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The expectations for application delivery are higher than ever before, the networks that support those applications are increasingly distributed, and visibility is essential for network operations and troubleshooting. On today’s sponsored episode, Kentik’s Phil Gervasi joins us to discuss how Kentik collects…
Listen NowThe following post is by Phil Gervasi, Director of Technical Evangelism at Kentik. We thank Kentik for being a sponsor. It's 2024, and it's time for a new NMS. People have been complaining about SNMP for decades, even claiming in recent years…
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Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we get into the automation of network performance testing and synthetic transactions. Our sponsor is Kentik and our guest is Avi Freedman, Kentik's CEO and co-founder. We discuss: Using synthetic transactions as part of your network…
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Today's Weekly Show is all about network traffic intelligence. Our sponsor is Kentik and we talk with CEO and co-founder Avi Freedman. Kentik takes flow data, SNMP, routing data, and even packet captures, and puts it all together to provide insight into…
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I’m Ethan Banks, it’s the 23rd of October 2017, and here’s what’s happening. I had a briefing with Kentik at Networking Field Day 16 back in early September. Kentik is a company providing deep analytics of network traffic and are also a Packet Pushers…
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System Initiative is a new product that aims to improve on Infrastructure as Code (IaC). On today's episode we talk with System Initiative creator Adam Jacob to find out why he wanted to improve on IaC, how System Initiative works, how it…
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AI can support network operations, but it can also be complex, mysterious, and steeped in vendor hype. On today’s episode, guest Phil Gervasi clarifies some of the terminology and concepts of AI, including distinctions among concepts like generative AI, general AI, and…
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The following sponsored blog post was written by Michael Haugh, Vice President Of Product Marketing at Gluware. We thank Gluware for being a sponsor. Network automation is no longer a nice-to-have but an essential element in scaling and managing complex enterprise networks.…
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Today we spotlight an open-source project called FakeNOS. Whether you're a network engineer looking to experiment in a controlled environment, or a DevOps engineer wanting to run a network testbed for your processes, you can use FakeNOS for your projects. My guests…
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Anuta Networks has added an active assurance capability to ATOM, its network automation and orchestration software. Active assurance lets engineers run synthetic tests on demand using software agents. For example, if a service provider wants to test the performance of a link…
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It's the Network Break! This week we analyze Cisco's $500 million acquisition of Espagon, which monitors container-based and serverless applications. We also drill into Intel's announcement of Mount Evans, an Infrastructure Processing Unit (IPU) designed to offload network and storage functions from…
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Take a Network Break! This week we welcome guest analyst Johna Till Johnson, CEO and Founder of Nemertes Research. Greg and Johna discuss a few follow-ups from last week, and then dive into topics including the rising price of copper, Proofpoint going…
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