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1842

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Oct 2026

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Everything we offer in one high bandwidth output queue. New content every weekday. High priority, low latency, jitter free. Too much technology would never be enough.

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October 28, 202649 min

D2DO317: Building the Operational Reality for Sandboxed Agents in Production (Sponsored)

In this sponsored episode, Michael Levan and Nathan Pearce of Solo.io join Kyler and Ned to explore how to run AI agents securely at enterprise scale. Together they break down key architectural challenges such as maintaining state, implementing secure sandboxes, and optimizing resources with open-source tools like Agent Substrate. Episode Links: Watch this episode on ... Read more »

October 28, 202643 min

TCG088: Cheaper Models, Expensive Workflows: Where AI ROI Actually Shows Up

William Collins and Eyvonne Sharp discuss how smaller models change AI application economics, when hybrid routing and caching pay off, and why multi-call agents can still produce large cloud bills. They examine the evidence behind enterprise AI ROI and outline a practical way to measure cost per successful outcome, quality, and realized business value. AdSpot ... Read more »

October 28, 20261 hr 1 min

NAN135: Unpacking the NetOps Stack

Eric Chou is joined by Mauricio Rojas, Principal DevOps Consulting Engineer at Nokia, to unpack how the stack of Kubernetes, GitOps, and open-source tooling can fundamentally transform modern networks. Together they discuss Mauricio’s NetOpsKube project, Broadband Network Gateways (BNGs), the role of LLMs and MCP in network operations, and more. AdSpot Sponsor: Gluware Gluware’s Titan ... Read more »

October 27, 202625 min

PP132: What the Death Star Can Teach Us About OT Security

On today’s episode we talk about what security teams can learn about OT security from the Death Star. Guest John Burns recaps his CYBR.SEC.CON talk “The Empire Had a SOC — And Still Got Blown Up Twice”. We jump off from this delightfully nerdy framing to get into serious matters around OT security, including problems ... Read more »

October 27, 202639 min

HS148: Expertise, Layoffs, AI, and You

Since the dot-com bubble burst around the turn of the century, the US economy has seen periods of huge layoffs in IT. AI may be driving another such event, whether in slow motion as companies lay off staff thinking they can be replaced by AI, or suddenly in the event of an abrupt bursting of ... Read more »

October 26, 202635 min

NB597: Extreme Announces Autonomous AI Agent; Cisco Debuts OT Security Cert

Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert sounds for HPE wireless OS vulnerabilities and for serious vulnerabilities in PHP and node.js. Security alerts carry us into the news as Fortinet releases a tranche of software updates to address vulnerabilities the company discovered using frontier AI. Speaking of AI, Extreme Networks announces a new autonomous option ... Read more »

October 23, 20261 hr 7 min

TNO078: Designing Networks for Operations

Scott Robohn welcomes Bruce Davie and Larry Peterson from Systems Approach to discuss the new edition of Computer Networks: A Systems Approach and their blog post on reality-based network operations. Together they explore the contrast between clean-slate tooling and the pragmatic realities of managing heterogeneous vendor environments. They also discuss the importance of designing networks ... Read more »

October 23, 20261 hr 0 min

HN847: Building Trust In The Agentic NOC (Sponsored)

Many network engineers don’t trust AI, in part because the tech is non-deterministic and can behave in unanticipated ways. Simultaneously, the networking industry is baking AI functions deeply into operations, which has proven useful, but engineers still have their misgivings. Are these misgivings still warranted, given just how far we have advanced from chatbots and ... Read more »

October 22, 20261 hr 7 min

N4N067: Level Up Your Home Network for Gaming

Thanks to a listener request, today’s episode talks about how to optimize your home network for gaming. Ethan and Holly discuss key factors such as latency, connection type, and bandwidth congestion as well as how wired connections, server selection, and active queue management can directly impact responsiveness. Episode Links: Watch this episode on YouTube

October 22, 202655 min

LIU025: Dale Wheeler: What the Forklift?

Alexis and Kevin are joined by network technician and content creator Dale Wheeler to explore his career from forklift driver into IT. Together they discuss the pros and cons of traditional college degrees versus certifications, the realities of working IT in the public education sector, and the cultural differences between US and European tech conferences. ... Read more »

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