Best The Design Pod Team Podcasts (2025)

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HN786: From Intent-Based to Autonomous Ops With Cisco Crosswork and Provider Connectivity Assurance (Sponsored) 49:38

4h ago49:38

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Service provider networks face a couple of difficult challenges: how to map service level agreements to actual network health and performance, and how to deliver service assurance to customers regardless of what happens on the network. On today’s sponsored Heavy Networking we talk with Cisco Systems about its approach to service assurance, how Cisc…

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TNO033: Maximum Impact: Leverage Your Network to Advance Your Career (Sponsored) 42:57

3h ago42:57

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At AutoCon 3 in Prague, Scott Robohn sat down with Ernest Lefner from sponsor Gluware to talk about lessons learned throughout his career: from his early days of pulling cable to becoming Chief Product Officer at Gluware and helping to found ONUG. Ernest talks about being a continuous technology learner, and also about the need... Read more »…

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TL016: When It Comes To Product Design, Don’t Trust Your Gut 39:08

11h ago39:08

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People consistently overestimate their ability to predict whether a new product or feature will be a success. Instead of blithely going forward with a project that takes up lots of resources and yields minimal results, today’s guest says we should get our ideas into contact with external reality as quickly as possible, and maybe do... Read more »…

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N4N031: When Is It Time For a Routing Protocol? 54:39

6h ago54:39

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If you need to route in your network, you can program static routes into all your routing-capable devices. And this can work. But at some point, you’re probably going to want to switch to a dynamic routing protocol. On today’s N Is For Networking, Ethan and Holly discuss the differences between static and dynamic routes,... Read more »…

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NAN094: Automate and Iterate With the NetBox Labs Community 44:56

1d ago44:56

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On today’s show, we’re joined NetBox Labs co-founders Mark Coleman and Kris Beevers. They recount how they founded NetBox Labs and discuss its growth and how it’s being used. We also delve into the NetBox Labs community and its importance for users. And of course, there’s the ever-present AI discussion. Mark and Kris also talk... Read more »…

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43 : The SNAP Soccer Story with John Guidroz 47:17

1d ago47:17

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Send us a text Great business ideas are often born from personal frustration. @snapsoccerofficial is a great example of that. Founder John Guidroz started it after facing chaos at youth soccer tournaments—unorganized fields, missing refs. What began as a side project turned into a company managing 50+ events annually, with a dedicated team and regi…

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PP067: Protecting Secrets With Vault and TruffleHog 35:35

4d ago35:35

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Secrets trickle out through misconfigurations, poor tooling, and rushed Git commits. Today’s guest, John Howard, joins us on Packet Protector to walk through practical secrets management with Vault and TruffleHog to help make sure you don’t expose your privates. John discusses work he’s done to build an automated process in his organization for dev…

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HS106: Planning for the Epochalypse 28:15

2d ago28:15

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IT teams deal with technology lifecycle issues all the time–including Y2K, which enterprises across the world grappled with for years. The Epochalypse, or Year 2038 Problem, is similar. Specifically, some Linux systems’ date-time counters will go from positive to negative at a specific date in 2038, potentially wreaking havoc on embedded systems an…

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Verstappen back in the title race after McLaren crash 41:36

2d ago41:36

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This week on The Inside Track, Rick & Matt break down all the drama from the Canadian Grand Prix – from McLaren’s spectacular coming together to George Russell’s win and Max Verstappen’s return to top form. Rick and Matt are also assigned their new motorsport themed nick-names, they learn some not-so-accurate Canadian 'facts' and look ahead to Red …

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EP 237: Mitchell Salazar – Yago & Bettylou’s second 2025 CT win, Breaking down Trestles, Listener Q’s, Fantasy sleeper picks, and the domination of …Lost Surfboards ahead of the Rio Pro 1:15:01

