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Heavy Networking

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Heavy Networking is an unabashedly nerdy dive into all things networking. Described by one listener as "verbal white papers," the weekly episodes feature network engineers, industry experts, and vendors sharing useful information to keep your professional knowledge sharp and your career growing. Hosts Greg Ferro, Ethan Banks and Drew Conry-Murray cut through the marketing spin to explore what works—and what doesn't—in networking today, while keeping an eye on what's ahead for the industry. On ai...

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Episodes (271)

HN790: From Rule-Based to Goal-Based: Rethinking Autonomous AI Operations (Spons...

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Aug 1, 202557:45pending

HN789: How a Global Payments Processor Automates Firewall Changes at Scale

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Jul 25, 202548:25pending

HN788: Behind Megaport’s Network Automation Platform (Sponsored)

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Jul 18, 202551:50pending

HN787: Are We In a Post-SNMP Era?

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Jun 27, 202558:27pending

HN786: From Intent-Based to Autonomous Ops With Cisco Crosswork and Provider Con...

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Jun 20, 202549:38pending

HN785: How To Take Your First Steps Into Network Automation

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Jun 13, 202555:50pending

HN784: Accelerate Your Network Automation With Gluware Labs and New Ansible Coll...

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Jun 6, 202559:07pending

HN783: BGP Routing Policy for Enterprise Networkers: Unpacking IRR and RPSL

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May 30, 202554:30pending

HN782: Netris Meets Your Network Automation Challenges in AI Data Centers (Spons...

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May 23, 202558:33pending

HN781: CCIE Service Provider Free Workbook & Track Update

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May 16, 202559:13pending

HN780: The Whys and Hows of Automated Network Testing

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May 9, 20251:03:53pending

HN779: Do We Really Need the Modern Networking Stack?

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May 2, 202555:15pending

HN778: Understanding Model Context Protocol (MCP) with Selector (Sponsored)

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Apr 25, 202550:47pending

HN777: Overlay All the Things?

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Apr 18, 202552:01pending

HN776: Security Platforms: Balancing Efficacy, Ops, and Emerging Threats (Sponso...

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Apr 11, 202549:33pending

HN775: How To Train Your Very Own AI-Enabled Slackbot

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Apr 4, 20251:03:59pending

HN774: Who Put These OT Risks In My IT Ops? Fortinet Has Answers (Sponsored)

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Mar 28, 202546:53pending

HN773: Optimizing Ethernet for AI – An Update On the Ultra Ethernet Consortium

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Mar 21, 20251:22:39pending

HN772: Measuring Users’ Digital Experience with Catchpoint Internet Performance...

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Mar 14, 202548:22pending

HN771: Is The CCIE Still Worth It In 2025?

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Mar 7, 202555:52pending

HN770: Deploying A Global Network in Minutes With Megaport (Sponsored)

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Feb 28, 202535:53pending

HN769: CI/CD Pipelines and Network Automation

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Feb 21, 202557:40pending

HN768: Ctrl+Alt+Delivered App Routing Reinvented with Palo Alto Networks SD-WAN...

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Feb 14, 202544:53pending

HN767: Effective Networking on the Cheap

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Feb 7, 20251:09:58pending

HN 766: Ensuring QoE for Agentic AI With Broadcom VeloRAIN (Sponsored)

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Jan 31, 202555:06pending

HN765: Telecom In the Bahamas: Lessons In Resiliency

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Jan 24, 202552:45pending

HN764: Should You Pursue a Technical Leadership Role?

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Jan 17, 20251:04:59pending

HN763: You Too Can Say ‘Yes’ to Packet Analysis

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Jan 10, 202555:42pending

HN762: A Network Automation Roadmap

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Dec 20, 202457:43pending

HN761: Who Are You Building Automation For? An AutoCon2 Roundtable

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Dec 13, 20241:02:27pending

HN760: Mitigate IoT/OT Vulnerabilities with Guided Virtual Patching (Sponsored)

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Dec 6, 202442:55pending

HN 759: Deploying the BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) at ISP Scale

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Nov 22, 202456:32pending

HN758: How Selector Built an AI Language Model for Networking (Sponsored)

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Nov 15, 202455:54pending

HN757: Building a DIY SD-WAN to Serve (Very) Remote Customers

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Nov 8, 202449:29pending

HN756: Alkira Enhances Its Multi-Cloud Networking With ZTNA and Security (Sponso...

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Nov 1, 202447:04pending

HN755: Optimizing Ethernet to Meet AI Infrastructure Demands

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Oct 25, 20241:09:49pending

HN754: Secure AI by Design with Palo Alto Networks (Sponsored)

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Oct 18, 202452:37pending

HN753: Getting to Know Cisco’s Network Service Orchestrator (NSO)

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Oct 14, 20241:08:37pending

HN752: How Digital Twins Enable Smarter Network Ops, Troubleshooting (Sponsored)

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Oct 4, 202457:49pending

HN751: Top Tips for Building A CCIE-EI Lab

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Sep 27, 202452:52pending

HN749: Expand Your Network Labs With Containerlab and Clabernetes

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Sep 13, 202452:04pending

HN748: How AI and HPC Are Changing Data Center Networks

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Sep 6, 20241:07:50pending

HN747: Automate The Easy Things

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Aug 30, 202457:47pending

HN746: Going Deep on OSPF Route Filtering

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Aug 26, 202448:20pending

HN745: Using Abstractions in Automation

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Aug 16, 202459:14pending

HN744: How BackBox Helps You Mitigate CVEs for Network Devices (Sponsored)

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Aug 9, 202444:10pending

HN743: Leveraging AI for Network Automation at Scale (Sponsored)

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Aug 2, 202449:01pending

HN742: Designing a Real-World Hybrid Cloud Network

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Jul 26, 202455:21pending

HN741: History of Networking: How Bridging Saved Ethernet

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Jul 12, 202447:59pending

HN740: IETF’s Network Management Operations (NMOP) Working Group

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Jun 28, 202447:36pending