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Take a Network Break! This week we cover Juniper’s release of Security Director Cloud, which the company is touting as the policy engine for a forthcoming SASE offering. We also discuss IBM’s groundbreaking 2nm chip announcement, and Itential’s new SaaS version of its network automation platform. Network management provider LiveAction acquires a security company, electricity outages in Texas cost chip manufacturers hundreds of millions of dollars, we discuss the possibility of the secondary market to address supply chain problems in networking, and Juniper Networks reports its Q1 financial results. Sponsor: CablesAndKits CablesAndKits are Experts in Awesome. We’re an award-winning IT equipment dealer with a focus on networking products from SFP Modules and Servers to Fiber and Rack hardware. Get your IT needs and Cisco related products at CablesAndKits.com. Mention PacketPushers for a free Cat8 cable and some free loot! Tech Bytes: Fortinet After the news, we talk with the White Family Auto Dealers on how they dropped their managed service provider in favor of operating their 19 dealerships themselves, with a little help from Fortinet’s branch, security, and SD-WAN products. Fortinet is the sponsor, but we talk to the auto dealer’s IT director and a system admin about the visibility and control they got from going DIY. Show Links: Juniper Networks Leans into SASE with Announcement of Juniper Security Director Cloud – Juniper Networks IBM Unveils World’s First 2 Nanometer Chip Technology, Opening a New Frontier for Semiconductors – IBM There’s Plenty Moore Room: IBM’s New 2nm CPU – YouTube IBM Creates First 2nm Chip – AnandTech Forward Networks and Itential Team Up to Deliver Seamless Closed-Loop Automation for Physical, Virtual and Cloud Networks – Itential Itential Extends Cloud-Native Network Automation Platform, Launches SaaS Offering for the Enterprise – Itential LiveAction Acquires CounterFlow AI to Expand Network Security Offerings – LiveAction Shutdown of Austin fab during freeze cost Samsung at least $268 million – Austin Statesman Lead times through the roof : r/networking – Reddit Cisco Refresh

Take a Network Break! This week we welcome guest analyst Johna Till Johnson, CEO and Founder of Nemertes Research. Greg and Johna discuss a few follow-ups from last week, and then dive into topics including the rising price of copper, Proofpoint going private in a $12.3 billion deal with Thoma Bravo, and why the US Defense Department suddenly began advertising a huge block of IPv4 address space. They also discuss Dish using an OpenRAN 5G service, a new zero-trust product from AppGate, and financial results from SolarWinds. Last but not least, Greg and Johna opine on Linx and the role of IXPs, and react to the news that SpaceX now has FCC permission to bring its Starlink satellites into a lower orbit. Sponsor: CablesAndKits CablesAndKits are Experts in Awesome. We’re an award-winning IT equipment dealer with a focus on networking products from SFP Modules and Servers to Fiber and Rack hardware. Get your IT needs and Cisco related products at CablesAndKits.com. Mention PacketPushers for a free Cat8 cable and some free loot! Tech Bytes: VMware vRealize Network Insight Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with VMware. We’ll talk about new network modeling features in VMware’s vRealize Network Insight product. These features use formal verification to create a real-time network model, based on network state, to allow engineers to test changes before they’re made, and ensure that changes meet their intent. Show Links: Johna Till Johnson on LinkedIn METALS-Copper eyes $10,000/T level as U.S. dollar softens – Reuters Copper hits 10-year high above $10,000 a tonne – Financial Times Proofpoint Enters Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo in $12.3 Billion Transaction –  Proofpoint US Network security company Proofpoint goes private in $12.3B deal – VentureBeat Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life – MSN via The Washington Post Pentagon explains odd transfer of 175 million IP addresses to obscure company – Ars Technica The big Pentagon internet mystery now partially solved – AP