5d ago1:15:01

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Dave and part-time co-host Mitchell Salazar return to break down all the highs, lows, and critical storylines from stop No. 8 on the Championship Tour—the 2025 Lexus Trestles Pro Presented by Outerknown. With iconic Lower Trestles serving up a playground of high-performance conditions, Brazil’s Yago Dora and Hawaii’s Bettylou Sakura Johnson both ea…

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NB531: Cisco Spotlights AI, Unified Management at CLUS; Ultra Ethernet 1.0 Unveiled 21:42

3d ago21:42

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Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert for the week is a remote code execution vulnerability in open-source XDR platform Wazuh. In tech news, we dig into several announcements from Cisco Live US including: unified management of Meraki and Catalyst gear, new switches, an AI Assistant for the Meraki dashboard, a Deep Network Model LLM,... Read more »…

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HN785: How To Take Your First Steps Into Network Automation 55:50

6d ago55:50

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There’s an old saying that a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. On today’s show, we talk about taking your first step into network automation with guest Joseph Nicholson. He’s been automating at NTT Data for many years now and has some perspective to share. He’s a network engineer by trade,... Read more »…

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IPB177: Introducing the IPv6 Compatibility Checker 15:27

7d ago15:27

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The Hexabuild team is providing a new community resource, an IPv6 compatibility checker, for those trying to figure out IPv6 network hardware and software compatibility. It’s currently in an alpha version. We talk about what inspired it, what it does, and possible future updates. We also want to get your feedback on whether this is... Read more »…

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TNO032: Automation First: NetOps at Megaport 1:01:12

7d ago1:01:12

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Today we chat with Megaport’s Mitchell Warden, Founding Engineer; and Alexis Bertholf, Global Technical Evangelist, to find out what NetOps is like at Megaport, a company that provides scalable internet connections for all types of organizations. We look at the origins of Megaport and how the company started with the intention of network automation…

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N4N030: Network Shapes and Sizes 1:03:06

7d ago1:03:06

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What shape is your network? In other words, what is its topology? On today’s episode, we discover the different types of network topologies and designs used in the enterprise, data center, and service provider networks. We cover leaf/spine, hub and spoke, point to point, mesh, and others. We also talk about how topologies affect traffic... Read mor…

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D2DO275: WebAssembly – The Next Big Thing? 37:00

10d ago37:00

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Is WebAssembly the next big thing? Here to help us understand what WebAssembly (WASM) is and what it can and can’t do is Michael Levan, a consultant and WASM trainer. He also dives deeper into WASM details such as hosting, security, monitoring, and the ever-present influence of AI. AdSpot: Spacelift Founded by the creator of... Read more »…

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PP066: News Roundup – NIST’s New Exploit Metric, Windows RDP Issues, Compromised Routers, and More 41:34

9d ago41:34

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Our security news roundup discusses the compromise of thousands of ASUS routers and the need to perform a full factory reset to remove the malware, why Microsoft allows users to log into Windows via RDP using revoked passwords, and the ongoing risk to US infrastructure from “unexplained communications equipment” being found in Chinese-made electric…

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Helmut Marko: ‘I didn’t think Max would win four championships’ 17:09

9d ago17:09

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This week on The Inside Track, Matt sits down for an exclusive interview with an extremely influential member of the Red Bull team, Helmut Marko – the man credited with discovering Max Verstappen. Dr Marko has been there since the beginning and he has seen it all! In this rare and fascinating interview, he tells Matt about meeting a 15 year old Max…

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HW054: Validation Survey Controversies 27:25

9d ago27:25

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A validation survey is typically used for wireless infrastructure post-installation. It compares predictions to real wireless network performance. On today’s show we chat with Joel Crane about validation survey controversies and the challenges of producing a survey whose data has integrity. We cover topics such as the perfectly green heat map, how …

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EP 236: The Monday M.A.S.S. with Chris Coté and Todd Richards – Our Second-EVER Collab Podcast, Trestles Pro, Kelly Slater quirks, Switchstance surfing, Egg decks, Nazaré intel, and So much ‘shredaphilia ... 1:57:46

