HN824: That’s Not a Job for an LLM: The Right Way to Apply AI to Network Operations (Sponsored)
24/04/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
On today’s sponsored Heavy Networking, we get off the AI hype train to talk about how different artificial intelligence techniques usefully impact network operations—and where they aren’t a fit. The various forms of AI represent a set of tools that, like any tool, have use cases, capabilities, and limitations. Our guest is Avi Freedman, CEO... Read more »
LIU013: The Engineer Who Built a Business to Fund a Mission
23/04/2026 | 1h 4 mins.
Ray Cline has been in the tech trenches since he was twelve years old, helping his Dad run a bulletin board service. Today he runs an MSP called Libertas Consulting and leads a nonprofit called TEKnowledge Worldwide (TKW) that has donated over a million dollars in network infrastructure to communities in need. Join us for... Read more »
TCG074: From SOAR to Agents: Why Practical Automation Has to Survive Contact with Real Infrastructure
22/04/2026 | 44 mins.
Eyvonne Sharp and William Collins speak with Sif Baksh, Principal Solutions Architect at Tines, to discuss the power of automation. Sif shares some personal stories of how he has been able to use automation to innovate and modernize networking operations. They also discuss the importance of learning AI and using it as a tool, how... Read more »
NAN120: How Network Engineers Can Thrive in an AI-Driven World
22/04/2026 | 57 mins.
Eric Chou is joined by Ashwin Joshi, a Senior Solutions Engineer at Keysight Technologies, to discuss the rapidly increasing demands that AI places on modern networks. They break down the differences between networking for AI and AI for networking. They also talk about how network engineers can adopt AI to help them do their jobs,... Read more »
PP106: Architecting for Wi-Fi 7, Zero Trust, PQC, and More
21/04/2026 | 21 mins.
For decades, network and security professionals have adapted to technology change in a piecemeal fashion: a new rule here, an upgrade there, a new product deployment over yonder. On today’s Packet Protector, co-host Jennifer ‘JJ’ Jabbusch makes the case for why several emerging technologies require IT pros to think about security at an architectural level.... Read more »