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EP 502 | NOVEMBER 4, 2024

AWS Revenue Growth Lags Cloud Competitors; Microsoft Entra ID Forces MFA

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss Google adding traffic shaping to its cross-cloud interconnect, Aviatrix bringing hybrid cloud transit to its cloud networking service, and Microsoft forcing MFA for Entra ID customers. We also discuss Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella forgoing $5 million in incentive pay for Microsoft security lapses, Cisco building infrastrstructure pods for AI, a trio of financial results, and more. | LISTEN NOW

EP 088 | NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Combating Analysis Paralysis

Analysis paralysis is a huge problem in IT - we “study” and “evaluate” and “keep on our radar” but then all too often have a choice and a need to act thrust upon us, and need to switch modes fast. How do we try to get more mileage out of the studying to get leverage on the acting? How do we know when to stop? Is it always a bad thing? Is there a time to deploy analysis paralysis as a strategy? | LISTEN NOW

EP 038 | NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A Peek Inside the Security Mind

Today on Packet Protector we talk with Dr. Stacy Thayer, who has a Ph.D. in Cyberpsychology and is a Human Factors expert. We discuss potential links between human psychology and the infosec impulse to play with shiny new things (often at the cost of necessary but more mundane tasks). We discuss practices to help improve focus, explore how team leaders can identify and work with team member quirks, talk about how to deal with burnout, and more. | LISTEN NOW

EP 256 | NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Alkira’s Universal Transit: Simplifying Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Networks (Sponsored)

The network is the common substrate in a hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud world, but every cloud provider has its own network implementation. Managing, monitoring and securing all of that connectivity is a huge challenge. Sponsor Alkira visits the podcast to discuss its on-demand, cloud-delivered platform that aims to simplify management of your disparate networks, plus provide features such as high availability, security, deep visibility, and integration with Terraform. | LISTEN NOW

EP 078 | NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Evolution of Ostinato: From Open Source to a Sustainable Business

Ostinato is a network traffic generator aimed at network engineers who need test traffic, whether in a lab or production. On today's Network Automation Nerds podcast, host Eric Chou talks with Ostinato creator Srivats P to understand how Ostinato works, explore use cases, and talk about Srivats' journey as an entrepreneur. | LISTEN NOW

EP 002 | NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Bandwidth and Latency Explained

In this episode of N Is For Networking, co-hosts Ethan Banks and Holly Metlitzky take college student Douglas on a ride on the networking highway to navigate the lanes of bandwidth and latency.  The concepts of bandwidth and latency are defined, along with a discussion of current data transfer protocols that impact latency as well as things like jitter, buffer bloat and congestion. | LISTEN NOW

EP 007 | NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Hot Takes on Technical Leadership

Everyone has their own hot take or bit of wisdom to share regarding technical leadership.  Today, host Laura Santamaria weaves these insights on communication, collaboration, decision making and more from her guests on the first six episodes of Technically Leadership. Listen, reflect and then apply to your own leadership role.   | LISTEN NOW

EP 757 | NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Building a DIY SD-WAN to Serve (Very) Remote Customers

On today’s Heavy Networking, we chat with wireless ISP engineer Elijah Zeida about providing service for a remote mountain town. The solution included building his own SD-WAN using Mikrotik boxes and ZeroTier software. We talk about challenges such as a hard-to-reach tower (especially under four feet of winter snow), using Starlink as a backup, operational issues, troubleshooting, balancing performance and costs, and more. | LISTEN NOW