12d ago1:57:46

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The Monday M.A.S.S. With Chris Coté and Todd Richards, June 9, 2025 On this episode of the World’s Greatest Action Sports Podcast, Chris and Todd team up with Dave Prodan of The Lineup Podcast as well as the Chief Strategy and Brand Officer at the World Surf League, a collab podcast, amazing. These three take a bunch of your questions, talk about t…

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NB530: Broadcom Hits 102.4 Tbps With Tomahawk 6; Wireshark Debuts Certificate Program 23:22

10d ago23:22

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Take a Network Break! We start with two critical vulnerabilities: one affecting cloud versions of Cisco ISE, and the other for HPE StoreOnce. In the news, Broadcom announces the Tomahawk 6 ASIC with 102.4Tbits of bandwidth, SentinelOne suffers a self-imposed network outage, and the Wireshark Foundation announces its first-ever professional certific…

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HN784: Accelerate Your Network Automation With Gluware Labs and New Ansible Collection (Sponsored) 59:07

13d ago59:07

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Network automation is today’s topic with sponsor Gluware. Gluware provides a network automation platform that targets both network engineers and automation builders. On today’s Heavy Networking, we discuss how Gluware supports these two constituencies. We also talk about a recent product announcement, Gluware Labs. Gluware Labs includes a free Comm…

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EP 235: Tatiana Weston-Webb – Will she return to competitive surfing?, Being a World Title-contender, Rediscovering her love for surfing off tour, Scott Smith & John De Temple appearance, Honoring Greg ... 48:56

16d ago48:56

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Tatiana Weston-Webb returns to The Lineup to unpack her journey around the world and celebrate her latest film with the late, great Greg Browning. Recorded in New Jersey fresh off a Mentawais boat trip, Tati reflects on stepping away from full-time competition after two Olympic cycles and rediscovering her love of surfing away from the pressure of …

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TL015: Continuous Reinvention With Brad Maltz 46:44

14d ago46:44

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“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... Read more »…

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Inside Red Bull during Spanish GP chaos! 43:17

15d ago43:17

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This week on The Inside Track, we take you inside the Red Bull Racing team during the chaos that unfolded between Max Verstappen and George Russell at the end of the Spanish Grand Prix. Was Max's clash with George just racing, or something more? With exclusive insight from inside Red Bull, Matt reveals step by step what happened and what the team r…

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N4N029: Four Goals of Network Design 1:04:17

14d ago1:04:17

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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…

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D2DO274: Firefly’s State of IaC Report for 2025, aka ClickOps Is a Disgrace (Sponsored) 39:23

15d ago39:23

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Firefly is a cloud infrastructure automation platform that helps cloud teams, DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, DevSecOps, and other groups manage their entire cloud as code. Firefly helps to manage cloud complexity and produce consistent and efficient cloud platforms with code. To help Firefly better understand their customers and industry trends…

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42: Reimagining How Workers Access Their Money with Tal Clark of Instant Financial 44:09

15d ago44:09

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Send us a text Imagine getting paid every day you work instead of every two weeks. That's the idea behind @instant_financial. CEO Tal Clark joined the Practical Rebels podcast to share how this approach is transforming financial wellness for hourly workers across America, helping them avoid risky borrowing and payday loans. From its start in 2017 t…

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NAN093: Network Automation – There Must Be a Better Way! 51:10

15d ago51:10

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“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... Read mo…

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PP065: A Microsegmentation Overview 33:47

16d ago33:47

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Microsegmentation divides a network into boundaries or segments to provide 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 t…

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HS105: How to Train Your Unicorn: Thoughts on Ops Architects 27:22

16d ago27:22

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You need someone to design your operations processes–or perhaps 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... …

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EP 234: Mitchell Salazar – Jordy & Gabby take the lead, CI wipeout at The Cut, Power surfing's rise, Rookie standouts, Shaper Rankings shake-up, and Fantasy leaderboard 1:26:50

