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Today on Network Break we cover IBM's new quantum processor and modular quantum computer and its effort to own the next generation of computing. We also cover Cisco's AI assistant for firewalls, Marvell's new DPUs for networking devices, why Amazon has to rely on SpaceX to get Project Kuiper satellites into orbit, and more IT news. The post NB459: IBM Aims To Own The Quantum Realm; Amazon Hitches A Ride With SpaceX appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today’s show is roundtable conversation on the state of automation in the networking industry. We discuss takeaways from the recent AutoCon event on network automation, and get into issues such as sources of truth and the role of abstractions in automation. We also talk about the learning, cultural, and business challenges of network automation--and how to get beyond them. The post HN713: Network Automation: Where Are We, And Where Can We Go? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Azure Boost is a hardware offload of Azure virtual machines designed to improve VM performance. On today's Day Two Cloud we dig into how it works. We also talk about how to implement security in Virtual Network Manager, as well as how to optimize your Azure observability--meaning, how not to blow up your budget with unnecessary logging. The post D2C223: Accelerating VM Performance With Azure Boost appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Fortinet turns its on-prem and cloud security devices into a sensor network that collects threat intelligence across the globe. That intelligence then feeds those devices and services with new updates and the latest protections. In today's sponsored Heavy Networking, we talk with Fortinet about its Fortiguard Security Services, how they work, and how customers can take advantage of them. The post HN712: FortiGuard Security Services: Invisible Operations, Tangible Results (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Network Break discusses a new Trident ASIC with an on-chip neural net inference engine, Broadcom staff cuts at VMware, more bad news from an Okta breach, financial results, and more. The post NB458: Broadcom Debuts On-Chip Neural Net, Lays Off VMware Staff; Okta Breach Gets Worse appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today on Heavy Networking, sponsored by Juniper, we’ll talk about how Juniper’s Apstra software can help you operate your on-prem data center more like a public cloud; meaning service provisioning that’s repeatable, standardized, and straightforward to consume. We’ll also talk about how Apstra now works with Terraform to help streamline network self-service. The post HN711: Get Cloud-Like Operation Of Your Data Center With Juniper Apstra And Terraform (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Day Two Cloud discusses how Azure's use of hollow core fiber will impact customers, building networks to support AI workloads, the general availability of Virtual Network Manager, routing improvements, a tech preview of IPAM in vNet Manager, updates around containers and security, and other network-related topics in Azure. Microsoft is the sponsor of this episode. The post D2C222: What’s New In Azure Networking (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Broadcom clears the last hurdle to close its $69 billion purchase of VMware, but what comes next? Nvidia debuts a SuperNIC to accelerate Ethernet for AI workloads, China and India advance their satellite Internet efforts, and Nvidia puts up jaw-dropping results in its latest quarterly earnings. The post NB457: Broadcom, VMware Tie The Knot; Nvidia SuperNICs Target AI Ethernet Acceleration appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Ned Bellavance continues his KubeCon conversations with Akamai about cloud-native design and its impact on cloud architecture, Acorn Labs about building a cloud platform, F5 about the networking side of platform engineering, and the startup Chkk about platform engineering and managing Kubernetes. The post D2C221: KubeConversations Part 2 – Building Cloud Platforms appeared first on Packet Pushers.

China demonstrates the strength of its home-grown technology industry by announcing a 1.2Tbit Internet backbone that stretches 3,000 kilometers, Fortinet warns of a 9.8 severity bug in its SIEM product, and we continue our ongoing discussion about the precarious role of the CISO, plus more tech news, in this episode of the Network Break podcast. The post NB456: China Flexes Tech Muscles With 1.2Tb Backbone; Will CISOs Mitigate Risk Or Liability? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Analyst Brad Casemore offers his takes on the rise of zero trust, the influence of geopolitics on IT, what's driving the need for visibility and observability on prem and in the cloud, and whether 5G will ever live up to the hype. The post HN710: The Future Of Networking With Brad Casemore – Part 2 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Welcome to a special edition of Day Two Cloud. Host Ned Bellavance traveled to KubeCon NA 2023 and spoke to vendors and open source maintainers about what's going on in the cloud-native ecosystem. This episode features conversations on platform engineering. The post D2C220: KubeConversations Part 1 – Platform Engineering appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Extreme Networks is jumping into Zero Trust Network Access, Palo Alto Networks is reportedly spending more than half a billion dollars to acquire a corporate browser startup, and Forrester predicts as much as 20% of VMware's customers may jump ship after the Broadcom acquisition completes. We cover these stories and more in today's Network Break podcast. The post NB455: Extreme Announces ZTNA Offering; Palo Alto Networks Spends Big On A Browser Startup appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Cloud environments often have poor visibility and monitoring, and controlling access to sensitive corporate data is difficult. We speak with sponsor Palo Alto Networks about how it integrates CASB and Data Loss Prevention to control Web access and prevent sensitive information from leaking from your organization. The post HN709: Protecting Data, Apps With Cloud DLP And CASB (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

What if you could have a multi-cloud network that was cloud-native, but you didn’t have to know the nitty-gritty details for each of the clouds? That is, you work with a single cloud network interface, and that platform handles the networking so you can focus on things like improving the velocity of application rollouts, architecture, security, and efficiency? Sponsor Prosimo says its platform can do this. On today's show we look under hood to get details on its multi-cloud networking platform. The post D2C219: Building A Multi-Cloud Network With A Cloud-Native Approach (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Network Break we discuss potential repercussions for security executives after the SEC charges Solar Winds' CISCO with fraud, examine a new SD-LAN offering from Versa Networks that aims to integrate security controls into a campus fabric, and look at a new open-source tool from Cloudflare for scrubbing sensitive authentication tokens from HAR files. The post NB454: Is Bad InfoSec Now Securities Fraud? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Future of Networking series continues with Brad Casemore, who survived multiple decades in the technology sector, including sixteen years as an analyst for IDC. He's been a longtime observer of networking markets, technologies, and trends. We talk about the interest in AI and try to separate the hype from the reality, multi-cloud networking, and more. The post HN708: The Future Of Networking With Brad Casemore – Part 1 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

AI and machine learning are being more widely used in IT and elsewhere. Today's episode opens the AI magic box to better understand what's inside, including software and hardware. We discuss essentials such as training models and parameters, software components, GPUs, networking, and storage. We also discuss using cloud-based AI platforms vs. building your own in-house, and what to consider when assembling your own AI infrastructure. The post D2C218: What’s Inside The AI Magic Box? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's episode includes Cisco patching a critical vulnerability affecting IOS-XE gear, startup Prosimo releasing a cost calculator to help network engineers track their public cloud networking costs, and Juniper integrating its SD-WAN to the AWS cloud WAN. We also cover Cisco's investment in a quantum networking startup, growing DPU sales, and Intel divesting from pluggable optical modules. The post Network Break 453: Cisco Invests In Quantum Networking; SmartNIC Sales Surge; Intel Unplugs Another Business appeared first on Packet Pushers.

AI and machine learning are finally being applied to networking in meaningful ways. On today's sponsored show we talk with Selector about its AIOps platform, which ingests networking logs, flows, configurations, SNMP, and other telemetry to detect patterns, spot problems, and provide contextual insights to help network engineers do their jobs better. We speak with Selector about what it is, how it works, and concrete use cases. The post Heavy Networking 707: Getting Real With Selector’s AIOps (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.