EP 529 | JUNE 2, 2025

HPE Debuts 8Tbps Switch with Onboard DPUs; NVIDIA Revenues Run Wild

This week's Network Break news analysis includes a new HPE data center switch, Juniper demonstrating quantum-secured point-to-multipoint connectivity, NVIDIA posting a $44 billion quarter, new quantum research from Google, a botnet of compromised ASUS routers, and more. | LISTEN NOW

SPONSORED | JUNE 2, 2025

NetFlow Optimizer: More Insights, Less Flow Volume (Sponsored)

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, we talk about how to get more out of your NetFlow records with sponsor NetFlow Logic. NetFlow Logic is here to make the case that its product, NetFlow Optimizer, will surprise you with how much more gold there is to be mined from those flows. | LISTEN NOW

EP 105 | JUNE 3, 2025

How to Train Your Unicorn: Thoughts on Ops Architects

You need someone to design your operations processes, or redesign them. That’s an Ops Architect. Should you take an ops person and train them up in architecture? Or an architect and train them up in operations? Do you even have that ops/engineer/architect organizational structure - and should you? Johna and John dive into this discussion and queue up the questions you need to ask to deliver effective, responsive, and efficient operations. | LISTEN NOW

EP 065 | JUNE 3, 2025

A Microsegmentation Overview

Microsegmentation divides a network into boundaries or segments to provide more fine-grained access control to resources within those segments. On today’s Packet Protector we talk about network and security reasons for employing microsegmentation, different methods (agents, overlays, network controls, and so on), how microsegmentation fits into a zero trust strategy, and the product landscape. | LISTEN NOW

EP 093 | JUNE 4, 2025

Network Automation - There Must Be a Better Way!

"There must be a better way!" is guest Bart Dorlandt's motto, which he applies to network automation, among other things. In today's episode, Bart shares what he's learned about network automation, explains why he focuses on process over tools, and reflects on the importance of mentorship. Bart and Eric also discuss why even if listeners aren't working on big automation projects, they can still look for better ways to manage their networks. | LISTEN NOW

EP 274 | JUNE 4, 2025

Firefly’s State of IaC Report for 2025, aka ClickOps is a Disgrace (Sponsored)

Firefly is a cloud infrastructure automation platform. The company also produces an annual a State of IaC Report to track industry trends around Infrastructure as Code (IaC). On today's Day Two DevOps, we dive into the report with Ido Neeman, Co-Founder and CEO of Firefly. | LISTEN NOW

EP 029 | JUNE 5, 2025

Four Goals of Network Design

Let's explore four goals of network design: stability, speed, scalability, and security. These goals are based on Ethan's experience designing, building, and operating networks. Network architects and design experts might have other objectives, and that's fine, but these four goals are the basis of today's episode. Ethan and Holly discuss why these four goals are important, how they relate, and constraints that affect your ability to achieve these goals. | LISTEN NOW

EP 015 | JUNE 5, 2025

Continuous Reinvention With Brad Maltz

"Reinvent or die" is an apt adage for the ever-churning technology industry. Brad Maltz joins us to share his insights on what he calls "continuous reinvention" and how that relates to his own career and why others might want to adopt this mindset. Brad is a Senior Director of AI Solutions at Dell and has been the starter or fixer for many projects over the years. We discuss his perspective on how companies need to keep innovating, and on how reorganization affects cultures. | LISTEN NOW

EP 784 | JUNE 6, 2025

Accelerate Your Network Automation With Gluware Labs and New Ansible Collection (Sponsored)

Network automation is today's topic with sponsor Gluware. Gluware provides a network automation platform that supports both network engineers and automation builders. We talk the recently launched Gluware Labs, which includes a free Community Edition of Gluware software you can use for a full year on 20 devices. Gluware also announced an Ansible Collection, a set of plug-ins and modules to integrate Gluware into your Ansible environment and incorporate complex Gluware automations into your playbooks. | LISTEN NOW