IPv6 allocations, which are critical to successful IPv6 adoption. Topics include allocation sizing, address planning, and differences among Regional Inter...

Day Two Cloud 110: Automation’s Unintended Consequences – The Bunny.net Outage Saga from 2021-08-11T15:01:33

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast walks through a massive outage that hit CDN provider Bunny.net. An automated update triggered cascading failures that essentially took the company offline for two f...

Network Break 345: Marvell Acquires High-End Ethernet ASICs; Arista CEO Says Component Shortage ‘Worst I’ve Seen’ from 2021-08-09T15:57:59

This week's Network Break podcat discusses Marvell's Innovium buy and its impact on the high-end Ethernet market, new Juniper security software for applications, Arista financial results and com...

Tech Bytes: Pharma Distributor Ensures Uptime, App Performance With Aruba SD-WAN (Sponsored) from 2021-08-09T14:29:21

Today on the Tech Bytes sponsored podcast we're talking SD-WAN with Ascent Health & Wellness, a digital healthcare platform for pharmaceutical distribution. We discuss how the company deplo...

Heavy Networking 592: The VAR Perspective On Networking And Customer Trends from 2021-08-06T18:07:26

Today on Heavy Networking, we talk with Remington Loose, Solutions Architect at a mid-sized VAR, to get a sense of what technology is in demand; what problems customers are trying to solve; and ...

Day Two Cloud 109: PacketFabric Wants To Make Networking As Easy As Cloud (Sponsored) from 2021-08-04T14:56:53

Today's sponsored Day Two Cloud episode talks WAN networking with PacketFabric. PacketFabric lets you provision point-to-point and hybrid cloud connectivity as a service. Built on a private fibe...

Network Break 344: Zoom Expands Into Contact Center Biz; Will Devs Choose Cloudflare’s Green Compute? from 2021-08-03T02:07:54

Zoom buys its way into the contact center biz with the $14.7 billion purchase of Five9, Extreme announces Wi-Fi 6E APs, Cloudflare debuts Green Compute for scheduled workloads, and IT vendors re...

Tech Bytes: Get IoT Context And Control With Aruba ESP (Sponsored) from 2021-08-02T15:58:05

Today's Tech Bytes podcast discusses how to get visibility into, and context for, all the IoT devices connecting wirelessly to your network. Our sponsor is Aruba, and we explore Aruba’s Edge Ser...

Heavy Networking 591: Want Network Automation? Start With Compliance And Validation (Sponsored) from 2021-07-30T15:49:41

On today's Heavy Networking podcast we discuss network compliance. The big idea is to rethink how you do compliance so that the process is automation friendly and accommodates all the network de...

IPv6 Buzz 081: App Development And IPv6 from 2021-07-30T15:02:35

In today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, hosts Ed and Tom speak with Richard Campbell all about app development and IPv6, including challenges developers face with the protocol, IPv6 adoption among develop...

Day Two Cloud 108: Putting The Dev In DevOps from 2021-07-28T15:31:03

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast dives into Cloud Development Kits (CDKs). How do CDKs differ from tools such as Terraform? What are the selling points for CDKs for infrastructure and development p...

Tech Bytes: Protecting Public Schools With Fortinet’s Security Fabric (Sponsored) from 2021-07-26T20:14:31

In this Tech Bytes podcast we talk with Bill Pulte, CIO of the Educational Services Unit (ESU), which provides education services to public schools in Nebraska. Pulte uses multiple Fortinet prod...

Network Break 343: Ericsson, Verizon Ink $8.3 Billion 5G Deal; Intel Reports Flat Revenues from 2021-07-26T15:11:06

This week on the Network Break we examine an $8.3 billion 5G deal between Ericsson and Verizon, Microsoft's CloudKnox purchase to bolster cloud permissions management, research into microprocess...

Heavy Networking 590: What It Takes To Build An ISP In 2021 from 2021-07-23T14:46:13

There's a huge amount that goes into building an ISP, from getting access to poles to run fiber, operating a cable plant, setting up customer support and billing, getting network gear in place--...

Day Two Cloud 107: Making The Management Mistake from 2021-07-21T15:56

Today on the Day Two Cloud podcast, Ethan and Ned discuss two new AWS courses from Ned, and then tell stories about the time they took management jobs they shouldn't have. They share lessons le...