Take a Network Break! We begin today’s episode by responding to some FU from listeners. Then we discuss VMware’s newly announced SASE solution, which targets a distributed workforce and stitches together elements from VeloCloud, Carbon Black, and Workspace ONE. We cover additional Nvidia announcements we couldn’t get to last week, and examine why the United Kingdom has put Nvidia’s Arm acquisition on hold. Big US mobile carriers abandon their RCS plans, Juniper debuts new routers as part of its Cloud Metro strategy, and network automation vendor Itential raises $20 million in a B round of funding. Chip shortages continue to bedevil the industry, and the arrival of space-based consumer broadband may have unintended consequences. Dell Technologies SONiC Dell Technologies is helping enterprise customers to pave the way for transforming their networks with innovative open networking offerings and global support and services. A key component of this journey are commercial versions of open source SONiC both within the data center and further. Get more details at delltechnologies.com/networking. Tech Bytes: Nokia Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Nokia about its Nokia Fabric Services, which deliver fabric management of your data center. Fabric Services System embraces the functionality of Service Router Linux, SR Linux for short, and brings intent based automation to your DC fabric. Show Links: VMware Powers Today’s Anywhere Workforce – VMware Announcing VMware Anywhere Workspace, a unique solution to manage multi-modal employee experience, better secure the distributed edge, and automate the workspace – VMware Nvidia Grace is Not a Server Platform | Checksum: Episode 20 – GestaltIT NVIDIA and Partners Collaborate on Arm Computing for Cloud, HPC, Edge, PC – NVIDIA Newsroom NVIDIA Announces CPU for Giant AI and High Performance Computing Workloads – NVIDIA Newsroom Nvidia Enters The Arms Race With Homegrown “Grace” CPUs – Next Platform UK government intervenes in Nvidia takeover of chip designer Arm – BBC Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile kill their cross-carrier RCS messaging plans – Ars Technica Rich Communication Services – Wikipedia Juniper’s Cloud Metro Powers the Next Generat...

Take a Network Break! This week we examine Dell’s plans to spin off VMware for a healthy dose of cash, review Aruba Networks’ Atmosphere keynotes, and dive into NVIDIA announcements around SmartNICs/DPUs and an AI security framework. We also cover Microsoft’s $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition purveyor Nuance, multi-cloud networking startup Alkira’s availability on Azure, and the drought in Taiwan that’s pitting farmers against one of the world’s largest chipmakers. Sponsor: Alkira Livestream Join the Packet Pushers on April 22nd for our first-ever Livestream event with Alkira to learn about their networking as a service multi-cloud solution, which brings together networking, governance and security to connect users and workloads across multiple clouds. We’ll talk to customers, get a technical deep dive, and more. Sign up for free at packetpushers.net/livestream. Tech Bytes: AppNeta Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with AppNeta. We’ll explore how IT can optimize performance and support for a highly distributed workforce and develop a sustainable strategy for a Work From Anywhere reality. Show Links: VMware and Dell Technologies Reach Agreement Regarding Spin-Off – VMware VMware Spin-Off Investor Presentation – Dell Technologies Dell Stock Pops As VMware Spinoff Yields Big Tax-Free Special Cash Dividend – Investor’s Business Daily GS401: Embark on Your Edge Journey With WAN and Security Transformation – Aruba Networks’ David Hughes keynote via YouTube What Does Aruba Do With No SASE To Sell? It Changes The Conversation – Packet Pushers NVIDIA Extends Data Center Infrastructure Processing Roadmap with BlueField-3 – NVIDIA NVIDIA DOCA SDK – NVIDIA Developer Accelerating Solution Development with DOCA on NVIDIA BlueField DPUs – NVIDIA Developer Blog NVIDIA Launches Morpheus to Bring AI-Driven Automation to Cybersecurity Industry – NVIDIA Morpheus: AI Inferencing for Cybersecurity Pipelines [S33291] – #1 AI Conference – GPU Technology Conference – NVIDIA