19d ago1:26:50

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Dave is joined once again by part-time co-host and WSL commentator Mitch Salazar to break down all the drama, triumph, and heartbreak from Stop No. 7 of the 2025 Championship Tour—the Western Australia Margaret River Pro. With Jordy Smith and Gabriela Bryan each securing their second wins of the season, both now sit atop the rankings and inch close…

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NB529: HPE Debuts 8Tbps Switch with Onboard DPUs; NVIDIA Revenues Run Wild 43:17

17d ago43:17

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Take a Network Break! We start with a Red Alert for the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Tool, which has an unpatched (as of recording time) vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. On the news front, Salesforce ponies up $8 billion for Informatica to improve data governance capabilities, Google researchers revise estimates o…

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Tech Bytes: NetFlow Optimizer: More Insights, Less Flow Volume (Sponsored) 17:25

17d ago17:25

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Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, we talk about how to get more out of your NetFlow records with sponsor NetFlow Logic. NetFlow’s been around for a long time, and if you’re already including flow records as part of your monitoring and management arsenal, you may think you’re extracting all the value you can from... Read more »…

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HN783: BGP Routing Policy for Enterprise Networkers: Unpacking IRR and RPSL 54:30

20d ago54:30

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If you participate in the public Internet by announcing your own netblocks, you should be familiar with Internet Routing Registries (IRRs) and the Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL). These are tools that help you be a good network citizen. In a world of BGP hijacks and other problems, these tools matter more than ever. We... Read more »…

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TNO031: Attracting New Talent to Networking, Pairing Dev With NetOps, and More With Justin Ryburn 45:22

21d ago45:22

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Total Networks Operations sits down with Justin Ryburn for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the networking industry. Topics including how to attract new talent to network engineering and network operations; getting literate in DevOps/infrastructure tools such as GitHub, Terraform, and Python; pairing Dev and NetOps to maximize domain exper…

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IPB176: How to Number Point-to-Point Links 27:46

21d ago27:46

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Let’s chat about point-to-point links. On today’s episode we cover what should and shouldn’t be done, and discuss why following RFC’s doesn’t always get you to the right place. We dig into questions including: Don’t we just use link-local addresses for point-to-points? Shouldn’t we assign a /127, just like we do a /31 in IPv4?... Read more »…

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Exclusive Max Verstappen interview at Monaco Grand Prix 38:10

21d ago38:10

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This week on The Inside Track, we’re taking you straight to the heart of Monaco for one of the most iconic weekends on the F1 calendar. Rick Edwards and Matt Majendie relive the highs and lows of the Monaco Grand Prix – from Matt’s exclusive hot lap with Max Verstappen, to his boat ride with Yuki Tsunoda (yes, really). There’s insider chat from the…

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N4N028: The Wide World of WANs 1:01:13

24d ago1:01:13

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We wanted to do an episode on SD-WAN, but realized we needed to set the stage for how wide-area networking developed. That’s why today’s episode is a history lesson of the Wide Area Network (WAN). We talk about how WANs emerged, public and private WANs, how WANs connect to LANs and data centers, the care... Read more »…

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HW053: Ubiquiti in the Enterprise 22:29

23d ago22:29

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Ubiquiti is known primarily for wireless equipment for residential and small business use, but it can be a player in the enterprise world. On today’s show, we talk with Darrell DeRosia, Sr. Director, Network & Infrastructure Services with the Memphis Grizzlies, about how he provides that connectivity for the FedExForum, home to the Memphis Grizzlie…

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D2DO273: Azure VNets Don’t Exist 39:45

25d ago39:45

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Cloud networks aren’t like traditional data center networks, so applying a traditional network design to the cloud probably isn’t the best idea. On today’s Day Two Cloud, guest Aidan Finn guides us through significant differences between Microsoft Azure networking and on-prem data center networks. For instance, subnets don’t segment hosts, network …

