Cato Networks Adds Threat Hunting Capability To Its SD-WAN Service
Cato Networks adds a threat-hunting capability to its SD-WAN service to detect compromised devices on customer networks.Datanauts 135: An Introduction To Edge Computing
It turns out you can t do it all in the cloud. And thus, we have the rise of edge computing, in which data is collected, processed, and analyzed close to the source of its creation and close to where people and systems need it.
The goals of edge computing include improving performance, reducing the costs and time of data transmission, and creating new applications to take advantage of that data.
Our guide to edge computing is Alex Marcham. Alex is a technologist, writer and researcher. You can find his work at NetworkArchitecture2020.com.
We level-set with a working definition of edge computing, examine the notion of locality and what it means for edge computing, and discuss latency issues.
We explore edge computing use cases such as industrial processes and video surveillance, and dive into the infrastructure that drives this technology.
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BiB 42 – Pica8 Releases PicaPilot and PicaFabric
Pica8 makes it first steps into network automation in a unique fashion with apps for its PicOS NOS. PicaFabric build a virtual switch chassis from an leaf/spine switch clister. The PicaPilot app builds vitual switch stack for fat tree L2 everywhere campus networks. All this is done with open hardware that you can mix & […]
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Network Break 185: HPE Acquires Plexxi; New Batch Of Cisco Security Advisories
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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Aerohive Challenges Cisco, Aruba With New A3 Network Access Software
Aerohive challenges Cisco ISE and Aruba ClearPass with its new A3 secure network access software.Link Propagation 119: Premium Links For The Discerning Technologist
Welcome to Link Propagation, a Packet Pushers newsletter. Link Propagation is included in your free membership. Each week we hand-select the most relevant practitioner blog posts, tech news, and product announcements. We age them in oak barrels for up to seven days and then distill them using ancient craft techniques handed down by Tim Berners-Lee. […]Show 390: Visualizing Complex SD-WAN With LiveAction (Sponsored)
Today on the Packet Pushers Weekly show, we investigate how to monitor hybrid and SD-WAN.
If your WAN looks like a mix of legacy MPLS, SD-WAN, and uplinks to cloud, this is your show. Our sponsor today is LiveAction, who is going to shine a light on the hybrid and SD-WAN through monitoring and automation.
Our guest is John Smith, Founder, CTO and EVP of LiveAction.
We talk about LiveAction’s software and how it works, why it’s essential to have visibility into your hybrid WAN and SD-WAN, and how LiveAction can provide highly visual and intuitive insights and actionable intelligence for day-to-day operations, troubleshooting, and long-term planning.
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Full Stack Journey 021: Continual Learning With Cody Bunch
Today's Full Stack Journey explores continual learning for technologists. Guest Cody Bunch shares tips on how to approach new information, why you should share what you learn, how to take notes, time management, and more.
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Full Stack Journey 021: Continual Learning With Cody Bunch
Today's Full Stack Journey explores continual learning for technologists. Guest Cody Bunch shares tips on how to approach new information, why you should share what you learn, how to take notes, time management, and more.
Datanauts 134: Preventing Failures With AI And HPE InfoSight (Sponsored)
The Datanauts travel to a galaxy of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The good ship InfoSight is piloted by sponsor HPE Nimble Storage as we explore automating infrastructure on today s episode.
Our guest is Ryan Brown, Enterprise Storage Architect and Chief Technologist for Storage in Canada at HPE.
We talk about InfoSight, HPE’s cloud-based predictive analytics platform that works with HPE’s Nimble Storage arrays, and soon to work with other products from HPE. InfoSight applies machine learning and AI to help customers better manage storage resources and predict problems before they affect the business.
We look at the kind of information that InfoSight gathers, how it collects that information and ships it to the cloud, and how it’s protected.
We also delve into the value that InfoSight can provide for resource allocation and operational benefits such as preventing outages, maintaining uptime, and improving performance.
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HPE Acquires Plexxi For HCI, Composable Infrastructure
HPE buys Plexxi to provide the network fabric for HPE's hyperconverged and 'composable infrastructure' products.My Reaction To Arista Announcing Campus Networking
Arista sees an opportunity to enter the campus market with a core switch and a "more of what you have but better" strategy while Cisco tries to pull customers up-market with SD-Access.Network Break 184: Arista’s Core Switch Challenges Cisco; Qualcomm Reconsiders Servers
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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Link Propagation 118
Welcome to Link Propagation, a Packet Pushers newsletter. Link Propagation is included in your free membership. Each week we scour the InterWebs to find the most relevant practitioner blog posts, tech news, and product announcements. We drink from the fire hose so you can sip from a coffee cup. Blogs Foundations of MPLS: Label Switching […]Show 389: Using MPLS In The Enterprise
Today on the Weekly show, MPLS in the enterprise, especially for the use case of segmentation.
Should you do it? Why would you do it? Considering the equipment you ve got, could you do it even if you wanted to? And even if you should, you would, and you can, what about all those other people you work with?
Discussing this emotionally fraught topic of MPLS in the enterprise is Tom Ammon, a senior network engineer who s supported it in a few different environments. He blogs at blog.tomammon.net.
We start by discussing the general case for MPLS in the enterprise, walk through the hardware and software requirements necessary to support MPLS, and then drill into segmentation more specifically.
We also look at reasons why you’d want to use MPLS for segmentation, and explores issues around operations, skillsets and training, and troubleshooting.
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PQ 149: WPA3 And Wireless Security Improvements
In January 2018, the WiFi Alliance announced that WPA3 was coming this year, a collection of security enhancements to address issues with WPA2.
Today, we discuss WPA3 with Dan Harkins, a scientist at Aruba Networks, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. Dan has been closely involved with WPA3 s development, and I heard Dan present on his work at Aruba Atmosphere 2018 in March of this year.
Dan was kind enough to join us today for a preview of what s coming, with a special focus on one aspect of WPA3 that interests me personally, Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE).
We also discuss the fixes that WPA3 makes to WPA2, and when we can anticipate product support.
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Video: Two Beer Networking – Whats Wrong With Network Diagrams ?
I think that the time for Network Diagrams is coming to a close. It takes large amounts of time ( and thus money) to produce diagrams. Maintaining diagrams is difficult, costly and something that should be automated. Networks are not static today. Overlays, IPsec Tunnels, VMs, virtual appliances. How can a diagram stay up to […]Savvius Upgrades Spotlight Network Performance Monitoring Appliance
Savvius upgrades its Spotlight appliance to monitor network and application performance in real time, including custom and SaaS applications.Datanauts 133: Perfecting The Job Hunt
Whether by choice or circumstance, it’s inevitable you’ll find yourself looking for a new job.
On today’s Datanauts episode we break down the job hunt process to help you understand what you want, what you have to offer, and how to make the most of your application.
Our guest is Doug Lane, a tech/ops professional who’s been working in IT for 25 years. He’s also recently gone through the process of finding and getting a new job. You can follow him on Twitter at @debuggist.
Doug shares his experiences and tips about how he approached the job search. We start by talking about honestly understanding your own strengths and weaknesses, and then thinking about what kind of job it is you really want.
We also discuss how to evaluate job descriptions, and how to nail the application process.
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