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Southwest Airlines Customer of Size PolicySouthwest Airlines Customer of Size Policy

July 29, 2025July 29, 2025| 0 Comments| Ben StoryBen Story| 7:23 pm

This won’t be my usual blog post about something in IT. Instead, I want to bring attention to a change...

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HPE Tech Jam 2025HPE Tech Jam 2025

March 28, 2025March 28, 2025| 0 Comments| Ben StoryBen Story| 8:04 am

This week I have been attending HPE Tech Jam in Orlando. For those who don’t know, this is HPE’s SE...

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Standards, Who Needs Standards!Standards, Who Needs Standards!

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023| 0 Comments| Ben StoryBen Story| 10:54 pm

Standards, we’re surrounded by them in our industry. Cabling standards like TIA586A/B tell us how to wire category 5/5e/6/6a (dang...

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Captive Portals and Not So Captive PortalsCaptive Portals and Not So Captive Portals

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023| 0 Comments| Ben StoryBen Story| 8:00 am

A few years ago as I was first cutting my teeth in the Palo Alto firewall world, I had a...

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Ben Story @ntwrk80

Ben Story is a network security engineer for a solution provider. He has been working with networking since 1998, his Freshman year at Truman State University, when he worked for a small dial-up ISP managing their Shiva LanRover modem bank. His random bits and bytes can be found on his blog at https://packitforwarding.com or on Twitter @ntwrk80.

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  1. Mind the Gap: How MSPs Can Use Lightyear to Own the Telecom Lifecycle - Tech Field Day on Mind the Gap: How MSPs Can Use Lightyear to Own the Telecom LifecycleApril 28, 2026

    […] Mind the Gap: How MSPs Can Use Lightyear to Own the Telecom Lifecycle […]

  2. Deepak Kakadia on AIOps Fatigue Is Real, And It’s Your Vendor’s Fault, Not YoursApril 27, 2026

    Very Helpful and insightful article Ben !

  3. AIOps Fatigue Is Real, And It's Your Vendor's Fault, Not Yours - Tech Field Day on AIOps Fatigue Is Real, And It’s Your Vendor’s Fault, Not YoursApril 24, 2026

    […] AIOps Fatigue Is Real, And It’s Your Vendor’s Fault, Not Yours […]

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