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Try Before You Buy: Nokia Is Taking Validated Designs Seriously (And That’s Rarer Than You Think)Try Before You Buy: Nokia Is Taking Validated Designs Seriously (And That’s Rarer Than You Think)

April 17, 2026April 17, 2026| 0 Comments| Ben StoryBen Story| 8:56 am

Vendors publish "validated designs" and let them rot. Nokia is doing something different — and the four-year support commitment is...

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But It Works in the Lab!But It Works in the Lab!

April 2, 2026April 2, 2026| 0 Comments| Ben StoryBen Story| 8:30 am

Software developers and security engineers are often at odds. This needs to stop and I have some suggestions....

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AI Is Going to Kill Jobs!AI Is Going to Kill Jobs!

February 7, 2026February 7, 2026| 0 Comments| Ben StoryBen Story| 12:16 am

AI is changing the world. Things will change, career paths will disappear, but all will be well....

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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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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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