Network Break 388: Cloudflare Diagnoses Widespread Outage; EU Pumps Brakes On Broadcom/VMware

Take a Network Break! This week in IT news includes new capabilities in Cloudflare’s SASE offering, a Cloudflare outage, and the acquisition of Tempered Networks. The Linux Foundation launches a new project to create an open ecosystem around DPUs/IPUs/SmartNICs, we look into market issues that may be influencing silicon shortages, EU regulators may put a long hold on Broadcom’s proposed VMware acquisition, and an Enigma machine stolen from the Ukraine gets tracked down by open-source intelligence. Last but not least, from the “Silly Marketing Tricks” file, Mastercard drops an album on Spotify in which every track incorporates Mastercard’s “brand sound.” Sponsor: ITProTV Start or grow your IT career with online IT training from ITProTV. Learn IT, pass your certs, and get a great job! Visit itpro.tv/NETWORKBREAK for 30% off all plans. Use promo code NETWORKBREAK at checkout. Sponsor: Gluware Livestream Join the Packet Pushers and Gluware for a Livestream virtual event on June 28th. Gluware and customers will discuss how Gluware enables real-world network automation, and Gluware will discuss new capabilities. Sign up at packetpushers.net/live. Tech Bytes: Nokia  Stick around after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Nokia to discuss how its SR-Linux network OS supports streaming telemetry to give you an accurate and granular data on the state and health of your network devices. Show Notes: Cloudflare Expands Its Zero Trust Platform to Become the Only Cloud-Native Provider with Network Scale – Cloudflare Cloudflare outage on June 21, 2022 – Cloudflare Johnson Controls acquires Tempered Networks to bring zero trust cybersecurity to connected buildings worldwide – Johnson Controls Inc. Heavy Networking 574: Get HIP With Zero Trust And Tempered Networks (Sponsored) – Packet Pushers Tempered Networks Tempts Users With Free Remote Access Offering – Packet Pushers Startup Radar: Tempered Networks Uses Microsegmentation, Crypto & HIP To Secure Networks – Packet Pushers NVIDIA Accelerates Open Data Center Innovation – NVIDIA Blog Open Programmable Infrastructure Project – Linux Foundation Linux Foundation Announces Open Programmable Infrastructure Project to Drive Open Standards for New Class of Cloud Native Infrastructure – OPI

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Network Break keeps you informed with fast, focused analysis of IT news, products, tech trends, and business outcomes. Blending sharp commentary with a touch of humor, hosts Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray sift through the weekly landslide of press announcements, product launches, financial reports, and marketing decks to find the stories worth talking about. You come away with the information and context to make smart decisions in your organization and career … all in the span of a (longish) coffee break.