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PP064: How Aviatrix Tackles Multi-Cloud Security Challenges (Sponsored) 42:51

23d ago42:51

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Aviatrix is a cloud network security company that helps you secure connectivity to and among public and private clouds. On today’s Packet Protector, sponsored by Aviatrix, we get details on how Aviatrix works, and dive into a new feature called the Secure Network Supervisor Agent. This tool uses AI to help you monitor and troubleshoot... Read more …

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NB528: IP Fabric Adds Firewall Rule Simulation; Extreme Networks Debuts Agentic AI in Platform ONE 27:43

24d ago27:43

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Take a Network Break! We begin with a Red Alert for critical vulnerabilities Kubernetes Gardener. Up next, a threat actor has been squatting on unused CNAME records to distribute malware and spam, and IP Fabric rolls out a new firewall rule simulation capability to let administrators test the effect of firewall rules on traffic patterns.... Read mo…

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EP 233: Kanoa Igarashi - Surfing The Box vs Main Break, Board designs with JS, Dominating on tour, Overcoming Olympic pressure, Partnering with Neutrogena, Feeling complete, and Competing against Julian ... 1:32:25

26d ago1:32:25

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In this deep and unfiltered conversation, Kanoa Igarashi joins The Lineup fresh off the Western Margaret River Pro—ranked fourth in the world and hungrier for the World Title than ever. We kick things off with Kanoa’s take on The Box, one of the heaviest slabs to return to the tour since 2019, where it’s either twos or tens, and every drop could be…

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HN782: Netris Meets Your Network Automation Challenges in AI Data Centers (Sponsored) 58:33

27d ago58:33

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Netris is tackling the issue of automating multi-tenancy in an AI data center. Netris has your answer to this challenge, and it’s a solution certified to work with NVIDIA. We’re going to get into the nuts and bolts of Netris network automation with Alex Saroyan, CEO and co-founder of Netris. Along the way, we will... Read more »…

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TNO030: The Backbone of AI: Data Center Ops in the Age of Explosive Growth (Sponsored) 52:58

27d ago52:58

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Data Center construction has reached an incredible pace over the last few years with implications on NetOps and operations of all kinds. Today we with talk with sponsor Siemon regarding the state of data centers, past, present and future. We explore legacy data centers and how they are evolving to work in today’s environments. We... Read more »…

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TL014: Scaling Your Leadership with Dr. Brad Topol 41:28

28d ago41:28

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On today’s episode, we are joined by Dr. Brad Topol, Distinguished Engineer and Director of Open Source Technologies at IBM, to talk about how to scale your leadership. We explore the process of how he went from individual contributor to distinguished engineer to director and executive. We chat about how you build a career... Read more »…

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Red Bull win in Imola, AI fighting talk & Monaco preview 40:23

28d ago40:23

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Matt and Rick look back on an impressive win for Red Bull in Imola, breaking down how they were able to pull it off. Matt also explains how the team were able to re-build a car for Yuki Tsunoda after his horrible crash. Our race prediction game get's heated when AI picks a fight with Rick and the guys look ahead to an exciting weekend in Monaco for…

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N4N027: Tunneling Quirks & Features 48:42

28d ago48:42

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On today’s show, we’re going to dig deeper into tunnels and explore some of the quirks and features of tunnels. This week we’ll discuss maximum transmission units (MTUs), maximum segment size, IP fragmentation and more. Today’s bonus material is more RFCs – RFC 4821 and RFC 8899. Episode Links: What Is a Tunnel? – N... Read more »…

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NAN092: From Stealth to Scale – Decoding Network Data Management with Damian Garros 43:29

29d ago43:29

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Damien Garros, CEO and co-founder of OpsMill is with us once again for today’s podcast. Since we last spoke with Damien, OpsMill has emerged from stealth mode and is making progress as one of the leaders in network source of truth in the field. Today, we’ll talk through the progress Infrahub has made and get... Read more »…

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