Author Archives: Drew Conry-Murray
Author Archives: Drew Conry-Murray
In-person events will return some day. In the meantime, a huge crop of tech companies and investors are betting that virtual events can thrive not just during a pandemic, but beyond.
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On today's Network Break we discuss a slate of Juniper announcements around new integrations with its Mist platform, plus new switches. HPE acquires a SaaS company for controlling cloud and infrastructure costs, US telcos spend $81 billion on spectrum for 5G, and we dive into the latest round of financial results from SolarWinds, VMware, and Nutanix.
The post Network Break 322: Juniper Mist-ifes 128 Technology; US Telcos Spend Big For 5G Spectrum appeared first on Packet Pushers.
On today's Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Aruba, we talk with Scott Shaw, Chief Technology Officer at law firm FordHarrison about his SD-WAN deployment. Shaw was able to retire legacy routers, boost performance of critical applications, and enable the law firm's work-from-anywhere strategy.
The post Tech Bytes: Law Firm Relies On Aruba EdgeConnect To Support Work-From-Anywhere (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Juniper Networks is rebuilding its enterprise SD-WAN strategy around the Session-Smart Router (SSR) from 128 Technology, which Juniper acquired in October 2020. The Session-Smart Router integrates with Juniper's Mist AI platform and will replace Contrail Service Orchestration as its enterprise SD-WAN play.
The post Juniper Rebuilds Its Enterprise SD-WAN Strategy With The Session-Smart Router appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Today's Network Break discusses an acquisition by Palo Alto Networks that targets the security of Infrastructure as Code, a souped-up firewall for Microsoft Azure, a new private cloud option from Dell, commentary on the wisdom--or lack thereof--about gathering in person in Barcelona for a wireless convention, and more tech news.
The post Network Break 321: Palo Alto Buys Bridgecrew For IaC Security; Azure Steps Up Its Firewall Game appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Today’s Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Aruba, dives into an SD-WAN deployment with InterBank. Guest Daniel Ruhl, Senior VP and Director of IT at InterBank, turned to Aruba's EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform to bond MPLS connections with broadband at each branch to improve the quality of experience while also retiring legacy infrastructure.
The post Tech Bytes: InterBank Invests In Aruba EdgeConnect To Speed Branch Performance (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Andy Jassy, the top executive at AWS, will step into the role of CEO of Amazon some time in 2021. Who will take over at AWS? It doesn’t really matter. Here’s why: 1. The operating model and corporate culture are in place Amazon spent years developing an effective way to share infrastructure within the organization. […]
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This week's Network Break dives into Juniper reorganizing and rebranding automation products as the Paragon portfolio, new SASE and ZTNA capabilities from Fortinet, the rise of cyber-insurance premiums, an HPE server getting launched into space, and more tech news.
The post Network Break 320: Juniper Rebrands Service Provider Automation Offerings; Fortinet Gets SASE With Latest OS appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Today's Tech Bytes podcast from the Packet Pushers is a conversation with Node4, a managed security service provider that's deploying and operating Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN for its customers. Fortinet is our sponsor. Our guest from Node4 is Glenn Akester, Lead Network Services Architect.
The post Tech Bytes: MSSP Partners With Fortinet To Deliver Secure SD-WAN (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.
NetMRI from Infoblox is a network management tool with a variety of capabilities including device discovery and network topology mapping, configuration monitoring, change management, and more. We dive into what this tool can do with guests Ingmar Van Glabbeek, Senior Product Manager at Infoblox; and Adam Fox, Solution Architect at Empowered Networks. Infoblox is our sponsor for this Tech Bytes podcast.
The post Tech Bytes: Get Your Arms Around Network Changes With Infoblox’s NetMRI (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Take a Network Break! This week we start with a couple of follow-ups, and then dive into the week's news. Arista Networks announced a Zero Trust offering that has room to grow, Google's Stadia game streaming service shuts down its in-house game development studio, AWS and Google Cloud announce their financial results, and more tech news.
The post Network Break 319: Arista Unveils Zero Trust Offering; Google Searches For Cloud Profits appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Tempered Networks lets you set up encrypted remote access for 25 devices for free with its new Airwall Teams offering.
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