Kubernetes Unpacked 015: Managing Cloud Costs With FinOps
In this episode of the Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, Michael explores the concept of Financial Operations, or FinOps, with guest Chris Love. As CTOs get their cloud bills, they want to know why and how so much money is being spent. Chris introduces Michael to the concept of FinOps for tracking cloud spend, why it’s important, and how it can help engineers keep their jobs.IPv6 Buzz 116: Hey Vendors! What About IPv6-Only?
In today's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about the good, bad, and ugly of vendor support for IPv6-only. While some vendors support dual-stack deployments, things get a little more precarious when you want to turn off IPv4 entirely.
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IPv6 Buzz 116: Hey Vendors! What About IPv6-Only?
In today's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom talk about the good, bad, and ugly of vendor support for IPv6-only. While some vendors support dual-stack deployments, things get a little more precarious when you want to turn off IPv4 entirely.Fortinet’s SASE Solution: Protecting Remote Access From Client To Cloud
Fortinet’s FortiSASE addresses remote user security gaps. With FortiSASE, remote users can safely browse the Web, connect to private data center applications, and get controlled access to SaaS apps.
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Coming Soon: Ask Me Anything!?
Well, maybe not *anything*, but almost anything is fair game. I’m delighted to share with you that, starting January 2023, I’m hosting a new “Ask JJX” column right here in the Packet Pushers community! This new column lets us interact in new and exciting ways, and truly have a conversation about the topics that matter […]
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Day Two Cloud 176: Comparing Cloud Provider Network Performance (Sponsored)
Today on Day Two Cloud we examine global network performance of some of the biggest public cloud providers. Sponsor ThousandEyes shares key findings and surprising data points from its 2022 Cloud Performance Report on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
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Day Two Cloud 176: Comparing Cloud Provider Network Performance (Sponsored)
Today on Day Two Cloud we examine global network performance of some of the biggest public cloud providers. Sponsor ThousandEyes shares key findings and surprising data points from its 2022 Cloud Performance Report on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.Thoughts On Switch Failures
What can we learn from a Microsoft study of switch failures in its data centers? Hardware failures are more common that software failures, the law of large numbers can overwhelm your resiliency and redundancy planning, and open-source software can be admirably robust.
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Full Stack Journey 073: Finding And Following Technical Passion Projects
Today's Full Stack Journey podcast welcomes software engineer Kat Morgan to discuss finding and following passion projects---which for Kat include KubeVirt and UOR Framework. Scott and Kat have a technical and entertaining conversation about how pursuing passion projects can inform, shape, and create career opportunities.
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Full Stack Journey 073: Finding And Following Technical Passion Projects
Today's Full Stack Journey podcast welcomes software engineer Kat Morgan to discuss finding and following passion projects---which for Kat include KubeVirt and UOR Framework. Scott and Kat have a technical and entertaining conversation about how pursuing passion projects can inform, shape, and create career opportunities.
Network Break 411: Cisco Revamps Certification Schedules; FTC Says Game Over For Microsoft’s Activision Bid
Take a Network Break! On today's episode we cover a new certification roadmap from Cisco, speculate on the future of corporate office space, and delve into an FTC lawsuit that aims to stop Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of game developer Activision. We also cover Broadcom financial results and space networking stories from Apple and SpaceX.
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Network Break 411: Cisco Revamps Certification Schedules; FTC Says Game Over For Microsoft’s Activision Bid
Take a Network Break! On today's episode we cover a new certification roadmap from Cisco, speculate on the future of corporate office space, and delve into an FTC lawsuit that aims to stop Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of game developer Activision. We also cover Broadcom financial results and space networking stories from Apple and SpaceX.Tech Bytes: Redefining Secure Remote Access With Fortinet’s SASE Solution (Sponsored)
Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we explore sponsor Fortinet’s Secure Access Service Edge, or FortiSASE, offering, including the FortiClient agent, what cloud-delivered security services are available, SASE use cases, and more. Our guest is Nirav Shah, VP of Products at Fortinet.
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Tech Bytes: Redefining Secure Remote Access With Fortinet’s SASE Solution (Sponsored)
Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we explore sponsor Fortinet’s Secure Access Service Edge, or FortiSASE, offering, including the FortiClient agent, what cloud-delivered security services are available, SASE use cases, and more. Our guest is Nirav Shah, VP of Products at Fortinet.Heavy Networking 659: Securing Cloud Metro With Zero Trust (Sponsored)
On today's Heavy Networking podcast, sponsored by Juniper Networks, we discuss how metro networks are evolving to Cloud Metro, how to apply cloud principles and automation to these locations, and how the attack surface changes when you transition to Cloud Metro. We also talk about how Juniper supports active assurance and zero trust security in these environments.
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Heavy Networking 659: Securing Cloud Metro With Zero Trust (Sponsored)
On today's Heavy Networking podcast, sponsored by Juniper Networks, we discuss how metro networks are evolving to Cloud Metro, how to apply cloud principles and automation to these locations, and how the attack surface changes when you transition to Cloud Metro. We also talk about how Juniper supports active assurance and zero trust security in these environments.Asking Meaningful Questions: What Problem Are We Trying To Solve?
At some point in your career, you’ll likely participate in a project that is a technical and implementation success but is still a failure. That’s because the wrong solution was implemented. For example, after weeks or months of hard work you might successfully deploy a client-based VPN solution, but because of application latency requirements a […]
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Demo Bytes: vSphere UPT On The NVIDIA BlueField DPU
NVIDIA’s BlueField Data Processing Unit (DPU) can offload, accelerate, and isolate software applications such as networking, storage, and security from a server’s CPU. In this Demo Byte, we walk through using VMware’s vSphere UPT feature on a BlueField DPU to bring vMotion capabilities to the DPU. Our guest is Wes Kennedy, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer […]
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Day Two Cloud 175: Deploying Kubernetes And Managing Clusters
On today's Day Two Cloud we continue our Kubernetes conversation with guest Michael Levan. Today's show focuses on Kubernetes deployments and managing clusters once they're up and running. We discuss whether Kubernetes is really more complex than traditional application infrastructure; examine management options such as GitOps, manifests, and Kubectl; share useful tools, and talk about why Kubernetes is all about APIs.
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