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Take a Network Break! Citrix spends $2.25 billion, including a $1.45 billion loan, for digital work management provider Wrike. Citrix also announced its Q4 and full year fiscal results, with an 8% revenue bump year over year. Red Hat says RHEL will be free to run on up to 16 production servers. Cisco warns customers of two serious bugs in its SD-WAN software. Elastic takes Elasticsearch closed-source and AWS forks the project. Alphabet (Google’s parent company) shoots down its project to deliver wireless broadband via balloons. A California employment law expert says VMware’s lawsuit against a former executive is weak. Get links to all these stories after our sponsor messages. 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: AppNeta Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with AppNeta where we discuss how to deploy real-time monitoring so you can define and actually measure performance and ensure a good end user experience. Show Links: Citrix to Acquire Wrike, Delivering Modern Digital Workspace and Advancing Future of Work – Citrix Inside Citrix’s $2.25-Billion Acquisition of Wrike – Futuriom Citrix Quarterly Results – Citrix (PDF) CentOS is gone—but RHEL is now free for up to 16 production servers – Ars Technica Cisco SD-WAN Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities – Cisco Critical Cisco SD-WAN Bugs Allow RCE Attacks – Threatpost Doubling down on open, Part II – Elastic Blog FAQ on 2021 License Change – Elastic Amazon: NOT OK – why we had to change Elastic licensing – Elastic Stepping up for a truly open source Elasticsearch – AWS Open Source Blog The SSPL is Not an Open Source License – Open Source Initiative Elastic changes open-source license to monetize cloud-service use – ZDNet Stepping up for a truly open source Elasticsearch – AWS

Take a Network Break! This week’s tech news analysis covers the breach of Ubiquiti customer data via a third-party cloud service, Pat Gelsinger’s appointment to the CEO role at Intel, and the NSA offers advice for enterprises on deploying DNS over HTTPS (DoH). Cisco adds a $1.9 billion sweetener to its acquisition deal with Acacia Communications, T-Mobile strikes 5G deals with Ericsson and Nokia, and silicon chip shortages hamper auto production. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Enable secure access from anywhere with Palo Alto Networks’ cloud-delivered, tier-one network, eliminating the complexity of using disjointed products. Prisma® Access delivers 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: NetBeez Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes interview with NetBeez on monitoring a distributed wide-area network and end-user experience. Show Links: Ubiquiti, maker of prosumer routers and access points, has had a data breach – The Verge Ubiquiti: Change Your Password, Enable 2FA – Krebs on Security Note from Pat Gelsinger to Intel – Intel Newsroom Intel Appoints Tech Industry Leader Pat Gelsinger as New CEO – Intel Newsroom NSA Recommends Using Only ‘Designated’ DNS Resolvers – Dark Reading Adopting Encrypted DNS in Enterprise Environments. – NSA (PDF) Investor Relations – Cisco and Acacia Communications Announce Amended Merger Agreement – Cisco T‑Mobile to Expand and Advance the Nation’s Largest 5G Network with New 5‑Year Agreements – T-Mobile T-Mobile Inks 5-Year, Multi-Billion Dollar 5G RAN Deals With Ericsson, Nokia – SDX Central Ericsson selected for massive T-Mobile 5G network expansion across the United States – Ericsson Trump’s China tech war backfires on automakers as chips run short – Reuters Lack of Tiny Parts Disrupts Auto Factories Worldwide – NY Times

