Network Break 363: Broadcom Buys AppNeta For Experience Monitoring; Cloudflare Offers New Firewall Service
Summary: Take a Network Break! This week we examine whether Broadcom’s acquisition of AppNeta, which offers SaaS-based digital experience monitoring, is a good fit. We look at new features in the SONiC network OS including a new way to support dual ToR switches, and dive into a new firewall service available from Cloudflare.<br> Aryaka announces an integrated managed SD-WAN and SASE offering along with a new managed WAN tier, Aruba positions its wireless APs to give home users and small offices a similar security and performance experience as on campus, the SD-WAN market grew 45% in Q3, and the German government rules that a teleworker who tripped and hurt himself walking from his bed to his home office is entitled to workplace insurance.<br> Get links to all these stories below.<br> Sponsor: Juniper Apstra<br> We’re sponsored today by Juniper Networks’ Apstra. Apstra’s Intent-Based solution simplifies the deployment, operations and management of your Data Center network from Day0 through Day2. It delivers automation and continuous validation of your data center network in multi-vendor environments. The result is savings on downstream costs and exponentially more value from your network investments. Get more details at <a href="http://www.juniper.net/packetpushers/apstra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">juniper.net/packetpushers/apstra</a>.<br> Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks<br> Stick around after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation about how <a href="https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/sase/sd-wan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Palo Alto Networks</a> is integrating ChatOps into its SD-WAN platform that lets you get SD-WAN performance and operational information via chat apps such as Microsoft Teams.<br> Show Links:<br> <a href="https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/financial-releases/59756" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Broadcom Acquires AppNeta to Bolster Network Performance Monitoring Across Internet and Hybrid Cloud-based Applications</a> – Broadcom<br> <a href="https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/netops-product-brief" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NetOps Product Brief</a> – Broadcom<br> <a href="https://software.broadcom.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Business-Critical Enterprise Software</a> – Broadcom Software<br> <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sonic-opens-more-opportunities-for-network-innovation/?cdn=disable" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SONiC opens more opportunities for network innovation</a> – Microsoft<br> <a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/replace-your-hardware-firewalls-with-cloudflare-one/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Replace your hardware firewalls with Cloudflare One</a> – Cloudflare<br> <a href="https://www.aryaka.com/press/aryaka-announces-all-in-one-sd-wan-and-sase/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aryaka Announces “All-in-One” SD-WAN and SASE Offerings for the Cloud-First Enterprise and Hybrid Workplace Deployments</a> – Aryaka<br> <a href="https://news.arubanetworks.com/news-release-details/2021/New-Aruba-EdgeConnect-Microbranch-Solution-Modernizes-the-HomeSmall-Office-Experience-for-Hybrid-Workplaces/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Aruba EdgeConnect Microbranch Solution Modernizes the Home/Small Office Experience for Hybrid Workplaces</a> – Aruba Networks<br> <a href="https://www.delloro.com/news/sd-wan-market-surged-45-percent-to-a-record-level-in-3q-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SD-WAN Market Surged 45 Percent to a Record Level in 3Q 2021, According to Dell’Oro Group</a> – Dell’Oro Group<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/09/fall-on-walk-from-bed-to-desk-is-workplace-accident-german-court-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fall on walk from bed to desk is workplace accident, German court rules</a> – The Guardian<br>
