Network Break | December 16, 2019
Network Break 265: Cisco Chips At Broadcom With New ASIC; AWS Gives Networking Some Love
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Take a Network Break! Cisco announced a new multi-platform ASIC and launched the 8000 series router family running the Q100, the first version of Cisco’s new chip.
AWS Reinvent dropped a ton of news, including several networking-relevant announcements including the availability of AWS Outposts; a new service targeting edge computing called AWS Wavelength; and new networking features and capabilities for VPNs, network monitoring, and more.
Cato Networks adds SIEM capabilities to its secure SD-WAN offering, Silver Peak debuts a new orchestrator to boost scalability of SD-WAN deployments, and NGINX’S Moscow office gets raided by police over a copyright infringement claim.
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Tech Bytes: Fortinet
Stay tuned after the news analysis for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Fortinet about its SD-WAN solution. We’ll talk about their competitive differentiators such as custom ASICs to boost SD-WAN performance and their ability to inspect TLS 1.3 traffic.
Show Links:
Quick Take: Cisco Launches New ASIC And Router Series – Packet Pushers
Cisco Unveils Plan for Building Internet for the Next Decade of Digital Innovation – Cisco Systems
Cisco Virtual Press Room (includes data sheets and videos from the announcement) – Cisco Systems
Cisco 8000 Series Routers Data Sheet – Cisco Systems (PDF)
Cisco Goes SONiC on New Networking Platforms – Cisco Systems
Last Week In AWS – Corey Quinn
AWS Wavelength – AWS
New for AWS Transit Gateway – Build Global Networks and Centralize Monitoring Using Network Manager – AWS
Announcing Accelerated Site-to-Site VPN for Improved VPN Performance – AWS
AWS Outposts Now Available – Order Yours Today! – AWS
Introducing Access Analyzer for Amazon S3 to review access policies – AWS
Introducing AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Access Analyzer – AWS
IT Managers Analyze 1 Million Events in 1 Second at No Charge with Cato Instant Insight – Cato Networks
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