Full Stack Journey 056: Network Automation Progress And Problems from 2021-07-20T16:14

What's the latest with network automation? Where is the industry getting things right, and where is there more work to be done? How is public cloud influencing network automation? Scott Lowe wel...

Tech Bytes: Instrumenting For Hybrid Work With AppNeta (Sponsored) from 2021-07-19T19:16:51

On today's sponsored Tech Bytes episode, we talk with AppNeta about instrumenting application performance to support on-prem and remote employees in today's hybrid work environment. Our AppNeta ...

Network Break 342: SolarWinds Back In Security Hot Seat; In Defense Of The Fax Machine from 2021-07-19T15:36:44

Today's Network Break podcast delves into security issues at SolarWinds and SonicWall, discusses a new network offload capability between NVIDIA and Palo Alto Networks, comments on Japanese bure...

Heavy Networking 589: Cloud Networking’s Good, Bad, And Ugly: What CSPs Don’t Tell You (Sponsored) from 2021-07-16T17:15:05

Today's Heavy Networking examines how some of the unpleasant bits of cloud networking can be improved, particularly in the areas of troubleshooting, visibility, security, and automation. Our spo...

IPv6 Buzz 080: Working With IPv6 In The Management Plane from 2021-07-15T15:51:26

On today's IPv6 Buzz, Ed and Scott talk about IPv6 in the management plane with network engineers Nick Buraglio and Chris Cummings, including management challenges, dual-stack vs. IPv6 only, IPv...

Day Two Cloud 106: Towards A More Open Cloud from 2021-07-14T14:49:37

On today's Day Two Cloud we discuss the notion of open cloud. The premise is about reducing or minimizing costs of migrating from a public cloud. In theory, open cloud lets organizations keep th...

Heavy Networking 588: Exploring The Hidden Realms Of Subsea Cables With Telstra (Sponsored) from 2021-07-13T15:13:57

Subsea communications cables are an essential part of the global Internet. On today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Telstra, we dive into the realms of undersea cables to learn how they are lai...

Tech Bytes: An IT Punch List For Reopening The Office (Sponsored) from 2021-07-12T18:52:02

If IT thinks it can take the office network out of mothballs and expect everything to be fine when employees show up, think again. On today's Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Netskope, guest Han...

Network Break 341: Ransomware Clobbers Kaseya Customers; HPE Buys Zerto For Cloud Data Protection from 2021-07-12T15:16:33

This week Network Break examines the fallout of the Kaseya breach, HPE's acquisitions of Zerto and Ampool to extend the value of its Greenlake platform, and Fortinet's purchase of a secure softw...

Heavy Networking 587: When Your Side Project Gets Billions Of Hits – The ICanHazIP Saga from 2021-07-09T16:26:19

Today on Heavy Networking, the icanhazip story. On the surface, icanhazip.com is simple enough: You hit the URL, and get back your external, public IP address. There are no ads, no blinky lights...

Day Two Cloud 105: How The Fly.io Cloud Brings Apps Closer To Users from 2021-07-07T15:25:19

Fly.io is a public cloud that can run your applications all over the world. The goal of Fly.io is to allow developers to self-service complicated infrastructure without an ops team, while making...

Network Break 340: Marvell Challenges NVIDIA With 5nm DPU; Startup WiteSand Tackles Multi-Vendor Campus Network Management from 2021-07-06T15:25:22

This week's podcast asks how many Data Processing Units (DPUs) the market can support, discusses a startup that wants to manage your multi-vendor campus network from the cloud, explores new secu...

Heavy Networking 586: Virtualizing And Accelerating 5G RAN With 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon (Sponsored) from 2021-07-02T10:00:18

Today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Intel, dives into 5G, virtualization, and AI. Intel's 3rd Gen Xeon processors can support a variety of use cases, including running virtualized network fun...

IPv6 Buzz 079: IPv6 In The Data Center from 2021-07-01T15:40:30

In this week's IPv6 Buzz podcast, we explore IPv6 in the data center with guest Jeff Tantsura. Jeff is formerly head of Network Strategy with Juniper/Apstra, and now with Microsoft Azure. We exp...

