Network Break
The Network Break podcast keeps you informed with fast, focused analysis of IT news, products, tech trends & business outcomes. Published weekly.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 260
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Network Break 343: Ericsson, Verizon Ink $8.3 Billion 5G Deal; Intel Reports Flat Revenues
This week on the Network Break we examine an $8.3 billion 5G deal between Ericsson and Verizon, Microsoft's CloudKnox purchase to bolster cloud permissions management, research into microprocessors o…
00:47:18 |
Mon 26 Jul 2021
Network Break 342: SolarWinds Back In Security Hot Seat; In Defense Of The Fax Machine
Today's Network Break podcast delves into security issues at SolarWinds and SonicWall, discusses a new network offload capability between NVIDIA and Palo Alto Networks, comments on Japanese bureaucra…
00:46:01 |
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Network Break 341: Ransomware Clobbers Kaseya Customers; HPE Buys Zerto For Cloud Data Protection
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 d…
00:52:39 |
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Network Break 340: Marvell Challenges NVIDIA With 5nm DPU; Startup WiteSand Tackles Multi-Vendor Campus Network Management
This week's podcast asks how many Data Processing Units (DPUs) the market can support, discusses a startup that wants to manage your multi-vendor campus network from the cloud, explores new security …
00:37:31 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
Network Break 339: HPE Raises The Stakes On Its GreenLake Strategy; Windows 11 Injects Itself With Teams
Take a Network Break! We discuss how HPE raises the stakes on its GreenLake hybrid cloud strategy with new features, look at new products from Aruba Networks, review the latest changes in Windows 11,…
00:51:18 |
Mon 28 Jun 2021
Network Break 338: Breach In Progress? Gigamon Operators Are Standing By; IEEE Finalizes New Ethernet Standard
Gigamon adds a human touch to a new SaaS NDR offering, the IEEE finalizes 802.3cu for faster speeds over single-mode optical fiber, US service providers roll out managed SASE services, and more IT ne…
00:36:47 |
Mon 21 Jun 2021
Network Break 337: Hey, You Dropped Some Bitcoin; Fastly Recovers From Outage…Fastly
On this week's Network Break deployment of virtual donuts and tech commentary, Fastly takes out much of the Web but recovers quickly, AWS suffers an outage at a German data center, US law enforcement…
00:47:23 |
Mon 14 Jun 2021
Network Break 336: Cisco Announces Cloud ACI And More; Amazon Borrows Wi-Fi Without Asking
Cisco debuts Cloud ACI to unify segmentation policies on prem and in the public cloud, Amazon will activate an opt-out mesh network using your Ring and Echo devices, Microsoft buys an IoT security co…
01:01:13 |
Mon 07 Jun 2021
Network Break 335: Cyber Insurance Premiums Climb; Aruba To Debut Wi-Fi 6E AP
Today's Network Break discusses rising cyber insurance premiums and how wider insurance adoption might affect the security market. We also discuss a forthcoming Aruba AP that uses newly available spe…
00:52:19 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
Network Break 334: Palo Alto Unveils New Security Gear; Arista Saves Time With Lowest-Latency Switch
This week's Network Break covers new firewalls & other security products from Palo Alto Networks, discusses Arista's lowest-latency switch (now with EOS), reviews financial results from Cisco and Pal…
00:50:27 |
Mon 24 May 2021
Network Break 333: Cisco Acquires Optical Controller Software; DarkSide Gang Gets The Spotlight
This week's Network Break covers a pair of Cisco acquisitions, new path analysis capabilities from NetBeez, how the DarkSide ransomware gang is getting the spotlight, sleazy behavior from US broadban…
00:51:01 |
Mon 17 May 2021
Network Break 332: Juniper Teases SASE Offering; IBM Gets Small With 2nm Chip
Today's Network Break covers IBM's new 2nm chip process, Juniper's first step toward a SASE offering, whether secondary markets for network gear might be an option for companies dealing with supply c…
00:49:45 |
Mon 10 May 2021
Network Break 331: Proofpoint Goes Private In $12 Billion Deal; Defense Dept. Unveils IPv4 Address Cache
Guest analyst Johna Till Johnson, CEO and Founder of Nemertes Research, joins the Network Break to discuss a variety of IT news including the rising price of copper, Proofpoint going private in a $12…
00:54:02 |
Mon 03 May 2021
Network Break 330: VMware Stitches Together A SASE Offering; Nvidia’s Arm Purchase On Hold
This week's Network Break podcast examines VMware's new SASE offering for the distributed workforce, Nvidia's Arm-based accelerators, why the United Kingdom de-accelerated Nvidia's Arm acquisition, n…
01:02:52 |
Mon 26 Apr 2021
Network Break 329: Dell, VMware Consciously Uncouple; Aruba Networks Lives On The Edge
This week's Network Break podcast examines Dell's plans to spin off VMware for a healthy dose of cash, reviews Aruba Networks' Atmosphere keynotes, and dives into NVIDIA announcements around SmartNIC…
00:54:49 |
Mon 19 Apr 2021
Network Break 328: Arista CloudVision Adds Config Workflow Automation; Innovium ASICs Embrace SONiC
On this week's Network Break we cover Arista's careful steps into automation, new support for SONiC from Innovium, a cash injection for whitebox NOS maker Pica8, a startup tackling cloud infrastructu…
00:51:49 |
Mon 12 Apr 2021
Network Break 327: Cisco Embraces As-A-Service Procurement; Will Amazon Make Its Own ASICs?
Today's Network Break sifts through the most interesting news from Cisco Live 2021 including an as-a-service procurement model, support for biometric-based authentication, integrating ThousandEyes an…
00:54:36 |
Mon 05 Apr 2021
Network Break 326: Cloudflare Announces New WAN Services; Intel’s Turnaround Roadmap
Can Pat Gelsinger refloat the Intel container ship? Is Cloudflare's new magic WAN service all that new? What's behind the Fortinet/Linksys partnership? Is a tweet really worth $2.9 million? This week…
00:59:26 |
Mon 29 Mar 2021
Network Break 325: VMware Buys API Security Startup; Gartner Bullish On SONiC Network OS
This week's Network Break podcast discusses VMware's purchase of API security startup Mesh7, looks at a new security option for third-party Web components from Tala Security, and analyzes why Gartner…
00:50:44 |
Mon 22 Mar 2021
Network Break 324: Cisco ASIC Hits 25.6Tbps; AWS Extends VPC Flow Logs For Better Visibility
This week's Network Break discusses new ASICs from Cisco, new metadata fields in AWS VPC flow logs, a cloud visibility fabric from packet broker specialist Gigamon, lessons from a data center fire, a…
00:44:59 |
Mon 15 Mar 2021
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