The Fat Pipe - All Packet Pushers Pods

Take a Network Break! We discuss Nvidia clearing a major hurdle to its Mellanox acquisition, GitHub changes its pricing, the startup Alkira tackles multi-cloud networking, and more tech news analysis. Our guest commentator is Stephen Foskett, founder of Tech Field Day and GestaltIT.

In today's Heavy Networking episode, we talk Production Ready Automation. That's a topic we've covered before on Packet Pushers, so what wondrous newness does sponsor Cumulus Networks bring to the table? The idea is a system that's ready for you to use. Why? Because a lot of folks are finding that rolling their own artisanal network automation takes considerable time both to create and maintain. Our guests are Pete Lumbis, Director of Technical Marketing and Rama Darbha, Director of Services at Cumulus Networks.

In this week's episode Ed, Scott, and Tom discuss one of IT networking's biggest challenges, IP renumbering, and how IPv6 impacts (and is impacted by) it. Anyone who's ever had to do a significant IPv4 renumbering project knows just how labor intensive and painful this process can be. Will it be easier with IPv6? If so, how and why?

Derek Campbell joins Day Two Cloud for a discussion about DevOps. Of course, DevOps has been discussed to death across the IT landscape, so we drill into specifics with Derek to get his unique take, which he delivers with a Scottish accent. Even if you can't make out what he's saying, you've love listening to him.

Our sponsor today is Silver Peak, and we’re talking about how to improve QoE using SD-WAN with their customer C&S Wholesale Grocers, the largest wholesale grocer in the United States. Our guest is Leonard Bernstein, Senior Director of Infrastructure and Service Delivery.

Take a Network Break! Grab a virtual donut, sit back and relax, and take a journey with us through Elysian fields of tech news analysis. We’ve got stories today on Cisco, VMware, a new PCAP appliance, a Tech Byte from sponsor Silver Peak with their SD-WAN customer C&S Wholesalers, and more.

Today's Heavy Networking is all about wireless. Guest Bryan Ward, Lead Network Engineer at Dartmouth College, takes us through a campus-wide wireless upgrade that the institution is currently undertaking. We get nerdy about planning, infrastructure, cabling, and more, and dive into why the college is switching vendors.

Spectro Cloud is Kubernetes management. But...that's really oversimplifying it, especially with the hundreds of offerings that have something to with Kubernetes management or KaaS. If I'm being more precise, Spectro Cloud is about managing an entire infrastructure stack that's built around Kubernetes.

The US FCC has announced its intention to release the 6Ghz spectrum for unlicensed use in an upcoming vote. I spoke with Keith Parsons who is deeply involved in the process and years of experience on the process to find out more.

Day Two Cloud dives into Git for operations people. Git is a version-control system used to track changes in software. If you've heard of it but aren't familiar with it and want to learn more, this is your show. Our guest is Damien Garros, Managing Director at Network To Code.