EP 553 | NOVEMBER 24, 2025

Palo Alto Networks Acquires Chronosphere; New Agentic AI Products for Orchestration and Networking

Take a Network Break!  We start with a relative path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiWeb.  We'll move on to an acquisition by Palo Alto Networks, another hiccup from our friends at Cloudflare, some AI announcements by Itential and Gluware, and finish with first quarter 2026 fiscal results from Palo Alto Networks. | LISTEN NOW

SPONSORED | NOVEMBER 24, 2025

How IBM SevOne Delivers App-Centric Network Observability (Sponsored)

A lot of network monitoring tools allow you to say, “It’s not the network,” but a more useful tool would not only tell you that it’s not the network, but also what the problem actually is. Today our guest is Brandon Hale, CTO at IBM SevOne. He is here to give us an overview of the SevOne network observability tool, and explain how it helps get to the root of a performance problem by focusing on all of the operational layers of an application. | LISTEN NOW

EP 118 | NOVEMBER 25, 2025

Bricking the Company - Discussing Existential Threats with Leadership

AI and other technologies are increasingly capable of delivering company-ending events. How do you  have “the conversation” with senior leadership--the one about the existential risks your organization faces, and the steps needed for remediation–in a way that ensures that your company is maximally protected, and that you get the resources you need? | LISTEN NOW

EP 088 | NOVEMBER 25, 2025

How Fortinet Delivers Web App Security in the AI Era (Sponsored)

Web applications have always been tricky to protect. They’re meant to be accessible over the Internet, which exposes them to malicious actors, they’re designed to take end-user inputs, which can be manipulated for malicious purposes, and they often handle sensitive data. Then the rise of public cloud and microservices architectures added new layers of complexity to Web app stacks. Today on Packet Protector we talk with sponsor Fortinet about how to rethink Web application security as the industry gallops headlong into the new frontier of AI. We’ll talk about Web application risks, how AI can be used for good and for bad, Fortinet’s approach to Web app security, and more. | LISTEN NOW

EP 063 | NOVEMBER 25, 2025

Constraint Drives Innovation with John Capobianco

Recorded live at AutoCon4, William Collins and Eyvonne Sharp join forces with John Capobianco for some in the moment thoughts and reflections on the AutoCon experience - from the in-person connections to the workshops to the stage presentations.  John gives us the inside story on his very own workshop and the latest version releases in AI. Then we pivot to the progression of technology comparing the past with the present and how many people are making the shift from strict CLI usage to programming and automation of some kind.  Lastly, AI is again the topic of discussion with the recent advent of TOON, which promises to reduce token use in AI and this innovation is meant to ease some of the constraints in AI data centers. | LISTEN NOW

EP 107 | NOVEMBER 26, 2025

How AI is Changing the Networking Landscape

The world of networking is changing at lightning speed thanks to AI. Today Eric sits down with Chris Kane to explore this new reality for network engineers.  Together, they dive deeper into some of the changes that will be coming next, breaking down the technical demands and mindset shifts of intellectual curiosity and humility necessary to keep pace with emerging technologies. | LISTEN NOW