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Network Break 335: Cyber Insurance Premiums Climb; Aruba To Debut Wi-Fi 6E AP
Today's Network Break discusses rising cyber insurance premiums and how wider insurance adoption might affect the security market. We also discuss a forthcoming Aruba AP that uses newly available spectrum, a new packet broker from Extreme with a programmable ASIC, Juniper's Apstra 4.0 release, and more IT news.Tech Bytes: Why Sanitas Selected Aruba EdgeConnect As Its SD-WAN Solution (Sponsored)
On today's Tech Bytes podcast we speak with healthcare provider Sanitas on why the organization is replacing its existing SD-WAN vendor with Aruba EdgeConnect to provide network insights for visibility and troubleshooting, fine-grained segmentation for security and compliance, and easier operation for a small IT team.
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Tech Bytes: Why Sanitas Selected Aruba EdgeConnect As Its SD-WAN Solution (Sponsored)
On today's Tech Bytes podcast we speak with healthcare provider Sanitas on why the organization is replacing its existing SD-WAN vendor with Aruba EdgeConnect to provide network insights for visibility and troubleshooting, fine-grained segmentation for security and compliance, and easier operation for a small IT team.Network Break 334: Palo Alto Unveils New Security Gear; Arista Saves Time With Lowest-Latency Switch
This week's Network Break covers new firewalls & other security products from Palo Alto Networks, discusses Arista's lowest-latency switch (now with EOS), reviews financial results from Cisco and Palo Alto, and explains why Microsoft is making Internet Explorer go away (just not entirely).
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Network Break 334: Palo Alto Unveils New Security Gear; Arista Saves Time With Lowest-Latency Switch
This week's Network Break covers new firewalls & other security products from Palo Alto Networks, discusses Arista's lowest-latency switch (now with EOS), reviews financial results from Cisco and Palo Alto, and explains why Microsoft is making Internet Explorer go away (just not entirely).Tech Bytes: Nokia’s Fabric Services System Simplifies Data Center Operations (Sponsored)
Today's Tech Byte explores a digital sandbox for fabric emulation. This unique feature is part of Nokia's Fabric Services System for automating and operating a data center fabric. Our Nokia guest is Phani Koganti, Senior Director of Product Management. This is a sponsored episode.
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Tech Bytes: Nokia’s Fabric Services System Simplifies Data Center Operations (Sponsored)
Today's Tech Byte explores a digital sandbox for fabric emulation. This unique feature is part of Nokia's Fabric Services System for automating and operating a data center fabric. Our Nokia guest is Phani Koganti, Senior Director of Product Management. This is a sponsored episode.Tech Bytes: Automating Network Troubleshooting With PathSolutions (Sponsored)
Today we’re talking about automating network troubleshooting. We’re sponsored by PathSolutions, maker of the TotalView network monitoring software. TotalView pulls in network and device data and then runs it through a heuristics engine to identify problems such as cabling faults, QoS misconfigurations, VLAN tagging faults, and others. The engine can surface up issues automatically to help network engineers identify and resolve problems. Our guest is Tim Titus, CTO at PathSolutions.
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Tech Bytes: Automating Network Troubleshooting With PathSolutions (Sponsored)
Today we’re talking about automating network troubleshooting. We’re sponsored by PathSolutions, maker of the TotalView network monitoring software. TotalView pulls in network and device data and then runs it through a heuristics engine to identify problems such as cabling faults, QoS misconfigurations, VLAN tagging faults, and others. The engine can surface up issues automatically to help network engineers identify and resolve problems. Our guest is Tim Titus, CTO at PathSolutions.Network Break 333: Cisco Acquires Optical Controller Software; DarkSide Gang Gets The Spotlight
This week's Network Break covers a pair of Cisco acquisitions, new path analysis capabilities from NetBeez, how the DarkSide ransomware gang is getting the spotlight, sleazy behavior from US broadband companies, and other tech news.
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Network Break 333: Cisco Acquires Optical Controller Software; DarkSide Gang Gets The Spotlight
This week's Network Break covers a pair of Cisco acquisitions, new path analysis capabilities from NetBeez, how the DarkSide ransomware gang is getting the spotlight, sleazy behavior from US broadband companies, and other tech news.Security Director Cloud Is Juniper’s SASE Vision Board
Juniper's newly announced Security Director Cloud lays a policy foundation for an eventual SASE offering. Juniper hopes to keep customers from going to competitors' offerings as it realizes its own SASE vision.
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Tech Bytes: Auto Dealer Takes Network Control With Fortinet (Sponsored)
Frustrated by poor service from an MSP, the IT team at White Family auto dealers needed a more efficient way to connect locations while ensuring high performance and strong security to meet regulatory requirements. The company chose Fortinet for its network and security equipment. Fortinet is our sponsor, and we talk with Shane Williams, Director of IT; and Paul Provorse, System Administrator about going all-in with Fortinet to run their own show.
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Tech Bytes: Auto Dealer Takes Network Control With Fortinet (Sponsored)
Frustrated by poor service from an MSP, the IT team at White Family auto dealers needed a more efficient way to connect locations while ensuring high performance and strong security to meet regulatory requirements. The company chose Fortinet for its network and security equipment. Fortinet is our sponsor, and we talk with Shane Williams, Director of IT; and Paul Provorse, System Administrator about going all-in with Fortinet to run their own show.Network Break 332: Juniper Teases SASE Offering; IBM Gets Small With 2nm Chip
Today's Network Break covers IBM's new 2nm chip process, Juniper's first step toward a SASE offering, whether secondary markets for network gear might be an option for companies dealing with supply chain shortages, and more tech news.
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Network Break 332: Juniper Teases SASE Offering; IBM Gets Small With 2nm Chip
Today's Network Break covers IBM's new 2nm chip process, Juniper's first step toward a SASE offering, whether secondary markets for network gear might be an option for companies dealing with supply chain shortages, and more tech news.VMware Debuts A SASE Distributed Work Conglomeration Called Anywhere Workspace
VMware has announced the Anywhere Workspace. Designed to help control access to premises and cloud apps, and enforce security policies regardless of where an employee may be working, Anywhere Workspace is an assemblage of several existing products in VMware’s portfolio: endpoint management for laptops and smartphones, access control, endpoint security, and cloud-based security services. The […]
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Heavy Networking 575: Designing Better Networking And Security With SASE (Sponsored)
On today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we examine what SASE means to you as a network engineer, its effects on how applications are protected and how you provide access to end users, and useful things to think about regarding how SASE services are provisioned and operated while you evaluate whether SASE is right for your org.
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Heavy Networking 575: Designing Better Networking And Security With SASE (Sponsored)
On today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we examine what SASE means to you as a network engineer, its effects on how applications are protected and how you provide access to end users, and useful things to think about regarding how SASE services are provisioned and operated while you evaluate whether SASE is right for your org.Network Break 330: VMware Stitches Together A SASE Offering; Nvidia’s Arm Purchase On Hold
This week's Network Break podcast examines VMware's new SASE offering for the distributed workforce, Nvidia's Arm-based accelerators, why the United Kingdom de-accelerated Nvidia's Arm acquisition, new routers from Juniper Networks, and more nerdy IT news.
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