SPONSORED | JULY 21, 2025

Tech Bytes: How Is SD-WAN Driving SASE Success (Sponsored)

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we examine how SASE is being adopted and deployed by enterprise customers. We talk about SASE as a transformative technology for networking and security, how SD-WAN is evolving, common SASE pain points, and how Prisma SD-WAN and Prisma SASE can address current and future requirements for connectivity and security. | LISTEN NOW

EP 535 | JULY 22, 2025

Tomahawk Ultra Chops Congestion; Denmark Invests for Quantum Advantages

Take a Network Break! We begin with a listener question about a paper critiquing Shor's Algorithm and quantum computing, then dive into a Cloudflare misconfiguration that caused the Internet to hiccup, Broadcom's new Tomahawk Ultra ASIC aimed for--you guessed it--AI and HPC, and NetBox boxing up $35 million in a Series B. We also cover Denmark's investments to build a powerful quantum computer, TSMC profits soaring 61% in Q2 2025, and more tech news. | LISTEN NOW

EP 108 | JULY 22, 2025

Keeping the (IT) House Clean to Avoid the Plague

Whether it's CNAME records pointing to dead endpoints or abandoned cloud storage buckets still mentioned in the makefile or Chef recipe, innocuous bits of infrastructure that don't get cleaned up can turn into serious security threats. (Both of these examples are taken from real-life attacks, BTW). When and how and who within IT should address this level of technical debt takes some thought. We discuss it on today's Heavy Strategy. | LISTEN NOW

EP 071 | JULY 22, 2025

SSE Vendor Test Results; Can HPE and Juniper Get Along?

Packet Protector digs into CyberRatings' lab tests of Secure Service Edge (SSE) offerings from seven providers. We discuss the testing process, highlight some results, and talk about considerations that didn't fall under the testing plan. We also prognosticate on what's ahead for HPE and Juniper, and share listener feedback about recent episodes. | LISTEN NOW

EP 096 | JULY 23, 2025

NautobotGPT - An AI Assistant for Network Automation

NautobotGPT is a new AI assistant for Nautobot that helps engineers with network automation, answers questions, recommends tooling, and delivers working code. We discuss the user experience of NautobotGPT with guests Matthew Schwen and Brad Haas. We also explore how NautobotGPT was developed and what features might be added in the future. | LISTEN NOW

EP 054 | JULY 23, 2025

Framing Up the Future of Infrastructure-as-Code and User Experience with Cory O'Daniel

How is Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) evolving? How does user experience fit in? Today on The Cloud Gambit, Cory O’Daniel, Co-Founder & CEO of Massdriver, lends his experience as a coder, architect, and founder to help us answer these questions. Cory also discusses what it was like building and funding a startup in the 2021-2022 market, the value of having legendary advisors such as Kelsey Hightower and Charity Majors on tap, and why eating your own dog food is crucial for product success. | LISTEN NOW

EP 034 | JULY 24, 2025

OSPF Network Types

Ethan and Holly continue their OSPF journey this week with OSPF Network Types. They discuss the two main OSPF network types used today: the broadcast and point to point networks. They also explain designated routers, backup designated routers, and when those are used and why. Lastly they discuss some soft skills - knowing your vendor sales engineers and the deep knowledge base those people have to help you best use your network gear. (Hint: at least unbox it.) | LISTEN NOW

EP 017 | JULY 24, 2025

From the Mailbag: Yes and No, and Mid-Year Evaluations

Laura Santamaria opens the listener mailbag to answer questions, including how to say yes or no to leadership opportunities without tanking your career or trashing your work-life balance. She also explores the mid-year review process and offers tips for successful self-evaluation and paths to self-growth. | LISTEN NOW

EP 036 | JULY 25, 2025

Bridging Networking and Security with Auvik (Sponsored)

Auvik is network management software that lets users monitor, manage, and troubleshoot their networks. On today's sponsored episode we talk with Auvik about the challenges facing today's network operators. We look at the rise of the IT generalist, workloads and burnout, talent shortages, and difficulty of upskilling without the time to do so. We also discuss how Auvik can help mitigate some of these challenges, particularly in networking and security, by giving each group visibility into the network and resolutions to problems. | LISTEN NOW

EP 789 | JULY 25, 2025

How a Global Payments Processor Automates Firewall Changes at Scale

On today's Heavy Networking we talk about a firewall automation project at Ayden, a global payments processor. With dozens of change requests coming in every day that need to touch network and host firewalls, our guests wanted to find a way to streamline and automate this process. We talk about they’ve gone from bash scripting to a self-service model for updating firewall policies, tools they’re using (including Python, Django, Ansible, and NetBox), version control, and more. This episode was recorded live at the AutoCon3 conference in Prague. | LISTEN NOW