Network Break - Podcast Rankings and reviews

These guys provide a megaton of relevant industry news with a healthy dose of the rueful skepticism that any seasoned network engineer develops.

They are experienced engineers themselves and possibly psychic... more often than not they ask the exact questions that come up in my own mind.
Humor, insight, and deep technical details, what more can you ask for?

Thankfully, this podcast and Datanauts are the polar opposite of your usual plodding, droning IT discussion/training; they are freakin’ *lively*, people!!!

Fantastic podcast for staying up to date on a variety of networking headlines. Content delivered is relevant, has interesting analysis, and most important for staying engaged in the discussion - entertaining repartee between the hosts.

OK, let me start with the disclaimer, I am occasionally a guest on this podcast. But I actually prefer to listen when its not me because they do a great job of bringing in guests with interesting viewpoints. It is great to hear opposing viewpoints on the show.

For me the biggest value that the network break brings is a recap of the top news in networking each week. You get more than just the headlines, they'll spend 5-8 minutes per topic batting around opinion and theories about how whatever they are talking about will impact the admin, the network or the market.

It is worth it to subscribe the this podcast in order to keep up to date with the most interesting things happening in networking.

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.

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 be following this show until they can get back to meaningful tech conversation instead of Johna soap boxing about how much she hates Microsoft and loves objectifying women. It’s a shame, because when she’s not interjecting her latest personal crusades, she is clearly very knowledgeable and has great insight and commentary on technical subjects.