Day Two Cloud 104: Cloud Is No Escape From Your Data Center Dumpster Fire from 2021-06-30T14:46:36

IT and business leaders need to be more nuanced in their approach to the cloud. On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, guest Melissa Palmer discusses why cloud hype is a problem for organizations, th...

Full Stack Journey 055: Application Migration And Kubernetes from 2021-06-29T19:03:40

Are application migrations still a thing in the cloud-native world? In this episode of the Full Stack Journey podcast, host Scott Lowe is joined by Nicholas Lane, Staff Engineer on the Kubernete...

Tech Bytes: What Telia Carrier’s 400G Expansion Means For Your WAN (Sponsored) from 2021-06-28T18:27:29

We talk global IP backbones and 400G with sponsor Telia Carrier on today's Tech Bytes podcast. The company offers IP services from multiple PoPs in the US and is making significant investments i...

Network Break 339: HPE Raises The Stakes On Its GreenLake Strategy; Windows 11 Injects Itself With Teams from 2021-06-28T14:30:42

Take a Network Break! We discuss how HPE raises the stakes on its GreenLake hybrid cloud strategy with new features, look at new products from Aruba Networks, review the latest changes in Window...

Heavy Networking 585: From Help Desk To Network Automation Engineer In 5 Years from 2021-06-25T17:03:40

Curt Norris started his career as an IT support specialist. Five years later he's an automation engineer. On today's Heavy Networking we discuss his career journey including milestones, ongoing ...

Day Two Cloud 103: Scality ARTESCA Is More Than An Object Store (Sponsored) from 2021-06-23T14:55:18

On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk storage with sponsor Scality about its ARTESCA platform, cloud-native object storage for modern workloads. It integrates with Kubernetes, serves as stora...

Heavy Networking 584: Optimize Your Peering With Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis (Sponsored) from 2021-06-22T18:37:16

Today's Heavy Networking explores Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis from episode sponsor Cisco. This tool is designed to make you deeply knowledgeable about your BGP peering relationships and tra...

Tech Bytes: Batteries Plus Powers Its Branches With Fortinet SD-WAN (Sponsored) from 2021-06-21T19:01:26

Today's Tech Bytes podcast is an interview with Fortinet customer Batteries Plus, a retailer that specializes in batteries, chargers, and lighting, about its SD-WAN and SD-Branch deployments. Fo...

Network Break 338: Breach In Progress? Gigamon Operators Are Standing By; IEEE Finalizes New Ethernet Standard from 2021-06-21T14:56:41

Gigamon adds a human touch to a new SaaS NDR offering, the IEEE finalizes 802.3cu for faster speeds over single-mode optical fiber, US service providers roll out managed SASE services, and more ...

Heavy Networking 583: How Salesforce Evolved Its Branch Network With Prisma SD-WAN (Sponsored) from 2021-06-18T16:58:29

On today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we hear from Salesforce about the evolution of its branch network to SD-WAN. Salesforce was able to trade MPLS for Internet broadban...

IPv6 Buzz 078: IPv6 For Small And Medium-Sized Businesses from 2021-06-17T15:24:17

IPv6 isn't just for large enterprises. In today's IPv6 Buzz episode Ed, Scott, and Tom makes the case for small and medium-sized businesses embracing the protocol, and what they should consider ...

Day Two Cloud 102: Edge Cloud Isn’t Magic from 2021-06-16T15:49:30

Today we're talking Edge Cloud. Guest Alex Marcham has written a book on the subject and we'll get his take on edge infrastructure, what edge cloud is all about, real-world use cases, and how it...

Tech Bytes: Digital Experience Management For Distributed Workforces (Sponsored) from 2021-06-14T15:06:35

Today's Tech Bytes podcast dives into Digital Experience Management, or DEM. With distributed and remote work becoming more accepted, IT orgs are looking for better ways to monitor and manage us...

Network Break 337: Hey, You Dropped Some Bitcoin; Fastly Recovers From Outage…Fastly from 2021-06-14T13:57:56

On this week's Network Break deployment of virtual donuts and tech commentary, Fastly takes out much of the Web but recovers quickly, AWS suffers an outage at a German data center, US law enforc...

Heavy Networking 582: The Future Of Networking With Nick McKeown from 2021-06-11T16:16:48

Nick McKeown, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University, stops by the Heavy Networking podcast to speculate on the future of networking. Professor McKeown h...

