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D2DO316: Local AI Foundations

October 21, 2026 44:40 7.17 MB ( 100.0 MB less) Downloads: 0

Ned Bellavance gets to be the guest on today’s show to discuss foundational AI knowledge, inference training, and running local models with Kyler Middleton. Together, they break down practical approaches to local model execution, comparing performance trade-offs and how engineers can safely leverage open-weight models. They also explore the difference between training and inference, optimization... Read more »

TCG087: AI FinOps, Governance, and Cloud Strategy with Gartner (Sponsored)

October 21, 2026 53:23 8.78 MB ( 96.2 MB less) Downloads: 0

AI adoption is replaying many of cloud’s early mistakes, but agentic systems introduce a broader spending population, nondeterministic costs, and systems that can act on their own. In this sponsored episode, Eyvonne and William are joined by Ang Troy and Douglas Toombs from Gartner to discuss what it takes infrastructure leaders to move from experimentation... Read more »

NAN134: Building Trust in AI-Driven Networking (Sponsored)

October 21, 2026 48:19 7.98 MB ( 87.24 MB less) Downloads: 0

Network engineers are constantly looking at how AI is reshaping operations, moving beyond simple scripts to the future of self-driving networks. Joining Eric to dive deep into agentic AI workflows and AI-Native automation in this sponsored episode are two true pioneers in this space from HPE: Bob Friday, Chief AI Officer, and Jose Tellado, VP... Read more »

HW091: WLAN Pi – MCP & OS Updates

October 20, 2026 21:47 3.93 MB ( 48.34 MB less) Downloads: 0

Keith Parsons and Nick Turner discuss the latest WLAN Pi OS updates including the integration of model context protocol (MCP) for AI agent interaction. They also discuss Wi-Fi 7 multi-link operation (MLO) testing and simultaneous transmit and receive (STR) capabilities. Episode Links: WLAN Pi  

PP131: Making Security Awareness Training Actually Effective; Plus, How IT and OT Overlaps

October 20, 2026 34:58 5.81 MB ( 78.11 MB less) Downloads: 0

In this double-header episode, JJ and Drew talk with two cybersecurity experts. First up, Jayson E Street talks about how to make security awareness training effective and engaging. Instead of having employees sit through a video or lecture, or get scolded for failing a phishing test, Jayson’s approach, which he calls Silver Teaming, engages employees... Read more »

HS147: Architecting Infrastructure to Meet Your AI Ambitions (Sponsored)

October 20, 2026 42:43 7.77 MB ( 94.76 MB less) Downloads: 0

Many a IT professional is having the AI football tossed to them, “We need to implement in house AI, go do it”. If this is you, what questions should you be asking of yourself and of leadership?   Getting traction accommodating vast new workloads with new and different behaviors is a challenge, given the parameters... Read more »

Tech Bytes: Meter Offers Up to $2,000 for New Network Engineers to Lab and Learn (Sponsored)

October 19, 2026 14:25 2.69 MB ( 31.92 MB less) Downloads: 0

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, we learn about Meter Grants. This is a new program from networking vendor Meter that offers up to $2,000 in grants for early-career network engineers who are looking to get certified or advance their learning. We’ll talk about how the program works, who’s eligible to apply, and why Meter... Read more »

NB596: Cisco, NVIDIA Plug New Optical Form Factor; TSMC Etches Another Record Quarter

October 19, 2026 38:11 6.45 MB ( 68.71 MB less) Downloads: 0

Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert sounds for Nutanix Prism Gateway. Our news discussion covers a new pluggable optical form factor being pushed by Cisco and Nvidia, ORCA Computing launching a new quantum computer to run alongside GPUs, and New York University and New York City partnering to build a quantum fabrication facility in... Read more »

TNO077: From “Is It the Network?” to Continuous Assurance with NetBeez (Sponsored)

October 16, 2026 26:50 4.46 MB ( 48.28 MB less) Downloads: 0

In this sponsored episode Scott is joined by Stefano Gridelli, cofounder and CEO of NetBeez, to discuss continuous network experience assurance and moving beyond reactive troubleshooting. Together they break down how NetBeez uses user-perspective monitoring, distributed sensors, and AI-assisted data analysis to quickly isolate network performance issues. Stefano also highlights the next-generation platform features introduced... Read more »

HN846: How Meter Built a Topology Design Tool to Speed Deployments from Hours to Seconds (Sponsored)

October 16, 2026 1:00:11 10.98 MB ( 107.24 MB less) Downloads: 0

In this sponsored episode, Alex La Fazia and Daniel Kaczmarczyk of Meter explain how they built an internal tool to automate network topology creation, drastically reducing design time from hundreds of hours to seconds. They share how they relied on a deterministic rules engine to ensure accurate, repeatable network configurations. They also discuss leveraging AI... Read more »

IPB210: IPv6-Mostly Is Really Dual-Stack

October 15, 2026 35:27 5.91 MB ( 63.76 MB less) Downloads: 0

IPv6-mostly is a foothold to get from your dual-stack network to a much more predominantly IPv6-run network, but the reality is that IPv6-mostly has a whole set of dependencies about the fact that IPv4 exists on the network. Ed, Nick and Tom discuss the realities of IPv6-mostly networks such as DHCP and SLAAC configurations, VPN... Read more »

N4N066: Access Lists

October 15, 2026 1:07:10 11.35 MB ( 149.86 MB less) Downloads: 0

Ethan and Holly are back to walk us through Access Lists. Access Lists regularly appear in networking device configurations and aren’t just for security. Ethan and Holly break down what an access list is, how an access-list is processed, the various ways we might use an access list, and more. AdSpot Sponsor: Meter Most IT... Read more »

TCG086: Why Training AI to Have a Self Makes Governance Harder

October 14, 2026 1:14:15 11.74 MB ( 166.45 MB less) Downloads: 0

John Capobianco returns to the show to discuss the latest developments in Model Context Protocol (MCP) and agentic infrastructure. John and host William Collins weigh in on the ongoing debate on AI consciousness, constitutional guardrails, and model welfare policies. They also look at emerging TypeSafe System One models and the practical realities of deploying autonomous... Read more »

NAN133: Beyond the Hype: The Realities of AI Infrastructure

October 14, 2026 59:02 10.84 MB ( 105.52 MB less) Downloads: 0

Eric Chou speaks with Leo Fleskes on the pressing infrastructure challenges surrounding AI resource consumption, including data centers’ massive water and power demands. Together they discuss local community pushback, regulatory constraints, and the economic viability of AI providers. AdSpot Sponsor: Meter Most IT teams are managing networks stitched together from years of acquisitions and vendor... Read more »

Tech Bytes: Get Ahead of AI-Driven Vulnerabilities with Frontier Virtual Patching (Sponsored)

October 13, 2026 19:17 3.28 MB ( 43.01 MB less) Downloads: 0

Today on Tech Bytes we explore frontier virtual patching with sponsor Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto Networks recently announced frontier virtual patching as part of PAN-OS 12.2. We’ll talk about how this release can help IT and OT organizations deal with the increased speed and scale of vulnerabilities being uncovered. Frontier virtual patching can help... Read more »