Network Break returns after a holiday rest to wish you a Happy New Year and resume our weekly analysis the IT industry. We start with a review of the massive SolarWinds exploit, a Slack meltdown on the first day back at work after New Year’s, and the purchase of Pluralsight for $3.5 billion by a private equity company. ICANN says all 1,195 generic top level domain name servers have implemented DNSSEC, the Linux Foundation debuts the Arthur code release of the Dent network OS, and an analyst firm says Juniper will lose revenue as AWS rolls out its own routers. F5 Networks acquires startup Volterra for its API gateway/load balancing service and VMware sues its former COO over an alleged employment contract violation. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Join Palo Alto Networks on January 14th, 10am PST for their “Securing Today’s Work-From-Anywhere World” webinar and learn about trends are shaping remote work in the short and long term, rethinking infrastructure to ensure corporate resources are secure and available 24/7, and transforming networking and security to align with the needs of remote workforces with Prisma® Access Register at https://register.paloaltonetworks.com/securingworkfromanywhere. Tech Bytes: SimonMed Stay tuned after the news for a Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Silver Peak. We discuss an SD-WAN deployment with their customer SimonMed, a medical imaging company dealing with massive data files and sensitive patient records. Show Links: CISA Issues Emergency Directive to Mitigate the Compromise of Solarwinds Orion Network Management Products – CISA IT company SolarWinds says it may have been hit in ‘highly sophisticated’ hack – Reuters Highly Evasive Attacker Leverages SolarWinds Supply Chain to Compromise Multiple Global Victims With SUNBURST Backdoor – FireEye U.S. Treasury, Commerce Depts. Hacked Through SolarWinds Compromise – Krebs on Security Joint Statement by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Analyzing Solorigate, the compromised DLL file that started a sophisticated cyberattack, and how Microsoft Defender helps protect customers – Microsoft Slack outage: latest details and potential long-term implications – GeekWire

Take a Network Break! This is our final episode for 2020. We’ll be back on January 11, 2021. In the meantime, Drew and Greg will hose down the virtual donut vats, mixers, and extruders in an anticipation of a better and healthier 2021. In this week’s show we analyze Juniper’s acquisition of Intent-Based Networking startup Apstra, HPE’s Aruba targets the data center with new switches and fabric software, and the US Federal Trade Commission sues Facebook for violating anti-trust laws. Arista rolls out the DANZ Monitoring Fabric for building a monitoring network, Aryaka announces a VPN client, and Gluware releases version 4.0 of its network automation and orchestration software. Cisco finishes the last quarter of 2020 with a trio of acquisitions in cloud, customer service software, and collaboration; Cisco says its US operations have achieved 100% renewable energy, and IBM announces a transition to CentOS Stream. AWS’s Andy Jassey says the cloud isn’t as big as you think it is, and Equinix had to temporarily evacuate employees from a data center in Germany due to unexploded ordnance from World War II. Get links to all these stories below. Tech Bytes: Zscaler Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Zscaler, where we discuss securing remote work in 2021 and beyond. Show Links: Juniper Networks Announces Intent to Acquire Apstra to Transform Data Center Operations with Leading Intent-Based Networking and Automated Closed Loop Assurance – Juniper Networks Juniper and Apstra: The Best Actions Come from Good Intentions – Juniper Networks The Shift is On: From Data Centers to “Centers of Data” – Aruba U.S. and States Say Facebook Illegally Crushed Competition – NY Times FTC and 48 Attorneys General Sue to Break Up Facebook – Gizmodo FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization – Federal Trade Commission Arista Delivers Network Observability with DANZ Monitoring Fabric – Arista Networks Looking Glass of Cloud Networking – Arista Aryaka Announces the Industry’s Most Flexible VPN for Hybrid Workplaces and the “Anywhere” worker – Aryaka Gluware 4.0 Empowers Enterprises Through New Cloud-Delivered Intelligent Network Automation with Expanded Access, Flexibility and Performance – Gluware New Gluware 4.0 Release Includes New SaaS Offering, Expanded Enterprise Features,

Take a Network Break! This week we analyze Salesforce’s $27 billion acquisition of Slack; HPE’s planned move of its headquarters to Houston, TX; and the IETF’s funding infusion from the Internet Society. Dell Technologies turns worries over supply chain insecurity into a selling opportunity, Fortinet offers consulting for AWS deployments, and Broadcom ships new silicon. Comcast says it will start enforcing caps on its 1.2TB offering, Ajit Pai steps down as FCC Chair, and HPE racks up a decent fourth quarter. 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, check out nokia.com/networks/dc-fabric. Sponsor: Linode Linode’s Linux virtual machines let you develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications in the cloud faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Network Break Podcast. You can find all the details at linode.com/networkbreak. Show Links: Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack – Slack How Microsoft Crushed Slack – The Verge Deeper in the heart of Texas: HPE to move headquarters to the Houston metro – HPE Internet Society extends major financial support commitment to the IETF – IETF Dell Technologies Intrinsic Security Helps Businesses Build Cyber Resilience – Dell Technologies US Dell announces new protections for its PC and server supply chain – ZDNet Fortinet Network & Application Security Consulting Service for AWS – AWS Marketplace Broadcom Delivers 7nm 8x100G PAM4 PHYs for Hyperscale Data Center and AI Networks – Broadcom Broadcom Breaks New Ground with Trident SmartToR, Converging Switching, Routing, and L4-L7 Services – Broadcom Broadcom Widens And Smartens Switch Chip Lineup – The Next Platform Broadcom Expands Tomahawk 4 Family, Increasing Leadership in the World’s Highest Bandwidth Switch/Routing Silicon –...

