Network AF is a journey of super-nerd proportions into the world of networking, cloud, and the internet. Avi Freedman, self-described internet plumber and podcast namesake, hosts top network engineering experts from around the world for in-depth, honest, and freewheeling banter on all-things-network — how-tos, best practices, biggest mistakes, war stories, hot takes, rants, and more.
Phil Gervasi on Network Observability and Cisco Live
Phil Gervasi, Kentik's Head of Technical Evangelism stops by Network AF today to speak with host Avi Freedman about all things network observability and to recap their experiences at Cisco Live. Phil was a network engineer for 15 years prior to switching to marketing and finding his way into technical evangelism. In this conversation the two focus on building a foundation for data mining and collecting information that could better inform network intelligence and insights from observability platforms like Kentik.
Highlights of today's conversation include:
[01:23] Avi and Phil discuss highlights from Cisco Live
[03:35] Everybody is doing observability
[04:57] Actionable insights
[06:00] Bridging the gap with education and interest in networking
[08:18] Network operations-focused innovation
[10:45] How the industry is assisting engineer operations and architecture
[12:48] Correlation and machine learning
[16:19] Telemetry, ML, AI, and marketing fluff
[22:23] Collecting telemetry and solving difficult problems with automation in a multi-vendor environment
[26:29] Life Cycle Automation
[28:53] Building a foundation for intelligence and observability
[33:03] What Phil is looking forward to next year at Cisco Live
5 Jul 2022
Internet traffic and current events with Doug Madory
Network AF welcomes Doug Madory back to the podcast to discuss current events, including Russia invading Ukraine, and recent internet-related issues in Syria and Egypt. Doug is Kentik's Director of Internet Analysis, and uses BGP and traffic data to write about happenings with networks on a worldwide scale. Together with Kentik CEO and show host Avi Freedman, the two dive into the real-world implication of geopolitical events on the state of networking.
Highlights of today's conversation include:
[01:35] The current situation in Ukraine
[05:30] Route-jacking, forcing traffic through unknown infrastructure
[09:24] What internet activity looks like in Ukraine now
[12:09] Egypt and the cable "cutting" event, discussing submarine consortium cables
[17:37] The paths of submarine and overland circuit connections, how it impacts the flow of internet access across countries
[22:20] Connectivity can be much more network topological than geographically topological
[25:36] Syria and shutting down the Internet as the new norm
21 Jun 2022
Problem solving and pinball with Jay Adelson
Chairman and Co-Founder of Scorbit, Jay Adelson, sits down with Network AF host Avi Freedman to talk about his history as a serial entrepreneur. Jay founded Equinix, Revision3, Opsmatic, and was the CEO of Digg. Throughout the conversation Jay and Avi touch on problems founders encounter, and discuss their mutual joy for gaming.
Highlights of the conversation include:
Imposter syndrome and working at DEC
Server evolution, power efficiency, and presentation
How not to build a data center
Terminating a cross connect and turning off service for Australia by accident
Equinix during its hyper-growth phase
Richard Clarke and peering
The Forrest Gump of the Internet
Amazing that the internet and the human body work at all
Emergent behavior and the case of HD DVDs
An evolution of the anarchy started by the internet
Scorbit, gaming, and problem solving in pinball
Advice and lessons to a young Jay
Reach and audience
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