Network Break 420: Cisco, HPE Buy Security Startups; Can We Finally Hold Vendors Responsible For Software Defects?
Summary: Take a Network Break! We begin with some <a href="https://packetpushers.net/fu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FU</a> on what constitutes on-prem and off-prem, and then dive into news. Cisco and T-Mobile are partnering on 5G gateways, Cisco Webex is getting installed as a feature(?) in Mercedes E-Class cars, and Cisco is buying multi-cloud security startup Valtix. Valtix offers firewalling, IPS, a cloud Web app firewall, and more for the big 4 US clouds.<br> The White House releases its National Cybersecurity Strategy which includes a proposal to make vendors liable for significant software defects, SNIA releases a new standard for memory-to-memory data movement, and IBM acquires DNS provider NS1.<br> Meta announces a Large Language Model (LLM) that can run on a single GPU, HPE buys Axis security to add cloud-delivered security services to its portfolio, and HPE announced it lost half a billion dollars in Q1 of its fiscal 2023.<br> APNIC beats back an activist contingent in recent elections, and LastPass discloses that attackers got access to a key employee’s laptop.<br> Get links to all these stories below.<br> Show Links:<br> <a href="https://investor.cisco.com/news/news-details/2023/Cisco--Mobile-World-Congress-Showcasing-Simple-and-Secure-Wireless-Experiences-to-Help-Businesses-Connect-More-People-and-Things/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Investor Relations – Cisco @ Mobile World Congress: Showcasing Simple and Secure Wireless Experiences to Help Businesses Connect More People and Things</a> – Cisco<br> <a href="https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2023/m02/cisco-launches-meraki-5g-gateways-with-t-mobile-to-deliver-simple-and-scalable-business-internet.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cisco Launches Meraki 5G Gateways with T-Mobile to Deliver Simple and Scalable Business Internet</a> – Cisco<br> <a href="https://meraki.cisco.com/blog/2023/02/simplify-and-scale-anywhere-connectivity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Simplify and Scale Anywhere Connectivity</a> – Cisco Systems<br> <a href="https://investor.cisco.com/news/news-details/2023/Mercedes-Benz-AG-Partners-with-Cisco-to-Drive-Hybrid-Work-Innovation-in-Automotive/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Investor Relations – Mercedes-Benz AG Partners with Cisco to Drive Hybrid Work Innovation in Automotive</a> – Cisco<br> <a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco-announces-corporate-news-2-24-23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Accelerating Our Security Cloud Vision: Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Valtix</a> – Cisco Blogs<br> <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/National-Cybersecurity-Strategy-2023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Cybersecurity Strategy</a> – White House<br> <a href="https://www.snia.org/news_events/newsroom/snias-new-smart-data-accelerator-interface-specification" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SNIA’s New Smart Data Accelerator Interface Specification</a> – SNIA<br> <a href="https://newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-Plans-to-Acquire-NS1-to-Help-Enterprises-Drive-Network-Agility-in-their-Hybrid-Cloud-Environments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IBM Plans to Acquire NS1 to Help Enterprises Drive Network Agility in their Hybrid Cloud Environments</a> – IBM<br> <a href="https://netboxlabs.com/blog/netbox-labs-announcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NetBoxLabs Blog</a> – NetBox Labs<br> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/chatgpt-on-your-pc-meta-unveils-new-ai-model-that-can-run-on-a-single-gpu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meta unveils a new large language model that can run on a single GPU [Updated]</a> – Ars Technica<br> <a href="https://research.facebook.com/publications/llama-open-and-efficient-foundation-language-models/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LLaMA: Open and Efficient Foundation Language Models</a> – Meta<br>
