The job market is more competitive than ever but the desire to fill network engineering roles is lower than before. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Ryan Lambert, Dakota Snow, and David Varnum for an examination of why network design and implementation isn’t a hot career path. They look at the rise of cloud as a discipline as well as the reduction of complexity in modern roles with help from software an automation shifts. They also discuss how entry level professionals can adjust their thinking to take advantage of open roles on the market.

AI can help you write, but it can also help you figure out what other people wrote. In this article, Tom Hollingsworth looks at Swimlane Turbine’s Hero AI and how it can help speed case resolutions thanks to automatic case summarization and more.

NetApp is updaing their ransomware protection solutions. They’ve made some new additions to their Automated Ransomware Protection (ARP) platform to address new attack vectors and improve logic for attack detection, including new methods like partial file encryption. NetApp is claiming a 99% precision in detection of ransomware attacks. They have also announced the availability of their Ransomware Recovery Guarantee for Keystone, their storage-as-a-service offering. These announcements come as part of a larger package including updates to SnapCenter and BlueXP Disaster Recovery.

The development of AI networking is moving forward and Ethernet is taking a prime role in how workloads will communicate. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Drew Conry-Murray and Jordan Martin as well as J Metz, the chair of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium, to discuss the progress being made by the UEC to develop Ethernet to meet the needs of AI. They discuss the roadmap for adoption of technologies as well as the drivers for the additions to the protocol and how people can get involved.

We’re excited to hear from Forward Networks, Aviz Networks, and Nile at Networking Field Day 34! Read on for more details about the schedule, content, and ways to participate in the conversation.

The US Department of Justice is at it again with a new team for Operation Dying Ember. Sounds spooky, right? This time it was to undertake a secret court order to remove malware from Ubiquiti devices infected by Fancy Bear. The devices in question had default administration passwords as well as remote admin access on the public Internet. The DOJ reinfected the routers with the original malware used to compromise them in the first place and then used that compromise to remove remote access and clean up the secondary payload that had been installed to turn them into a potential botnet. The DOJ said it would then notify users to do a factory reset and install the latest firmware as well as changing their admin password. There’s a lot to unpack here! This and more on the Gestalt IT Rundown hosted by Tom Hollingsworth and guest Max Mortillaro.

Cohesity is set to acquire the data protection assets of Veritas in a huge deal. Cohesity will be picking up the NetBackup portfolio as well as SaaS offering Alta. The move is seen as a huge bolster to Cohesity both in their cloud offerings as well as traditional on-prem enterrpise back and data protection. The deal will merge the two companies into a $7 billion. The remaining parts of Veritas that aren’t purchased will be rebranded as DataCo.

Cisco Live EMEA is happening this week and we’re here learning all the great things that Cisco is investing in and bringing to the market. We thought it would be great to give you a quick overview of the biggest announcements as well as providing some context around why they’re important. This and more on this week’s Rundown. Thanks to Zoë Rose for sitting in!

The IT world is obsessed with AI but the desire to put AI into every product creates confusion and uncertainty. In this episode of the On-Premise Podcast, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Zoë Rose and Dominik Pickhardt to discuss why everyone is so excited about AI. They also focus on issues with opaque algorithms and how AI can actually be useful in helping professionals with their daily work.

Join Tech Field Day live from Amsterdam for Cisco Live EMEA 2024! Read on to find out the presentation schedule for Cisco, IP Fabric, and NetBox Labs as well as social information and streaming links.