Derek's Links: Derek is a Staff Engineer at Cloudflare and has over 17 years of experience in designing security frameworks at scale. His main focus is on research and development within infrastructure and cloud security. He currently holds multiple patents in the fields of security, key management, and blockchain.

Co-founder and CEO of Deft, Jordan Lowe stops by Network AF to talk to host Avi Freedman about all things IT infrastructure. Previously known as ServerCentral, Deft continues to innovate on its services to make managing IT infrastructure a better experience for the business and those who run it.

Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Unitas Global, Grant Kirkwood, joins Network AF to discuss motivations for starting the company and where they're at currently. Avi and Grant talk about what it is like to be a service provider and a solution provider (MSP) in one, and how it plays into what Avi calls the APIfication of networks and IT strategy.

Network AF host and Kentik CEO Avi Freedman discusses data analysis and trends in understanding online activity with David Belson. David is Cloudflare's Head of Data Insight, where he helps the organization communicate information about the internet such as outages and changes in protocol adoption.

In this episode, Jake Warner chats with Bret Fisher, a Docker Captain and DevOps Consultant, about the wide adoption of containers over the last decade.

Bill Marantz joins Avi and Network AF to discuss his love for open source and automation technologies. The two also discuss mentorship and recruiting during rapid stages of company growth, and touch on problem solving in networking without a technical background.

In this episode, Edgar hosts Andy Ellwood, VP of Product Marketing, Pulseway, and Giridhara Raam, Cybersecurity Evangelist, Pulseway to discuss why the cyber response is important for SMBs and how should SMB's react to a cyber incident - communication norms, response protocols, and tips to up their game on the reactive approach.

In this episode of Network AF, the network engineering podcast: Ilissa Miller, CEO of iMiller Public Relations, joins Avi to talk about her start working in infrastructure communications, and her advice for companies interested in engaging more with her customers and media.

In this episode, Jake Warner chats with Sean Brown of Rising Cloud. Discussions include some background and an overview on Rising Cloud, Stateful vs. Stateless, and how both companies are coming together to solve developer-centric needs.

In this episode of Network AF, the network engineering podcast: Dave Schaeffer, founder and CEO of Cogent Communications, discusses his path in networking and the innovations that have propelled their ISP to success.