Take a Network Break! This week we explore AWS’s pre-Thanksgiving outage and the lack of fallout, discuss a new AWS firewall service, and report on why Linus Torvalds isn’t holding his breath on seeing Linux run on Apple’s new M1 SoC. The British government accelerates the deadline for telcos to stop installing Huawei gear, and we dive into financial results from Palo Alto Networks, VMware, and Dell Technologies. Sponsor: Linode Get simple, affordable, accessible cloud computing. Linode’s Linux virtual machines let you develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Network Break Podcast. You can find all the details at linode.com/networkbreak. Tech Bytes: ThousandEyes Integrates Cloud Visibility Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with ThousandEyes about new capabilities including multi-service views, hybrid cloud visibility, and more. Show Links: Summary of the Amazon Kinesis Event in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region – AWS AWS admits to ‘severely impaired’ services in US-EAST-1, can’t even post updates to Service Health Dashboard – The Register AWS Network Firewall – New Managed Firewall Service in VPC – AWS Real World Technologies – Forums – Thread: Question to Torvalds – Real World Tech Linus Torvalds would like to use an M1 Mac for Linux, but…  – ZDNet Britain commits US$333 million to help carriers replace Huawei 5G – South China Morning Post That other controversial Chinese telco: The FCC rejects ZTE’s petition against its ‘national security threat’ designation – The Register Palo Alto Networks Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2021 Financial Results – Palo Alto Networks VMware Reports Fiscal Year 2021 Third Quarter Results – VMware Remote Work and Learn Solutions Drive Dell Technologies’ Third Quarter Fiscal 2021 Financial Results – Dell Technologies A Look Into Dell’s Debt – Benzinga

This week’s Network Break podcast examines Apstra’s new support for the SONiC network OS in Apstra’s IBN platform, IBM’s acquisition of cloud-native APM vendor Instana, and the startup EdgeQ comes out of stealth to tout a $51 million investment to build chips for 5G use cases. Marvell announces new Ethernet transceivers for 2.5, 5, and 10G access switches, VMware announces new tweaks to its networking portfolio and rolls out a “framework” for running enterprise and cloud networks, Cato Networks raises another $130 million as it pursues the SASE market, and a bill in the US Congress allocates $750 million to spur OpenRAN investment by US tech companies. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Linode Get simple, affordable, accessible cloud computing. Linode’s Linux virtual machines let you develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Network Break Podcast. You can find all the details at linode.com/networkbreak. Tech Bytes: CloudGenix Stay tuend after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation about Palo Alto Networks’ CloudGenix SD-WAN product. Find out how CloudGenix differentiates itself from the pack, plus we discuss new appliances and new ML capabilities. Show Links: Apstra’s Software Release Accelerates the Speed and Reliability of How SONiC Networks are Deployed and Operated in the Data Center – Apstra IBM to Acquire Instana as Company Continues to Advance its Hybrid Cloud and AI Strategy – IBM BiB 072: Automate Cloud Native Monitoring With Instana – Packet Pushers EdgeQ Raises $51M in Funding to Unify 5G and AI in an Open and Programmable Platform to Ignite Edge Networks – EdgeQ Marvell Expands Borderless Enterprise Portfolio with Industry-Leading Octal Scalable mGig PHY Family – Marvell VMware Unveils the Modern Network Framework for Data Center and Cloud Networking – VMware Cato Networks Valued at Over $1 Billion, Raises $130 Million to Extend SASE Market Leadership – Cato Networks Uncle Sam passes comms act that sets aside $750m for the development of OpenRAN – The Register

