On today’s Network Break we dive into Google’s self-inflicted outage, examine Apple’s new HomeKit partnerships and Sign In, discuss the IEEE’s reversal on Huawei, and parse other IT and tech news bits.
Network Break 237: Standards Bodies About-Face On Huawei; Will China’s Military Dump Windows?
Today’s Network Break podcast examines the latest twists in the Huawei vs. USA battle, speculates on China’s threat to ban Windows from military computers, explores a new telemetry feature from Mellanox, discusses Google’s moves to deprecate ad-blocking features in Chrome, and more tech news.
Network Break 236: US Tech Firms Suspend Biz With Huawei; Mellanox Amps Up Ethernet Switches
Today’s Network Break dives into the ongoing battle of U.S. vs. Huawei, discusses DNS research from RIPE 78, explores new switch capabilities and telemetry from Mellanox, and more tech news.
Network Break 235: Microsoft Issues Patch For Wormable Vulnerability; Intel Pursued By ZombieLoad
Today’s Network Break tackles a string of vulnerabilities from Microsoft, Cisco, and Intel. We also look at a new 400G switch from Arista, an IoT security announcement from Extreme, Cisco financial results, and more tech news.
Network Break 234: Windows Adds A Linux Kernel; Cisco Announces An SD-WAN Colo Option
Today’s Network Break explores why Microsoft is adding a Linux kernel to Windows, examines a new SD-WAN colo option from Cisco, discusses a new offering from VMware and Dell EMC that lets you get infrastructure on premises but pay for it like the cloud, plus more tech news and a couple of follow-ups.
Network Break 233: The Dell EMC Product Deluge; Cisco Rolls Out Wi-Fi 6 APs
Today on Network Break we dive in the deluge of products announced at Dell EMC World, discuss new Wi-Fi 6 gear from Cisco, explore Cumulus’s latest version of its NetQ switch management software, and tackle even more tech news. It’s a bonanza episode so pack a few extra virtual donuts.
Network Break 232: Apple Spends Millions On AWS; The G7 Wants Decryption Capabilities For Law Enforcement
Today’s Network Break examines Apple’s AWS spending; discusses a G7 pronouncement that wants Internet companies to provide access to encrypted data; reviews quarterly financials from Juniper, Amazon, and Microsoft; and more IT news.
Network Break 231: CloudGenix Loads Up On VC Cash For SD-WAN Fight; Apple Settles With Qualcomm
Today’s Network Break examines a $65 million investment in CloudGenix and what it says about the SD-WAN market, a new cloud-based packet processor from Nubeva, why Apple settled with Qualcomm just before trial, and more tech news.
Network Break 230: Google Anthos Targets Hybrid Cloud; Cisco Puts ACI In AWS
Today’s Network Break issues a few corrections, and then delves into hybrid cloud news from Google and Cisco, examines a new SD-WAN service from Juniper, discusses Sungard’s bankruptcy, and other tech news.
Network Break 229: Aruba Announces New Wi-Fi Products; Intel Targets The Data Center
On today’s Network Break we examine new product announcements from Aruba and Intel, discuss Amazon’s plans to launch broadband satellites, analyze Kemp Technologies’ acquisition by a private equity company, and more tech news.
Network Break 228: ASUS Spanked By Malware; Cisco Launches Decibel Venture Firm
Take a Network Break. This week we analyze how ASUS got spanked by clever attackers, lazy software patching from Cisco and Huawei, a new venture firm funded by Cisco to spur enterprise startups, the latest release of OpenDaylight, and more IT news.
Network Break 227: Facebook’s Plaintext Password Blunder; How Google’s Gaming Service Might Impact Broadband
Today’s Network Break looks at Facebook’s plaintext password blunder, Nokia’s new investment in the IETF, the potential impact of Google’s gaming service on broadband, new products from VMware and Dell EMC, and more tech news.