Day Two Cloud 101: Closing The Network/Cloud Gap Before You Fall In (Sponsored) from 2021-06-09T15:38:24

On today's episode, sponsored by BlueCat Networks, we examine the technology and human challenges that arise when you integrate on-prem and the public cloud. You can't continue to do things in t...

Tech Bytes: Wi-Fi 6E – New Spectrum, New Opportunities (Sponsored) from 2021-06-07T18:02:41

Today’s Tech Bytes podcast dives into Wi-Fi 6E, the extended version of the Wi-Fi 6 standard that takes advantage of newly available spectrum in the 6 GHz band. We’re sponsored today by Aruba, a...

Network Break 336: Cisco Announces Cloud ACI And More; Amazon Borrows Wi-Fi Without Asking from 2021-06-07T14:59:35

Cisco debuts Cloud ACI to unify segmentation policies on prem and in the public cloud, Amazon will activate an opt-out mesh network using your Ring and Echo devices, Microsoft buys an IoT securi...

Heavy Networking 581: How Gluware Lab Brings DevOps To NetOps (Sponsored) from 2021-06-04T17:13:03

On today's Heavy Networking, we get practical with infrastructure-as-code, talking with sponsor Gluware about how their users have integrated network automation into their IT practices, bringing...

IPv6 Buzz 077: Revisiting World IPv6 Launch With Tim Martin from 2021-06-03T23:44:47

In this week's IPv6 Buzz podcast, Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss the 9th anniversary of World IPv6 Launch (and the 10th anniversary of World IPv6 Day) with Cisco alumnus and IPv6 expert (and IPv6 Bu...

Day Two Cloud 100: Get To Know Crossplane: An Infrastructure Control Plane For K8s from 2021-06-02T16:57:53

Crossplane is an open-source project that plugs into Kubernetes to serve as a control plane that can run across multiple private and public clouds. It allows infrastructure teams to compose infr...

Network Break 335: Cyber Insurance Premiums Climb; Aruba To Debut Wi-Fi 6E AP from 2021-06-01T15:11:53

Today's Network Break discusses rising cyber insurance premiums and how wider insurance adoption might affect the security market. We also discuss a forthcoming Aruba AP that uses newly availabl...

Tech Bytes: Why Sanitas Selected Aruba EdgeConnect As Its SD-WAN Solution (Sponsored) from 2021-06-01T13:43:46

On today's Tech Bytes podcast we speak with healthcare provider Sanitas on why the organization is replacing its existing SD-WAN vendor with Aruba EdgeConnect to provide network insights for vis...

Heavy Networking 580: Multivendor EVPN? Nope from 2021-05-28T15:50:11

Today's Heavy Networking is a nerdy excursion into EVPN VXLAN, including how it works, why you might want it, and why multivendor interoperability is so difficult with this standard. Guest Tony ...

Day Two Cloud 099: Can Cloud Computing Get Simpler? from 2021-05-26T14:53

We're a good ten years into public cloud as an industry, and cloud operations don't seem to be getting any simpler. Why is that? Is it a problem? If so, can clouds become simpler? Guest Brian Gr...

Full Stack Journey 054: Changes Big And Small from 2021-05-25T14:38:32

On today's Full Stack Journey podcast, host Scott Lowe shares some personal changes in his life, including leaving VMware for a startup called Kong, selling a house and moving, and buying and us...

Network Break 334: Palo Alto Unveils New Security Gear; Arista Saves Time With Lowest-Latency Switch from 2021-05-24T19:35:56

This week's Network Break covers new firewalls & other security products from Palo Alto Networks, discusses Arista's lowest-latency switch (now with EOS), reviews financial results from Cis...

Tech Bytes: Nokia’s Fabric Services System Simplifies Data Center Operations (Sponsored) from 2021-05-24T15:43:37

Today's Tech Byte explores a digital sandbox for fabric emulation. This unique feature is part of Nokia's Fabric Services System for automating and operating a data center fabric. Our Nokia gues...

Heavy Networking 579: How Arrcus Enables Network-as-a-Service For 5G Edge/Access Networks (Sponsored) from 2021-05-21T20:11:52

Today on Heavy Networking, we talk with sponsor Arrcus about its support for segment routing and the impact it will have on the wider network market, particularly for 5G networks. Our guests fro...

