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Join Tom Nadeau, Kyle Mestery, Brent Salisbury and Dave Tucker on the "The Net". A podcast covering networking and open source software.
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Feb 14, 2023
Episode 41 - The crew talks ChatGPT and what it changes in networking
Join The Net crew as they discuss everyone's favorite artificial intelligence topic, ChatGPT. How will this impact network engineers? Is your job at risk from our new AI overlords? Listen as the crew does a quick discussion and touches on how this will impact networking.
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Feb 7, 2023
Episode 40 - Roy Chua talks 5G and Open Source
Roy joins the Net crew to once again tackle the topic of 5G. We through in some discussion on Open Source and conferences for fun.
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Nov 8, 2022
Episode 39 - Corey Bryndal talks rural broadband, part 2
In part 2, The Net crew talk to Corey Bryndal about rural broadband and fibre build outs.
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Nov 8, 2022
Episode 38 - Corey Bryndal talks rural broadband, part 1
The Net crew is excited to talk to Corey Bryndal about rural broadband and fibre build outs. In part 1, we learn about Corey's passion for delivering rural broadband to enhance the communities he helps.
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Aug 8, 2022
Episode 37 - Greg Ferro talks about the changing networking landscape
The Net crew is excited to welcome Greg Ferro to the show. We talk about the changing networking landscape. We dabble with a bit of 5G discussions and wax poetic about online conferencing tools. And we touch on the changing landscape of conferences and events in a post-COVID world. Finally, we noodle on work from home and how COVID is upending employee expectations.
You can find Greg on twitter here: https://twitter.com/etherealmind
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Aug 2, 2022
Episode 36 - Mark Davis and Serge Pashenkov from Kontain on microkernels
The Net crew discusses microkernels and a new approach to containers with Mark Davis and Serge Pashenkov from Kontain.
Find Kontain on the web here: https://kontain.app
Find Kontain on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Kontainapp
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Jun 27, 2022
Episode 35 - Shane Ronan, part two, on OpenRAN and 5G
Shane Ronan joins The Net crew for part two of our discussions. We talk OpenRAN, 5G, and edge deployments. How do hyperscalers play in the 5G market? What does it mean to be a service provider and operator?
Part One of Shane on The Net can be found here: https://thenet.lol/episodes/episode32/
Shane can be found on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/djrok212
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May 31, 2022
Episode 34 - Chris Young joins the crew to talk home automation and IoT
Chris Young joins The Net crew as we discuss Open Source and it's evolution over the years. The main discussion is on home automation, including Thread. Chris has been using and rating home automation solutions over the years and shares his experiences in this space.
You can find Chris on twitter: https://twitter.com/netmanchris
You can also find Chris on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisYoungSmartHome/featured
Learn more about Thread here: https://www.threadgroup.org/
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May 23, 2022
Episode 33 - Aaron Glenn talks network programmability, including P4, with the crew
Aaron Glenn joins The Net crew to talk all things network programmability. We talk about P4 and it's applicability to network programming. We learn more about projects Aaron has worked on.
Aaron can be found on Twitter: https://twitter.com/networkservice
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May 4, 2022
Episode 32 - Shane Ronan talks telco networking with the crew
Shane Ronan joins The Net crew to talk all things telco networking. We discuss everything from fiber build-outs to 5G. We even dabble a bit in open source and kubernetes.
Shane can be found on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaneronan/
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Apr 22, 2022
Episode 31 - Jam session with Anil Vishnoi on multi-cluster networking in Kubernetes
Anil Vishnoi joins The Net crew for a jam session on multi-cluster networking in Kubernetes. Anil talks through the challenges in this area, and we ask the question if this is even needed.
You can find Anil on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/vishnoianil_
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Apr 5, 2022
Episode 30 - Al Lynn and Vinny Parla on getting to the "Left of Boom"
Al Lynn and Vinny Parla join The Net crew to discuss how you can get to the "Left of Boom." Al explains how he came up with this acronym, and how it applies to enterprises. We also talk about the current CVE explosion, and how insider threats are just as important to understand for risk mitigation.
You can find Al and Vinny on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-lynn-425258163/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vparla/
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Mar 1, 2022
Episode 29 - Lisa Caywood joins the crew to talk Open Source Program Offices
Lisa Caywood joins The Net crew to discuss the state of Open Source Program Offices. We delve into why they are important, and how they can help your company better engage with open source in a productive way. You can find Lisa on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/reallisac
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Feb 25, 2022
Episode 28 - Peter Sprygada joins the crew to talk automation, including ansible.
Peter Sprygada joins The Net crew to discuss his involvment in Ansible. They talk automation in general, and how it has helped to evolve and change the IT and networking industries. You can find Peter on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/privateip
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Feb 15, 2022
Episode 27 - Roopa Prabhu joins the crew to talk Linux kernel networking and switchdev.
Roopa Prabhu joins The Net crew to discuss her involvment in Linux kernel networking for the past decade. We talk about switchdev, which Roopa has been involved in since it started. We also talk about the operational aspects of Linux kernel networking. You can find Roopa on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/__roopa
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Feb 4, 2022
Maryam Tahhan joins the crew to talk XDP, AF_XDP, and fast networking
Maryam Tahhan joins The Net crew to discuss XDP, specifically AF_XDP, and it's ongoing development in the upstream communities. We talk fast networking, with a bit of DPDK and VPP as well. And we learn more about the future of AF_XDP. You can find Maryam on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/maryamtahhan
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Jan 26, 2022
Episode 25 - Vinny Parla talks log4j and open source security
Vinny joins The Net crew to discuss the recent log4j hack. We also talk more broadly about Open Source security. You can find Vinny on LinkedIn, where has written a great article that talks more deeply Log4j: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-log4j-exploit-so-serious-vinny-parla/
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Jan 21, 2022
Episode 24 - Roy Chua talks 5G and what it means for the future of networking
Roy joins The Net crew to discuss 5G. We talk about the evolving standard, deployments, and how it can work for everyday users. We also talk about 5G fixed wireless access and how it is disrupting the home internet space.