Network Break 226: Facebook Announces New Open Compute Switches; F5 Buys NGINX
Today’s Network Break discusses new Facebook switches released through the Open Compute Project, examines two significant acquisitions–F5 buying NGINX and NVIDIA ponying up for Mellanox–and reviews more tech and IT news.
Network Break 225: Juniper Buys WiFi Startup Mist Systems; Huawei Sues The U.S.
Today’s Network Break analyzes Juniper’s $405 billion purchase of WiFi vendor Mist Systems, discusses VMware’s new service-defined firewall, digs into the launch of a new security analytics service, opines on Huawei’s lawsuit against the U.S., plus more tech news.
Network Break 224: Beware TLS Alternatives; Volta Networks And Veriflow Launch New Products
Today’s Network Break examines a ETS, a proposed alternative to TLS 1.3 that enables decryption, looks at ICAAN’s call for DNSSEC everywhere, discusses new products from startups Volta Networks and Veriflow, and much more tech news.
Network Break 223: Google Launches Hybrid Cloud Beta; Palo Alto Acquires Demisto
Today’s Network Break examines Google’s new hybrid cloud beta release, Palo Alto’s acquisition of security orchestrator Demisto, research by Duo Security on Chrome browser extensions, and more tech news.
Network Break 222: SnapRoute Launches Network OS; Carbonite Buys Webroot
Today’s Network Break covers a brand new network OS from SnapRoute, new features in VMware’s SD-WAN appliances, Carbonite’s acquisition of Webroot, Cisco and Arista financial results, and more tech news.
Network Break 221: Cisco Calls Privacy A Human Right; VMware Revamps Recertification
Today’s Network Break podcast analyzes Cisco’s call for privacy legislation and CEO Chuck Robbins’ assertion that privacy is a human right. We also dive into VMware’s revamped recertification policy, a new Sprint/Meraki partnership, tactical Azure Stack hardware, and more tech news.
Network Break 220: Cisco Announces ACI Anywhere; U.S. Prosecutors Target Huawei
Today’s Network Break analyzes a slew of Cisco Live announcements including ACI Anywhere and HyperFlex for edge deployments, Huawei’s run-ins with U.S. prosecutors, financial results from Juniper Networks and Mellanox, and more tech news.
Network Break 219: Beware DNS Tampering; Arrcus Tackles 400G Switches
Today’s Network Break examines a US Homeland Security advisory on DNS tampering, covers 400G switching news from Arrcus and Huawei, analyzes financial results from Intel and F5, and more. Plus stay tuned for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Nubeva about its cloud packet broker.
Network Break 218: AWS Launches New Backup Service; Rubrik Rakes In VC Bucks
Today’s Network Break analyzes a new AWS backup service, Rubrik’s latest infusion of VC cash, whether the tech sector has reached its natural growth limit and what that means for how tech companies are valued, a Juniper/IBM deal, and more.
Network Break 217: Mixed Signals On IT Spending; Cisco Buys Luxtera
Today’s Network Break podcast forecasts 2019 IT trends, analyzes new industry reports on IT spending, reviews the continuing fallout from Ericsson’s outage, detects a bit of consumer backlash against gadget surveillance and more tech news analysis.
Network Break 216: 2018 Observations And 2019 Speculations
Happy new year! Today’s Network Break episode analyzes key themes and tech trends from 2018, and looks ahead on what might influence and affect IT and tech in 2019. Ethan Banks joins as guest prognosticator.
Network Break 215: Dell Buys Its Way To Wall Street; Arista Inks Container Partnerships
On today’s Network Break we analyze Dell’s move back onto the public market, Arista’s partnerships for container networking, startup funding, new products, and more of what’s happening in IT.
Network Break 214: Huawei Blues; Service Meshes Go Corporate
Today’s Network Break podcast analyzes the latest rounds of trouble for Huawei, new silicon from Barefoot Networks, two service mesh announcements from F5 and VMware, and more. Denise Donohue joins as guest analyst.
