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Are containers a fad? Or maybe just the wrong answer to a problem you're trying to solve. On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, container contrarian Dave Tucker discusses the problems containers solve, the new ones they create, and why you might want to think twice before you immediately adopt containers as your next application platform.

On today's Tech Bytes we talk with J-U-B Engineers, Inc., about how the company boosted employee productivity with an SD-WAN from Silver Peak. Silver Peak is our sponsor. Our guest is Tory Adams, Director of Information Technology at J-U-B Engineers.

Eric Chou, author of Master Python Networking Third Edition, discusses what's new in this edition of the book. Quite a lot!

NRE Labs offers free automation training for network and infrastructure engineers. The site recently relaunched with new content, a new interface, and an easier way for the community to contribute lessons. Matt Oswalt, Tech Lead at NRE Labs, joins Briefings in Brief to tell us what's new.

Kubernetes is being used in more and more complex application architectures. It today's episode, we talk about Kubernetes Operators, a way to automate and ensure that complex applications stay up and running. Our guest is Rob Szumski, Senior Manager, Product Management, Red Hat OpenShift.

How do you manage the performance of SaaS applications such as Office 365 when you don't own the applications or the networks they run across? On today's Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Riverbed, we discuss the SaaS challenges poised by hybrid networks, latency, and remote and mobile workers, and how Riverbed helps network engineers solve them.

The best way to learn IPv6 is to get it into the lab and play with it. On today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, we share advice, learnings, and tips on building a lab and getting your hands dirty with this protocol.

One key idea for automation and cloud is "everything as code." That includes networking, infrastructure, and documentation. Yes, documentation. On today's Day Two Cloud episode we dive into how to get beyond using Microsoft Office as your infrastructure management strategy. Our guest is William Collins, a cloud architect at a large healthcare company.

On today's Tech Bytes episode, sponsor Forward Networks talks about how it creates a real-time data model of your network that you can query to verify intent, speed troubleshooting, and check configuration changes. We discuss Forward's Network Query Engine (NQE) and its latest feature, In-App NQE. Andi Voellmy, a member of the technical staff at Forward.

Today's Tech Bytes podcast explores conquering hybrid network complexity and smoothing the transition from a legacy architecture to a modern network. Riverbed is our sponsor, we're joined by guests Marco Di Benedetto, SVP and CTO; and Brandon Carroll, Senior Tech Evangelist.

In this week's IPv6 Buzz episode, Ed and Tom talk in depth about IPv6 Router Advertisements (or RAs), what they are, what they do, and why they're critical to IPv6 operations.

Today’s Tech Bytes podcast looks back at some of 2019's impactful Internet outages, including Google Cloud, with sponsor ThousandEyes. We’ll discuss what happened in these outages, who was affected, and lessons learned. Our guest is Angelique Medina, Director of Product Marketing at ThousandEyes.

On today's Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Silver Peak, we talk with Cushman & Wakefield about how the global real estate company is using SD-WAN to enable its cloud-first goals. Our guest is Chris Butcher, Platform Architect, Global Networks, Cloud and Perimeter Security at Cushman & Wakefield.

If you're looking for a way to bring IPv6 into your environment, the WLAN may be your best bet. Find out why in the latest episode of IPv6 Buzz with guest Jeffry Handal. Jeffry cut his teeth with an early v6 deployment on the wireless network of Louisiana State University (LSU). This WLAN serves 40,000 users and over 100,000 devices. He shares his experiences and talks about how vendor adoption of v6 had advanced since that deployment.

Based on what we know about Space Networks like Starlink, I propose that next generation cars won't use 5G. Its doesn't make sense to deal with telcos.

Software Defined Infrastrcture has changed the way we operate networks but little impact on the process of design or decision making. Doing the same old thing better isn't enough, enter Data Driven Infrastructure.

In today's Tech Bytes episode, sponsored by Fortinet, we talk about how the company differentiates itself from competitors, including its ability to inspect TLS 1.3, its use of custom ASICs, and more.

The Regional Internet Registry for Europe (RIPE) recently announced its supply of public IPv4 addresses was officially depleted. In today's IPv6 Buzz podcast, we discuss what that means and why it's impactful for companies everywhere. We also discuss the history of IPv4 address exhaustion and why IPv6 is key to avoiding or mitigating the negative effects.

Vitec Group has transformed its global WAN with an SD-WAN rollout from Silver Peak. The company has boosted the performance of critical business applications, reduced backup latency by 70%, and decommissioned expensive MPLS circuits in favor of DIA. Find out how in this sponsored Tech Bytes podcast. Our guest is Ben Skinner, head of corporate networks and infrastructure at Vitec Group.

Apparently this is a controversial idea.