IPv6 Buzz 076: Even More Listener Questions! from 2021-05-20T13:43:18

Where does IPv6 fit in to the Zero Trust model of network security? What are the considerations when deploying IPv6 on a global network with lots of firewalls? Are there caveats to using IPv6 Gl...

Day Two Cloud 098: Cloud Centers Of Excellence – Should You Have One? from 2021-05-19T17:14:01

A fractured cloud strategy causes headaches such as duplicated services, unnecessary costs, poor security controls, and other problems. A cloud center of excellence can reduce the pain by develo...

Tech Bytes: Automating Network Troubleshooting With PathSolutions (Sponsored) from 2021-05-17T19:54:36

Today we’re talking about automating network troubleshooting. We’re sponsored by PathSolutions, maker of the TotalView network monitoring software. TotalView pulls in network and device data and...

Network Break 333: Cisco Acquires Optical Controller Software; DarkSide Gang Gets The Spotlight from 2021-05-17T17:32:26

This week's Network Break covers a pair of Cisco acquisitions, new path analysis capabilities from NetBeez, how the DarkSide ransomware gang is getting the spotlight, sleazy behavior from US bro...

Heavy Networking 578: When Your Homegrown Tool Becomes Essential To The Team from 2021-05-14T18:34:56

Lots of network engineers develop tools to help them automate tasks. What happens if you build something so useful it becomes adopted in your organization? Ivan Del Rio, Senior IP Engineer at DQ...

Day Two Cloud 097: Azure Cloud Networking Essentials from 2021-05-12T14:59:44

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast explores essential networking capabilities in Azure, including Virtual WAN, VPN gateways, availability zones, SSL termination options, connecting premises and branc...

Tech Bytes: Auto Dealer Takes Network Control With Fortinet (Sponsored) from 2021-05-10T18:48:09

Frustrated by poor service from an MSP, the IT team at White Family auto dealers needed a more efficient way to connect locations while ensuring high performance and strong security to meet regu...

Network Break 332: Juniper Teases SASE Offering; IBM Gets Small With 2nm Chip from 2021-05-10T15:02:27

Today's Network Break covers IBM's new 2nm chip process, Juniper's first step toward a SASE offering, whether secondary markets for network gear might be an option for companies dealing with sup...

Heavy Networking 577: A Customer View On Cloud-Delivered Security For Streamlining Distributed Workforces (Sponsored) from 2021-05-07T21:02:42

Today's Heavy Networking gets into cloud-delivered security for user access. We're sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, and we'll talk about its Prisma Access service with a customer: Josh Dye, SVP ...

IPv6 Buzz 075: Why Wells Fargo Bought Into IPv6 from 2021-05-06T16:57:25

In this week's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom chat with John Burns, a lead architect at Wells Fargo, about the relatively early adoption of IPv6 at the company. The discussion also covers...

Day Two Cloud 096: Public Cloud Isn’t Wrong. You Are. from 2021-05-05T18:00:46

Today's Day Two Cloud is a wide-ranging discussion about the value of public cloud, a response to the growing backlash toward cloud cost and complexity, and techniques to better meld automation ...

Tech Bytes: VMware vRealize Network Insight: App-Aware Network Monitoring And Assurance (Sponsored) from 2021-05-04T19:51:08

This Tech Bytes podcast explores the network assurance and verification feature in VMware's vRealize Network Insight network monitoring software. This feature builds a real-time model of your pr...

Network Break 331: Proofpoint Goes Private In $12 Billion Deal; Defense Dept. Unveils IPv4 Address Cache from 2021-05-03T15:34:57

Guest analyst Johna Till Johnson, CEO and Founder of Nemertes Research, joins the Network Break to discuss a variety of IT news including the rising price of copper, Proofpoint going private in ...

Heavy Networking 576: Deception And Canaries In Network Security from 2021-04-30T09:00:35

Today's Heavy Networking examines the role of deception and "canaries" in network security. A canary sits on a network segment (or multiple segments) and sounds the alarm if it comes under attac...

Day Two Cloud 095: Grappling With The Open Source Business Model from 2021-04-28T15:19:15

Today on Day Two Cloud we get into a whole lot of things. For example, what is IT's value in the age of cloud? How can IT figure out what's actually providing value to the business vs. undiffere...