Virtual donuts for everyone! This week’s Network Break podcast discusses a serious flaw with Aruba switches, Kemp acquires Flowmon to extend from load balancing into security and performance monitoring, and cloud-native networking startup Isovalent, which offers a supported version of the Cilium open source networking software, rakes in $29 million in VC investment. Extreme Networks takes on AWS Outposts by announcing its Extreme Cloud Appliance, Project Taara trials a free-space optics project in Kenya to deliver wireless broadband, and Cisco announces a tough quarter in its most recent financial results. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Linode You deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Go to linode.com/networkbreak to find out more and get $100 in free credit. Sponsor: Service Express Service Express are leaders in third-party data center maintenance. Lower your post-warranty support costs, take control of your hardware refresh cycle, and extend the life of your server, storage, and network equipment. Visit serviceexpress.com/packetpushers to learn how you can win a $100 Amazon gift card. Tech Bytes: ZScaler Stay tuned after the news for a Tech Bytes podcast with sponsor Zscaler. We talk about how to prevent a ransomware attack against your organization. Show Links: Aruba warns of storage destruction flaw that bricks some switches – The Register AOS-CX 10.04.3031 Release Notes forthe Aruba 6300 and 6400 Switch Series – HPE Kemp Acquires Flowmon for Predictive Network Performance Monitoring and Network Detection and Response (NDR) – Kemp Investing in Isovalent – Andreessen Horowitz Google, Andreessen Horowitz lead $29M round for Linux kernel networking startup Isovalent – Silicon Angle eBPF – The Future of Networking & Security – Cilium Why We Switched To Cilium – MobilLabs Innovation at the Speed of Cloud – Extreme Networks Bringing light-speed internet to Sub-Saharan Africa – Project X (Alphabet) Design: When to choose Free Space Optics (Ethernet Lasers)? – EtherealMind

Take a Network Break! Guest commentator Johna Till Johnson, CEO of Nemertes Research, brings her analytical eye to this week’s tech news, which includes new Arista campus switches, a Dutch telco shutting down legacy TDM systems, and Google Chrome getting its own certificate store. Speaking of Google, some longtime users are suddenly being locked out of their Gmail accounts, Vodafone extends its commitment to OpenRAN, and a remote test proctoring company goes after a security researcher regarding critiques of the proctoring company’s browser plug-in. F5 Networks, Arista, and Gartner report their latest financial results, and the U.S. Justice Department moves seizes a bunch of Bitcoin. Sponsor: AppNeta Join the Packet Pushers and AppNeta for a live virtual event on Tuesday, November 10th, where we’ll tackle your top 5 performance pain points. Topics include getting remote worker visibility, navigating DIA connectivity, and more. Register now at appneta.com/pplive. Sponsor: Ping Plotter PingPlotter’s CloudConnect is remote network monitoring as it should be, without the typical multi-year contracts or SaaS bloat. Test internal and external endpoint connectivity and track performance metrics with a solution that deploys in minutes. Schedule a free 15-minute overview at pingplotter.com/packetpushers to see how CloudConnect makes remote IT suck less. Tech Bytes: Fortinet Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Fortinet customer Smile Brands. Smile Brands operates a network of dental offices in the United States, and the company is deploying SD-WAN and SD-Branch products from Fortinet to integrate connectivity and security. Fortinet is the sponsor of this Tech Byte. Show Links: Johna Till Johnson on LinkedIn KPN scrapping TDM interconnection Oct-21; extending other legacy shutdown dates; speeding up DSL-to-fibre process – Telegeography Arista Expands Cognitive Campus Portfolio for Enterprises – Arista The Arista 750 Series – Arista Chrome will soon have its own dedicated certificate root store – ZDNet Google users locked out after 15 years’ use – Business Insider Vodafone says Open RAN ready for prime time as Huawei is phased out in the UK – Technology Blog Proctorio used DMCA to take down a student’s critical tweets – TechCrunch

