Take a Network Break! Guest John Fruehe, Senior Analyst at Moor Insight Strategy, joins us for our weekly analysis of tech news.
Nutanix is adding network visualization and microsegmentation capabilities to its hyperconverged gear, Amazon is dropping prices on select instances, and Google and Intel form a strategic partnership to get more enterprises into the cloud.
Israeli and Canadian researchers demonstrate an IoT exploit against smart lights, and HPE is reportedly preparing to outsource its internal IT team.
Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation as a platinum member, and will tie diversity hiring goals to executive bonuses. Cisco beats Wall Street estimates but its stock slips on a weak forecast for the next quarter, and NetApp reports an annualized run rate of $1 billion for its all-flash arrays.
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Show Links:
Nutanix to Add Network Visualization to Its Hyperconvergence Platform – Data Center Knowledge
Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform Just Got Better – Nutanix
EC2 Price Reduction (C4, M4, and T2 Instances) – AWS Blog
Google and Intel announce strategic alliance to accelerate cloud adoption in the enterprise – Google
IoT Goes Nuclear – Creating a ZigBee Chain Reaction – Eyal Ronen, Colin O’Flynn, Adi Shamir and Achi-Or Weingarten
Hewlett Packard Enterprise to outsource global IT team to CSC borg – The Register
Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation – Tech Crunch
Microsoft Fortifies Commitment to Open Source, Becomes Linux Foundation Platinum Member – Linux Foundation
/mssql-jdbc – Microsoft on GitHub
Microsoft To Tie Executive Bonuses to Company Diversity Goals – Bloomberg
Cisco Earnings: Revenue Drops Amid Restructuring Charges, Layoffs Loom – Fortune
Cisco Sales Forecast Points to Slower Technology Spending – Bloomberg
NetApp Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2017 Results – NetApp
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