Take a Network Break! Overlay a napkin in your lap to catch the crumbs from your virtual donut and join us for our weekly review of tech news. Greg is at an IETF meeting in Prague so I’m joined by Ethan Banks and Tom Hollingsworth this week. You can follow Tom on Twitter, see him at Tech Field Day, or read his blog.
On this episode we cover the new generation of UCS servers from Cisco, Microsoft’s plan to launch broadband trials in rural America, Viptela’s Cloud onRamp rollout, new product announcements, and more.
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Show Links:
Cisco delivers powerful 5th generation servers for UCS – The Network
Cisco acquires network security startup Observable Networks – TechCrunch
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Observable Networks, Inc. – Cisco
Microsoft wants all of rural America to get high-speed broadband – Ars Technica
A rural broadband strategy: connecting rural America to new opportunities – Microsoft
Cloud onRamp – Viptela
Cloud Transformation – Viptela
Citrix, Equinix Partner On SD-WAN Deal For Cloud Access – Packet Pushers
Dell Introduces Industry-First Security Suite with Advanced Threat Protection and Data Encryption in Full Air Gap Mode – Dell
Juniper admins: Grab your bug-zappers and load 22 rounds – The Register
LiveAction Applies Machine Learning for Autonomous Network Operations – LiveAction
Expereo announces acquisition of Cloud Acceleration software pioneer Border 6 – Expereo