Take a Network Break! Arista adds CloudVision Studios for configuration workflow automation, Innovium announces a switch family with the SONiC network OS pre-loaded and supported, and Pica8 raises $20 million to compete in the whitebox/disaggregation market. Startup Prosimo tackles cloud infrastructure and application experience, cPacket rolls out a new packet capture appliance that bursts up to 100Gbps of capture capacity, the FCC proposes dedicated spectrum for private rocket launches, and a researcher delves into the effect of cosmic rays on networking gear. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Nokia Did you know that Apple is using Nokia’s Data Center Fabric solution? If you want to know more, and learn about Nokia SR Linux and Fabric Services Platform for yourself, check out nokia.com/networks/dc-fabric. Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks Stick around after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes that explores the latest features in Prisma SD-WAN 5.5 from Palo Alto Networks, including event correlation and analysis, improved stats and analytics dashboards, and enhanced AIops capabilities. Packet Pushers Livestream Join us on April 22nd, for our first ever livestream event with Alkira. Alkira Network Cloud lets you deploy and manage single and multi-cloud networks with built-in visibility, security, and governance–all delivered as-a-service. Go to packetpushers.net/livestream to register. Show Links: Arista Boosts Agility for Modern Enterprises – Arista The Client To Cloud Enterprise – Arista ASIC Maker Innovium Announces SONiC-Certified Switches For The Cloud And Large Enterprises – Packet Pushers Pica8 Announces Record Investment Round, Names New Board Members – Pica8 Pica8 Funding Rounds – Crunchbase Viptela Founding Team Launches Prosimo with $25 Million in Venture Funding to Modernize the Infrastructure Stack for Multi-Cloud – BusinessWire Rethink Application Experience Across Multi-Cloud – Prosimo cPacket Networks Delivers Industry-leading 100Gbps Packet Capture and Analytics Solution for Network Observability – BusinessWire FCC acting commissioner proposes dedicated spectrum for private space launches – The Register

Take a Network Break! We cover a slew of announcements from Cisco Live 2021, including a move toward as-a-service procurement for networking gear, a scheme to incorporate a product portfolio as SASE, biometric and security key options to replace passwords, and a ThousandEyes/AppDynamics integration. We also drill into reports that Amazon will design its own switch ASICs, discuss a whistleblower’s allegations against Ubiquiti’s response to a security breach, and explore new research on harvesting power from 5G radio signals. Sponsor: PathSolutions PathSolutions’ TotalView automatically monitors all devices and interfaces in your entire infrastructure. The core offering includes all of the features needed to run a healthy network: Netflow, path mapping, diagramming, IPAM, network configuration automation, server monitoring and more. Visit www.PathSolutions.com to learn more about how to get Total Network Visibility on your network today. Tech Bytes: Aruba Networks Stay tuned for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Aruba Networks, an Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, on the role of identity in security and why identity is a critical component of a zero-trust approach to network access. Our guest is Jon Green, Chief Security Technologist at Aruba. Show Links: Giving Customers Choice to Buy How They Want: Cisco Bridges to as-a-Service with Cisco Plus – Cisco Cisco Plus: Accelerating Your Business Outcomes with As-a-service – Cisco Cisco Unveils New, Expanded SASE Architecture, Delivering Complete Protection From Endpoint to the Cloud – Cisco Cisco’s Vision for SASE and a Brand New Offer to Kickstart Your Journey – Cisco Kiss Passwords G00dby3: Cisco Secure Unveils Passwordless Future with Stronger Security for All – Cisco Security Keys and Duo – Duo Cisco Provides Customers Unmatched Visibility Across Applications and the Internet – Cisco Cisco starts to see the benefit of combining AppDynamics and ThousandEyes – Diginomica Amazon.com pursues its own networking chip amid frosty Broadcom relationship (NASDAQ:AVGO) – Seeking Alpha Amazon Steps Up Silicon Ambitions With New Networking Chip – The Information (paywall) Amazon is reportedly working on custom networking chips – The Verge