This week Network Break is about silicon companies Marvel and AMD bulking up to fight competition. Cisco ships a SmartNIC, Catchpoint releases new features and Space Networking. Sponsor: AppNeta Join the Packet Pushers and AppNeta for a live virtual event on Tuesday, November 10th, where we’ll tackle your top 5 performance pain points. Topics include getting remote worker visibility, navigating DIA connectivity, and more. Register now at appneta.com/pplive Sponsor: Service Express We’re sponsored today in part by Service Express. Lower your post-warranty support costs, take control of your hardware refresh cycle, and extend the life of your server, storage, and network equipment. Visit serviceexpress.com/packetpushers to learn how you can win a $100 Amazon gift card.  Tech Bytes: Gluware and First Bank Experience Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Gluware. We talk with Gluware customer First Bank about rolling out Gluware for a network automation project that includes configuration audits and OS management. Show Links AMD’s $35 Billion Proposal to Xilinx Is Less About NVIDIA, More About Taking On Intel – Motley Fool – https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/10/29/amd-35-buying-xilinx-less-about-nvidia-more-intel/ Link: Introducing the Cisco Nexus X100 SmartNIC Adapter. – Cisco Blogs – https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/introducing-the-cisco-nexus-x100-smartnic-adapter Marvell to Acquire Inphi – Accelerating Growth and Leadership in Cloud and 5G Infrastructure – Marvell – https://www.marvell.com/company/newsroom/marvell-to-acquire-inphi-accelerating-growth-leadership-cloud-5g-infrastructure.html Link: Marvell Snags Inphi in $10B Acquisition – SDX Central – https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/marvell-snags-inphi-in-10b-acquisition/2020/10/ Link: Catchpoint Releases Industry’s Most Comprehensive Employee Experience Monitoring Solution – Catchpoint- https://www.catchpoint.com/press-releases/catchpoint-releases-industrys-most-comprehensive-employee-experience-monitoring-solution Link: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – October 2020 – Oracle https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html#AppendixFMW Link: Hackers are on the hunt for Oracle servers vulnerable to potent exploit – Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/hackers-are-on-the-hunt-for-oracle-servers-vulnerable-to-potent-exploit/ Link: SpaceX Starlink public beta begins: It’s $99 a month plus $500 up front – Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/spacex-starlink-public-beta-begins-its-99-a-month-plus-500-up-front/    

Take a Network Break! Cisco is rolling out a new Catalyst line of SD-WAN routers, Juniper Networks spends $450 million to buy a technologically interesting software router, and Extreme Networks updates its wireless IPS capability to include Bluetooth and BLE devices. The US Department of Justice has filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Google for anti-competitive behavior in search and search advertising, Korean semiconductor company SK Hynix will buy Intel’s NAND business for $9 billion, and Microsoft announces a new modular data center offering. Intel reports a rocky Q3 financial quarter, and Nokia wins a NASA deal to provide 4G wireless gear for a forthcoming Moon mission. 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, check out nokia.com/networks/dc-fabric. Sponsor: Ping Plotter PingPlotter’s CloudConnect is remote network monitoring as it should be, without the typical multi-year contracts or SaaS bloat. Test internal and external endpoint connectivity and track performance metrics with a solution that deploys in minutes. Schedule a free 15-minute overview at pingplotter.com/packetpushers to see how CloudConnect makes remote IT suck less. Tech Bytes: Silver Peak & Rogers-O’Brien Construction Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation on SD-WAN. We talk to Silver Peak customer Rogers-O’Brien Construction, which uses SD-WAN from Silver Peak to enable high-performance connectivity at remote construction sites, handle massive file transfers, and securely segment partner traffic. Show Links: Cisco Accelerates Secure Cloud Adoption with Launch of New WAN Edge Platform – Cisco Systems Introducing the Catalyst 8000 Edge Family, Cisco’s New SD-WAN Platform – Cisco Systems Juniper Networks Announces Intent to Acquire 128 Technology – Accelerating the Industry Transformation from Network-Centric SD-WANs to User-Centric AI-Driven WANs – Juniper Networks 128 Technology Takes A Unique Approach To Routing. Should You Care? – Packet Pushers Packet Walking Through A 128 Technology Network – Packet Pushers Extreme First to Offer Bluetooth and BLE Intrusion Prevention and Wi-Fi Security within a Single Wireless Intrusion Prevention System – Extreme Justice Department Sues Monopolist Google For Violating Antitrust Laws – United States Department of Justice

