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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Aug 22, 2022 • 29min
Network Break 395: Broadcom Ships 51.2Tbps ASIC; Extreme’s New AP Goes Outdoors; Lloyd’s Rethinks Cyber Insurance Policies
This week's Network Break podcast drills into features in Broadcom's newest Tomahawk ASIC, a new Wi-Fi 6E from Extreme for outdoor use, and a $262 million infusion for the startup DriveNets. We also cover serious Apple vulnerabilities, why Lloyd's is rethinking cyber insurance for state-sponsored attacks, Cisco financial results, and more.
Aug 15, 2022 • 1h 4min
Network Break 394: New IP Infusion NOS, Cisco Breached, WLAN Gear Backlogged To 2023
This week's Network Break podcast covers tech news including IP Infusion's 6.0 release of its OcNOS network OS, the intersection of politics and supply chains, Cisco's breach by the Lapsus group, Starlink getting rejected by the FCC for subsidies, and more.
Aug 8, 2022 • 54min
NB393: Arista buys Pluribus, More Supply Chain, Space Networking Slows & DECnet Death
Summer can be slow but there is news!
Aug 1, 2022 • 38min
Network Break 392: Aruba Upgrades AIOps; Intel Suffers A Tough Quarter
This week's Network Break podcast looks at new AIOps capabilities in Aruba Central, new cloud security tools from Fortinet, financial results from Juniper Networks and Intel, a connected scarf for soccer fans, and more tech news.
Jul 25, 2022 • 44min
Network Break 391: IT Spending To Rise; Rating Your Emotional Response To Vendor Products
Take a Network Break! This week we cover new DLP capabilities from Cato Networks, updates to the open-source Cilium project for your eBPF and service mesh needs, why Cisco is streamlining how partners can offer Webex as a managed service, and more IT news coverage.
Jul 18, 2022 • 42min
Network Break 390: New Juniper Access Switch; Intel To Hike Prices
This week's Network Break podcast discusses new switch hardware from Juniper, the underwhelming outage response by Canadian ISP Rogers, and why SASE growth is exploding. Intel is said to be raising prices across a variety of chips, a security researcher has demonstrated a replay attack that can open and start Honda vehicles, and more.
Jul 11, 2022 • 35min
Network Break 389: Alleged IT Fraudsters Indicted; HPE Floats GreenLake Private Cloud
Take a Network Break! This week we cover two separate indictments against alleged schemers who sold counterfeit Cisco gear and pirated Avaya license keys. We also cover new products from Juniper Networks, VMware, and HPE. Meanwhile Starlink targets maritime vessels with a satellite broadband offering.
Jun 27, 2022 • 44min
Network Break 388: Cloudflare Diagnoses Widespread Outage; EU Pumps Brakes On Broadcom/VMware
Today's Network Break podcast discusses new SASE features from Cloudflare, a Cloudflare outage and its post-mortem, why EU regulators want a closer look at Broadcom's proposed VMware acquisition, and more IT news.
Jun 20, 2022 • 58min
Network Break 387: Cisco Goes All-In On Cloud; Covid And Tech Conferences
Today's Network Break podcast surfs a tidal wave of announcements from Cisco Live 2022, discusses Juniper Networks calling an end to several routers, and looks at the potential impact of Covid and in-person tech events.
Jun 13, 2022 • 56min
Network Break 386: Extreme Debuts SD-WAN, Digital Twins; Cisco Launches SASE Service
This week's Network Break kicks off with listener FU and then dives into new SD-WAN and AIOps offerings from Extreme Networks. Cisco announces a SASE service and hints at a broader cloud security strategy. Arista adds to its Layer 1 switch portfolio while Ericsson and BT team up on private 5G in the United Kingdom.
