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This week on Heavy Networking we've assembled a roundtable of network engineers to talk about...stuff. Each guest has brought a topic to discuss with the table, so we've got lots of subjects and lots of experiences and opinions. In particular we explore:…
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Take a Network Break. This week we discuss a new Google offering to interconnect public clouds, NVIDIA's Spectrum-X platform for building AI networking fabrics using Ethernet switches and DPUs, and Cisco's latest acquisition in the security space. Juniper announces that you'd better…
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One appeal of public cloud is that some parts of the IT stack become someone else's problem. Maybe you got into cloud with the hope that networking could be one of those parts. But what if, now that you're in the public…
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Data Processing Units (DPUs) describe the next generation of SmartNICs. They enhance the simple NIC with compute and memory and they have an operating system to host applications and APIs for system call offloads. DPUs can accelerate networking, security, and storage capabilities…
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Welcome podcast listeners to Day Two Cloud! Today we bring you a special panel conversation about the challenges of multicloud networking. This episode was recorded live in Las Vegas at AWS re:Invent in November of 2022. Sponsor Prosimo has assembled this panel.…
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Today on Heavy Networking we get into home labs. Specifically, we’re going to discuss building and using a lab with virtualized Juniper gear in EVE-NG. Our guest is Christian Scholz, who has written and presented quite a bit on this topic. We…
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If you want to understand Data Processing Units (DPUs) and how they might impact your work as a network or infrastructure professional, join the Packet Pushers and Dell Technologies for a sponsored Livestream event on January 23rd, 2023. What’s A DPU? Is…
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Today on Heavy Networking we’re talking data center operations and automation. Data centers aren’t immune from the pressures being felt across the IT organization: things like enabling new applications and services more quickly, getting better visibility to monitor performance and speed up…
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If you use a middlebox such as a firewall or proxy to enforce security policies on network traffic, you’re well aware of the problem of pervasive encryption. If the middlebox can’t read the data stream, how can policy be enforced? The usual…
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Single pair Ethernet. That’s right. Ethernet over a single twisted pair, rather than the four you’re used to. Or two if you’ve got a little gray in your beard. Now, single pair Ethernet isn’t fast in the way we network engineers would…
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Metro networking is rising in importance to telcos and customers. Metro networks have specific requirements for multi-tenancy as operators often provide services for third parties. The use of Content Delivery Networks reduces traffic on backbone networks, but the local networks are in need…
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Welcome to Day Two Cloud. You know how when you create a VPC in the cloud, it’s a pretty simple thing? A few dropdowns and clicks, and you’re there. Not a bunch of nerd knobs and questions you’re not sure how to…
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