Stoked to be a delegate again for #NFD40! Tune in April 8–April 10, 2026 to see presentations. Help us delegates ask the tough questions about their announcements. Use #NFD40 day of on your social platform of choice and we'll get your questions asked. techfieldday.com/event/nfd40/

Heading to NANOG96 in a few weeks? Let’s connect! DM me to coordinate a meetup. Should be a good one! nanog.org/events/nanog... #NANOG96

Network automation: $15B now, $30B by 2028. #Autocon4 showed the industry has grown up. Proven ROI, real frameworks and honest talk about what's actually holding teams back. The tech works. Now it's psychology. bitsinflight.com/autocon4-network-automation-gets-all-grown-up/

This is pretty big news and likely cements MCP as the open standard for integrating data with AI. www.anthropic.com/news/donatin...

Got my brand spankin new #Autocon challenge coin! It got an upgrade, this guy is thick. I just can't put into words how much I enjoy this conference. The community that rallies around this organization, event and mission is remarkable. #networkautomationforum #autocon4

Hoping to get another one of these babies this week! Also anticipating some amazing presentations and conversations. Anyone else going to Network Automation Forum’s #Autocon4 in Austin?! If so, let’s meet up! Send a DM and we’ll connect. I’m attending Weds-Fri and am so excited.

Tech layoffs making this piece from earlier this year hit different. Key lesson: Every opportunity for me came through helping others without keeping score. Your real network isn't your follower count, it's the people you've actually helped along the way. www.bitsinflight.com/lessons-from...

I've spent a few months building AI integrations for network monitoring systems and learned a thing or two that I share here. If you're a network engineer wondering about your career trajectory in an AI world, you might want to check this out. www.bitsinflight.com/ai-wont-repl... #Networking #AI

I'd argue that AI isn’t just the future of networking, it’s the present. We’re already seeing production systems that let you interact with a network in plain English, across tools and vendors, without logging into a dozen dashboards. Read here: www.laketec.com/2025/09/16/a...

I'm wondering if we are going to have an announcement from Palo Alto Networks regarding a new zero day exploit for Global Protect? Has anyone else noticed an impact to their Global Protect infrastructure? thehackernews.com/2025/10/scan...

Today's soundtrack: Cloakroom's Dissolution Wave 🎵 This album has owned my ears for 3 years straight and I'm still not tired of it. If you're new to Cloakroom, start with "Dissembler" from this album. What's in your rotation right now? I'm always hunting for the next album to obsesses over.

‼️Running Cisco ASAs / Firepower? You need to check this out to see if you are affected.‼️ CISA has issued Emergency Directive 25-03 regarding a widespread zero-day campaign targeting Cisco ASA and Firepower devices. It’s pretty bad, patch now. www.cisa.gov/news-events/...

Wonder what the @usnua.com is all about? I had the opportunity to talk about it in the spring at #NFD37. Here's a run down from @networkingnerd.net with a video of the presentation. Thanks to Tom and @techstronggroup.bsky.social for the platform to spread the word! techstrong.it/itsm/meeting...

Behold, the Cisco FastHub 108T from 1997 - when 100Mbps shared bandwidth was cutting-edge and we lived without VLANs or auto-negotiation. Almost 30 years later, this single collision domain relic really shows how spoiled we've become with modern networking. (Yes, that's an OUI transceiver on top 🙂)

Big OpenAI news: - They have open source models! Pretty stoked to give oss-gpt-20b a shot on my machine. openai.com/open-models/ - ChatGPT 5 is being released during a livestream at 10a PT today. www.theverge.com/news/720114/... AI advancement marches on!

⚠️ Aruba Instant-On users: Critical vulns in AP firmware ≤3.2.0.1 - via hardcoded passwords + command injection. Patch ASAP. Awkward timing with HPE having to divest this under DOJ's Juniper deal terms. Details: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

GPT 5, coming soon! www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artific...

Happy Friday, everyone! 🎶 Currently spinning: "Low on Foot" LP by Slow Mass, a recent favorite of mine. Look at that beautiful speckled vinyl! Any tunes brightening your day? Share top picks below! Wishing you all a fantastic end to the week and hope your summer has been awesome! 🌞

Anyone else notice @cloudflare.social’s DNS service down for a bit for 1.1.1.1 on Monday 7/14? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, everyone should be this open and transparent so that folks in the community can learn from these sorts of events. blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-1...

Wow, HPE Networking has been busy. Their Agentic AI Mesh announcement at HPE Discover, a strong position in the Gartner MQ and DOJ approval of the Juniper buy are some major highlights. The question remains: will they capitalize on their championship window? www.bitsinflight.com/hpe-networki...

COME HANG OUT WITH ME! (OH)NUG Cleveland is this Thursday 7/10 at the Wild Eagle, 5001 E Royalton Rd, Broadview Heights, OH 44147. Free food, free drink and a big helping of network knowledge. Sign up here: www.usnua.com/ohnug-clevel.... Space is filling fast! #OHNUG #USNUA @usnua.com

It’s official! That was a long leak cycle www.arista.com/en/solutions...

