Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Whys and Hows of Automated Network Testing
Episode 780
On today’s Heavy Networking we talk with Dan Wade about testing the network, inspired by Dan’s talk at AutoCon 2: “Step 0: Test the Network.” We disc…
8 months, 1 week ago
Do We Really Need the Modern Networking Stack?
Episode 779
On today’s Heavy Networking, a roundtable panel considers whether a modern network needs to be built around underlays and overlays. This isn’t just E…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Understanding Model Context Protocol (MCP) with Selector (Sponsored)
Episode 778
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a very new protocol that provides a standard way to link AI models to a variety of data sources and tools. As the ind…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Overlay All the Things?
Episode 777
Today’s Heavy Networking is all about overlay technologies, their history, development, and current state, both from engineer and vendor perspectives…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Security Platforms: Balancing Efficacy, Ops, and Emerging Threats (Sponsored)
Episode 776
Network security has evolved from stateful perimeter firewalls with maybe some IDS/IPS to a complex stack delivered as numerous unique tools, which o…
9 months ago
How To Train Your Very Own AI-Enabled Slackbot
Episode 775
On today’s Heavy Networking, we’ll discuss building a Slackbot wired to an AI and trained on your own organization’s knowledge. The potential use cas…
9 months, 1 week ago
Who Put These OT Risks In My IT Ops? Fortinet Has Answers (Sponsored)
Episode 774
IT and infosec professionals are used to operating and protecting mission-critical infrastructure; servers, databases, load balancers, and so on. But…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Optimizing Ethernet for AI - An Update On the Ultra Ethernet Consortium
Episode 773
The Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) is an industry body that aims to optimize Ethernet for AI and HPC use cases. On today’s Heavy Networking we get a…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Measuring Users’ Digital Experience with Catchpoint Internet Performance Monitoring (Sponsored)
Episode 772
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) is all about understanding a user’s application experience, and pinpointing problems if the experience is bad. Un…
10 months ago
Is The CCIE Still Worth It In 2025?
Episode 771
The CCIE remains the gold standard for networking certifications. But these days there are lots of other avenues for developing your skills and advan…
10 months, 1 week ago