Heavy Networking 575: Designing Better Networking And Security With SASE (Sponsored) from 2021-04-27T18:43:58

On today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we examine what SASE means to you as a network engineer, its effects on how applications are protected and how you provide access to...

Tech Bytes: Rethinking Network Automation Using Nokia Fabric Services System (Sponsored) from 2021-04-26T15:49:38

Operating a data center fabric is a substantial challenge. Nokia Fabric Services System embraces automation to manage your data center fabric. In today's episode, sponsored by Nokia, we dive int...

Network Break 330: VMware Stitches Together A SASE Offering; Nvidia’s Arm Purchase On Hold from 2021-04-26T14:39:07

This week's Network Break podcast examines VMware's new SASE offering for the distributed workforce, Nvidia's Arm-based accelerators, why the United Kingdom de-accelerated Nvidia's Arm acquisiti...

Heavy Networking 574: Get HIP With Zero Trust And Tempered Networks (Sponsored) from 2021-04-23T16:58:14

Today's Heavy Networking podcast, sponsored by Tempered Networks, dives into how Tempered builds a software-defined perimeter with native zero trust, leveraging the Host Identity Protocol (HIP),...

IPv6 Buzz 074: IPv6 And Public VPN Services from 2021-04-22T14:27

In this week's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss the state of public VPN services and IPv6 with Tomislav Čohar, principal architect at, and cofounder of, the hide.me VPN service.

Tech Bytes: Unifying Cloud Automation And Network Infrastructure With Gluware (Sponsored) from 2021-04-21T17:15:54

In this Tech Byte podcast, sponsored by Gluware, we explore the latest features and capabilities in the Gluware network automation and orchestration platform, including an API-based controller t...

Day Two Cloud 094: Essential Concepts Of Zero Trust from 2021-04-21T14:35:23

Today's Day Two Cloud episode aims to pick apart the marketing fluff around Zero Trust (there's a lot of it) to uncover a workable definition, discuss the rationale for this approach, and develo...

Full Stack Journey 053: Exploring Developer Advocacy And Developer Relations from 2021-04-20T19:45:54

Today's Full Stack Journey delves into developer advocacy: what is it, why do organizations have this role, and what makes a good developer advocate? Host Scott Lowe has invited four practitione...

Tech Bytes: Optimizing Performance And IT Support For Your Distributed Workforce (Sponsored) from 2021-04-19T19:45:52

On today’s Tech Bytes episode, sponsored by AppNeta, we explore how IT can optimize performance and support for a highly distributed workforce and develop a sustainable strategy for a Work From ...

Network Break 329: Dell, VMware Consciously Uncouple; Aruba Networks Lives On The Edge from 2021-04-19T15:23:14

This week's Network Break podcast examines Dell's plans to spin off VMware for a healthy dose of cash, reviews Aruba Networks' Atmosphere keynotes, and dives into NVIDIA announcements around Sma...

Heavy Networking 573: Using Application Dictionaries For Better Security Policy Management from 2021-04-16T16:41:42

Today's Heavy Networking thinks hard about how to manage security policy in modern IT infrastructure. We get into sources of truth, application modeling and application dictionaries, approval wo...

Day Two Cloud 093: Application Modernization With VMware (Sponsored) from 2021-04-14T15:46:44

Today’s Day Two Cloud tackles application modernization with sponsor VMware. As new application platforms such as containers and the public cloud take hold, organizations need to examine t...

Tech Bytes: New Prisma SD-WAN Features Improve Operations, Analytics (Sponsored) from 2021-04-12T20:56:04

Today’s Tech Bytes podcast explores new features in Prisma SD-WAN 5.5 from Palo Alto Networks, our sponsor for this episode. New features include event correlation and analysis, improved stats a...

Network Break 328: Arista CloudVision Adds Config Workflow Automation; Innovium ASICs Embrace SONiC from 2021-04-12T14:28:55

On this week's Network Break we cover Arista's careful steps into automation, new support for SONiC from Innovium, a cash injection for whitebox NOS maker Pica8, a startup tackling cloud infrast...

Heavy Networking 572: How First Bank Leverages Aruba SD-WAN For Network And Security Transformation (Sponsored) from 2021-04-09T15:19:12

Today's Heavy Networking explores how First Bank uses Aruba’s SD-WAN to advance its cloud migration, support remote workers, and provide secure segmentation for IoT devices. We also discuss the ...

