EP 481 | JUNE 3, 2024

HPE Unloads BSS/OSS Tools; Multi-National Force Busts Botnets

We cover: HPE unloads BSS/OSS tools to HCLTech. Dell financial results suggest AI problems. ISP Windstream replaces 600,000 routers destroyed by malware. Largest-ever police action against botnets. Study says data centers will double the amount of power they consume by 2030. Colorado passes a right to repair law for phones and computers. Successful test of a flying 4G/5G base station that can locate people via their cellphone within minutes. | LISTEN NOW

EP 074 | JUNE 4, 2024

Geek Speak to Biz Talk

To be an effective technologist in a corporation, your efforts need to be aligned with the business strategy of your organization. In today’s episode, Johna and Greg show you how to do this, even if your organization has no written business strategy. They explain how to “read the tea leaves” to tell if your organization is looking for organic growth or acquisition, and if their plan is to attract new clients, upsell current ones, or cut production costs. They also discuss the role of a “business liaison” and what skills that person should have–including the ability to handle copious amounts of condescension. | LISTEN NOW

EP 017 | JUNE 4, 2024

What’s the Matter? Understanding the Matter Protocol

Matter is an IoT protocol that has security and interoperability baked into it. Steve Hanna, the chair of the Product Security Working Group in the Connectivity Standards Alliance, joins the show today to walk us through this IP-based protocol for smart home devices. He compares Matter to an armored car, delivering a valuable payload securely to its destination. Every Matter message is protected with cryptographic algorithms and mutual certificate-based authentication, ensuring integrity protection and replay prevention. JJ and Drew ask Steve many questions, including why isn’t it available at the enterprise level yet? | LISTEN NOW

EP 244 | JUNE 5, 2024

When the Cloud was Born

Eric Chou was there for the birth of the public cloud. Before DevOps or SREs were a thing, before Azure was Azure, Eric was a network engineer for Amazon, helping them build out their retail technology platform. Of course, that platform evolved into the world’s leading public cloud–AWS. Eric joins the show today to tell us about being there from the beginning: Working at AWS when they first released S3 and EC2, then doing network automation at Microsoft out of sheer necessity to deal with the massive scaling of Azure. Kyler and Ned also have him bring us up to the present day, getting his thoughts on AI, Kubernetes, and what comes next. | LISTEN NOW

EP 057 | JUNE 6, 2024

Packing Up Kubernetes Unpacked

All good things must come to an end, and in this case that means saying farewell to Kubernetes Unpacked. In this final episode, Michael and Kristina pack up the Kubernetes Unpacked podcast. They look back on covering issues including sustainability, security, open source projects, and certifications. They thank the professionals who joined the show as guests and share their real life, hands-on experiences with platform engineering. Their final message: Keep pushing, keep learning. If you’ve enjoyed Kubernetes Unpacked, we recommend subscribing to Packet Pushers’ Day Two Cloud podcast (soon to be renamed the “Day Two DevOps” podcast). | LISTEN NOW

EP 737 | JUNE 7, 2024

Greg Ferro: The Exit Interview

Greg Ferro, co-founder of Packet Pushers, is signing off. After years of frustrating health issues, he’s decided to fully step back from podcasting and industry analysis to take care of himself. After 14 years, today is his last appearance on Heavy Networking. In this parting episode, Greg shares his final dose of incisive insights and characteristic honesty, as well as Greg-isms on career, life, and of course, tech vendor marketing. We share how you can get in touch with Greg to say goodbye, and how Packet Pushers will grow into the future thanks to the foundation Greg helped to lay. From all of us…thank you, Greg. Networking won’t be the same without you. | LISTEN NOW