Podcasts

MistFits Unmuted

A podcast where real-world network engineers share what they find interesting, challenging, and worth talking about in their day-to-day work. Each episode features a different member of the MistFits, an HPE Networking Technical Advocacy group made up of customers, partners, and industry experts recognized for their technical expertise and passion for HPE Networking.

Packet Pushers: Heavy Networking

Heavy Networking is an unabashedly nerdy dive into all things networking. Described by one listener as "verbal white papers," the weekly episodes feature network engineers, industry experts, and vendors sharing useful information to keep your professional knowledge sharp and your career growing. Hosts Ethan Banks and Drew Conry-Murray cut through the marketing spin to explore what works—and what doesn't—in networking today, while keeping an eye on what's ahead for the industry. On air since 2010, Heavy Networking is the flagship show of the Packet Pushers podcast network.

Packet Pushers: Packet Protector

Join us at the intersection of networking and security! Whether you’re fending off ransomware attacks, securing remote workers, hunting for rogue IoT devices, or working through your latest compliance audit, Packet Protector provides practical information that IT and infrastructure pros can put to work. Every episode covers the latest security headlines and then drills into essential topics to provide technical and strategic insights on wired and wireless network security, access control, cloud security, pen testing and red/blue teaming, security hardware and software, and more. Whether security is your full-time job or one of your many responsibilities, Packet Protector is your go-to cybersecurity resource. 

 

 

 

Episode 1: Unlocking the Mist API

HPE Field PLMs Robert Boardman and Stephen Cooper kick off MistFits Unmuted with François Vergès from SemFio Networks to talk about real world automation with the HPE Mist API and explore why the 20% of the functionality that never makes it to the UI, might be the most powerful part.  Learn more about Mist AI: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/mist-ai.html 

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HN841: HPE Melds Apstra and Mist for Self-Driving Data Center Networks (Sponsored)

In this sponsored episode, Kyle Baxter and Sridhar Katere from HPE join Drew to talk about automating enterprise data center networks. They discuss how HPE integrates its Apstra and Mist products to bring AI ops and self-driving capabilities into data center operations. They also break down how HPE leverages the different strengths of each platform, how the integration can reduce the data collection tax that network operators have to pay, benefits such as predictive analytics, some real-world examples of how customers use the two platforms, and more.

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PP111: New HPE Mist Features Validate NAC Changes, Enable Inline Microsegmentation (Sponsored)

HPE has announced new features in its Juniper Mist portfolio. On today’s sponsored Packet Protector, we dig into those features, including a dry run option that lets organizations test and refine Network Access Control (NAC) policies before pushing them out, a policy validation feature that can identify shadow NAC rules, and a microsegmentation capability aimed at branch and retail networks that doesn’t require an EVPN-based fabric to enforce microsegmentation policies.

Our guest is Slava Dementyev, Product Management Director at HPE.

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Episode 2: How Attenuation Shapes Wi-Fi Surveys

On this episode of MistFits Unmuted Rob Boardman and Stephen Cooper sit down with guest Dan Jones of Hamina Wireless to challenge everything you thought you knew about Wi-Fi surveys and why live attenuation modeling with HPE Mist changes the game.

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HN834: HPE Self-Driving Networks: The Next Evolution of Network Automation (Sponsored)

In this sponsored episode, HPE’s Sunalini Sankhavaram and Jose Tellado discuss the architectural evolution toward self-driving networks. Together with Ethan and Drew, they break down how integrating agentic AI enables an autonomous architecture capable of being proactive and not just reactive. They also discuss the importance of maintaining human trust in autonomous systems and how shifting to a self-driving network allows IT teams to pivot from daily firefighting to long-term strategic design.

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PP105: Cybercrime Has Gone Industrial: Insights from HPE Threat Labs (Sponsored)

Threat actors are behaving more like professional organizations in an effort to launch more effective and profitable attacks. We explore this and other themes from the latest Threat Labs report from HPE, our sponsor for today’s Packet Protector episode. We also look at how older vulnerabilities are still contributing to today’s exploits, why security organizations should consider resilience and not just prevention, how attackers and defenders are using AI, and more. This episode was recorded on site at RSA Conference 2026.

Our guest is Madani Adjali, Vice President of Product Management (SASE & Security), HPE Networking.

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Episode 3: Rethinking Antennas for Capacity-First Wi-Fi Design

HPE's Rob Boardman and Stephen Cooper sit down with Wi-Fi expert Peter Mackenzie to explore how reframing Wi-Fi design from coverage to capacity impacts antenna selection and AP deployment using real-world examples.
 
To learn more: about HPE Access Points visit: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/juniper-series-of-high-performance-access-points.html 

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