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We talk with Tim Banks about a wide range of topics including career development, how to stand out as an interview candidate, building a resume, finding your blind spots, diversity in tech (or lack thereof), and more. Let’s get into all the things with Tim! Episode Guest: Tim Banks | Lead Developer Advocate at Dell... Read more »

Take a Network Break! On today’s show we spend most of the episode talking about HPE’s $14 billion bid for Juniper Networks. We discuss reasons for the deal, product overlap, potential upsides, challenges to integrating these two companies and their product lines, and more. We also talk about a successful test by Starlink to send... Read more »

At AutoCon0 in November 2023, guest Jeremy Schulman delivered a talk from the main stage about delivering network assurance. If the term “network assurance” doesn’t mean anything to you, think about how you prove after an install or a change that the network is doing what it’s supposed to be doing. If you’re doing it... Read more »

While it’s easy to find technical content and make professional connections online, in-person interactions are still valuable for learning, forging business and personal connections, and career development. On today’s Day Two Cloud we discuss how and why to build local tech communities. Guest Laura Santamaria is a developer, developer advocate, and longtime community builder. We... Read more »

Take a Network Break! We start the new year by examining major themes and trends that we think will affect IT and networking in 2024. Topics include: AI beyond LLMs Whether open source can remain a viable model in a predatory tech environment Cisco vs. everybody Why IT can’t ignore geopolitics for strategic planning What... Read more »

We talk with network architects and engineers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital about their automation strategy for mission-critical networks that support patient care. We explore the automation progress they've made, long-term goals, technical and cultural challenges, what they'd like to see from vendors, and more. The post HN715: Prescribing The Right Dose Of Automation For A Hospital Network appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Day Two Cloud explores platform engineering. We talk about how to balance the needs of infrastructure engineers and developers, how to shift to a delivery model, and how to account for human personalities and operational processes in your platform. Tools and tech are essential, but you also have to consider and incorporate the non-tech stuff. The post D2C227: Platforms Reduce Cognitive Overhead appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about a cloud project where things didn't go as planned. There were people problems, technical problems, and regulatory problems. Our guest Jonah Andersson shares lessons learned and how they can inform your own cloud strategies. We also talk about how to determine if cloud is the right choice, why you need to account for people and processes and not just tech, and more. The post D2C226: Creating An Effective Cloud Migration Strategy appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Network Break we discuss why Broadcom wants VMware customers on subscription licenses, whether GenAI will be a free or paid feature for network management software, how Cisco doged a multi-billion-dollar patent infringement, what a successful test of space lasers means for satellite broadband means for Amazon's Project Kuiper, and more IT news. The post NB460: VMware Ditches Perpetual Licenses; GenAI Is Coming To Network Ops appeared first on Packet Pushers.

SD-WAN and SASE are evolving to encompass more features and capabilities around security, application performance, network visibility, and more. On today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we look at how AI is transforming SD-WAN and SASE to help build the branch of the future. The post HN714: Building The Branch Of The Future With SASE Powered By AI (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

This is part two of a special edition of Day Two Cloud with conversations recorded at KubeCon 2023 in Chicago. These conversations cover the state of cloud-native security, getting a holistic view of your cloud-native environment, security challenges for Kubernetes, and the state of the software supply chain. The post D2C225: Security KubeConversations Part 2 – Cloud-Native Security Challenges appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Our KubeConversations series continues with a two-part episode on securing Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure. I attended KubeCon 2023 in Chicago and had the opportunity to speak with vendors and open-source maintainers about the work they're doing to help protect your Kubernetes environments. I talk about a Kubernetes Bill of Materials, protecting K8s from ransomware, protecting APIs and Web front-ends from attacks, and the state of cloud-native security. The post D2C224: Security KubeConversations Part 1 – Protecting Your Kubernetes Infrastructure appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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, Marvell's new DPUs for networking devices, why Amazon has to rely on SpaceX to get Project Kuiper satellites into orbit, and more IT news. The post NB459: IBM Aims To Own The Quantum Realm; Amazon Hitches A Ride With SpaceX appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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 as sources of truth and the role of abstractions in automation. We also talk about the learning, cultural, and business challenges of network automation--and how to get beyond them. The post HN713: Network Automation: Where Are We, And Where Can We Go? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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 Virtual Network Manager, as well as how to optimize your Azure observability--meaning, how not to blow up your budget with unnecessary logging. The post D2C223: Accelerating VM Performance With Azure Boost appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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 updates and the latest protections. In today's sponsored Heavy Networking, we talk with Fortinet about its Fortiguard Security Services, how they work, and how customers can take advantage of them. The post HN712: FortiGuard Security Services: Invisible Operations, Tangible Results (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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. The post NB458: Broadcom Debuts On-Chip Neural Net, Lays Off VMware Staff; Okta Breach Gets Worse appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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 provisioning that’s repeatable, standardized, and straightforward to consume. We’ll also talk about how Apstra now works with Terraform to help streamline network self-service. The post HN711: Get Cloud-Like Operation Of Your Data Center With Juniper Apstra And Terraform (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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, routing improvements, a tech preview of IPAM in vNet Manager, updates around containers and security, and other network-related topics in Azure. Microsoft is the sponsor of this episode. The post D2C222: What’s New In Azure Networking (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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 satellite Internet efforts, and Nvidia puts up jaw-dropping results in its latest quarterly earnings. The post NB457: Broadcom, VMware Tie The Knot; Nvidia SuperNICs Target AI Ethernet Acceleration appeared first on Packet Pushers.