Take a Network Break! This week we cover Cloudflare’s new WAN and firewall services, discuss Pat Gelsinger’s first keynote at Intel CEO and his outline for Intel’s return to glory, and examine a partnership between Fortinet and Linksys. We also cover Slack’s attempt to replace email and its quick walk-back of a feature that made it easier for strangers to harass people, and ponder the $2.9 million NFT of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s first tweet. Plus we respond to listener FUs. Sponsor: PathSolutions PathSolutions’ TotalView automatically monitors all devices and interfaces in your entire infrastructure. The core offering includes all of the features needed to run a healthy network: Netflow, path mapping, diagramming, IPAM, network configuration automation, server monitoring and more. Visit www.PathSolutions.com to learn more about how to get Total Network Visibility on your network today. Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks After the news we have a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Palo Alto Networks on the newest capabilities of Prisma Access 2.0 for cloud-delivered security, zero trust access, and more. Show Links: Magic WAN & Magic Firewall: secure network connectivity as a service – Cloudflare Cloudflare’s New Magic WAN Is A Familiar Trick – Packet Pushers Intel Unleashed: Engineering the Future – Intel Intel Foundry Services – Intel Intel Unleashed, Gelsinger on Intel, IDM 2.0 – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Media Alert: Intel to Launch 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Portfolio – Intel Intel Decides To Engineer Its Fab-Filled Future After All – Next Platform Why is there a silicon chip shortage? 3 factors are to blame – Fast Company Linksys and Fortinet Announce Strategic Alliance to Deliver Enterprise-Grade Performance and Security for Work From Home Networks – Fortinet Slack quickly removes message invites in its new DM feature over harassment concerns – The Verge Beeples Purely Digital NFT-Based Work of Art Achieves $69.3 Million at Christies – Christies

Take a Network Break! VMware buys Mesh7 for its API security capabilities, Tala Security releases a service to scan for security and policy violations in third-party Web components, and Gartner releases a note predicting that 40% of large data centers will run the SONiC network OS in production by 2025. Cisco withdraws its on-the-ground presence at MWC Barcelona for obvious reasons, Google promises to spread a proposed $7 billion in real estate investment across the US for data center and office space, and the US Federal Communications Commission begins the process of revoking operations licenses for three Chinese telecom companies. Sponsor: PathSolutions PathSolutions’ TotalView automatically monitors all devices and interfaces in your entire infrastructure. The core offering includes all of the features needed to run a healthy network: Netflow, path mapping, diagramming, IPAM, network configuration automation, server monitoring and more. Visit www.PathSolutions.com to learn more about how to get Total Network Visibility on your network today. Tech Bytes: Gluware A Gluware customer had a project to stand up infrastructure in AWS. The company had worked out a standard design and wanted to see if Gluware could enable them to set up–and tear down–cloud resources automatically. Gluware VP of Product Marketing Mike Haugh takes us through how our sponsor Gluware integrated with Terraform to automate this AWS infrastructure. Show Links: VMware to Help Customers Make Modern Apps More Secure with Intent to Acquire Mesh7 – VMware Tala Ensures Data Privacy and Digital Supply Chain Control – Tala Security SONiC Disruptions in the Data Center Network – Gartner Cisco Axes MWC Barcelona Attendance – SDX Central Cisco drops out of MWC21 citing virus concerns – Light Reading Investing in America in 2021 – Google Google to spend $7 billion on data centers and office space in 2021 – CNBC A newly feisty FCC hangs up on Chinese telcos – Light Reading FCC moves forward with plan to ban three Chinese telcos from American market – The Register FCC Initiates Proceeding to Revoke China Unicom Authorizations – FCC

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss a new slate of ASICs from Cisco, including the 25.6Tbps G100. AWS has added new metadata fields in VPC flow logs to provide a better view of application dependencies and data transfer charges. Packet broker specialist Gigamon has announced Hawk, a visibility and analytics fabric for public and hybrid clouds. French cloud provider OVH suffered a massive fire at a facility that took multiple data centers offline, and Apple announces a bigger presence in Europe for silicon design. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: PathSolutions PathSolutions’ TotalView automatically monitors all devices and interfaces in your entire infrastructure. The core offering includes all of the features needed to run a healthy network: Netflow, path mapping, diagramming, IPAM, network configuration automation, server monitoring and more. Visit www.PathSolutions.com to learn more about how to get Total Network Visibility on your network today. Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Palo Alto Networks about key differentiators of Palo Alto’s Prisma SD-WAN, including ML for day two operations, Cloudblades, and more. Show Links: Cisco Silicon One Easily Shatters the 25.6T Barrier – Cisco Cisco Silicon One Product Family – get to know this single silicon architecture – Cisco Cisco Silicon One Product Family (PDF) – Cisco Amazon VPC Flow Logs now reflects AWS Service name, Traffic Path and Flow Direction – AWS Gigamon Launches Hawk and Partners With AWS to Simplify and Secure Cloud Adoption – Gigamon OVH founder says UPS fixed up day before blaze is early suspect as source of data centre destruction – The Register Fire at our Strasbourg Site – OVH Apple will invest over 1 billion euros in Germany and plans European Silicon Design Center in Munich – Apple

