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Linux is the language of the data center, and it’s the language we’re speaking on Kernel of Truth! Tune in to hear our rotating panel of Cumulus Networks’ best and brightest, plus guest experts from the industry, discuss networking news and the hottest trends in the data center. Whether we’re talkin…

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    • Nov 16, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 21 EPISODES


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    NVIDIA AI Enterprise and VMWare

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 37:56


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. This episode of Kernel of Truth we talk about NVIDIA AI Enterprise and how it integrates with the VMWare product suite! It's a special day as we have two guests on for this episode. Justin Murray from VWMare and Jeff Weiss from NVIDIA. … Continue reading NVIDIA AI Enterprise and VMWare →

    Live media production over IP networks

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 43:08


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. This is a packed episode of Kernel of Truth! In this episode we speak with Thomas Kernen, a Fellow at the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers and a Senior Staff Architect at NVIDIA focusing on Media and Entertainment. In today's episode … Continue reading Live media production over IP networks →

    datacenterHawk and the business of building data centers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 31:38


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. We have a special episode of Kernel of Truth! In this episode we speak with David Liggitt, the founder and CEO of datacenterHawk. datacenterHawk is a leading provider of information on the top Internet exchanges, cloud computing providers, carrier hotels, and colocation facilities. … Continue reading datacenterHawk and the business of building data centers →

    Autonomous Vehicle Simulation and Distributed Compute Systems

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 12:28


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. Our fourth episode of this season's of Kernel of Truth has been released! In this episode we have invited Andre Payant to talk about the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Simulation and the challenges of moving from a single compute system to a distributed compute … Continue reading Autonomous Vehicle Simulation and Distributed Compute Systems →

    Demystifying the DPU and DOCA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 31:55


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. Our third episode of this season's of Kernel of Truth has been released! In this episode we have invited Ariel Kit to talk about the DPU, DOCA and the future of server networking. Guest Bios Ariel Kit: Ariel Kit is director of product … Continue reading Demystifying the DPU and DOCA →

    Health Care and IT Infrastructure

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 27:45


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. We're on a roll, the second episode of this seasons of Kernel of Truth has been released! In this episode we have invited Deb Million to talk about the IT in the health care industry. We focus on new solutions in health care … Continue reading Health Care and IT Infrastructure →

    Intersection of MLOps and NetDevOps

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 31:08


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. We’re back for a brand new season of the Kernel of Truth podcast. We’ve had some changes but you’ll hear some familiar voices. Roopa Prabhu is back, and Rama Darbha has joined her as a co-host. In this episode we have invited Nicolas … Continue reading Intersection of MLOps and NetDevOps →

    Navigating the open network operating systems space

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2020 43:50


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. Some of your favorites are back together on this episode of the Kernel of Truth podcast— specifically Roopa Prabhu, Brian O’Sullivan and Pete Lumbis. Things have changed a little around here since the last time the three of them were chatting together on … Continue reading Navigating the open network operating systems space →

    The evolution of hardware telemetry and its software interfaces

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 41:18


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. In this episode, Kernel of Truth host Roopa Prabhu is joined by Barak Gafni. The two of them chat about the evolution of hardware telemetry and its software interfaces as well as catch up some of the work on IOAM Barak’s been involved … Continue reading The evolution of hardware telemetry and its software interfaces →

    Cumulus Linux in action at Cloudscale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 36:02


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. If you’ve listened to the podcast before you may have heard us reference our customers from time to time. In this episode we’re switching things up and instead of referencing a customer, you’re going to hear directly from one! Manuel Schweizer, CEO of … Continue reading Cumulus Linux in action at Cloudscale →

    Open networking post Nvidia-Mellanox-Cumulus acquisition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 21:33


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. With the recent acquisition of Cumulus Networks by Nvidia, what does that mean for open networking? Kernel of Truth host Roopa Prabhu is joined by Partho Mishra and Amit Katz to discuss what does the acquisition mean for the future of accelerated data … Continue reading Open networking post Nvidia-Mellanox-Cumulus acquisition →

    Building modern campus networks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 34:22


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. In this episode we talk about trends, architectures and technologies for building modern Campus networks. Joining Kernel of Truth podcast hosts Brian O’Sullivan and Roopa Prabhu are two of our senior consultants, Eric Pulvino and David Marshall, who know what they’re talking about … Continue reading Building modern campus networks →

    Routing protocols in the datacenter fabric

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 39:25


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. Hosts Roopa Prabhu and Pete Lumbis are joined by a special guest to the podcast, Russ White! The group come together virtually to discuss what we should think about when it comes to routing protocols in the datcenter. What are the tradeoffs when using traditional … Continue reading Routing protocols in the datacenter fabric →

    Production Ready Automation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 29:09


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. In this episode hosts Roopa Prabhu and Brian O’Sullivan chat with Justin Betz about production grade automation and CI/CD workflows for continuous maintenance and deployment of your “infrastructure as code.” They also discuss how like any other software … Continue reading Production Ready Automation →

    Linux networking with eBPF

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 45:12


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. This podcast is all about Linux and to talk about it, we have two of the top Linux kernel experts. Kernel of Truth host Roopa Prabhu is one and chats with our special guest David Ahern about eBPF. … Continue reading Linux networking with eBPF →

    Open Compute Project Summit 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 21:55


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. Early March is a busy time here at Cumulus Networks and part of the reason is the Open Compute Project Summit. Kernel of Truth hosts Brian O’Sullivan and Roopa Prabhu are joined by Scott Emery, project lead at … Continue reading Open Compute Project Summit 2020 →

    FRRouting update

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 25:15


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. Season three jumps right into the deep end of the networking pool with a discussion on FRRouting. Kernel of Truth hosts Brian O’Sullivan and Roopa Prabhu are joined by a new guest to the podcast, Donald Sharp. With … Continue reading FRRouting update →

    Season 3 teaser

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 1:54


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. In this episode, we tease what’s coming up for Kernel of Truth’s season 3. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast if you haven’t already so you’re notified when the first episode for season 3 is posted or … Continue reading Season 3 teaser →

    2019 retrospect and 2020 predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 45:24


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. In this episode, hosts Brian O’Sullivan and Roopa Prabhu are joined by Kernel of Truth podcast guest pros Pete Lumbis and Rama Darbha. The group looks back at 2019, discussing what they learned from the year and then … Continue reading 2019 retrospect and 2020 predictions →

    Infrastructure as code in action

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 30:26


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. In this episode we continue the conversation about “infrastructure as code.” Last time we chatted about it we talked to Nick Mitchell and Eric Pulvino, two of our consultants, and shared not only what it is but what … Continue reading Infrastructure as code in action →

    Open networking is not whitebox

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 23:09


    Subscribe to Kernel of Truth on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Cast Box and Sticher! Click here for our previous episode. Roopa Prabhu and Roopa’s hype man Pete Lumbis join Kernel of Truth host Brian O’Sullivan to discuss why open networking is not just whitebox, it’s so much more. Between the general advantages of this kind of architecture to … Continue reading Open networking is not whitebox →

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