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In our last episode of 2019, we cover several follow-ups and discuss news from Google and Cisco, and examine a new industry consortium to connect smart home devices. Have a happy holiday and a great new year and we'll see you in 2020.

On December 18, 2019, the Packet Pushers hosted a livestream gathering on YouTube where the Packet Pushers and special guests answered audience questions.

This podcast episode is the audio capture of that livestream.

Our conversation covers:

* Cisco’s new ASIC and 8000 router family

* Will the multi-cloud ever get a hypervisor, and what role will Kubernetes play?

* Cisco’s new certification path and whether certs teach deep knowledge or specialized product operation

* Will SDA and ACI merge into a single fabric?

* The current state of VNF performance

* Zero-trust environments and software-defined perimeters

This is our final Heavy Networking show for 2019. Thanks for another year of your attention, support, and conversation. We’ll be back in January 2020 with more nerdy networking and IT shows to keep you company in the car, at the gym, or wherever you listen.

Enjoy the holidays and have a Happy New Year!

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Sponsor: ThousandEyes

ThousandEyes gives you performance visibility from every user to every app over any network, both internal and external, so you can migrate to the cloud, troubleshoot faster and deliver exceptional user experiences. Sign up for a free account at thousandeyes.com/packetpushers and choose a free ThousandEyes t-shirt.

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Ned Bellavance

Drew Conry-Murray

Russ White

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Packet Pushers Holiday Edition Livestream December 18, 2019 – The Packet Pushers

Day Two Cloud explores how network engineers can delight their application counterparts by making network resources effortlessly consumable in hybrid and multi-cloud deployments using Cisco's Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) and Ansible. Our guests are Carl Moberg, Senior Director of Product Management at Cisco; and Peter Sprygata, Distinguished Engineer at Ansible by Red Hat. Cisco is our sponsor for today's episode.

Cloud and digital transformation initiatives are pushing security operations teams to the limit.

The growing complexity of cloud and on-premises environments make it harder for security operations to keep pace with developers, manage proper access to resources, and ensure that the right controls are in place and policies are met.

It’s difficult for security teams to implement approaches such as zero trust and microsegmentation because they are swamped with day-to-day tasks. At the same time, organizations can’t just throw more bodies at the problem because it’s hard to recruit and train security professionals.

On today’s sponsored podcast we examine how automation can help improve the effectiveness of security operations.

Joining us is Ofer Or, Vice President of Products at Tufin, our sponsor for this episode.

We discuss:

* The growing complexity of enterprise environments on premises and in the cloud

* Automating labor-intensive tasks to improve the effectiveness of security operations

* Getting proper visualization of your infrastructure to understand policy impact

* Benefits of network segmentation on premises and in the cloud, and how to implement it

* How Tufin products such as Iris and Orca address policy management and zero trust security for cloud applications

* More

Show Links:

Tufin.com 

Tufin Iris

Tufin Orca

In today's Tech Bytes episode, sponsored by Fortinet, we talk about how the company differentiates itself from competitors, including its ability to inspect TLS 1.3, its use of custom ASICs, and more.

On today's Network Break we analyze Cisco's new ASIC platform and the 8000 router series, dig into a string of AWS announcements related to networking and security, and discuss new products from Cato Networks and Silver Peak.

Welcome to Heavy Networking. Joining us is William Collins, lead cloud architect for a large healthcare company, who raised his hand when we asked for folks who wanted to be a guest on the show to volunteer. William volunteered, and we’re going to discuss hybrid cloud networking.

Specifically, we’re going to drill into routing complexity. No one operating public cloud networks had “making the network engineer’s life easier” at the top of their list when they came up with things like ExpressRoute and VPCs.

William will share his practical and hard-earned experiences connecting applications and services from on premises into the public cloud.

We discuss:

* A working definition of hybrid cloud

* Developing a hybrid cloud strategy

* The importance of design and governance

* Cloud connectivity pros and cons for VPNs, DirectConnect, ExpressRoute, and Carrier Neutral Facilities (CNFs)

* Routing topology scenarios

* Why your networking knowledge is relevant–and crucial–when it comes to the cloud

* More

Sponsor: INE

This episode is sponsored in part by INE, the ‘experts at making you an expert’. INE is announcing a new, monthly All Access Pass subscription plan, which provides you with unlimited access to INE’s entire content library of over 14,000 of the best IT and Networking training videos for just $99 a month. Visit INE.com/packetpushers to get started.

Sponsor: ExtraHop

Today’s show is also sponsored in part by ExtraHop, the enterprise cyber analytics company delivering performance and security from the inside out. ExtraHop offers complete visibility with machine learning to help you make quick, confident decisions about your IT environment. Explore the ExtraHop Performance Platform at extrahop.com/packetpushers.

Show Links:

William Collins on LinkedIn

William Collins on Twitter

Heavy Networking 452 – Using Netbox As A Source Of Networking Truth

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The Regional Internet Registry for Europe (RIPE) recently announced its supply of public IPv4 addresses was officially depleted.

In today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, we discuss what that means and why it's impactful for companies everywhere. We also discuss the history of IPv4 address exhaustion and why IPv6 is key to avoiding or mitigating the negative effects.

As an IT practitioner, do you actually need to know more about Kubernetes? Does Kubernetes and its ecosystem materially matter to your organization? Is K8s just stepping stone to more advanced technologies? We tackle these questions on today's episode of Day Two Cloud with guests Keith Townsend and Justin Warren.

With 5G, we have a new set of challenges for service provider networks. As the network becomes increasingly dynamic and distributed to deliver an ever-evolving set of services, providers have to contend with increased complexity.

To explain this complexity and what can be done to wrangle it, sponsor Juniper Networks has sent Amit Bhardwaj, Director of Product Management, to the palatial Packet Pushers virtual studio.

We discuss:

* The potential business opportunities of 5G for service providers

* 5G use cases such as IoT, automotive, smart cities, gaming, and others

* Network slicing vs. L3 VPNs

* The need to secure devices and the network at scale

* Why automation is critical to deliver new services and capabilities

* Contrail HealthBot

* More

Show Links:

Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks Service Provider Solutions

Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller

Juniper Contrail HealthBot

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Amit Bhardwaj on LinkedIn

Amit Bhardwaj on Twitter