EP 545 | SEPTEMBER 29, 2025

CISA Orders Immediate Patch of Cisco Vulnerabilities; Firewall Upgrade Blocks Emergency Calls

There's an abundance of vulnerabilities in this week's Network Break. CISA orders all federal agencies to patch a pair of Cisco vulnerabilities, and three people die after a firewall upgrade in Australia blocked emergency services calls. In other news, a startup tackles AI networking infrastructure, and Cisco announces software for connecting quantum computers to form a distributed quantum computing platform. | LISTEN NOW

EP 113 | SEPTEMBER 30, 2025

Bad Tech Romance: Five Signs You're In an Abusive IT Relationship

Sure, some days you hate your job. But how do you know when an IT position has gone from being run-of-the-mill annoying to truly toxic? And what do you do about it? Johna Johnson and John Burke are joined by Sandy Miller, a pseudonym for a CIO at a major global company who talks about the moment it all crystallized for her--and how she ended up making the leap from an abusive IT relationship to a good one. | LISTEN NOW

EP 080 | SEPTEMBER 30, 2025

The State of OT Risks in 2025 (and What to Do About Them)

What does the risk environment for Operational Technology (OT) look like in 2025? JJ and Drew review four recent reports on the state of OT security. We discuss ransomware impacts, ongoing risks of RDP traffic, directly exposed OT devices, and overall attack trends and how orgs are responding. We also dig into five critical controls for OT and how those controls can be mapped to financial impact, and get some excellent guidance on asset inventory and taxonomy from a report assembled by an international group of government agencies. | LISTEN NOW

EP 102 | OCTOBER 1, 2025

Practical Applications for AI in Network Automation

As AI becomes more integrated into the IT landscape, developers, engineers, and operators are looking for practical ways to use these new tools. Joining us today is Ryan Booth; he's built a career around network automation, giving him a unique perspective on how network engineering, operations, software development, and AI intersect. We explore the practical applications of AI in network automation, and get his advice on how network engineers can get started with AI and learn how to get the most value from it. | LISTEN NOW

EP 059 | OCTOBER 1, 2025

From Source of Truth to Knowledge Graph - Rethinking Network Data

Network automation has a data problem. Traditional tools can hit limitations when managing complex infrastructure relationships. We explore how OpsMill's InfraHub uses graph databases and temporal versioning to create what our guest calls "the knowledge graph of infrastructure" - enabling true version control at the database level while maintaining the flexibility to model anything from IP addresses to business applications. This is an unsponsored episode. | LISTEN NOW

EP 001 | OCTOBER 2, 2025

Growing Pains

Starting any new endeavor is hard. That's particularly true for a career in tech. And that's the reason Alexis Bertholf and Kevin Nanns are launching the Life In Uptime podcast. In each episode they'll sit down with engineers, leaders, and builders in tech to uncover the stories behind their careers to help you see how far tech can take you. In this debut episode, Alexis and Kevin talk about why they started the podcast, how they teamed up, and how their own career journeys led them to this new venture. | LISTEN NOW

EP 044 | OCTOBER 3, 2025

Inside a Global Enterprise Data Center Network Migration (Sponsored)

Today we get an inside look at a major data center migration that Nokia is undertaking. Nokia is our sponsor for today's episode. The company is moving legacy sets of data center networking equipment to its own Event Driven Automation (EDA) solution. We go behind the scenes of Nokia's own IT department, which is supporting the development of the very product they are implementing in their data center migration. We talk about why Nokia needed to migrate, the challenges faced, lessons learned, and what the future looks like as they consider additional migration projects. | LISTEN NOW

EP 799 | OCTOBER 3, 2025

Multi-Homing IPv6 to Your Home Lab

If you've got an ASN and an IPv6 block, you too can multi-home IPv6 to your home lab! Sounds easy, right? Well, maybe...but today we're going to discuss why you'd want to and how you can do that with guest Anton Lönnerbro. Anton is a solutions architect at a managed service provider and an IPv6 and home lab enthusiast. His home lab is multi-homed via IPv6, and he shares how he did it, the services he's using, and the challenges faced and lessons learned. | LISTEN NOW