Heavy Networking 609: Innovation Or Stagnation – A Year-End Networking Review

Today’s Heavy Networking considers the current state of networking technologies and the networking market. We discuss the notion of multi-location networking, whether “software-defined” has finally arrived, how network engineers and the industry are dealing with complexity, and whether organizations can “cloud” their way out of legacy problems. We also debate whether we’ve seen any significant innovations over the past year, if the industry has stagnated, or if we’re simply trying to stay on top of disruptions caused by cloud, the Covid pandemic, and the erosion of traditional network boundaries. There are no guests or sponsors on today’s show, just Greg Ferro, Ethan Banks, and Drew Conry-Murray having a bit of a year-end chin-wag.