HS 024 – Is Shadow IT a Good Thing
Shadow IT does not always lead to bad outcom
Kubernetes Unpacked 001: Prerequisites For Kubernetes Success
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Kubernetes Unpacked, a new podcast in the Packet Pushers Community Channel. The goal of this podcast is to help IT professionals understand Kubernetes: how it works; how and why it's used; how to deploy, operate, and manage the platform on premises and in the cloud; Kubernetes networking and security concepts; and more.
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Kubernetes Unpacked 001: Prerequisites For Kubernetes Success
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Kubernetes Unpacked, a new podcast in the Packet Pushers Community Channel. The goal of this podcast is to help IT professionals understand Kubernetes: how it works; how and why it's used; how to deploy, operate, and manage the platform on premises and in the cloud; Kubernetes networking and security concepts; and more.Tech Bytes: HashiCorp’s Consul Tackles Network Infrastructure Automation (Sponsored)
Welcome to this sponsored Tech Bytes episode with HashiCorp, where we focus on how HashiCorp's Consul product helps automate network infrastructure. We also dig into what’s included in the Enterprise version of Consul. Joining us today is Hari Sankaran from the Consul product team.
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Tech Bytes: HashiCorp’s Consul Tackles Network Infrastructure Automation (Sponsored)
Welcome to this sponsored Tech Bytes episode with HashiCorp, where we focus on how HashiCorp's Consul product helps automate network infrastructure. We also dig into what’s included in the Enterprise version of Consul. Joining us today is Hari Sankaran from the Consul product team.Learning BGP Module 2 Lesson 4: Best Path – Video
This installment of Russ White’s BGP course discusses how the BGP protocol calculates the best path for a route. Topics include: -Routes to discard -Weighting -Shortest AS path -Origin type -Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED) -Oldest eBGP Path -Tiebreakers You can subscribe to the Packet Pushers’ YouTube channel for more videos as they are published. It’s a […]
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Learning BGP Module 2 Lesson 3: Messages And Updates – Video
Russ White’s BGP course continues with a lesson on messages and updates. Topics include: -BGP Open -BGP Reach -BGP MP-Reach -Address families -BGP Update -Update processing -TCP interaction You can subscribe to the Packet Pushers’ YouTube channel for more videos as they are published. It’s a diverse a mix of content from Ethan and Greg, […]
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It’s Time For Zero Trust Network Access With Zero Exceptions
Today’s digital and cloud-first businesses everywhere are struggling to get a handle on the risks associated with hybrid work and direct-to-app connectivity. For many businesses, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) offers an opportunity to modernize and consolidate architectures while also providing a logical entrance into a broader Zero Trust journey.
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Network Break 383: Cyber Insurers Realize Customers Have Terrible Security; F5’s Big Vulnerability
This week's Network Break discusses a new threat containment feature from Rubrik to prevent companies from re-infecting themselves via compromised backups. F5 has released patches for a serious vulnerability in its Big-IP load balancer, cyber insurers raised premiums by as much 92% last year, and more IT news.Tech Bytes: MSP Softchoice And VMware Tackle Hybrid And Multi-Cloud Deployments (Sponsored)
Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk with Managed Service Provider (MSP) and VMware partner of the year Softchoice on how Softchoice helps customers navigate multi-cloud and hybrid cloud deployments using VMware. We cover details about two real-world Softchoice/VMware customer use cases: a Major League Baseball team and a financial services firm.
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Tech Bytes: MSP Softchoice And VMware Tackle Hybrid And Multi-Cloud Deployments (Sponsored)
Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk with Managed Service Provider (MSP) and VMware partner of the year Softchoice on how Softchoice helps customers navigate multi-cloud and hybrid cloud deployments using VMware. We cover details about two real-world Softchoice/VMware customer use cases: a Major League Baseball team and a financial services firm.Proxmox/Ceph – Full Mesh HCI Cluster w/ Dynamic Routing
If you have ever used Proxmox, you know it’s a capable and robust open-source hypervisor. When coupled with Ceph, the two can provide a powerful HyperConverged (HCI) platform; rivaling mainstream closed-source solutions like those from Dell, Nutanix, VMWare, etc., and all based on free (paid support available) and open-source software. The distributed nature of HCI […]
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Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks Introduces Security As Flexible As Today’s Hybrid Workforce (Sponsored)
Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk with sponsor Palo Alto Networks about two new approaches for supporting remote and hybrid workers. First is Okyo Garde, a new wireless mesh product to support remote work. And second, a new bandwidth-on-demand option for Palo Alto’s Prisma SD-WAN.
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Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks Introduces Security As Flexible As Today’s Hybrid Workforce (Sponsored)
Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk with sponsor Palo Alto Networks about two new approaches for supporting remote and hybrid workers. First is Okyo Garde, a new wireless mesh product to support remote work. And second, a new bandwidth-on-demand option for Palo Alto’s Prisma SD-WAN.Heavy Networking 631: Saying No
On today's Heavy Networking we talk about why it's important to say "No" when someone tries to put more work on you than you can handle. Guest Tom Hollingsworth wrote a controversial blog post entitled “No Is A Complete Sentence” about how to say "No," to even when it's hard to do. We talk about the nuances of this stance, the risks you take when you do, time management, balancing workloads, and more.
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Heavy Networking 631: Saying No
On today's Heavy Networking we talk about why it's important to say "No" when someone tries to put more work on you than you can handle. Guest Tom Hollingsworth wrote a controversial blog post entitled “No Is A Complete Sentence” about how to say "No," to even when it's hard to do. We talk about the nuances of this stance, the risks you take when you do, time management, balancing workloads, and more.IPv6 Buzz 101: Innovating With IPv6
In this episode of IPv6 Buzz, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about innovation using IPv6. The limitless supply of addresses creates new opportunities for network engineers and application developers, including flat networks with many more nodes, robust segmentation options, supporting overlays, and more.
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IPv6 Buzz 101: Innovating With IPv6
In this episode of IPv6 Buzz, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about innovation using IPv6. The limitless supply of addresses creates new opportunities for network engineers and application developers, including flat networks with many more nodes, robust segmentation options, supporting overlays, and more.Tech Bytes: Solving Service Networking Problems With HashiCorp’s Consul (Sponsored)
Today's sponsored Tech Bytes dives into HashiCorp's Consul product to learn how it’s evolved from its humble beginnings to become a service networking platform with features including a service mesh, service discovery, network infrastructure automation, an API gateway, and more.
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