Take a Network Break! This week we check the fine print on a Google pledge to phase out third-party cookie tracking in the Chrome browser, examine a serious attack against Microsoft Exchange servers, and discuss a re-launched SaaS version of Anuta’s automation platform. Curiefense, a new open-source Web app firewall, is now generally available. HPE’s networking biz is the bright spot in its Q1 2021 financial results, and the Biden administration singles out China as the primary challenger and hints at the possibility of cyber countermeasures. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks is excited to introduce a fundamentally new approach to cloud-delivered security with Prisma® Access 2.0. Find out more at its upcoming Prisma Access 2.0 launch event on March 17. 10 AM PDT. You’ll also hear about the latest industry trends and customer perspectives from industry leaders. Register at:start.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma-access-2-launch. Tech Bytes: Fortinet After the news we have a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation on SD-WAN. We talk to Fortinet SD-WAN customer Wavin, a a solutions provider for the building and infrastructure industry. Wavin has deployed SD-WAN at more than 100 sites to support a cloud migration and protect both office and factory environments. Show Links: Google to Stop Selling Ads Based on Your Specific Web Browsing – Wall Street Journal Building a privacy-first future for web advertising – Google Ads Charting a course towards a more privacy-first web – Google GitHub – WICG/floc: FLoC – GitHub Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea – Electronic Frontier Foundation Sen. Klobuchar Calls for Antitrust Reforms, Tech Regulation – SDX Central Microsoft says a group of cyberattackers tied to China hit its Exchange email server – CNN HAFNIUM targeting Exchange Servers with 0-day exploits – Microsoft DHS orders agencies to urgently patch or disconnect Exchange servers – Bleeping Computer Operation Exchange Marauder: Active Exploitation of Multiple...

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss a slate of announcements from Juniper Networks including the incorporation of the 128 Technology SD-WAN routers into the Mist AI platform, as well as a new switch family and the integration of Juniper’s SRX with Mist. HPE acquires CloudPhysics, a SaaS company that helps organizations manage their on-prem and cloud spend; and US telcos spend a combined $81 billion to acquire spectrum that they will target for 5G rollouts. VMware announces version 4.0 of its Photon OS. SolarWinds announces Q4 results, but we’ll have to wait until Q1 and Q2 to get a real sense of the financial impact of the breach. VMware announced its Q4 and full year results for fiscal 2021, and the numbers look good. Nutanix also announced financial results, with flat revenues year over year. Last but not least, Firefox has announced a new privacy feature to limit data sharing among third-party cookies, but new research also shows ad companies playing games with CNAME cloaking to thwart privacy controls. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks is excited to introduce a fundamentally new approach to cloud-delivered security with Prisma® Access 2.0. Find out more at its upcoming Prisma Access 2.0 launch event on March 17. 10 AM PDT. You’ll also hear about the latest industry trends and customer perspectives from industry leaders. Register at https://start.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma-access-2-launch Tech Bytes: Aruba EdgeConnect Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN customer FordHarrison, a law firm that’s using SD-WAN to enable its remote work strategy and boost performance of critical apps. Show Links: Juniper Networks Combines Mist AI with Session Smart SD-WAN and SRX Secure Branch Gateway for Optimal User Experiences from Client-to-Cloud – Juniper Networks HPE reimagines customer and partner experience with software and data-driven insights – HPE HPE Acquires Cloud Assessment ‘Crown Jewel’ CloudPhysics – CRN FCC announces winners in $81bn 5G spectrum auction. Congrats to Verizon, which must cough up $45.4bn – The Register Photon OS  4.0 Release Announcement – VMware What is New in Photon OS 4.0 – VMware SolarWinds Announces Fourth Quarter 2020 Results – SolarWinds VMware Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2021 ...

