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Network Break 112: Facebook Opens 100G Backpack; Broadcom Borrows Billions
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2016-11-14 11:18:08
Description:

Take a Network Break! On today’s episode we look at CenturyLink’s sale of its colo sites and data centers to a private equity firm, and that firm’s plan to launch a security business.

Facebook continues to innovate in the data center with a new 100Gig switch called Backpack, and looks to disrupt the optical networking marketing with the Open Packet DWDM initiative.

We review a story speculating that HPE might buy hyperconverged startup Simplivity, and discuss Juniper making router and firewall software available on AWS. Broadcom lines up a big loan to swallow Brocade, and a new U.S. president may cut a deal to repatriate overseas tech money.

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Show Links:

CenturyLink reaches agreement to sell data centers and colocation business to a consortium led by BC Partners and Medina Capital – CenturyLink

Medina Capital, BC Partners Form Security Joint Venture – eWeek

Introducing Backpack: Our second-generation modular open switch – Facebook

Backhaul Projects Telecom Infra Project

OpenCellular Wireless Access Platform Design – Telcom Infra Project

Open Optical & Facebook Voyager – Packet Pushers

HPE and SimpliVity may be at church door – The Register

Juniper To Go: vMX & vSRX Become Available in AWS – SDX Central

Exclusive: Broadcom lines up $6.5 billion bridge loan for Brocade buy – Reuters

Taxes and Trump – Seeking Alpha

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