NB560: Microsoft Doubles Down on Custom AI Chip; CrowdStrike Brandishes Big Bucks for Browser Security
Take a Network Break! We’ve got Red Alerts for HPE Juniper Session Smart Routers and SolarWinds. In this week’s news, Microsoft debuts its second-generation AI inferencing chip, Mplify rolls out a new...
2 Feb 33min
NB559: Cisco Builds Nexus Switch for Intel AI Chips; TeraWave Promises 6Tbps from Space
Take a Network Break! We start with a Red Alert in Oracle’s WebLogic Server Proxy Plugin for Apache or IIS, which has a severity score of 10. In the news, Fortinet warns that attackers have found a ne...
26 Jan 44min
NB558: Microsoft Buys Indulgences for Carbon Sins; Starlink Cleared for 7,500 More Satellites
Take a Network Break! This week we start with follow-up from a perhaps not-so-red Red Alert, and then cover two very-red Red Alerts. On the news front, Ruckus Wireless gets a new parent company, and s...
19 Jan 27min
NB557: Meta Goes Nuclear; Arista Taps EVPN VXLAN for Massive Mobility Domains
Take a Network Break! The virtual donut factory is back from hiatus, and we’ve got a fresh batch to pass around as we discuss the week’s tech news. We start with an emergency patch for Cisco ISE, then...
12 Jan 28min
NB556: 2025 Wrap: Insatiable AI, the Worst Top 5, Space Networking Surges, and More
Take a Network Break! We close out 2025 with a look back at some of the stories and trends that captured our attention this year. We start with the top five vendors with the worst track records in 202...
15 Dec 202548min
NB555: AI and APIs Drive HPE’s Dual-Platform WLAN Strategy; Dell, HPE Dangle VMware Alternatives
Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert calls out a dangerous vulnerability in the popular open-source React library. On the news front, HPE decides on a “both and” strategy for its two wireless portfolio...
8 Dec 202547min
NB554: AWS, Google Link Public Clouds; Trading Data Center Has Zero Chill
Take a Network Break! We start with listener follow-up on Fortinet’s vulnerability numbering, and sound a red alert about an authentication bypass vulnerability in ASUS’s AiCloud service. AWS and Goog...
2 Dec 202536min
NB553: Palo Alto Networks Acquires Chronosphere; New Agentic AI Products for Orchestration and Networking
Take a Network Break! We start with a relative path traversal vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiWeb. We’ll move on to an acquisition by Palo Alto Networks, another hiccup from our friends at Cloudfla...
24 Nov 202547min