Take a Network Break! In this week’s episode we examine Palo Alto Networks’ acquisition of the startup Bridgecrew, which makes software to secure Infrastructure as Code (IaC). We also discuss a preview of a new next-gen firewall option for Microsoft Azure, and a new private cloud option from Dell that bundles ready-made hardware and software for the enterprise premises. NVIDIA has announced it’s making a chip specifically for mining cryptocurrency and will make changes to software drivers on a popular gaming GPU to make it unappealing to miners. DNS security provider Quad9 relocates its HQ to Switzerland to put the weight of law behind its privacy stance, and Verizon adds more options from Cisco for managed SD-WAN. Google hints that the Loon Internet balloon project was shelved in part because of government regulations around air space, blackouts in Texas hit chip manufacturers, and Mobile World Congress moves forward with an in-person event in Barcelona in June. Too soon? Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks is excited to introduce a fundamentally new approach to cloud-delivered security with Prisma® Access 2.0. Find out more at its upcoming Prisma Access 2.0 launch event on March 17th at 10 AM PDT. You’ll also hear about the latest industry trends and customer perspectives from industry leaders. Register at: https://start.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma-access-2-launch. Tech Bytes: Aruba EdgeConnect Stay tuned after the podcast for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation where we’ll talk to Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform customer InterBank about its rollout of Aruba EdgeConnect to improve voice quality and application performance at bank branches across Texas and Oklahoma. Show Links: Palo Alto Networks Announces Intent to Acquire Bridgecrew – Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud Shifts Left With Proposed Acquisition of Bridgecrew – Palo Alto Networks Azure Firewall Premium now in preview – Microsoft Azure Build The Cloud Of Your Choice – Dell Technologies Dell extends its infrastructure-as-a-service offering to on-premises private clouds – Silicon Angle GeForce Is Made for Gaming, CMP Is Made to Mine – NVIDIA Quad9 public domain name service moves to Switzerland for maximum internet privacy protection – Quad9 Verizon Business expan...

Take a Network Break! Juniper Networks rebrands and organizes a suite of automation products as the “Paragon” portfolio, Fortinet debuts SASE and Zero Trust Network Access capabilities with the 7.0 release of its OS, and cyber-insurance premiums are on the rise as more insurance companies pay out for ransomware attacks. Google says a new subsea fiber optic cable will deliver capacity of 250Tbps, HPE touts research into optical lasers for high-performance compute, Fortinet reports healthy financial results, and HPE sends a server into space. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks is taking a fundamental leap forward with cloud-delivered security with Prisma Access 2.0. Join Palo Alto for a launch event on March 17th to find out how Prisma Access 2.0 enhances security, supports your hybrid cloud strategy, and protects your remote workforce. Sign up at start.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma-access-2-launch. Tech Bytes: Fortinet Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation where we talk with Node4, a managed security service provider, about deploying and operating Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN for its customers. Fortinet is the sponsor. Show Links: Unleash Experience-First Networking with Juniper Paragon Automation – Juniper Fortinet Delivers SASE and Zero Trust Network Access Capabilities with Major Updates to its FortiOS Operating System – Fortinet New Zero Trust Network Access in FortiOS 7.0 Supports the Evolution of VPN – Fortinet Cyber insurance prices increase on ransomware claims: Moody’s – Business Insurance Network Monitoring, Moral Hazards and Crumple Zones – EtherealMind Google’s Dunant subsea cable is now ready for service – Google Cloud Blog HP Labs leading Silicon Chip Innovation From Santa Barbara – HPE Behind The Machine – HPE via YouTube Fortinet Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Results – Fortinet Hewlett Packard Enterprise accelerates space exploration with...

