Show 129 – UNH’s InterOperability Lab Discusses Ethernet In Your Car
Jeff Lapak and Dave Estes from the University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Lab join the Packet Pushers to introduce the IOL to the audience. We also chat about BroadR-Reach: Ethernet for your...
View ArticleShow 229 – Network Break 32 – Juniper Innovation Showcase & More
Over-opinionated analysis on data network and IT Infrastructure. And virtual doughnuts. Author information Ethan Banks Co-host at Packet Pushers Ethan Banks, CCIE #20655, has been managing networks for...
View ArticleShow 231 – OpenFlow’s Possible Futures with Curt Beckmann
Seen as a unifier and enabler in its early days, OpenFlow has come up against some adoption barriers in the form of silicon challenges and vendor-specific extensions that has resulted in a marketplace...
View ArticleNetwork Break 39
Take a Network Break! Grab a coffee, a doughnut and then join us for an analysis of the latest IT news, vendor moves and new product announcements. We’ll separate the signal from the noise--or at least...
View Article4 Possible Outcomes For Brocade’s IP Networking Business
Soon after Broadcom announced it was buying Brocade Communications for nearly $6 billion, Broadcom also declared that it would sell Brocade’s IP networking business, which includes routers, switches,...
View ArticleExtreme To Buy Brocade’s Data Center Assets For $55 Million
Extreme Networks has announced that it’s spending $55 million to buy Brocade’s data center business. This acquisition comes just three weeks after Extreme announced a $100 million bid for Avaya’s...
View ArticleWhy The Slow Adoption for 25G Switches
Howdy. It’s been way too long since this Texan has blogged. During my hiatus, I’ve been caching topics and will be shotgunning a few over the coming weeks. Sit back, strap in, and enjoy. 25G and 100G...
View ArticleBroadcom Trident 3 – Programmable, Varied And Volume
Broadcom is announcing the Trident 3 ASIC. Takeaways: Trident 3 ASICs have increased performance. 5 versions of the Trident 3 ASIC target wireless, campus, and data center Ethernet networks. 5-stage...
View ArticleNetwork Break 242: Cloudflare Burned By Firewall Update; Ex-Equifax Exec Goes...
Today's Network Break examines the causes of Cloudflare's outage, analyzes Broadcom's motivation for buying Symantec, discusses why big tech companies are considering manufacturing locations outside of...
View ArticleNetwork Break 264: Broadcom’s New Tomahawk 4 Hits 25.6Tbps; Juniper Announces...
Take a Network Break! Broadcom ships its fastest ASIC yet, the 15.6Tbps Tomahawk 4; Juniper Networks gets a new CTO, enables cloud control of its EX switches; and rolls out new CPE; Palo Alto Networks...
View ArticleNetwork Break 266: Accenture Buys Symantec Security Services Biz; Cisco...
Today's Network Break analyzes an HPE/Cumulus Networks deal on Ethernet storage switches, yet another open-source network OS project from the Linux Foundation, Accenture's purchase of Symantec's...
View ArticleNetwork Break 300: Cisco Mixes Microservices And SD-WAN; Broadcom Rolls Out...
Network Break dives into a new Cisco project that ties microservices to SD-WAN, a CenturyLink outage, new vulnerabilities in IOS-XR, Broadcom's new Gen7 Fibre Channel switches, and more IT news. The...
View ArticleNetwork Break 301: Samsung Dials Up A 5G Contract; Broadcom Announces Fast,...
Network Break analyzes Samsung's multi-billion 5G contract from Verizon, a new Jericho ASIC from Broadcom, the insiders driving Zoombombing, the persistence of DDoS attacks, and more tech news. The...
View ArticleNetwork Break 302: Nvidia Bids Billions For Arm; VMware Melds Kubernetes With...
It's a baker's dozen of tech news in today's Network Break episode. We analyze Nvidia's $40 billion bid for Arm, Broadcom's banishment of Cumulus, vSphere's Kubernetes injection via Tanzu, a new...
View ArticleHeavy Networking 542: Is Whitebox Too Risky For The Enterprise?
Tom Hollingsworth stops by the Heavy Networking podcast to weigh in on a few topics, including the conflict between Broadcom and NVIDIA, and whether whitebox networking is becoming too risky for...
View ArticleNetwork Break 341: Ransomware Clobbers Kaseya Customers; HPE Buys Zerto For...
This week Network Break examines the fallout of the Kaseya breach, HPE's acquisitions of Zerto and Ampool to extend the value of its Greenlake platform, and Fortinet's purchase of a secure software...
View ArticleArista Adds New Hyperscale, Enterprise Switches To Its 400G Portfolio
Arista Networks announced four new switches in its 400G portfolio. Two are aimed at the hyperscale/cloud crowd, and two are intended for enterprise data centers. The new switches promise greater port...
View ArticleNetwork Break 360: Facebook Chooses Cisco ASIC For OCP; Apple To Allow...
This week's Network Break podcast examines why Facebook has chosen Cisco and Broadcom ASICS for new Open Compute Project switch designs, Apple will allow self-service repair of two iPhone models,...
View ArticleNetwork Break 363: Broadcom Buys AppNeta For Experience Monitoring;...
This week's Network Break asks whether Broadcom's acquisition of AppNeta, which offers SaaS-based digital experience monitoring, is a good fit. We look at new features in the SONiC network OS, dive...
View ArticleNetwork Break 372: VMware Enhances Container Security; Google Summons Workers...
This week on Network Break we discuss VMware enhancing its Carbon Black software with container runtime security, Google telling employees to return to the office starting April 4, and Broadcom taking...
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