The most popular shows from the Packet Pushers Podcast Network in one feed. 1-The Weekly Show (network engineering). 2-Priority Queue (even more network engineering). 3-Datanauts (the full IT stack including cloud). 4-Network Break (IT news and analysis from the week). 5-Briefings In Brief (interesting vendor stories in 15 minutes or less).

HN731: GraphQL: Open Source Query Language for APIs

April 26, 2024 34:53 6.51 MB ( 43.8 MB less) Downloads: 0

What if instead of sending multiple queries out to APIs and getting disparate data back, you could just send a single query and receive a single answer. That’s exactly what GraphQL does for you. Rick Donato joins the show today to teach us about GraphQL and how it can help us on the path to... Read more »

KU054: OpenTelemetry: Open Source Observability

April 25, 2024 00:00 6.54 MB ( -1.31 MB less) Downloads: 0

Observability is foundational to application and infrastructure performance. That’s why it’s fitting that OpenTelemetry is the second most active project in the CNCF after Kubernetes. Today CNCF ambassador Dotan Horovits tells us about the project: OpenTelemetry is a uniform, vendor-agnostic observability framework for generating and collecting telemetry data across both infrastructure and application, across different... Read more »

NAN061: Transforming Network Telemetry Into Operational Insights With Kentik (Sponsored)

April 24, 2024 44:33 8.32 MB ( 40.22 MB less) Downloads: 0

The expectations for application delivery are higher than ever before, the networks that support those applications are increasingly distributed, and visibility is essential for network operations and troubleshooting. On today’s sponsored episode, Kentik’s Phil Gervasi joins us to discuss how Kentik collects essential performance data to help you monitor and manage all the networks your... Read more »

D2C241: Choose Your Own Adventure: Manager, Director, or IC

April 24, 2024 39:10 7.23 MB ( 20.96 MB less) Downloads: 0

What makes for a good manager, director, and independent contributor (IC), and how do you figure out which is the best fit for you? Hazel Weakly has had a whirlwind tour of all three and is ready to share her insight into each. We talk about the skill set needed for each, and figuring out... Read more »

PP011: IoT Protocols: Detection and Protection

April 23, 2024 46:50 8.46 MB ( 25.25 MB less) Downloads: 0

IoT devices are often like the tiny aliens in the locker in Men in Black: They’ve created a whole little world on your network without almost any humans knowing they exist. Today Troy Martin joins the show to teach us the basics of how to find and secure IoT devices on your network, specifically focusing... Read more »

HS070: Living on the Edge: The Present Future of Edge Architecture

April 23, 2024 30:28 5.71 MB ( 38.21 MB less) Downloads: 0

Right now we’re in the first generation of edge architecture. We won’t even really know how to define it until we’re past it. Greg and Johna discuss the operational milieu in which the edge is forming: Vast numbers of IoT devices, increased remote computing capabilities, questions around cloud operational costs and efficiency, and vendors jostling... Read more »

NB475: Cisco Hypes Hypershield; Broadcom Tries To Clarify VMware Strategy

April 22, 2024 1:00:52 11.3 MB ( 78.58 MB less) Downloads: 0

Take a Network Break! This week we cover Hypershield, a new Cisco security product that uses technology from its Isovalent acquisition. We parse a blog from Broadcom CEO Hock Tan on the company’s VMware strategy, and discuss China’s latest counter-punch in its tech infrastructure fight with the United States. A KPMG survey reveals that executives... Read more »

Tech Bytes: Begin Your Unified SASE Journey with Next-Gen SD-WAN (Sponsored)

April 22, 2024 18:40 3.45 MB ( 23.48 MB less) Downloads: 0

Secure Access Service Edge, or SASE, combines SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security services including next-gen firewall, CASB, secure web gateway, and others. You can mix and match your SD-WAN and cloud security, but today Rajesh Kari from Palo Alto Networks is here to advocate for the benefits of their single-vendor option. We talk performance, security, and... Read more »

HN730: Retail, Healthcare, Manufacturing and More Transform Their Branches with Next-Gen SD-WAN and SASE (Sponsored)

April 19, 2024 47:33 8.76 MB ( 59.78 MB less) Downloads: 0

If you haven’t made the leap from traditional wide area networking to SD-WAN, or perhaps you’re thinking about adding security services to your SD-WAN infrastructure, this episode is for you. Rajesh Kari from Palo Alto Networks joins the show to share customer stories from the front lines of multi-branch businesses’ networks. Industry verticals including retail,... Read more »

IPB149: A Progress Report On The Federal Government’s IPv6 Migration

April 18, 2024 40:47 7.63 MB ( 21.72 MB less) Downloads: 0

When you chair the IPv6 Task Force for the United States Federal Government, you get a pretty good view of IPv6 implementation across the world and in every aspect of American society. That’s why we have Rob Sears on the show today. He gives us his perspective as chair of the task force charged with... Read more »

Day Two Cloud: The Duality of Enterprise AI

April 18, 2024 55:14 10.45 MB ( 69.14 MB less) Downloads: 0

Welcome to a crossover episode with the Day Two Cloud podcast! AI has been around forever; AI is emergent. AI is just data analytics; AI hallucinates. AI doesn’t have many business use cases; AI is already being used by your employees. Today, Greg and Johna from the Heavy Strategy podcast join Day Two Cloud to... Read more »

D2C240: The Duality of Enterprise AI

April 17, 2024 54:53 10.29 MB ( 29.22 MB less) Downloads: 0

AI has been around forever; AI is emergent. AI is just data analytics; AI hallucinates. AI doesn’t have many business use cases; AI is already being used by your employees. Today, Greg and Johna from the Heavy Strategy podcast join Day Two Cloud to give their takes on enterprise AI. Johna brings with her the... Read more »

NAN060: Python for Network Engineering with Kirk Byers (Part 2)

April 17, 2024 36:46 6.68 MB ( 19.78 MB less) Downloads: 0

This is Part 2 of Kirk Byers’ interview. We discuss the Git course he’s developing and the need to build bridges between networking and testing so we can move automation forward. This of course leads us to geek out about AutoCon and the talks we’re most excited about. Plus, Kirk shares his wisdom about creating... Read more »

P010: CISA’s Cyber Incident Reporting Law: What You Need to Know

April 16, 2024 37:27 6.8 MB ( 20.16 MB less) Downloads: 0

The US government is seeking comment on a new law mandating detailed cyber incident reporting. In this episode, we cover what you need to know about the “Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act.” We break down the details, including what kind of companies the law applies to, what it defines as an “incident,” and... Read more »

HW025: Easy as Pi: The WLAN Pro’s Swiss Army Knife

April 16, 2024 39:21 6.27 MB ( 50.46 MB less) Downloads: 0

In 2016, a handful of wireless engineers got together and decided to create the portable tool they all wish existed. Thus the WLAN Pi was born. Jerry Olla, Nick Turner, and Jiri Brejcha join the show today to talk about the evolution of the open source WLAN Pi and its current capabilities. The latest generation... Read more »