Network Break > Ep. 325 | March 22, 2021
Network Break 325: VMware Buys API Security Startup; Gartner Bullish On SONiC Network OS
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Greg
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Take a Network Break! VMware buys Mesh7 for its API security capabilities, Tala Security releases a service to scan for security and policy violations in third-party Web components, and Gartner releases a note predicting that 40% of large data centers will run the SONiC network OS in production by 2025.
Cisco withdraws its on-the-ground presence at MWC Barcelona for obvious reasons, Google promises to spread a proposed $7 billion in real estate investment across the US for data center and office space, and the US Federal Communications Commission begins the process of revoking operations licenses for three Chinese telecom companies.
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Show Links:
VMware to Help Customers Make Modern Apps More Secure with Intent to Acquire Mesh7 – VMware
Tala Ensures Data Privacy and Digital Supply Chain Control – Tala Security
SONiC Disruptions in the Data Center Network – Gartner
Cisco Axes MWC Barcelona Attendance – SDX Central
Cisco drops out of MWC21 citing virus concerns – Light Reading
Investing in America in 2021 – Google
Google to spend $7 billion on data centers and office space in 2021 – CNBC
A newly feisty FCC hangs up on Chinese telcos – Light Reading
FCC moves forward with plan to ban three Chinese telcos from American market – The Register
FCC Initiates Proceeding to Revoke China Unicom Authorizations – FCC
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Completely correct on the SONiC, Broadcom thoughts. It’s not about SONiC for the ASIC manufacturers, but taking the risk away. Cumulus being acquired hurt open networking/ disaggregation and by taking away that risk and having a NOS from companies that won’t be acquired, Microsoft/Broadcom/Edgecore/Dell you guarantee that you will be selling your ASIC.