Take a Network Break! The US and British governments have accused Russian state actors of compromising routers and other network infrastructure, the United States forbids American companies from selling components to Chinese telecom firm ZTE, and Huawei rethinks its US strategy.
Cisco releases notes on its 9500 switches and UADP silicon, IBM releases a mainframe that takes the same space as a traditional 19-inch server rack, and VMware shares rise on rumors that Dell won’t reverse-merge with it.
Arista’s share price stumbles, and then recovers; Cisco ditches the Spark brand name; a Cisco security exec says we’re all screwed; and the United States is the leading source of botnet attacks in the world.
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Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Targeting Network Infrastructure Devices – US-CERT
Huawei, Failing to Crack U.S. Market, Signals a Change in Tactics – The New York Times
U.S. ban on sales to China’s ZTE opens fresh front as tensions escalate – Reuters
Release Notes for Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches, Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.x – Cisco
IBM unveils mainframes in 19-inch form factor – DatacenterDynamics
VMware Rises On Views That Dell’s Reverse Merger Is Off The Table – IBD
Arista Stock Slips, Investors Fear Customers May Flee – Investopedia
Why Twitter, Shopify, and Arista Networks Jumped Today – Motley Fool
Cisco Enhances Webex – Cisco
Cisco s John Stewart Calls on Security Sector to Stop the Madness – SDX Central
U.S. Leads the World in the Origination of DDoS Attacks, Says CenturyLink Report – SDX Central
Why Enterprise IT Customers Are Stupid – Packet Pushers via YouTube