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IPB188: IPv6 Adoption for an Entire Country Nov 20, 2025

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What does it take for an entire country to adopt IPv6? Our guest today is Tenanoia (Noia) Simona, CEO of Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation, the country’s sole telecommunications provider. She’s here to walk us through the difficulties of connecting the many islands of Tuvalu and their journey to achieving one of the world’s highest IPv6 adoption... Read more »

N4N043: Redundancy vs. High Availability Part 1 Nov 20, 2025

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In today’s chat, Holly and Ethan consider a question from listener Douglas who asks, “How do you approach designing a network for high availability and redundancy?” They start by defining differences between redundancy and high availability, and talk about Holly’s experience with her own customers. Then they share examples of how to achieve redundancy in... Read more »

D2DO287: Leveling Up in Data Science Nov 19, 2025

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Ever wonder what it takes to level up your career in data science? Senior Data Scientist Darya Petrashka joins Ned and Kyler to share her personal journey from management and linguistics into data science, the real difference between a junior and a senior role, and helps us get under the “data science umbrella” to see... Read more »

HW065: Using Orb to Monitor the Quality of Your Internet Connections Nov 18, 2025

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With the help of Josh Hardy, Co-Founder and CTO of Orb, we introduce Orb. Orb is a suite app for OS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux that is a new way to look at your internet connectivity. Josh gives us a little background on why and how Orb was created, He then goes into more detail... Read more »

PP087: Why SBOMs Are Cooler and More Useful Than You Think Nov 18, 2025

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Just what’s inside that commercial software you bought? Does it contain open-source components, NPM packages, or other third-party code? How could you find out? The answer is a Software Bill of Materials, or SBOM, a machine-readable inventory of a finished piece of software. Why should you care about SBOMs? Our guest, Natalie Somersall, is here... Read more »

HS117: Environmental, Social and Governance Initiatives: What That Means for Your Organization (Sponsored) Nov 18, 2025

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Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) initiatives aren’t just “the right thing to do”, they can also save companies real dollars, particularly if they’re investing in data centers and other infrastructure. Join Jonathan Ciccio, Continuous Improvement Manager for The Siemon Company, as we discuss The Siemon Company’s ESG initiatives. The Siemon Company has been in business for... Read more »

NB552: Nokia Switches On AI Ops; IBM Seeks a Quantum of Advantage Nov 17, 2025

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Take a Network Break! Red Hat Samba server has a remote command execution vulnerability, and we cover some follow-up on fusion as a viable energy source (still a work in progress). On the news front, we search for signs in SoftBank’s sale of its Nividia stake, Mplify debuts a new certificate on carrier Ethernet for... Read more »

Tech Bytes: Monitoring AI Agents and MCP Servers with Cisco ThousandEyes (Sponsored) Nov 17, 2025

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If you’re building, testing, or using AI agents and services, how can you get network visibility into, and ensure performance of, these tools? On today’s Tech Bytes podcast, we talk with sponsor Cisco ThousandEyes about how to monitor and measure performance of AI agents, AI models and services, and Model Context Protocol servers. We’ll get... Read more »

HN805: The Past, Present, and Future of NANOG Nov 14, 2025

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NANOG, or the North American Network Operation Group, is an organization committed to the continuing advancement of an open, secure, and robust Internet. At the NANOG Conference 95 in late October 2025, Ethan Banks chatted with Steve Feldman, a member of NANOG’s Board of Directors. Steve has been involved with NANOG since the very first... Read more »

LIU004: From Fast Food to Leading Operations at an ISP Nov 13, 2025

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Think you need a degree or a ton of certificates to succeed in tech? Think again. Matthew Oborne joins our hosts Alexis Bertholf and Kevin Nanns to discuss how he went from working fast food to leading operations at an ISP. Your starting point doesn’t define your ceiling; resilience, adaptability, and a willingness to learn... Read more »

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