
Network Break keeps you informed with fast, focused analysis of IT news, products, tech trends, and business outcomes. Blending sharp commentary with a touch of humor, hosts Drew Conry-Murray & Johna Till Johnson sift through the weekly landslide of press announcements, product launches, financial reports, and marketing decks to find the stories worth talking about. You come away with the informat... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 250 | Founded | 12 years ago |
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Take a Network Break! It’s a Red Alert double feature for Oracle’s Internet Directory LDAP server and Cisco’s Secure Workload Software. In tech news, US law enforcement and intelligence agencies release a joint advisory warning of active threats agai... more
Take a Network Break! Our red alert goes to cluster of CVEs for Canonical’s LXD Linux Container system. On the news side, Palo Alto Networks adds AI-powered security evaluations as a service engagement, SonicWall introduces an endpoint security agent... more
Take a Network Break! Cisco takes center stage in our Red Alert after the network giant discovered a bunch of high-severity bugs in its Catalyst SD-WAN platform. It has rolled out software upgrade and there are no other workarounds. On the news front... more
Take a Network Break! We start with red alert for a serious vulnerability in HashiCorp’s Terraform MCP server. In the news, Anthropic, not wanting to be one-upped by OpenAI, reveal that its own models are also ‘leet’ hackers. We also consider whether... more
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Used to like all packet pusher content, after Greg left not the same. Not the same energy and a lot of sobbing sounding hosts. Leave politics out of the shows please.
Before Greg retired I would listen to every show except the sponsored ones, going on five years now. These days it is more like a contest to see how long I can last until Johna makes some asinine remark that makes me turn off the episode. The final straw was show 492 where she just had to bring up how much she doesn’t care if tech companies objectify women and defended Palo Alto for their booth babes stunt. Great that you are “not like the other girls,” Johna, but give me a break. I’ll no longer... more
Keep it going, very very informative and useful information. It is also a very feel good format, I like the commentary and the people just all around happy with this one!
Network Break provides insightful and interesting discussion some of the enterprise technology news every week. This ranges from new products, deployment options or issues, standards and financial news that impacts information technology practitioners. The show notes include links to the detailed information behind the discussion and frequently multiple sources. An enjoyable way to hear what’s new.
Corey tries too hard to be snarkily clever and funny. It doesn't work for me. I spend too much brain power trying to follow his meandering versus his point. I don't have time for all of his self righteous, self loathing, obfuscated points. Tiring. I'm already tired from trying to keep up with on average 8 new significant features per day.
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A brisk, enterprise-focused tech news show that delivers focused analysis on IT infrastructure, networking, security, and AI developments. Episodes typically dissect weekly product launches, financial results, regulatory updates, and industry shifts, with practical implications for network engineers, IT leaders, and tech decision-makers. A hallmark is the concise, opinionated discussion between two regular hosts, punctuated by sponsor messages and occasional guest perspectives, making it a useful resource for staying current and shaping strategic tech decisions. Notable strengths include tight topic curation, accessible technical depth, and a consistent emphasis on real-world impact for enterprises, along with a lively banter style that kee... more
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