Take a Network Break! This week we start with a couple of follow-ups, and then dive into the week’s news. Arista Networks announced a Zero Trust offering that has room to grow, Google’s Stadia game streaming service shuts down its in-house game development studio, and Comcast and Cisco team up to deliver Meraki VPN for home workers. IBM is reportedly cutting back on its blockchain business, a Chromium update reduces unnecessary DNS root server queries by 60 billion a day, and Starlink launches 10 satellites with laser links to cover the polar regions. AWS and Google Cloud both released their Q4 and full year results. AWS notched $12.7 billion in revenue for the quarter with 28% growth year over year, while Google Cloud had revenues of $3.8 billion, up 47% year over year. While Google Cloud had more growth, it has yet to make a profit. Sponsor: Nokia Nokia launched its Data Center Fabric solution, building on over 20 years of IP know-how and expertise. The new DC Fabric solution includes SR Linux, a new open, extensible and resilient Network Operating System based on standard Linux; interconnect routers, a portfolio of leaf, spine and super-spine platforms based on merchant silicon; and the Fabric Services Platform, a declarative, intent-based automation and operations toolkit for Day 0, Day 1 and Day 2+ operations. Find out more at nokia.com/networks/dc-fabric. Tech Bytes: Infoblox After the news, check out our sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Infoblox about its NetMRI network and configuration management software that provides change control, compliance, and automation capabilities. Show Links: The Time for Zero Trust Networking is Now – Arista Networks Arista Multi-Domain Segmentation Overview – YouTube Google Stadia Shuts Down Internal Studios, Changing Business Focus – Kotaku Focusing on Stadia’s future as a platform, and winding down SG&E – Google Stadia Comcast Tackles Remote Work With Cisco Meraki – SDX Central IBM Blockchain Is a Shell of Its Former Self After Revenue Misses, Job Cuts: Sources – CoinDesk IBM Cuts Back on Blockchain – Axios How Chromium reduces Root DNS traffic – APNIC Chromium’s Impact On Root DNS Traffic – Verisign Chromium cleans up its act – and daily DNS root server queries drop by 60 billion – The Register

Take a Network Break! Today’s explores new products from Cisco, including edge appliances for SD-WAN and micro switches to bring fiber to the desktop. In other product news, Fortinet has announced FortiXDR, a detection and response offering that combines an endpoint agent with cloud-based analytics. Independent researcher Ron Guilmette uncovers IPv4 address misuse at AFRINIC, where an employee allegedly made millions of dollars selling misallocated addresses. Guilmette has also uncovered shenanigans by Russian hosting provider DDOS-Guard, which broke rules to get access to v4 addresses for Latin America. We analyze financial results from Juniper Networks and F5, and examine a $208 million investment in routing startup DriveNets. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Enable secure access for your remote workers from anywhere with Palo Alto Networks’  Prisma Access, a cloud-delivered, tier-one network. Prisma® Access offers comprehensive network security in a single services edge platform designed for all traffic, all applications, and all users. Learn more at paloaltonetworks.com/secure-remote-workforces. Tech Bytes: Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Aruba Networks on its Fabric Composer software, which automates the provisioning of your data center network underlay and overlay, plus other features for orchestration, visibility, and troubleshooting. Find out more at Aruba Fabric Composer. Show Links: New Catalyst Products Bring 5G and Accelerated SASE to the WAN Edge – Cisco Cisco Catalyst Micro Switch Series – Cisco Cisco intros desktop switches, one with USB-C to power your laptop – The Register Fortinet Announces AI-powered XDR for Fully Automated Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response – Fortinet The Great $50M African IP Address Heist – Krebs On Security Outcome of the AFRINIC Audit – RIPE Labs A Comprehensive audit of the AFRINIC WHOIS Database – AFRINIC – Regional Internet Registry for Africa Misappropriation of IP addresses in the AFRINIC region – AFRINIC – Regional Internet Registry for Africa DDoS-Guard To Forfeit Internet Space Occupied by Parler – Krebs On Security