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 442: HashiCorp Swaps Open Source For BSL; Open Enterprise Linux Goes After RHEL
Today on Network Break we discuss big moves in open source, including HashiCorp switching from an open source license to "business source" and Red Hat competitors banding together to offer an alterna…
00:37:20 |
Mon 14 Aug 2023
Network Break 441: AWS Makes You Pay For IPv4; Superconductor Claims Meet Resistance; An Ultra Ethernet Q&A
Take a Network Break! This week we discuss new charges for IPv4 addresses being levied by AWS, Cisco's acquisition of a BGP monitoring service, and financial results for a host of tech companies. We …
00:57:37 |
Mon 07 Aug 2023
Network Break 440: Broadcom Releases SONiC-Friendly Trident; Senator Requests Investigations Into Microsoft’s Shoddy Security
On this week's Network Break we discuss a new Broadcom ASIC, a request from US Senator Ron Wyden to three US agencies to investigate Microsoft for sloppy security practices, an Intel pledge to add AI…
00:51:30 |
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Network Break 439: Ethernet Gets Ultra Injection For AI; Huawei Climbs The Patent Charts
This week on Network Break we discuss the launch of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium and its intention to revamp Ethernet to support AI and HPC workloads. We also cover NOS startup Arrcus pulling in a $…
00:55:23 |
Mon 24 Jul 2023
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 the NUC PC, Microsoft rebranding Azure AD and launching an SSE offering, and Microsoft Exchange Online getting hacked. We also cover…
00:51:08 |
Mon 17 Jul 2023
Network Break 437: Ethernet Turns 50; TSMC Imports Workers For Arizona Fab; BT, HPE Partner On Managed LAN
On today's Network Break, Greg Ferro wishes Ethernet an unhappy birthday, HPE and BT want to manage your LAN, TSMC brings in Taiwanese workers to build new fabs in Arizona, Nokia touts new Fixed Wire…
00:36:01 |
Mon 10 Jul 2023
Network Break CCCCXXXVII: Summer Holiday Special!
This bonus episode of Network Break discusses a new free tier of Prosimo's multi-cloud networking offering, the latest ThousandEyes acquisition, new SEC problems for SolarWinds, and a million-dollar …
00:20:54 |
Mon 03 Jul 2023
NB436: Cisco AI Silicon, DEM. HPE Greenlake AI LLM. FCC Talks Bandwidth Caps.
Cisco announces AI Networking versions of SIlicon One ASICs and buys another DEM business. HPE Greenlake adds AI LLM. FTC talks bandwidth caps. Google accusing Microsoft of monopolistic behaviour. W…
00:42:27 |
Mon 26 Jun 2023
NB435: Your FUs, VMware takeover, DPU News and Cooling is Toxic
FU, vendors co-operating ? Google ditches something, Quantum computing, the state of AMD DPUs. Finally liquid cooling is toxic due to PFAS are 'forever chemicals'.
00:46:05 |
Mon 19 Jun 2023
Network Break 434: Cisco Licensing To Get Simpler, Bluecat Buys Again, Hashicorp Money Problems, and Itential Pops A Release
Take a Network Break: Drew is on holiday (again) and Ethan shows up. Who knew he was still around ? We start with FU, Cisco Live was underwhelming announcing a new focus simplicity and that customers…
01:00:06 |
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Network Break 433: NVIDIA Melds Switches, DPUs For AI Networking Fabric; FTC Says Amazon Ring Employee Spied On Female Customers
This week's Network Break discusses a new Google offering to interconnect public clouds, NVIDIA's platform for AI networking fabrics using Ethernet switches and DPUs, and Cisco's latest security acqu…
00:58:30 |
Mon 05 Jun 2023
Network Break 432: DriveNets Aims To Make Ethernet AI-Friendly; China Goes Eye-For-An-Eye With US Over Tech Bans
This week we discuss a new offering from DriveNets that aims to make Ethernet more suitable as a network fabric for AI workloads, why the EU slapped Meta with a $1.3 billion fine, and a new offering …
00:56:42 |
Tue 30 May 2023
Network Break 431: Juniper NAC Emerges From The Mist; New Google TLDs Are A Bad Idea
This week's Network Break looks at a new Network Access Control (NAC) offering from Juniper, plus a ChatGPT integration with Juniper's Marvis. Google debuts new Top-Level Domains that have security e…
00:57:26 |
Mon 22 May 2023
Network Break 430: Cisco Viptela Customers Have A Certifiably Bad Day; IT Crimes And Punishments
Take a Network Break! This week we cover some follow-up on Lumen. Then we dive into a massive Cisco blunder that let a digital certificate expire on some models of the Viptela SD-WAN appliance, causi…
00:37:25 |
Mon 15 May 2023
Network Break 429: Palo Alto Previews Azure Firewall; White House Chases AI Horse After It Escapes Barn
Take a Network Break! This week we discuss a new Azure-native cloud firewall from Palo Alto Networks, why pharma giant Merck might be owed a big settlement from its cyber-insurers, and why HPE wants …
00:50:22 |
Mon 08 May 2023
Network Break 428: Arista Announces Cloud-Based NAC; Is Google Cloud Finally Making Money?
Take a Network Break! This week we discuss a new NAC solution from Arista Networks, a new version of Central from HPE Aruba, and the latest version of NetBrain. We also cover a new XDR offering from …
00:57:12 |
Mon 01 May 2023
Network Break 427: Prosimo Launches Cloud-Native Networking Suite; Broadcom Stitches New Jericho ASIC For AI-Friendly Network Fabrics
Take a Network Break! This week we cover new cloud networking capabilities from Prosimo, discuss Broadcom's latest version of the Jericho ASIC which is being positioned for network fabrics for AI wor…
00:39:59 |
Mon 24 Apr 2023
Network Break 426: NetBox Labs Raises $20 Million; Intel Foundry, Arm Team Up To Make SoCs
This week's Network Break discusses NetBox Labs's $20 million funding round and why it spun itself out of NS1's IBM acquisition, Intel Foundry and Arm teaming up on SoC manufacturing, why Amazon sees…
00:38:41 |
Mon 17 Apr 2023
Network Break 425: Microsoft Adds Security Copilot To AI Squadron; Samsung Stung By ChatGPT Leaks
This week's Network Break examines Security Copilot, the latest AI-infused assistant in Microsoft's growing arsenal; discusses optical advancements from Arelion and Infinera that sent 400Gb wavelengt…
00:39:58 |
Mon 10 Apr 2023
Network Break 424: Amazon Invites Devs To Its Sidewalk Wireless Network; OneWeb Readies Global Satellite Internet Service
On today's Network Break podcast we cover Amazon opening its Sidewalk low-power IoT wireless network to developers, Cisco putting the expiration date on Prime Infrastructure, HAProxy adding QUIC supp…
00:27:43 |
Mon 03 Apr 2023
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