NB496: Nokia’s Enterprise Data Center Intentions; Are AI ChatBots Worth the Nuclear Waste?
Take a Network Break! This week we discuss Microsoft’s proposed deal to buy power from the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, new APs and switches from Juniper Networks, and T-Mobile landing a customer ...
23 Sep 202451min
NB495: Fortinet Customer Data Stolen; Boeing to Test Quantum Entanglement Networking
Take a Network Break! This week we discuss the theft of 440Gbytes of customer data from a Fortinet cloud repository, how to think about resiliency after an AT&T network update kills access to Azure ap...
16 Sep 202425min
NB494: AT&T Sues Broadcom over VMware Support; Verizon Spends $20 Billion for Frontier
Take a Network Break! This week we cover an AT&T lawsuit against Broadcom over changes to a support contract for VMware software, why Verizon is spending $20 billion to buy Frontier, and new critical ...
9 Sep 202431min
NB493: Cisco Acquires AI Startup to Police AI; Nvidia, Dell Ride GPU Profit Wave
Take a Network Break! This week we cover a couple of listener FUs, and then dive into the news. Attackers exploit a zero-day in Versa to harvest credentials, AT&T agrees to a fine of nearly $1 million...
3 Sep 202450min
NB492: AMD Spends Big For Engineering Talent; FCC Cracks Down on AI-Faked Robocalls
Take a Network Break! A US appeals court will let a privacy lawsuit against Google go forward, striking telecom workers are a reminder to test your resiliency planning, and AMD spends nearly $5 billio...
26 Aug 202442min
NB491: Cisco Revenues Drop 10% in Q4; Texas Instruments Get $1.6 Billion for Chip Factories
Take a Network Break! Hackers may have stolen millions of US Social Security numbers, HPE acquires a multi-cloud management company, and Cisco announces plans to lay off 7% of its employees. Pure Stor...
19 Aug 202420min
NB490: Google’s Post-Monopoly Options; Microsoft Flips Delta’s Legal Threats the Bird
Take a Network Break! This week we cover a judge’s ruling that Google is monopolist and potential outcomes, the HPE/Juniper acquisition clearing regulatory hurdles, and Microsoft flipping the bird at ...
12 Aug 202426min
NB489: Shareholders Sue CrowdStrike; Intel to Fire 15,000 Employees
Take a Network Break! This week we discuss a proposed class action lawsuit against CrowdStrike, while Delta investigates options to seek damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft. Microsoft Azure goes do...
5 Aug 202431min
