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Network Engineers Already UnderstandKubernetes Better Than They Think

July 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM

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This week, we talked with Marino Wijay of Kong Inc. about Kubernetes and how network engineers already understand it, they just don't know it yet!

YouTube Link: youtu.be/Kv-02bLKwpQ?...

Google Takes a 7-Hour Coffee Break (And Takes Half the Internet With Them)

June 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM

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This week in the news:
Google cloud outage
Cisco Live 2025 - The Age of the Era of AI
UEC Publishes AI Data Center Standards
Meter secures new funding for NaaS
..and more!

YT: youtu.be/-e3FxpuHWtE

The Grass Isn't Always Greener on the Entrepreneurial Side

June 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM

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Sorry this one is a bit late, but here it is! We talked with Jason Gintert about the ups and downs of running your own network consultancy and why he elected to go back to the corporate world.

Podcast: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YT: youtu.be/h01HymyTee8

The Fine Line Between Brilliant and Bizarre Cyber Tactics (Fortnightly News)

June 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM

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This week in the news:
Zscaler acquires Red Canary
AWS Network Firewall gets easier to use
CheckPoint acquires Veriti, and more
Podcast: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YT: youtu.be/5iVPqEBiPEw?...

A Conversation About Network Certifications with Jason Gooley

June 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM

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This week on the podcast, we talk with @Jason_Gooley about certifications and lots of other things!

Podcast: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YT: youtu.be/0jXHmiy1k-g?...

Beyond the Firewall: Careers in Cloud Security

May 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM

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This week, we talk with Brian Eidelman of Oracle
about cloud security careers and how to get started in cybersecurity!

Podcast: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YouTube: youtu.be/PNwxWCtiqWQ?...

May 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM

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This week in the news:
- 2025 Phishing Report
- AWS Beaten By Rivals in Earnings
- Kubernetes 1.33 "Octarine" release
- Intel 'potential' layoffs
Podcast: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...
YouTube: youtu.be/eaRMNoQyMtM

Has AI Gone Phishing?

From Corporate Life to Freelance Freedom w/ Scott Robohn

May 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM

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This week we talked to @scottrobohn.bsky.social of Autocon and Packet Pushers fame about what it's like to leave corporate life behind and run a freelance business!

YouTube: youtu.be/hYVgVuf7AbU?...

Podcast: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

We Nearly Became Invulnerable! (No More CVE)

April 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM

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This week in the news:

Google introduces CloudWAN (ANOTHER ONE?)

CVE Program has narrow escape

Microsoft Azure vWAN gets Route Maps

Weaponized Government, and more!

Podcast: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YouTube: youtu.be/iPU6ke0yi_4?...

How To Prepare for an Interview with a Tech Giant - Part 2

April 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM

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This week on the podcast, Kam Agahian returns to talk about interviewing with tech giants! Continuing from Part 1, learn the deeper secrets here!

Podcast: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YouTube: youtu.be/G2kyRypv1v0?...

Data Center Disruption as Tariff Wars Go Brrr...

April 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM

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This week on the news:
- Tariffs impact data center building
- European cloud providers federating
- Oracle breach confirmed
- AWS launches VPC Route Server
and more!

YouTube: youtu.be/Di6JswfNHC8?...

Podcast: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

Wiz Goes Jerry Maguire Mode

April 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM

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This week in the news:

Wiz bought by Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise slashes jobs ahead of Juniper Networks court battle, Cisco and NVIDIA team up, and more!

Podcast Link: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YT Link: youtu.be/iVpE7mj51hs?...

Cloud Networking at Unicorn Scale

March 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM

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This week on the show:
Richard Olson of Canva joins us to talk about cloud scale, what it's like to be a company without a data center, and a Kubernetes-heavy enterprise!

YT: youtu.be/8Zb-q7gmgo8?...

Podcast: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

Interoperability Dreams: Europe's Bold Move Against Cloud Lock-in

March 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM

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This week on the news:
- Silk Typhoon capitalizes on vulnerabilities in the cloud
- Sovereign European Cloud API aims to standardize API across CSPs
- Aviatrix releases Kubernetes Cloud Firewall
and more!
Podcast Link: cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...
YouTube Link: youtu.be/D9a-lIZhA68?...

