Take a Network Break! The Trump administration proposes sanctions on a portion of Chinese tech imports, the FBI advises router reboots to help thwart the VPNFilter malware, and Huawei completes a 200Gbps backbone network in Spain.

CenturyLink becomes certified on Cisco Meraki to compete with resellers, OpenStack matures, and network engineers decry an ITU proposal to speed IPv6 deployments in emerging countries.

Apstra extends its network orchestration coverage, Cisco wrestles with how to sell cloud, VMware posts a positive financial quarter, and AT&T tests an all-weather communications drone called a Flying COW.

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White House announces tariffs, investment restrictions on China over intellectual property abuse – Axios

Donald Trump to hit US$50 billion of Chinese imports with 25 per cent tariffs and restrict investment in US hi-tech industries – South China Morning Post

Sen. Warner warns against ZTE deal – Axios

Huawei and Orange Spain finalize the construction of 200 Gbps Backbone Network – Huawei Press Center

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Take a Network Break! Security researchers are tracking the VPNFilter malware, which has infected an estimated 500,000 devices, GDPR regulations have gone into effect, and the OpenStack Summit debuts a new project called Airship.

Startup Lumina Networks bags $10 million in funding from Verizon, AT&T, and others; Pica8 releases PicaPilot for network fabric orchestration; and Huawei wins “Supplier of the Decade” from Vodaphone.

HPE released its quarterly earnings and warned of challenges for the second half of the year, and Amazon’s Echo unexpectedly recorded and sent a couple’s conversations.

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Take a Network Break! In this week’s episode we examine why HPE acquired Plexxi, dig into the latest batch of security advisories from Cisco, and discuss Intel’s reference architecture for new uCPE gear.

The Appropriations Committee in the U.S. Congress wants to keep up sanctions pressure against ZTE, AWS adds Verizon as a customer, and a new DDoS attack technique looks to thwart a common filter.

Toshiba clears its last hurdle to sell is semiconductor business, Cisco posts a positive third quarter, and Symantec announces an internal audit into its financial results.

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Take a Network Break! Arista challenges Cisco in the campus with a new a new core switch, Qualcomm is reportedly considering backing away from data center server processors, and a security survey shows woeful patching habits.

Another security survey reveals that three quarters of respondents have been breached at least once in 2017, Apple abandons a planned data center site in Ireland, and ZTE halts major operations because of a US export ban on parts and software from American companies.

Finally, Google acquires cloud onboarding startup VeloStrata, while Google’s Duplex voice assistant raises hackles.

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Take a Network Break! VMware announces its Virtual Cloud Network vision and outlines the product portfolio to bring that vision to life. Dell Technology World showcases new servers and storage and cements Dell’s one-stop-shop strategy. Cisco spends $270 million to buy relationship intelligence purveyor Accompany.

Cisco also shed its service provider video business, Anuta Networks makes its orchestration platform available as SaaS, and the Lojack laptop recovery software suffers a serious vulnerability.

Meanwhile, a Webex vulnerability enables remote code execution, Arista shares dip despite a strong quarter, and Juniper shares rise slightly despite a poor one.

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VMware Advances Networking for the Digital Era with the Virtual Cloud Network – VMware

Dell outlines a one-stop-shopping portfolio for technology-hungry businesses – Diginomica

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Accompany – Cisco

Permira Funds to Acquire Cisco’s SPVSS Business – Cisco

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Take a Network Break! A cryptocurrency heist combines BGP hijacking with some DNS tomfoolery, Juniper targets enterprise multicloud with Contrail enhancements, and Big Switch adds packet capture and analytics appliances to its product line.

The Linux community swaps out iptables for BPF, Google pushes the Rich Communication Service (RCS) to compete on messaging, and Cisco unbundles Nexus 9000.

Apple exits the home WiFi router market, Innovium snags $77 million to market its programmable ASIC, and Net Neutrality rules have yet to be revoked–why?

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MyEtherWallet DNS Attack Offers Opt-In Lessons – Dark Reading

Make Way for Secure and Automated Multicloud for Any Cloud, Any Workload and Any Deployment – Juniper Networks

Juniper Preaches Multicloud To Win Contrail Converts In The Enterprise – Packet Pushers

Big Mon Recorder and Analytics Nodes Enable Traffic Capture and App-aware Analytics for Cloud-Native Network Defense & Continue reading