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David Bombal takes listeners on an exclusive tour of the Cisco Live 2026 Network Operation Center, discussing various aspects of network security and technology.

Big thanks to Cisco for sponsoring my trip to Cisco Live EMEA and for changing my life and the lives of many other people. // Joe Clarke SOCIAL // LinkedIn: / joeclarke2 // YouTube video REFERENCE // MCP Demo using Python, AI and a self healing network (Model Context Protocol): • MCP Demo using Python, AI and a self heali... Do you know what this weird IP address is about? (192.0.0.2): • Do you know what this weird IP address is ... // David's SOCIAL // Discord: discord.com/invite/usKSyzb Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidbombal Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidbombal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal Facebook: www.facebook.com/davidbombal.co TikTok: tiktok.com/@davidbombal YouTube: / @davidbombal Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3f6k6gE... SoundCloud: / davidbombal Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... // MY STUFF // https://www.amazon.com/shop/davidbombal // SPONSORS // Interested in sponsoring my videos? Reach out to my team here: sponsors@davidbombal.com // MENU // 0:00 - Coming Up 01:11 - Introduction 02:34 - The Backup Network Operation Center (NOC) 04:30 - The Security in the NOC 07:38 - Joe Clark Shares a Story 10:23 - Improvements with MCP 12:50 - Equipment…

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