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Network Break 243: Zoom Changes Tone On Security Vulnerabilities; Cisco Spends $2.6 Billion For Acacia

Today's Network Break analyzes Zoom's change of course on security vulnerabilities, discusses the reasons behind Cisco's multibillion acquisition of Acacia, examines IBM's closing of its Red Hat purchase, and more tech news.

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IPv6 Buzz 030: Overcoming The Big 3 Objections To IPv6 Adoption

Objections to IPv6 adoption tend to follow three tracks: we don't need it, we don't have budget, and we'll lose the security and multihoming benefits of NAT. On today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, Dr. David Holder explains why these objections don't hold water, and how to communicate with business and technical leaders to overcome them.

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Day Two Cloud 013: To Do Cloud Right, Leave Data Center Thinking Behind

Organizations don't have to be convinced to adopt the cloud these days. The conversation now is about how to do it right. Guest Dwayne Monroe joins the Day Two Cloud podcast to talk about how to change your thinking about cloud in terms of resource sizing, cost, staff training, service availability, app refactoring and much more.

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Heavy Networking 458: SDN Federation – One Controller To Rule Them All?

You might have any number of software controllers in your infrastructure: one for wireless, one for SD-WAN, one in the data center, one for security, and so on. Would it be useful to federate these controllers? Can we expect the industry to produce a controller of controllers? Is this even a good idea? Today's Heavy Networking podcast ponders these questions with guest Rob Sherwood.

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Network Break 242: Cloudflare Burned By Firewall Update; Ex-Equifax Exec Goes To Jail

Today's Network Break examines the causes of Cloudflare's outage, analyzes Broadcom's motivation for buying Symantec, discusses why big tech companies are considering manufacturing locations outside of China, and more tech news.

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Datanauts 168: Why Design Process Matters For Data Centers And The Cloud

When you're tasked with a new infrastructure project on premises or in the cloud, a design process will significantly improve your chances of success. Guest Adam Post joins the Datanauts podcast to discuss a proper design process, examine frameworks for virtualized and cloud environments, and more.

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Network Break 241: Extreme Buys Aerohive; Sloppy BGP Plumbing Causes Route Leak

Extreme Networks spends approx. $227 million to buy Aerohive Networks to add a cloud-managed WLAN to its portfolio, a route leak resulted in cascading failures on June 24th, Oracle will retire Dyn managed DNS services, Mist Systems rolls out a new 11ax AP, and more tech news on today's Network Break podcast.

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Datanauts 167: Patch Now Or Later? The Delicate Art Of Vulnerability Management

Security expert Zoë Rose beams aboard the Datanauts podcast to discuss the intricacies of vulnerability management, including how to asses risks, when and what to patch, the importance of input from multiple stakeholders, compensating controls, and more.

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