EP 532 | JUNE 24,2025

HPE Deploys AI Agents Into GreenLake; Wi-Fi 7 Drives Q1 Switch Sales

Today's Network Break is an AI extravaganza. We dive into HPE's new agentic AI strategy, new AI features for Juniper's data center platform, a genAI announcement from NaaS vendor Nile, new AI GPUs from AMD, some conversation on AI and jobs, and more IT news.| LISTEN NOW

SPONSORED | JUNE 24,2025

New From HPE Discover—Networking, AI, and More (Sponsored)

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by HPE, we get a preview of HPE Discover. We talk about networking, security, and agentic AI announcements coming out of the event. We’ll also talk about how HPE is converging network and security in its product portfolio, and HPE’s approach to AI both as a tool being used within HPE and to deliver new services and capabilities to customers. | LISTEN NOW

EP 055 | JUNE 24,2025

Improving Wireless Design With AI

AI is already widely used for wireless operations. On today's Heavy Wireless, we look at how AI and machine learning can also be applied to wireless design and site surveys. | LISTEN NOW

EP 068 | JUNE 24,2025

Common Kubernetes Risks and What to Do About Them

Today's Packet Protector digs into risks and threats you might encounter in a Kubernetes environment. Guest Natalie Somersall joins the show to talk about risks including identity and access management, vulnerabilities, and supply chain issues. We look at security controls, whether you need a service mesh, tips to integrate security and dev teams, and the benefits of boring technology. | LISTEN NOW

EP 276 | JUNE 25,2025

MCP: Capable, Insecure, and On Your Network Today

MCP, or Model Context Protocol, is an open-source project originally created by Anthropic. MCP is designed to let AI agents to connect to data repositories, applications, business and developer tools, and other agents to execute tasks and carry out instructions. Day Two DevOps explores the capabilities and pitfalls of MCP, how the protocol works, and how it differs from chatbots. We also discuss the need for organizations to incorporate elements such as secure transport, authentication, and authorization when using MCP. Our guest is Dan Barr, Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer at Stacklok. | LISTEN NOW

EP 032 | JUNE 26, 2025

OSPF Basics

By popular request (and now that we have some other background topics covered) we start our series on the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing protocol. We kick off the series with OSPF basics including Link State Advertisements, Link State Database, and other related essentials. We'll explore additional OSPF topics over subsequent episodes. | LISTEN NOW

EP 178 | JUNE 26, 2025

Remembering Fred Baker

Today's show is in memory of Fred Baker, who passed away on June 18, 2025. Fred was a pivotal figure in the IPv6 community. He was the long-time chair of the v6ops working group, and had a distinguished career at Cisco as a Technical Fellow. To honor Fred and his contributions, we're sharing our interview with him from Episode 18 of IPv6 Buzz. | LISTEN NOW

EP 034 | JUNE 27, 2025

Doing the Work of Workflows With Greg Freeman

On today's show we talk about NetDevOps and AI Ops with Greg Freeman, VP of Network and Customer Transformation at Lumen. Greg spearheads network automation, orchestration ,and AI strategy, guiding the highest technical tier in operations and championing NetDevOps methodologies. We talk about the people and work culture that's influenced the development of automation and orchestration workflows at Lumen. Then we delve into emerging trends that might shape the future. | LISTEN NOW

EP 787 | JUNE 27, 2025

Are We In a Post-SNMP Era?

SNMP is still widely used in today's networks. But modern telemetry and network observability are bringing changes to network monitoring. Today's Heavy Networking is a roundtable discussion about alternatives to SNMP and real-world use cases for those alternatives. | LISTEN NOW