Network Break 438: Intel Abandons NUC; EU Blesses Broadcom/VMware Union; Microsoft Joins SSE Race

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss Intel walking away from NUC computers, Microsoft rebranding Azure AD and launching an SSE offering, and Microsoft Exchange Online getting hacked.

The European Union gives Broadcom conditional approval to buy VMware, Marvell touts Fibre Channel, and Oracle and SUSE capitalize on anger over IBM’s handling of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

SonicWall and Fortinet release fixes for serious vulnerabilities, the Wireshark Foundation would like your help, and a satellite broadband provider runs into a serious snag in space.

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Tech Bytes: ThousandEyes

Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Cisco ThousandEyes. We talk about how ThousandEyes can now use Meraki routers and WebEx RoomOS devices to collect network and application performance data, as well as the ThousandEyes endpoint agent being integrated into the Cisco Secure Client.

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Intel Exiting the PC Business as it Stops Investment in the Intel NUC – ServeTheHome

Intel is quitting on its adorable, powerful, and upgradable mini NUC computers – The Verge

Microsoft Entra – Secure Identities and Access – Microsoft Security

Microsoft Entra expands into Security Service Edge and Azure AD becomes Microsoft Entra ID – Microsoft Security Blog

The Global Secure Access Client for Windows (preview) – Microsoft

Microsoft admits unauthorized access to Exchange Online, blames Chinese gang – The Register

Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of VMware by Broadcom – European Commission

FC-NVMe Goes Mainstream for Next-Generation Block Storage from HPE – Marvell Blog

SUSE Preserves Choice in Enterprise Linux by Forking RHEL with a $10+ Million Investment – SUSE

At SUSE We Make Choice Happen – SUSE Communities

Oracle, SUSE Tussle with Red Hat over the Business of Open Source – The New Stack

Red Hat’s commitment to open source: A response to the git.centos.org changes – Red Hat

Keep Linux Open and Free—We Can’t Afford Not To – Oracle

New Vulnerabilities Disclosed in SonicWall and Fortinet Network Security Products – The Hacker News

FortiOS/FortiProxy – Proxy mode with deep inspection – Stack-based buffer overflow – Fortinet

Urgent Security Notice: SonicWall GMS/Analytics Impacted by suite of vulnerabilities – SonicWall

Wireshark Foundation Donations – Wireshark

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Viasat Provides Status Update on ViaSat-3 Americas Satellite – Viasat

ViaSat’s ViaSat-3 satellite suffers “unexpected event” during reflector deployment – Data Center Dynamics

ViaSat-3 Americas satellite fails to deploy reflector – Converge! Network Digest