Take a Network Break! Cloudflare has announced a new Network as a Service offering that includes secure remote access and security services, a SonicWall OS vulnerability affects nearly 800,000 of its Network Security Appliances, and a Dutch telco chooses Ericsson to build its core 5G network. Verizon pulls ads related to 5G after being challenged about the veracity of some of their claims, thread networking emerges as a popular option among home IoT device makers, the startup Alkira raises $54 million in a series B round for its network cloud offering, and SpaceX gets FCC approval for its Starlink satellite broadband service to bid for federal funds to provide broadband in rural areas of the United States. Adspot: Service Express Service Express lets you lower your post-warranty support costs, take control of your hardware refresh cycle, and extend the life of your server, storage, and network equipment. Visit serviceexpress.com/packetpushers to learn how you can win a $100 Amazon gift card. Adspot: AppNeta Live Event Join the Packet Pushers team and AppNeta for a live virtual breakfast/brunch on November 10th where we’ll discuss how to tackle your biggest hurdles to ensuring network performance.  Sign up at appneta.com/pplive/. Tech Bytes: Apstra Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes podcast with Apstra, where we dive into Apstra’s integration between Apstra’s AOS data center automation platform and the SONiC Enterprise distribution, which is a Dell-supported version of the open-source SONiC network OS. Get more details at apstra.com/packetpushers/. Show Links: Introducing Cloudflare One – Cloudflare 800,000 SonicWall VPNs vulnerable to new remote code execution bug – ZDNet SonicWall VPN Portal Critical Flaw (CVE-2020-5135) – Tripwire Dutch telco KPN goes its own Huawei, picks Ericsson for its 5G core network – The Register Verizon forced to pull ad that claimed firefighters need Verizon 5G – Ars Technical NAD Finds Certain Verizon 5G Speed Claims Supported; Recommends Modification or Discontinuation of Others – NAD HomePod Mini Supports Low-Power Thread Networking Technology – MacRumors Threadgroup Alkira Raises $54M Series B for Network Cloud Offering Fo...

Take a Network Break! NVIDIA introduces new versions of the BlueField family of SmartNICs, which NVIDIA is calling Data Processing Units (DPUs). IBM announces plans to spin out its Managed Infrastructure Services unit as it tightens its focus on hybrid cloud and AI, and Juniper Networks rolls out new security features including a remote access VPN. Pluribus Networks says its software can support a thousand-node SDN fabric, Extreme Networks’ share price gets a boost from better-than-expected revenue, and a U.S. court orders Cisco to pay nearly $2 billion for patent violations. A significant round of layoffs are anticipated at Cisco, and Cisco acquires Portshift to secure Kubernetes environments. Sponsor: Hexabuild Started by IPv6 experts to drive worldwide adoption of IPv6, HexaBuild is “the” IPv6 training, education, and consulting company. If your projects include Cloud, IoT, Security or networking, you will need IPv6. HexaBuild is here to help you deploy and manage it successfully. Head over to training.hexabuild.io and use the discount code PacketPushers to get a 10% discount! Sponsor: AppNeta Virtual Event With The Packet Pushers Mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 10th for alive event “Solving Your Top 5 Performance Pain Points with the Packet Pushers Team.” Sponsored by AppNeta, this event will be a fast-paced, informative, and fun experience with multiple sessions to help you identify and troubleshoot application and network performance problems. Register now at AppNeta.com/pplive/. Tech Bytes: Zscaler Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Zscaler about to provide your workers with a safe, high-performance remote access experience, and download a free e-book “Securing Remote Work.” Show Links: NVIDIA Introduces New Family of BlueField DPUs to Bring Breakthrough Networking, Storage and Security Performance to Every Data Center – NVIDIA NVIDIA GTC October 2020 Keynote Part 5: BlueField and DOCA – Data Center Infrastructure on a Chip – YouTube IBM shares soar on plans to spin off its IT infrastructure unit and focus on the cloud business – CNBC IBM TO ACCELERATE HYBRID CLOUD GROWTH STRATEGY AND EXECUTE SPIN-OFF OF MARKET-LEADING MANAGED INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES UNIT – IBM (PDF) Juniper Networks Answers Who and What is On the Network with Risk-Based Access Control Capabilities and New VPN Application – Juniper Networks

