Take a Network Break! On this week’s episode we’re joined by network architect and author Russ White.
We continue our public cloud analysis with a focus on music streaming service Spotify, which announced a move to Google Cloud Platform. We debate whether business or technology decisions drove the move, and examine Google’s reputation for killing products.
We scope out a rumor that Cisco may be partnering to launch a hyperconverged product, and get creeped out by big data efforts to track and direct employee health.
Apple fires back at the FBI with its own motion in court to counter the FBI’s order, VMware exec Martin Casado departs for storied VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, and EMC makes a curious move into NFV.
We wrap up with a lighting-round review of news and financial reporting from Mellanox, Infoblox, and Palo Alto Networks.
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Show Notes:
Spotify, Google Cloud Hook Up
Spotify Presses Play on Google Cloud – Light Reading
Announcing Spotify Infrastructure s Googley Future – Spotify
Spotify moves its back end to Google Cloud – Hacker News
Cisco Rumored To Go Hyperconverged
Sources: Cisco To Unveil Hyperconverged Offering, Aims To Undercut Nutanix, Simplivity On Pricing – CRN
Big (Data) Brother
Bosses Harness Big Data To Predict Which Workers Might Get Sick -Dow Jones Business News
The Latest Apple Updates
Apple s Motion To Vacate Brief – Scribd
Apple Faces U.S. Demand to Unlock 9 More iPhones – NY Times
The Apple Case Will Grope Its Way Into Your Future – NY Times
Martin Casado Leaves VMware For The VC Life
And So… – VMware
Martin Casado – Andreessen Horowitz
Welcome Dr. Rajiv Ramaswami! – VMware
EMC And NFV?
EMC Launches EMC Provider Cloud System – Light Reading
Vendor Lighting Round
Mellanox Technologies Completes Acquisition Of EZchip – Mellanox
Infoblox Announces Preliminary Financial Results for Second Fiscal Quarter 2016 – Infoblox
Palo Alto Networks Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results – Palo Alto Networks