
Telemetry Now
Do you dread forgetting to use the “add” command on a trunk port? Do you grit your teeth when the coffee maker isn't working, and everyone says, “It’s the network’s fault?” Do you like to blame DNS for everything because you know deep down, in the bottom of your heart, it probably is DNS?
Well, you're in the right place! Telemetry Now is the podcast for you!
Tune in and let the packets wash over you as host Phil Gervasi and his expert guests talk networking, network engineering and related careers, emerging technologies, and more.
Latest episodes

Jun 5, 2025 • 32min
AutoCon 3 Update and What's Coming Next from the Network Automation Forum
In this episode, Scott Robohn joins Telemetry Now to recap AutoCon 3 in Prague, share insights on the current state of network automation, and preview what’s ahead for AutoCon 4 and the Network Automation Forum.

May 29, 2025 • 32min
Telemetry News Now: Oracle's $40B AI Chip Spend, Salesforce Acquires Informatica, Arista Eyes VeloCloud, Cisco Revamps Certification Tracks
In this Telemetry News Now episode, Phillip Gervasi and Justin Ryburn break down Oracle’s $40B GPU deal for OpenAI, Salesforce’s $8B Informatica buy, AT&T’s fiber grab from Lumen, Arista eyeing VeloCloud, and Cisco’s big certification revamp.

May 15, 2025 • 33min
Telemetry News Now: Quantum Networking, Cisco Joins the AIP, Microsoft Layoff, Starlink Talks Gigabit Satellite
In this Telemetry News Now episode, Phillip Gervasi and Justin Ryburn discuss Google's latest Gemini upgrade for Android Audio, Cisco's prototype quantum network chip, Notion's AI-powered note-taking tool for meetings. Plus: significant AI investments, Microsoft's layoffs, and NVIDIA's chip shipment to Saudi Arabia.

May 9, 2025 • 49min
Democratizing Internet Monitoring with IODA
The IODA project, based at Georgia Tech, provides crucial insights into global internet activity, helping to understand major internet disruptions from events like power outages and government shutdowns. Amanda Meng and Zach Bischof discuss how IODA started, its mission, and the mechanisms they use to monitor internet activity at scale. They also discuss their roles in the project, which offers a publicly accessible dashboard for real-time internet connectivity data at ioda.live.

May 1, 2025 • 26min
Telemetry News Now: Palo Alto Boosts AI Security, Qwen 3 Released, Llama API, Spanish Internet Outage, IPv6 Making Headway
In this episode, Phil Gervasi and Justin Ryburn cover major developments in AI and networking, including Palo Alto Networks’ $650M push into AI security, Alibaba’s release of Qwen 3, and Meta’s new Llama API. They also discuss Microsoft’s AI-generated code stats, Asia’s IPv6 milestone, and the massive Iberian power outage that disrupted internet traffic across multiple countries.

Apr 24, 2025 • 44min
How Industrial Engineering Principles Can Transform Network Operations
Scott Robohn joins us to explore how industrial engineering concepts—like workflow design, systems thinking, and Edward Deming’s principles—can bring clarity, structure, and efficiency to modern network operations.

Apr 17, 2025 • 31min
Telemetry News Now: OpenAI Releases GPT 4.1, Cisco and Juniper Partner with Google, Broadcom's AI-Driven Endpoint Security, Amazon's Project Kuiper
In this Telemetry News Now episode, Phil Gervasi and Justin Ryburn break down OpenAI’s release of GPT 4.1 and its real-world use cases, major Google Cloud partnerships with Cisco and Juniper, Broadcom’s predictive security feature, Amazon’s Project Kuiper, and shifting global dynamics in chip manufacturing.

Apr 11, 2025 • 51min
The New Frontiers of the Internet: From the Ocean Floor to Low Earth Orbit
In this episode, Christian von der Ropp joins us for a deep dive into the 12-year effort to connect St Helena via submarine cable, the rise of LEO satellite networks, and how infrastructure and policy intersect to bring modern internet to the world’s most remote regions.

Apr 4, 2025 • 30min
Telemetry News Now: Starlink enters provider space, OpenAI raises $40B, AWS announces support for VPC route server, Comcast acquires Nitel
In this news episode, Phil Gervasi and Justin Ryburn cover some of the latest tech headlines, such as Starlink entering the service provider space with Community Gateways, OpenAI raising $40 billion for AGI development, Comcast acquiring Nitel to expand its channel distribution strategy, and AWS announcing support for VPC route server running BGP. Tune in for the latest news and a quick roundup of upcoming network industry events.

Mar 27, 2025 • 46min
Demystifying Data Center Networking for AI Workloads with Chris Kane
In this episode of Telemetry Now, we explore why AI workloads require a fundamentally different approach to data center networking. From Ethernet vs. InfiniBand to mitigating issues with packet loss, latency, and link flapping, along with emerging standards from the Ultra Ethernet Consortium, we unpack the technologies reshaping how AI infrastructure is built.