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Jan 11, 2022
Episode 23 - Join the crew for our first 5 minute jam session
Join The Net crew for their first 5 minute jam session. Note, the session actually runs longer than 5 minutes. We talk about Open Source software in the age of log4j and colors.js, what it means for users and maintainers, and how it affects everyone.
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Dec 21, 2021
Episode 22 - Join the crew for a special holiday episode
Join The Net crew as we talk about our favorite episodes of the year. We're also joined by some prior guests an listeners as they share what they are thankful for in Open Source Networking this year. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, we hope you enjoy some downtime over the winter break!
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Dec 10, 2021
Episode 21 - The Net crew talks Open Source Networking they are thankful for
Join The Net crew as they discuss what they are thankful for in Open Source networking. Be on the lookout for turkeys! Gobble gobble!
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Nov 18, 2021
Episode 20 - Ian Wells talks container network functions
Ian joins The Net crew as we dive deep into container networking and the telecommunications industry. We focus on evolving container networking for high performance networking, and the evolution of virtual network functions into container network functions.
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Nov 12, 2021
Episode 19 - Hannes Gredler talks virtual routing
Hannes joins The Net crew to discuss the future of virtual routing. We deep dive into how cloud computing and virtual routing are changing networking.
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Nov 10, 2021
Episode 18 - Anthony Caiafa talks cloud networking operations.
Anthony joins The Net crew to discuss cloud operations from a networking angle. We discuss the realities of building and relying on the cloud.
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Nov 9, 2021
Episode 17 - Jason Edelman talks network automation.
Jason joins The Net crew to discuss network automation in an era of SDN controllers and brownfield deployments, and how to pragmatically make sense of automating both types of networks.
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Nov 8, 2021
Episode 16 - Fred joins us to talk about APIs in the world of network automation.
Fred joins The Net crew to discuss APIs and the applicability in the networking world. We also touch on network automation.
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Oct 28, 2021
Episode 15 - Vinny Parla talks QUIC and protocol complexities
Vinny joins The Net crew to discuss QUIC and where complexity is moving in the stack. We also talk about IETF standards and who is driving new innovation at the application layer.
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Aug 19, 2021
Episode 14 - Dean Bogdanowic discuss the future of virtual routers
Dean joins The Net crew to discuss virtual routers, their future in an increasingly cloudy world, and how they have evolved over the years.
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Aug 2, 2021
Episode 13 - Nick Burgalio on segment routing and NetOps
Nick joins The Net crew to discuss segment routing. We also take a dive into NetOps and how it is changing the operations world in networking.
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Jul 8, 2021
Episode 12 - Thomas Graf on how eBPF is eating the world
Thomas joins The Net crew as we discuss how eBPF is eating the world and it's importance to container networking and Linux networking in general.
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Jul 7, 2021
Episode 11 - Andree Toonk and his new project mysocket.io
Andree joins The Net crew to discuss mysocket.io, software defined networking, and key/value networking and what they mean to networking operations going forward.
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May 18, 2021
Episode 10 - Security and why it's important to you with Nancy Winget
Nancy joins The Net crew to discuss networking security, including TLS 1.3 and ESNI, and why these technologies are important to understand from both the provider and user perspectives.
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May 4, 2021
Episode 9 - Retro internet fun with Dino and DMM
Dino and Dave wax poetic about the early days of the internet, the IETF, and how LISP can help with COVID tracking.
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Apr 14, 2021
Episode 8 - Truman and Jeremy and how MLB does network automation
Truman and Jeremy join The Net crew to discuss network automation, control planes, and other fun networking topics.
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Mar 29, 2021
Episode 7 - Leading Women in Technology with Cisco Distinguished Engineer Serpil Bayraktar
Serpil Bayraktar Distinguished Engineer at Cisco talks with The Net crew about her work around women in tech and how this plays a big role in various open source projects.
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Jan 28, 2021
Episode 6 - Chris Wright and Open Source Networking
Chris Wright: CTO of Red Hat, kernel hacker and all-round nice guy joins your hosts Brent, Dave, Kyle and Tom to talk about Open Source Networking.
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Jan 14, 2021
Episode 5 - Talking DevOps with John Willis
John Willis is one of the early pioneers in DevOps and shares his thoughts how DevOps and NetOps are intersecting and what can networking professionals learn from the past moving forward
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Nov 9, 2020
Episode 4 - Networking Legend: Martin Casado
Martin joins The Net crew to discuss his career from physicist to VC and all the networking in between
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Sep 8, 2020
Episode 3 - Talking SDN with Dave Ward
Dave Ward joins the Net crew to talk about some of the past, present and future of networking
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Sep 8, 2020
Episode 2 - Retrospective: Part 2
Join Tom Nadeau, Kyle Mestery, Brent Salisbury and Dave Tucker on the inaugural episode of "The Net". A new podcast covering networking and open source software. This is part 1 of a 2 part retrospective of SDN, NFV and virtualization.
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Jul 30, 2020
Episode 1 - A retrospective on SDN, NFV and virtualization
Join Tom Nadeau, Kyle Mestery, Brent Salisbury and Dave Tucker on the inaugural episode of "The Net". A new podcast covering networking and open source software. This is part 1 of a 2 part retrospective of SDN, NFV and virtualization.
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