Take a Network Break and sample our delicious assortment of tech news, including our take on Arista’s latest product release (the 7500R, a.k.a the Universal Spine) as well as Huawei’s impressive third-quarter results.
A new report from IHS tracks a (likely temporary) stall in white box switch growth, NTT agrees buy Dell’s services business, and Cisco customers abide with the venerable Catalyst 6500.
The open-source CloudRouter reaches a throughput milestone, Brocade buys a startup to automate remediation, HPE shares more details about its composable infrastructure, PlumGrid adds containers, and Intel touts its power as a cloud enabler.
Thanks to guest analyst Mike Fratto for his probing punditry. He gets first pick of the virtual donuts.
You can find all the news in our show links below.

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Show Notes:
Bare Facts About Bare Metal
Bare Metal Switching Stall Continues; Data Center Networking Market Up 6 Percent in 2015 – IHS
Dell Sells Services Biz To NTT
Japan’s NTT Data agrees to buy Dell’s IT services unit for $3 billion – Reuters
Arista Gets A New Spine
Arista Introduces 100+ Tbit Cloud Networking Platform – Arista Networks
The Universal Spine Is Born! – Arista Networks
The 6500
Is the Cisco 6500 Series Invincible? – Network World
Open And Fast
CloudRouter Achieves 650 Gb/s & Expands into SDN – SDX Central
Brocade Buys Startup
Brocade Buys StackStorm for IT Automation – eWeek
HPE Composes
HPE’s Composable Plans Include Orchestration & Persistent Memory – SDX Central
Containers On PLUMgrid
PLUMgrid Touts Containers & CloudApex in 5.0 Release – SDX Central
Intel And The Cloud
Intel Cultivates The Cloud Future It Predicts – The Next Platform
Huawei’s Happy Quarter
Huawei Profits Soar Despite Forex Hit – Light Reading