Big news! HPE’s acquisition of Juniper is going to proceed. I’m sure HPE would have preferred this news dropped before Discover but at least they didn’t have to wait until mid July 🙂 Buckle up everyone! Looks like a wild ride ahead. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

You at HPE Discover? Hey, me too! Let’s hang. Message me and let’s see if we can connect. #HPEDiscover2025 #HPE #Aruba

So here's a rare personal post where I wanted to share a little bit of a backyard performance from my daughter Eliza's band. They're called Learner and they're really good. If you dig em, you should go see them if they end up near you. Follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/learner.oh/. So proud 🥺

So awesome to join Phil and Phil on this episode. School networks are different but so rewarding!

The Ultra Ethernet Consortium have finally completed standard v1.0! I know many vendors have been working hard to hammer this standard out and it’s completion ought to do a lot to advance networking in AI and HPC. ultraethernet.org/ultra-ethern...

Pretty fascinating research and reporting by the incomparable @eldomador. It’s just awful what the Ukrainian people are going through. Though not ideal, I can understand that these ISPs doing what they have to in order to survive and keep Ukrainians connected.

@benjojo.bsky.social does the work to track down another BGP event on the internet that caused some disruptions on May 20th, 2025. Thanks for the reporting, Ben. blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/bgp-att... Vendors and networks, please get on a fix for this before a larger, more impactful event happens!

The automation revolution has arrived on campus! Just returned from #OHECC2025 where universities like UC and OU are transforming IT with platform engineering and cutting deployment times by 80-95% and freeing staff to innovate rather than babysit infrastructure: www.bitsinflight.com/platform-eng...

packetpushers.net/podcasts/tot... @0xmc.bsky.social said one thing that sticks with me from this #TNOps conversation: "...the amount of things that you can just learn on your own is incredible." Thanks again #nanog for hosting #TNOps on the road! #netops @packetpushers.bsky.social @usnua.com

VERY interesting, apparently Arista Networks is in the process of buying VeloCloud from Broadcom. Huge if true and from some sources I have as well, seems to be true. www.theinformation.com/briefings/ar...

@1dan.bsky.social I am and you know that because we just met! Hope others that are here come say hello, would love to talk to you. #ohecc2025

Anyone else struggle with whether or not to pack a console cable on every trip "just in case," even though you'll probably never need it? No? Just me? 😅 'm packing up for the Ohio Higher Education Computing Council (OHECC) meeting at the University of Cincinnati! Want to meet up?

🗣️ Come join us for #VANUG !!! 🗓️ Thursday 4/24/2025 5-9 pm 🌎 Crafthouse in Reston Town Center, 1888 Explorer St, Reston, VA 20190 🤓 Great talk by Lenny Giuliano and esteemed panelists 🖖 Bring your friends, networkers and more! See you there!

On this episode of @TechFieldDayPod.bsky.social from on-site at #NFD37: Virtual Networks are Air Gapped featuring @NetworkingNerd.net, John Osmon, Carole Warner Reese, and @BitsinFlight.com! Listen to the latest episode now #NFD37 #TFDPodcast ⬇️ 🟧 Links in replies ▶️ Video🎙️ Audio 🟧 ⬇️

The free edition of Broadcom/VMware ESXi has returned for those interested. That said, I’m sticking with @proxmox.bsky.social 🙂 techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware...

BT Group's quantum networking trials show promise, but face major distance limitations. The future is metro-level QKD, not a global quantum internet—at least for now. #NFD37 #QuantumNetworking www.bitsinflight.com/quantum-netw...

At #NFD37, @NetworkingNerd.net discussed how @BitsinFlight.com shared #USNUA’s vendor-neutral mission, while @ScottRobohn.bsky,social highlighted Network Automation Forum's grassroots growth, tackling #automation challenges across global events. #TFDTakeaways Watch the video below ⬇️ 📝 🟧 ⬇️

ICYMI US Networking User Association Overview with Jason Gintert @BitsinFlight.com @TechFieldDay.com #NFD37 #USNUA

New blog post! In the age of short attention spans, I'm not sure who is going to read all of this but I wanted to share some things. It might also have a nugget or two you might find valuable.

So this seems like a big deal. OpenAI is now supporting model context protocol (MCP)! openai.github.io/openai-agent...

RachelByTheBay isn’t one to jump at shadows or be alarmist.

Thanks to the @techfieldday.com team for letting me share the latest with the @usnua.com! Be sure to check it out to learn more. #NFD37 #USNUA

With Selector's Network DVR you can go back in time to see previous states of the network. If a network path changed, you can see that and the insight is based on real device forwarding state, not just ICMP based tools like traceroute or ping. #NFD37

Guess what @automateyournetwork.ca brought to #NFD37?

If you could talk to your network, what would you ask it? Selector gives you the capability to ask these questions with natural language. #NFD37

"Needle in a stack of needles" @automateyournetwork.ca is not wrong. Finding the data that you need while working on the network requires looking in a lot of different places these days. #NFD37

Starting now! You do not want to miss this, John Capobianco is a must see presenter and has a lot of cool things going on Selector. Start the stream here: lnkd.in/ghcH8iEe

Versa Networks defines Sovereign SASE as a customer hosted SASE solution. These clients require a bespoke network/POP design for traffic optimization, are very sophisticated from a threat intelligence perspective and have the personnel resources to manage it. #NFD37