IPv6 Buzz 073: Exploring Microsoft’s IPv6 History from 2021-04-08T14:33:28

This week's IPv6 Buzz episode features Justine Vick, network architect and engineer and Microsoft veteran whose IPv6 work dates back to the earliest inclusion of the protocol in Windows.We talk ...

Day Two Cloud 092: What AWS Lambda Is Good For from 2021-04-07T14:23:23

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast is a thorough introduction to AWS Lambda, which is AWS's serverless compute service. We discuss how Lamdba works, what it can do, use cases, and more. Our guide for...

Tech Bytes: Prioritizing Identity And Zero Trust Across The Network With Aruba (Sponsored) from 2021-04-05T19:45:16

On today's Tech Bytes, sponsored by Aruba Networks, we discuss the role of identity in security and why identity is a critical component of a zero-trust approach to network access. Our guest fro...

Network Break 327: Cisco Embraces As-A-Service Procurement; Will Amazon Make Its Own ASICs? from 2021-04-05T15:05:30

Today's Network Break sifts through the most interesting news from Cisco Live 2021 including an as-a-service procurement model, support for biometric-based authentication, integrating ThousandEy...

BiB100: Zero Trust With Araali Networks from 2021-04-02T20:28:21

Today’s briefing summary is about startup Araali Networks, one of the most interesting startups we’ve chatted with in a while. Abhishek Singh, CEO and co-founder, gave Ethan Banks and Drew Conry...

Heavy Networking 571: Network Automation Workflows With Jenkins from 2021-04-02T15:29:09

Today on Heavy Networking, we talk about how to roll your own network automation workflow. Guest Steve Puluka has developed an automation workflow system that uses GitLab and Jenkins, among othe...

Day Two Cloud 091: BGP School For Cloud People from 2021-03-31T14:54:14

On today's Day Two Cloud, Ethan Banks and Ned Bellavance dive into essentials about BGP including why it's so widely used, concepts such as the Autonomous System (AS), the AS number, loop preven...

Heavy Networking 570: Dell Brings The SONiC NOS To SmartNICs And DPUs (Sponsored) from 2021-03-30T15:11:10

On today's sponsored Heavy Networking podcast we examine the use of SmartNICs and DPUs to offload networking and security processes. We also discuss the use of the SONiC network OS to run on Sma...

Tech Bytes: Inside The Latest SASE Features Of Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access 2.0 (Sponsored) from 2021-03-29T18:46:43

oday on the Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we dive into Prisma Access 2.0 and how it differs from the first-generation version. We talk about cloud-delivered security, Zero...

Network Break 326: Cloudflare Announces New WAN Services; Intel’s Turnaround Roadmap from 2021-03-29T15:19:23

Can Pat Gelsinger refloat the Intel container ship? Is Cloudflare's new magic WAN service all that new? What's behind the Fortinet/Linksys partnership? Is a tweet really worth $2.9 million? This...

Heavy Networking 569: New Metro Architectures For 5G, IoT, And Low Latency Services (Sponsored) from 2021-03-26T18:34:12

5G, IoT, and low-latency virtualized edge services present a major opportunity for providers and enterprises to build and consume new services in the metro network. On today's Heavy Networking e...

IPv6 Buzz 072: NIST And Testing IPv6 Interoperability from 2021-03-25T14:58:31

Today's IPv6 Buzz guest, Doug Montgomery, is manager of Internet and scalable systems research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which has been critical in helping st...

Day Two Cloud 090: Hashicorp Vault For Beginners from 2021-03-24T16:05:23

HashiCorp Vault is a management tool that stores and controls access to sensitive data (passwords, certificates, API keys, and so on). Today's Day Two Cloud is a deep dive on Vault and its use c...

Network Break 325: VMware Buys API Security Startup; Gartner Bullish On SONiC Network OS from 2021-03-22T19:51:41

This week's Network Break podcast discusses VMware's purchase of API security startup Mesh7, looks at a new security option for third-party Web components from Tala Security, and analyzes why Ga...

Tech Bytes: Automating Cloud Networks With Gluware (Sponsored) from 2021-03-22T15:30:24

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Gluware, we discuss automating cloud networks. Our guest is Mike Haugh, VP of Product Marketing. Mike takes us through how Gluware worked with a cus...

