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Episodes

Total: 250

Network Break 305: NVIDIA Unfolds DPU Roadmap; IBM Spins Off Managed Infrastructure Biz
2020/10/13

Today's Network Break analyzes NVIDIA's new roadmap for DPUs (also known as SmartNICs), IBM's spin-o

Network Break 304: The VMworld 2020 Roundup; Arista Acquires Awake Security
2020/10/5

Keith Townsend stops by Network Break to lend analysis and commentary on our review of the biggest a

Network Break 303: Ericsson Acquires Cradlepoint For WAN Connectivity; HPE/Silver Peak Deal Closes
2020/9/28

Today's Network Break starts with follow-up to correct a few items, and then dives into Ericsson's C

Network Break 302: Nvidia Bids Billions For Arm; VMware Melds Kubernetes With vSphere
2020/9/21

It's a baker's dozen of tech news in today's Network Break episode. We analyze Nvidia's $40 billion

Network Break 301: Samsung Dials Up A 5G Contract; Broadcom Announces Fast, Power-Efficient New Jericho Chip
2020/9/14

Network Break analyzes Samsung's multi-billion 5G contract from Verizon, a new Jericho ASIC from Bro

Network Break 300: Cisco Mixes Microservices And SD-WAN; Broadcom Rolls Out Gen7 Fibre Channel Switches
2020/9/8

Network Break dives into a new Cisco project that ties microservices to SD-WAN, a CenturyLink outage

Network Break 299: Cisco Acquires Audio Filter BabbleLabs; Apple Update Hits Facebook In The Ads
2020/8/31

Today's Network Break shares listener follow-up, then dives into a new Cisco acquisition of an audio

Network Break 298: Arista Launches CloudVision As A Service; Cisco, Megaport Partner On SD-WAN
2020/8/24

Take a Network Break! Pass around the virtual pickles as we delve into Arista's new SaaS version of

Network Break 297: Juniper Rolls Out New WiFi 6 APs; Security Spending Is Pointless (Mostly)
2020/8/17

The latest Network Break podcast debates whether security spending is worth it, discusses new APs fr

Network Break 296: Cisco Acquires Video Analytics Company; F5 Gear Targeted By Botnet
2020/8/10

The latest Network Break podcast examines Cisco's acquisition of Modcam for video analytics, discuss

Network Break 295: Arista CloudEOS Edge Joins Multi-Cloud Portfolio; Juniper Announces AI-Powered WAN Assurance
2020/8/3

Today's Network Break podcast explores a new multi-cloud offering from Arista, Juniper's WAN Assuran

Network Break 294: Fortinet, Arrcus Target Multi-Cloud Networking; Innovium Rakes In More ASIC Funding
2020/7/27

Today's Network Break analyzes multi-cloud networking announcements from Fortinet and Arrcus, discus

Network Break 293: HPE Acquires Silver Peak; Dell Teases VMware Sale
2020/7/20

Today's Network Break scrutinizes HPE's big payout for Silver Peak and Dell's plans for a possible s

Network Break 292: Nokia Debuts SR Linux Network OS; AT&T, Cisco Team Up On SD-WAN
2020/7/13

On today's Network Break we discuss Nokia's new network OS, examine a Cisco/AT&T partnership on

Network Break 291: F5 Patches Severe Vulnerability; Senate Bill Aims To Weaken Encryption
2020/7/6

Today's Network Break podcast discusses critical security patches from F5 and Palo Alto Networks, ex

Network Break 290: HPE Unveils Edge-To-Cloud Strategy; Anuta, Juniper Partner On Automation
2020/6/29

Take a Network Break! We cover HPE's virtual Discover event, including news on Greenlake and Ezmeral

Network Break 289: Cisco Live 2020, Palo’s ML, HPE Edge Telco and more
2020/6/22

Cisco Live Virtual topics so SecureX, Webex Collaboration and the "Connected Experience" (even if we

Network Break 288: Aruba ESP Senses Opportunity At The Edge; Intel Wrestles With New Chip Attacks
2020/6/15

Take a Network Break! Aruba targets the enterprise edge with Aruba ESP and AI, Intel grapples with n

Network Break 287: Open Compute Infrastructure Makes Its Mark; Cisco Live Postponed
2020/6/8

Today's Network Break podcast discusses the growth of the infrastructure market based on Open Comput

Network Break 286: Cisco To Acquire ThousandEyes; The Return Of Follow Up
2020/6/2

Take a Network Break! We start with some FU (follow up) from previous Network Break and Heavy Networ