It’s the Network Break! This week we examine the latest round in the Cisco/Arista legal battle, and speculate on why financial analysts don’t seem too worried about Arista. We discuss why Cisco’s IoT latest acquisition is a smart move.
We delve into two recent reports from IDC; one on the growth of cloud infrastructure purchases, and the other about how lines of business are turning directly to IT suppliers instead of internal IT for services.
Lastly, a security blog warns of serious backlash if the United States government weakens cryptography systems, and Uber expands its data center capacity with new leases of data center space in Dallas, Virginia, and northern California.
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Show Notes:
Update On Cisco Vs. Arista: First ITC Ruling
Arista violated 3 Cisco patents: ITC – Network World
Cisco Blog – Protecting Innovation: The Beginning of the End – Cisco Systems
Financial Analysts Aren t Worrying About Arista
Arista Rises, Cisco Slips, on Cisco s Patent Win at ITC – Barron s
Cisco Buys Into IoT
Cisco buying IoT service provider Jasper for $1.4b – Seeking Alpha
Grow, Cloud, Grow!
Cloud Environments Will Account for a Third of Worldwide Spending on Enterprise IT Infrastructure in 2015, Led by Growth of Public Cloud Datacenters, According to IDC – IDC
Lines Of Business Doing It For Themselves
Need IT Advice? Don’t Ask The CIO – IDC
Would You Get Violent To Protect Encryption?
They are deadly serious about crypto backdoors – Errata Security
Why Uber Is Buying Data Center Space
Uber Scales Up Its Data Centers to Support Growth – Data Center Frontier