Heavy Networking 568: Effective Technical Communication from 2021-03-19T18:47:04

Today's Heavy Networking explores how to communicate complex, nuanced technical topics to non-technical people. We examine how to balance finicky details with broader outcomes, discuss the value...

Day Two Cloud 089: Connect All The Cloud Things – AWS Networking In 2021 from 2021-03-17T14:58:08

Network engineer and AWS product manager Nick Matthews visits the Day Two Cloud podcast to talk about the newest cloud networking capabilities in AWS. We also discuss common design mistakes, wha...

Heavy Networking 567: Why You’ll Use A Service Provider Edge Cloud (Sponsored) from 2021-03-16T21:49:40

In today's sponsored Heavy Networking podcast, Juniper Networks is here to make the case that service providers are building cloud services at the edge that enterprises can take advantage of. Jo...

Full Stack Journey 052: Scaling Infrastructure As Code Beyond A Single Engineer from 2021-03-16T14:44:19

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) can work great for a single user, but what happens when lots of people are pushing changes? Scott Lowe and guest Tim Davis talk about the challenges of scaling IaC b...

Tech Bytes: How Palo Alto Networks Differentiates Prisma SD-WAN (Sponsored) from 2021-03-15T15:49:12

Palo Alto Networks sponsors today's Tech Bytes. We drill into key differentiators of the Prisma SD-WAN platform including its use of machine learning, the unique CloudBlades offering, and its ap...

Network Break 324: Cisco ASIC Hits 25.6Tbps; AWS Extends VPC Flow Logs For Better Visibility from 2021-03-15T14:39:39

This week's Network Break discusses new ASICs from Cisco, new metadata fields in AWS VPC flow logs, a cloud visibility fabric from packet broker specialist Gigamon, lessons from a data center fi...

Heavy Networking 566: Inside Intel’s Strategy To Unlock Data Center Performance (Sponsored) from 2021-03-12T17:40:42

On today's Heavy Networking we dive into Intel's portfolio---including Tofino, SmartNICs, P4, and more---to understand how it unlocks the compute power of your data center. Our guest is Mike Zei...

IPv6 Buzz 071: IPv6 And SD-WAN from 2021-03-11T21:41:57

In this week's IPv6 Buzz episode Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss how IPv6 fits into the SD-WAN picture and some of the considerations of deploying IPv6 with this networking technology.

The pos...

Day Two Cloud 088: The Tech Recruiter – Friend Or Foe? from 2021-03-10T19:29:40

Our guest is Taylor Desseyn, Sr. Recruiter Advocate at Vaco. Taylor knows tech recruiting forwards and backwards. He gives us an insider's view of how recruiters look at you and how you should l...

Tech Bytes: Manufacturer Taps Fortinet SD-WAN For IT/OT Convergence (Sponsored) from 2021-03-08T19:40:01

Dutch manufacturer Wavin wanted to securely connect offices and factories. The company turned to Fortinet SD-WAN to support its cloud-first strategy and converge its IT/OT security requirements....

Network Break 323: Google To Swap 3rd-Party Cookies For Cohorts; Attackers Exploit On-Prem Exchange from 2021-03-08T15:35:41

This week's Network Break checks the fine print on a Google pledge to phase out third-party cookie tracking, examines a serious attack against Microsoft Exchange servers, dives into HPE's latest...

Heavy Networking 565: In Defense Of EIGRP from 2021-03-05T20:11:58

Does EIGRP need defending? Can this protocol even be defended? Ethan Banks and Zig Zsiga debate the case for EIGRP and discuss major use cases, design considerations, scaling tips, and more.

Day Two Cloud 087: Inside The World Of A Technical Marketer from 2021-03-03T16:18:40

Engineers are skeptical of vendor marketing, which is typically heavy on buzzwords and light on actual information. But technical marketing tries to change that dynamic by creating collateral to...

Network Break 322: Juniper Mist-ifes 128 Technology; US Telcos Spend Big For 5G Spectrum from 2021-03-01T17:28:41

On today's Network Break we discuss a slate of Juniper announcements around new integrations with its Mist platform, plus new switches. HPE acquires a SaaS company for controlling cloud and infr...