EP 465 | FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Dell Terminates VMware Resale Deal; Return-To-Office Orders Backfire Says Study

This week on Network Break we discuss Dell terminating its resale agreement of VMware. Plus, a new study finds Return-To-Office (RTO) mandates don’t improve productivity or company performance, but do drive down employee job satisfaction. That and much, much more. | LISTEN NOW

SPONSORED | FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Breaking Through The Noise With Wi-Fi 7

Wi-Fi 7 is the latest iteration of the wireless standard from the Wi-Fi Alliance. What does Wi-FI 7 bring to the table, and is it worth going through an upgrade? Chris Hinsz, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Fortinet walks us through new features in Wi-Fi 7 and discusses how Fortinet incorporates security into its wireless platform. | LISTEN NOW

EP 064 | FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Mastering the Art of Strategy and Architecture with Pocket Change

Greg and Johna unpack a treasure trove of wisdom, zooming into the exhilarating realm of strategy architecture and the craft of sculpting strategy roadmaps on a shoestring budget. | LISTEN NOW

EP 020 | FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How We Got to Wi-Fi 7 and Where We Go From Here

To understand the newest standard, Wi-Fi 7, it helps to look back at Wi-Fi 5 and 6, and even forward to Wi-Fi 8. Host Keith Parsons and Wi-Fi expert Srikanth Subramanian touch on the role chipsets play in Wi-Fi evolution, predict MLO will be the biggest draw for Wi-Fi 7, and even get into how cellular is winning the global developmental battle against Wi-Fi. | LISTEN NOW

EP 232 | FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Chaos Engineering: Breaking Things on Purpose

Chaos engineering is all about resilience and reliability… it just takes the harder path to get there. Matt Schillerstrom from Harness introduces Ned and Ethan to this wild corner of performance engineering and testing methodology. | LISTEN NOW

EP 144 | FEBRUARY 8, 2024

AWS Adds New Charge for IPv4, Governments Push toward IPv6

A round-up of IP address news to start the new year: AWS announces more IPv6 features and support, and adds a new charge for public IPv4 use. State actors, including Vietnam and the Czech Republic, push toward a full transition to IPv6 usage. | LISTEN NOW

EP 720 | FEBRUARY 9, 2024

What Yale Learned about RADIUS Load Balancing

Yale’s efforts to load-balance RADIUS servers is a case study in system design for resiliency. First, there was a lone, redundant PSN. Next, F5s load balancers entered the picture. Then the network team realized a feature in IOS-XE was the answer… and brought Cisco along the learning journey with them. Hear it all from the engineer who made it happen: Dan Massameno, Yale’s Director of Network and Cloud Architecture. | LISTEN NOW