Heavy Networking
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HN756: Alkira Enhances Its Multi-Cloud Networking With ZTNA and Security (Sponsored)
Alkira provides a Multi-Cloud Networking Service (MCNS) that lets you connect public cloud and on-prem locations using a cloud-delivered, as-a-service approach. But Alkira offers more than just
HN755: Optimizing Ethernet to Meet AI Infrastructure Demands
Ethernet competes with InfiniBand as a network fabric for AI workloads such as model training. One issue is that AI jobs dont tolerate latency, drops, and retransmits. In other words, AI workloads d
HN754: Secure AI by Design with Palo Alto Networks (Sponsored)
AI is finding its way into more and more consumer and business applications. In particular, the widespread use of Generative AI raises a serious question: how secure is it? In this sponsored Heavy
HN753: Getting to Know Cisco’s Network Service Orchestrator (NSO)
On todays episode, guest James Henderson joins the Packet Pushers to discuss Ciscos Network Service Orchestrator (NSO). NSOs role in network automation, its declarative management approach, and th
HN752: How Digital Twins Enable Smarter Network Ops, Troubleshooting (Sponsored)
Our topic today is digital twins. Sponsor Forward Networks offers software that creates a mathematically accurate copy of your network, be it on prem or in the cloud. We talk about what ma
HN751: Top Tips for Building A CCIE-EI Lab
The Packet Pushers and guest Mason Reimert discuss strategies hes using to prepare for the Cisco CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure lab exam. Mason shares practical tips for hands-on labbing for both e
HN750: Under the Hood Of Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Browser (Sponsored)
On todays Heavy Networking, we discuss enterprise browsers with sponsor Palo Alto Networks. Most end users do the majority of their work in the browser these days. At the same time, more threats a
HN749: Expand Your Network Labs With Containerlab and Clabernetes
On todays episode, we cover open source Clabernetes, a tool that allows you to run Containerlab on Kubernetes. Containerlab provides a CLI for orchestrating and managing container-based networking l
HN748: How AI and HPC Are Changing Data Center Networks
On todays episode of Heavy Networking, Rob Sherwood joins us to discuss the impact that High Performance Computing (HPC)and artificial intelligence computing are having on data center network d
HN747: Automate The Easy Things
Our Heavy Networking guest today is Hans Driessens, and we sat down at AutoCon1 to talk through some of his network automation projects. Hans shares his journey from a service engineer to a