Network Break
Packet Pushers
Network Break keeps you informed with fast, focused analysis of IT news, products, tech trends, and business outcomes. Blending sharp commentary with a touch of humor, hosts Drew Conry-Murray & Johna Till Johnson sift through the weekly landslide of press announcements, product launches, financial reports, and marketing decks to find the stories worth talking about. You come away with the information and context to make smart decisions in your organization and career … all in the span of a (longish) coffee break.
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Oct 31, 2022 • 52min
Network Break 405: Tech And Geopolitics Collide; Juniper Posts Record Q3 Results
Take a Network Break! This week we discuss a trio of stories at the intersection of tech and global political power struggles. Plus, startup Versa Networks lands $120 million investment in a pre-IPO round, and tech companies including Juniper Networks, Intel, and Google/Alphabet release financial results.
Oct 24, 2022 • 51min
Network Break 404: Episode Not Found
This week the Network Break covers new SASE capabilities from Fortinet, new 800G hardware from Cisco that uses its homegrown ASIC, and an app from RSA for smart phones that can disable authentication if the app detects malicious behavior. Plus we cover new initiatives from the Open Compute Project, disaggregated Wi-Fi, and more tech news.
Oct 17, 2022 • 52min
Network Break 403: Startup Hedgehog Fuses SONiC And Kubernetes; Google, Intel Launch Mount Evans SmartNIC
Take a Network Break! This week we cover a lot of news including a new SONiC startup, Cisco and Microsoft teaming up on collaboration, new hardware from Google and Intel, a new SOC from Palo Alto Networks, space networking, and more.
Oct 11, 2022 • 51min
Network Break 402: Ex Uber Exec Guilty Of Breach Coverup; Startup Promotes Decentralized Cellular Networks
This week's Network Break podcast discusses new security capabilities from Aryaka, a Cisco/Microsoft partnership, the guilty verdict for Uber's former CSO, a startup tackling decentralized cell networks, and more tech news.
Oct 3, 2022 • 54min
Network Break 401: Google Teases Multi-Gig Home Broadband; New USB Cables Use Slightly Less Plastic
Today's Network Break covers three Google stories including Google Fiber's ambitions for multi-gig Internet and the killing of Stadia. We also discuss a rise in firewall sales, using plant-based materials in USB cables, and more IT news.
Sep 26, 2022 • 46min
Network Break 400: Ex-Cisco CEO Launches Network Startup; The Persistence Of Floppy Disks
This week's Network Break podcast covers a startup backed by ex-Cisco CEO John Chambers, US federal agencies wanting service providers to get serious about BGP security, SASE growing 30% in a quarter, a thriving floppy disk business, and more IT news.
Sep 19, 2022 • 51min
Network Break 399: Apstra Goes Freeform For DC Automation; Arista Launches Encryption-Friendly Routers
This week's Network Break podcast covers new capabilities for data center automation in Juniper Apstra, new encryption-friendly Arista routers, and why climate change risks should factor into your IT planning. The startup Veego is pitching an end user experience app to ISPs, the Google spin-out Aalyria looks to build networks using free-space optics, and Microsoft announces Azure Orbital Cloud Access that uses Starlink to connect remote sites to Azure.
Sep 12, 2022 • 38min
Network Break 398: New Broadcom Trident Chip Supports Threat Analysis; Startup Challenges SD-WAN, MPLS
Today's Network Break podcast examines a new Broadcom switch ASIC that can support threat analysis, a startup that's challenging the SD-WAN and MPLS markets, Apple's new partner for an emergency SMS service that uses satellites, a great quarter for data center switch revenue, and more IT news.
Sep 6, 2022 • 51min
Network Break 397: VMware Aria Sings Multicloud Management; NVIDIA Ordered To Stop Selling AI Chips To China
This week's Network Break podcast tackles space weather, new products from VMware, a significant firewall vulnerability, an order barring NVIDIA from selling certain chips to China, and more tech news.
Aug 29, 2022 • 45min
Network Break 396: T-Mobile, SpaceX Strike Internet Deal; Meta Settles Tracking Suit; Dell Notches Record Quarter
This week's Network Break podcast explores SpaceX and T-Mobile partnering to provide satellite-based Internet service (though it's going to take awhile), a new co-packaged optics switch from Broadcom, a whistleblower taking Twitter to task for poor security and a relaxed approach to spam, Dell financial results, and more tech news.
