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HN764: Should You Pursue a Technical Leadership Role?
Do you think you have what it takes to be a manager? Should you go for it? Laura Santamaria, host of the Technically Leadership podcast, joins Ethan Banks to discuss those questions. They talk about
HN763: You Too Can Say ‘Yes’ to Packet Analysis
Packet capture and packet analysis is incredibly useful for problem-solving and troubleshooting. Analyzing packets is also a difficult skill to master. With the incredible array of network
HN762: A Network Automation Roadmap
Once you get past a handful of Python scripts, network automation can bedaunting. If you want to make network automation process-driven, repeatable, reliable, and something that doesnt just rely on
HN761: Who Are You Building Automation For? An AutoCon2 Roundtable
Todays Heavy Networking comes to you from the AutoCon2 tech event being held in Westminster, Colorado. This episode was recorded in conference room on site at AutoCon2 in November, 2024. The f
HN760: Mitigate IoT/OT Vulnerabilities with Guided Virtual Patching (Sponsored)
Today on Heavy Networking, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we explore how virtual patching can be used to protect IoT and OT devices. Virtual patching leverages intrusion detection and intrusion
HN 759: Deploying the BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) at ISP Scale
The BGP Monitoring Protocol, or BMP, is an IETF standard. With BMP you can send BGP prefixes and updates from a router to a collector before any policy filters are applied. Once collected, you can
HN758: How Selector Built an AI Language Model for Networking (Sponsored)
On todays episode, artificial intelligence with sponsor Selector.AI. If youre curious and maybe still skeptical about the value AI brings to network operations, listen to this episode. Selector is
HN757: Building a DIY SD-WAN to Serve (Very) Remote Customers
On todays episode, we chat with wireless ISP engineer Elijah Zeida. Elijah had an interesting connectivity challenge to solve for a remote mountain town that relies on a wireless connection for I
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