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  • PP093: Security Priorities for 2026 – A Roundtable Discussion

    PP093: Security Priorities for 2026 – A Roundtable Discussion
    Jan 20 2026
    The start of a new year is a good time to assess what’s important. We’ve gathered some Packet Protector listeners to talk about their security priorities for 2026 in a roundtable discussion with hosts JJ and Drew. We talk about key risks for 2026, whether those risks have changed since last year, use cases for... Read more »
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    1 h et 3 min
  • NB558: Microsoft Buys Indulgences for Carbon Sins; Starlink Cleared for 7,500 More Satellites

    NB558: Microsoft Buys Indulgences for Carbon Sins; Starlink Cleared for 7,500 More Satellites
    Jan 19 2026
    Take a Network Break! This week we start with follow-up from a perhaps not-so-red Red Alert, and then cover two very-red Red Alerts. On the news front, Ruckus Wireless gets a new parent company, and sources say Extreme Networks may be interested in bringing Ruckus into its fold. AT&T rolls out an IoT management offering,... Read more »
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    27 min
  • TNO053: Ethernet Is Everywhere

    TNO053: Ethernet Is Everywhere
    Jan 16 2026
    Ethernet is everywhere. Today we talk with one of the people responsible for this protocol’s ubiquity. Doug Boom is a veteran of the Ethernet development world. His code has helped landers reach Mars, submarines sail the deep seas, airplanes get to their gates, cars drive around town, and more. Doug walks us through the origins... Read more »
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    50 min
  • HN810: AI in Network Operations: Pragmatism Over Hype (Sponsored)

    HN810: AI in Network Operations: Pragmatism Over Hype (Sponsored)
    Jan 16 2026
    Are you an AI skeptic or an enthusiast? Ethan and Drew sit down with Igor Tarasenko, Senior Director of Product Software Architecture and Engineering at Equinix, to break down the reality of AI in the network. In this sponsored episode, Tarasenko discusses why APIs are the new CLI, the critical need for observability in AI,... Read more »
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    1 h
  • LIU006: Stay Technical While Expanding Your Influence

    LIU006: Stay Technical While Expanding Your Influence
    Jan 15 2026
    Is it possible for IT professionals to remain technical when moving into roles that expand influence, scale, and reach? Matt Starling, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Ekahau and co-founder of the WiFi Ninjas podcast, joins Alexis and Kevin to share how your career can evolve beyond on-call operations without losing the technical core. His... Read more »
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    58 min
  • NAN110: Bridging Industry, Academia, and the Future of Network Automation with Dr. Levi Perigo

    NAN110: Bridging Industry, Academia, and the Future of Network Automation with Dr. Levi Perigo
    Jan 14 2026
    Eric Chou is joined by Dr. Levi Perigo, Scholar in Residence and Professor of Network Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder. They discuss Levi’s non-traditional career path from being in the network automation industry for 20 years before shifting to academia and co-founding QuivAR. Levi also dives into the success of the CU Boulder... Read more »
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    59 min
  • TCG066: How Infrastructure Teams Can Scale Reasoning Without Losing Control with Chris Wade

    TCG066: How Infrastructure Teams Can Scale Reasoning Without Losing Control with Chris Wade
    Jan 14 2026
    The industry has pivoted from scripting to automation to orchestration – and now to systems that can reason. Today we explore what AI agents mean for infrastructure with Chris Wade, Co-Founder and CTO of Itential. We also dive into the brownfield reality, the potential for vendor-specific LLMs trained on proprietary knowledge, and advice for the... Read more »
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    42 min
  • PP092: News Roundup–Old Gear Faces New Attacks, Cyber Trust Mark’s Trust Issues, Alarms Howl for Kimwolf Botnet

    PP092: News Roundup–Old Gear Faces New Attacks, Cyber Trust Mark’s Trust Issues, Alarms Howl for Kimwolf Botnet
    Jan 13 2026
    Everything old is new again in this Packet Protector news roundup, from end-of-life D-Link routers facing active exploits (and no patch coming) to a five-year-old Fortinet vulnerability being freshly targeted by threat actors (despite a patch having been available for five years). We also dig into a clever, multi-stage attack against hotel operators that could... Read more »
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    52 min