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Gluware’s network automation platform lets you start automating your current environment with quick wins in key areas such as device inventory, configuration management, and OS updates.

You can then extend into wide-scale orchestration, policy enforcement, and intent.

In today’s sponsored Tech Bytes podcast, Greg Ferro talks with Gluware co-founder and CEO Jeff Gray about how Gluware’s software works, the concept behind intent engineering and how to make it an operational reality, real-world customer use cases from Merck and Terracon, and more.

This podcast was recorded live at Gluware Intent ’19 in May 2019 in New York City.

For more details about Gluware and to request a demo, check out gluware.com/packetpushers.

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Gluware

Gluware Intent ’19 Special Event – YouTube

Getting To Intent-Based Networking – YouTube

Intelligent Network Automation: Gluware Intent ’19 Podcast (Sponsored) – YouTube

Using Gluware To Automate The Merck Network: Gluware Intent ’19 (Sponsored) – Packet Pushers

Gluware sponsors today's Tech Bytes episode. Greg Ferro and Gluware CEO Jeff Gray discuss network automation, how Gluware's software works, how it lets you solve immediate problems in your current environment while working toward intent, and more.

HPE trolls the tech industry with a "cloudless" marketing campaign, Riverbed partners with Versa to bolster its SD-WAN portfolio, a startup dabbles in peer-to-peer networking and cryptocurrency, GE releases an unintentional parody video on the perils of IoT and more tech news on today's Network Break podcast.

Take a Network Break! Today’s podcast starts with a couple of FUs on certifications, and then dives into news from HPE Discover including HPE’s plans to make its full portfolio available by subscription. We also enjoy HPE’s “Cloudless” as a fine example of marketing jujitsu.

Riverbed and Versa partner on SD-WAN to extend Riverbed’s portfolio and customer reach, the startup Helium combines a peer-to-peer wireless network with cryptocurrency, and Cisco announces a Catalyst bug that crashes switches if you use the “show run” command.

Broadcom says its Trident 4 silicon is now sampling, Signify launches a Li-Fi play that uses light for data transmission instead of radio waves, and an open source group releases a proposed standard for service meshes.

Cumulus co-founder JR Rivers departs the company, Huawei says the US ban will strip $30 billion in revenue, a lack of good security gets very costly, and GE releases an unintentional parody video on the perils of IoT.

Get links to all these stories below.

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.

Tech Bytes: Gluware

Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Gluware. Recorded live at Intent ‘19, we talk with CEO and co-founder Jeff Gray about network automation, the notion of intent engineering, and how Gluware works.

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Certification Links:

Major Updates to Cisco Certifications

Major Updates to Cisco Certifications Part II (CCNA)

Major Updates to Cisco Certifications Part III (CCNP)

Cisco Certification Updates

The CCIE Times Are A Changing

Future of Cisco Certs ?

Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCIE Certification MAJOR Update – Changes in 2020

HPE announces plans to offer entire portfolio as a Service by 2022 – HPE

HPE: Since y’all love cloud subs so much, we’ll throw all our boxes into GreenLake by 2022 – The Register

Riverbed Strengthens and Expands Enterprise SD-WAN Market Presence, Signs Strategic Global OEM Agreement with Versa Networks – Riverbed

BiB 076: Versa Titan: SD-WAN ...

Today’s Tech Bytes episode is sponsored by Anuta Networks. Anuta makes network automation software for multi-vendor environments.

In this episode we hear from Kiran Sirupa, Director of Marketing at Anuta, as he introduces us to Anuta ATOM, the software platform that drives Anuta’s automation solution.

Kiran explains ATOM’s capabilities including low-code automation, network device configurations, compliance checks, telemetry collection, and more.

You’ll also hear questions and comments from Ethan Banks and Drew Conry-Murray of the Packet Pushers.

Note that this Tech Bytes is the first 15 minutes or so of a longer Webinar from Anuta, which was part of the Packet Pushers’ Virtual Design Clinic that took place in June 2019.  That presentation includes slides, customer case studies, and a demo.

You can get more details about Anuta at anutanetworks.com/packetpushers. The first 30 people to register there can also get a free polo shirt.

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Anuta Networks

Anuta ATOM: Assurance, Telemetry, and Orchestration for Multi-Vendor Networks (Sponsored) – YouTube

Packet Pushers Virtual Design Clinic

Packet Pushers YouTube Channel

On today's Tech Bytes we talk with sponsor Anuta Networks about its ATOM network automation software. Guest Kiran Sirupa explains ATOM’s capabilities including low-code automation, network device configurations, compliance checks, telemetry collection, and more.

Welcome to Tech Bytes, a sponsored conversation on new and emerging ideas and products in IT.

Our sponsor today is Tufin and we’re going to talk about security, security policies, and how to get your arms around all the rules, controls, and policies you’ve got in place.

Our guest is Maya Malevich, Director of Product Marketing at Tufin.

We discuss:

* How Tufin provides a centralized console for security policy management

* The ability to automate policy and rule changes in firewalls, routers, switches, and more

* How Tufin creates an abstraction layer to analyze and model policies and rules

* The benefits of developing a security policy baseline

* How Tufin works on premises and in the cloud

* More

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Tufin on Twitter   @TufinTech

Suite Talk – Tufin’s blog

Network Segmentation – Tufin

Subscribe to Tufin’s “Security Rules” podcast through iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and SoundCloud.

Welcome to Tech Bytes, a sponsored conversation on new and emerging ideas and products in IT.

Our sponsor today is Tufin and we’re going to talk about security, security policies, and how to get your arms around all the rules, controls, and policies you’ve got in place.

Our guest is Maya Malevich, Director of Product Marketing at Tufin.

We discuss:

* How Tufin provides a centralized console for security policy management

* The ability to automate policy and rule changes in firewalls, routers, switches, and more

* How Tufin creates an abstraction layer to analyze and model policies and rules

* The benefits of developing a security policy baseline

* How Tufin works on premises and in the cloud

* More

Show Links:

Tufin on Twitter   @TufinTech

Suite Talk – Tufin’s blog

Network Segmentation – Tufin

Subscribe to Tufin’s “Security Rules” podcast through iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and SoundCloud.

In this Tech Byte episode we delve into security policy orchestration and automation with sponsor Tufin. Tufin integrates with firewalls, next-gen firewalls, routers, switches and more to help you understand and automate controls and policies on premises and in the cloud.

On today's Network Break we cover Cisco's new certifications and its CCIE Routing and Switching replacement, analyze Intel's acquisition of Barefoot Networks, dive into new products from Arista, and more IT news.