NB475: Cisco Hypes Hypershield; Broadcom Tries To Clarify VMware Strategy
Take a Network Break! This week we cover Hypershield, a new Cisco security product that uses technology from its Isovalent acquisition. We parse a blog from Broadcom CEO Hock Tan on the company’s VMwa...
22 Huhti 20241h
NB474: Intel Strikes Back In GPU Wars; The Fork Is Strong With Valkey
Take a Network Break! This week we start with some FU on Intel drivers, and how FISA affects people outside (and inside) the US. In the news we cover Intel’s rollout of new XPU silicon and associated ...
15 Huhti 20241h 2min
NB473: Duty To Report (Your Breaches); Intel Foundry Biz Loses $7 Billion
Take a Network Break! This week we start with some FU on Juniper’s Mist AI, the ConnectWise vulnerability, and the 25th anniversary of the Cisco Cat6. The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Ag...
8 Huhti 202436min
NB472: HPE Adds GenAI to Aruba Central; Intel Eager to Slurp Billions in Subsidies
Take a Network Break! This week we try to peel back the layers on HPE’s announcement about new GenAI capabilties in Aruba Networking Central, parse Broadcom’s touting of its AI credentials, and feel c...
1 Huhti 20241h 5min
NB471: Nvidia Unveils 800G Ethernet, InfiniBand Switches For AI Fabrics; ‘Ghost Jobs’ Haunt Job Boards
Take a Network Break! Nvidia announces new 800G switches, one for Ethernet and one for InfiniBand, for building AI fabrics. Nvidia also announces an “AI supercomputer,” a rack-scale pre-built bundle o...
25 Maalis 20241h 10min
NB470: NetBox Labs Adds On-Prem Support; ASML Vs. The Netherlands
This week on Network Break we discuss a new on-prem version of NetBox Labs’ source-of-truth software with enterprise support, why Selector AI is adding an LLM to its operations and observability produ...
18 Maalis 202452min
NB 469: Arista Debuts Network Observability Service; Startups Aim To Break Nvidia’s AI Chip Grip
This week we discuss a new network observability offering from Arista that integrates network telemetry with application data, why startups such as Groq and Taalas think they can break Nvidia’s grip o...
11 Maalis 20241h 3min
NB 468: Broadcom Checks SASE Box; Spirent Announces AI Traffic Emulator For Ethernet Networks
Take a Network Break! Johna Till Johnson joins as guest host while Greg Ferro enjoys some time off. We start with follow-up regarding damage to subsea cables in the Red Sea, and then dive into news. A...
4 Maalis 202419min