Take a Network Break! Keith Townsend joins us as a guest analyst for today’s episode. We start with a couple of FUs on the programability of a Trident ASIC on a new Juniper switch, and on Cumulus and Broadcom. Then it’s ‘Apres VMworld, le deluge‘, in which we highlight several of the biggest announcements from VMware including Project Monterey, the SaltStack acquisition, and a new professional development track at the show. We also discuss whether virtual events have the same impact as live events, and then pivot to Juniper Networks’ acquisition of service assurance vendor Netrounds, and Arista’s acquisition of network detection and response company Awake Security. Arista also announces new capabilities for CloudVision and new wireless APs, Google joins LF Networking as a platinum member, the U.K. government dings Huawei for software quality, and the U.S. Labor Department offers $150 million for workforce training. Sponsor: Service Express Service Express is a leader in third-party data center maintenance. Lower your post-warranty support costs, take control of your hardware refresh cycle, and extend the life of your server, storage, and network equipment. Visit serviceexpress.com/packetpushers to learn how you can win a $100 Amazon gift card. Tech Bytes: NetMotion Software Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes podcast with NetMotion Software, where we discuss how NetMotion integrates the traditional remote access VPN with a software-defined perimeter and zero-trust access. Download the NetMotion SDP Report to see how a zero trust architecture could fit into your organization. Go to netmo.io/packetpushers to register and get your copy. Show Links: The CTO Advisor – Keith Townsend’s blog @CTOAdvisor – Keith Townsend on Twitter How to integrate packet core firewall in the user plane – Ericsson Project Monterey at VMworld 2020 – Ned In The Cloud (YouTube) vSphere arrives on ARM, but not for the reason most admins are thinking – Disco Posse VMware Unveils Project Monterey: Re-Imagining Hybrid Cloud Architecture to Support Next-Generation Applications – VMware Reinventing virtualization with the AWS Nitro System – All Things Distributed Advancing VMware’s Cloud Automation Capabilities with Intent to Acquire SaltStack – VMware

Today’s Network Break starts with some follow up, and then examines Ericsson’s Cradlepoint acquisition and the official closing of Silver Peak by HPE. Kentik adds synthetic monitoring to its visibility platform, Barracuda Networks extends its Azure partnership to include secure remote access, and a potential Chinese blacklist may close the Chinese market to Cisco. Russia moves to block security protocols such as TLS 1.3, Cisco is sending “Save the date” emails for a Cisco Live in Australia in December 2021, and wireless engineers solve an 18-month outage mystery in rural Wales. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: HexaBuild Started by IPv6 experts, HexaBuild is “the” IPv6 training, education, and consulting company. If your projects include cloud, IoT, security or networking, you’ll need IPv6 and HexaBuild is here to help you deploy and manage it successfully. PacketPushers listeners can get a 10% discount on any training. Just go to https://training.hexabuild.io and use the discount code PacketPushers to get your 10% discount! Tech Bytes: Fortinet SD-WAN After the news we talk with Fortinet customer PM Pediatrics about its nation-wide deployment of Fortinet’s  Secure SD-WAN. PM Pediatrics is replacing MPLS links with broadband and DIA connections while also supporting critical voice and healthcare applications. Our guest is John Tabako, Director of IT Infrastructure for PM Pediatrics. Show Links: FU: 1. RISC Five: A listener wrote in to let us know RISC V is pronounced “five”, not “v”. Yes it’s picky, but we appreciate the correction. 2. Mellanox Spectrum: Cumulus Linux has all the same features on both a Broadcom Trident 3 and Mellanox Spectrums 3. Juniper QFX5130 has redundant AC and DC options. It is not only DC-powered: This is not correct, there are redundant AC and DC powered switches in the portfolio. “First platform introduced on Broadcom Trident 4 programmable merchant silicon” Uses Broadcom Trident 4 silicon one of the first products to come to market with a 32 ports of 400G The choice of AC and DC power supplies means it work for both service providers and enterprises. My apologies for the error, I’m not sure how I made this mistake and can only apologise. A lot. News Links: Ericsson accelerates 5G for Enterprise with acquisition of Cradlepoint – Ericsson HPE closes deal for Silver Peak valued at $925M (NYSE:HPE) – Seeking Alpha Kentik Adds Integrated Synthetic Monitoring to Deliver Next-Gen Network Observability – Kentik Barracuda’s global SD-WAN service built natively on Azure gains traction with customers and partners  – Barracuda Networks Investors Shouldn’t Worry About Cisco’s Blacklist Risks in China – Motley Fool