What Can AI Agents Do For Network Automation? - Cables2Clouds

March 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM

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This week on the podcast, the return of Du'An Lightfoot to talk about Autocon, network automation and how AI agents can enable engineers!

Podcast Link: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YouTube Link: youtu.be/B58zetd83s0?...

Get ready for a deep dive into the future of network engineering as we explore the interplay between automation, AI, and engineering roles. In this episode of the Cables to Cloud podcast, we're joined...

New Microsoft Quantum Chip... For Windows Updates! - NC2C030 - Cables2Clouds

March 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM

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This week on the Fortnightly News:
- Multiple vendors release Hybrid Cloud certifications
- Cloudflare enters Multicloud Networking market
- QUANTUMANIA
- AI adoption spiked DDoS and other cyberattacks in 2024
www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YouTube: youtu.be/D2E_NUUj52c

In a world that continues to evolve at breakneck speed, staying ahead in cloud networking and technology is imperative. This episode jumps into a whirlwind of recent developments that could reshape th...

How to Perform Cloud Selection for AI Workloads - Cables2Clouds

February 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM

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This week on the podcast we are joined by guest Sam Zamanian of the Infotech Research Group to talk about AI workloads and cloud selection for them. Check it out!

Podcast Link: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YouTube Link: youtu.be/wekepEtEMi8?...

Sam Zamanian, a principal advisory director at Infotech Research Group with over 20 years of IT and architecture expertise, joins us to dissect the critical decisions surrounding AI infrastructure sel...

Maybe If We Throw Money At It, It Will Make Money

February 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM

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This week in the Cables2Clouds Fortnightly News:
- DOJ Moves to Block HPE/Juniper Acquisition
- AWS/Google Jump in the AI Investment Bandwagon
- AWS Revenue...Growth?
- SolarWinds acquired by PE

Podcast Link: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YouTube Link:
youtu.be/lefOMzWtQpI?...

How to view someones IP address and connection speed!

February 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM

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This week on the news: Palo Alto Networks Channel VP talks about AI and Platformization, Trump rescinds AI safeguard EO, Aviatrix gets a dubious honor, and THE STARGATE PROJECT announced (No Egyptian theme)
Podcast Link: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YouTube Link:
youtu.be/1NiDDAeOQKQ?...

January 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM

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Last week on @cables2clouds.com we talked about an amazing video that explains how Traceroute works, otherwise known as "tracer t." Please view it here in all it's glory:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmv...

YouTube video by NextGenHacker101

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January 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM

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This week on the podcast we talk with Kam Agahian of Oracle Cloud on how to start interviewing with tech giants: The ins and outs, dos and don'ts.

This will be a multi-part series, stay tuned!

Podcast Link: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YouTube Link: youtu.be/2CqAYeR4qY8

How to Prepare For an Interview with a Tech Giant - Part 1 - Cables2Clouds

Unlock the secrets to acing interviews with tech giants by tuning into our latest episode of the Cables to Clouds podcast. Join us, Chris Miles and Tim McConnaughey, as we sit down with Kam Agahian, t...

Is Google Cloud On Pace to Overtake Azure in 2025?

January 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM

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This week on Cables2Clouds News:
-OpenAI changes structure again
- Microsoft throws money at the problem
- Google from the top rope with a steel chair!
- Nvidia wants IT people to learn some HR skills

And more!

Podcast Link: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YT Link: youtu.be/MqRRY9AEwoc?...

How Do We Solve the Cloud Visibility Problem?

January 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM

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It's a new year, and that means we want to hear from our listeners/viewers!
Are there things we failed to cover you want to learnt? Are there guests we haven't had on the show? Guests we haven't had back that you want to see? Let us know in the comments, help influence the 2025 roadmap!

January 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM

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This week on the podcast, we speak with @captainpacket.bsky.social of Forward Networks, Inc. about the challenges with cloud visibility and how that impacts network and infrastructure teams!

Podcast Link: www.cables2clouds.com/2129055/epis...

YouTube Link: youtu.be/-jSTPCnAstk