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Heavy Networking 631: Saying No May 20, 2022

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On today's Heavy Networking we talk about why it's important to say "No" when someone tries to put more work on you than you can handle. Guest Tom Hollingsworth wrote a controversial blog post entitled “No Is A Complete Sentence” about how to say "No," to even when it's hard to do. We talk about the nuances of this stance, the risks you take when you do, time management, balancing workloads, and more.

IPv6 Buzz 101: Innovating With IPv6 May 19, 2022

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In this episode of IPv6 Buzz, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about innovation using IPv6. The limitless supply of addresses creates new opportunities for network engineers and application developers, including flat networks with many more nodes, robust segmentation options, supporting overlays, and more.

Tech Bytes: Solving Service Networking Problems With HashiCorp’s Consul (Sponsored) May 18, 2022

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Today's sponsored Tech Bytes dives into HashiCorp's Consul product to learn how it’s evolved from its humble beginnings to become a service networking platform with features including a service mesh, service discovery, network infrastructure automation, an API gateway, and more.

Day Two Cloud 147: Google Cloud Is Not Just For Devs May 18, 2022

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Today on Day Two Cloud we peel back the curtains on Google Cloud with a GCP insider to find out how Google Cloud differentiates itself, its embrace of a multi-cloud approach, and more. Our guest is Richard Seroter, Director of Outbound Product Management at Google Cloud. This is not a sponsored episode.

HS 023 Horrors and Hurdles of Hybrid Work May 17, 2022

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What about changing the work we do ? Perhaps with orchestration / automation and even AI ? So many questions, not many answers.

Tech Bytes: Cloudflare Simplifies Wide Area Networks With Magic WAN (Sponsored) May 16, 2022

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Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking WAN architectures and how to simplify and secure them with sponsor Cloudflare. Cloudflare's Magic WAN is a network-as-a-service offering. Customers can connect data centers, branches, and users to Cloudflare's private network; add security services; and integrate with third-party SD-WANs.

Network Break 382: Intel Charts DPU Roadmap; Juniper Brings Contrail SDN To Kubernetes May 16, 2022

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This week's Network Break podcast discuss Intel's roadmap for its Infrastructure Processing Units (IPUs). We get more insight into Nokia's deal to provide hardware for Azure, and examine why Juniper has extended its Contrail SDN platform to Kubernetes (hint: because of the cloud). Plus Cisco releases new Wi-Fi capabilities.

Heavy Networking 630: Palo Alto Networks Introduces Okyo Garde And SD-WAN Bandwidth On Demand (Sponsored) May 13, 2022

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Today's Heavy Networking podcast explores two new offerings from sponsor Palo Alto Networks. First is Okyo Garde, a home wireless mesh appliance to connect and secure remote workers while reducing the management burden from IT. We also discuss a new licensing program to make provisioning bandwidth for branch and remote offices for Prisma SD-WAN simpler and more flexible.

Day Two Cloud 146: Deploying And Managing Cloud Infrastructure With Pulumi May 11, 2022

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Today's Day Two Cloud digs into an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platform called Pulumi. Pulumi can be used to build, deploy, and manage cloud applications using familiar languages such as .Net and Java, as well as well-known tools and practices.

Tech Bytes: How Nokia’s Digital Sandbox Enhances Intent-Based Automation (Sponsored) May 09, 2022

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Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we dive into sponsor Nokia's Digital Sandbox, which creates a real-time model of a data center network by extracting state and configuration from leaf and spine switches. Network engineers can use this model to test and validate changes. We discuss how the sandbox works and how it ties into Nokia's approach to intent-based networking.