Network Break 265: Cisco Chips At Broadcom With New ASIC; AWS Gives Networking Some Love

Take a Network Break! Cisco announced a new multi-platform ASIC and launched the 8000 series router family running the Q100, the first version of Cisco’s new chip. AWS Reinvent dropped a ton of news, including several networking-relevant announcements including the availability of AWS Outposts; a new service targeting edge computing called AWS Wavelength; and new networking features and capabilities for VPNs, network monitoring, and more. Cato Networks adds SIEM capabilities to its secure SD-WAN offering, Silver Peak debuts a new orchestrator to boost scalability of SD-WAN deployments, and NGINX’S Moscow office gets raided by police over a copyright infringement claim. Get links to all these stories after our sponsor messages. Sponsor: Viavi Solutions Our show is sponsored in part by  VIAVI Solutions, a network performance management leader enabling IT teams to understand user experience so they can solve performance problems fast. Learn more at viavisolutions.com/packetpushers. Sponsor: ExtraHop Today’s show is also sponsored in part by ExtraHop, the enterprise cyber analytics company delivering performance and security from the inside out. ExtraHop offers complete visibility with machine learning to help you make quick, confident decisions about your IT environment. Explore the ExtraHop Performance Platform at extrahop.com/packetpushers. Tech Bytes: Fortinet Stay tuned after the news analysis for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Fortinet about its SD-WAN solution. We’ll talk about their competitive differentiators such as custom ASICs to boost SD-WAN performance and their ability to inspect TLS 1.3 traffic. Show Links: Quick Take: Cisco Launches New ASIC And Router Series – Packet Pushers Cisco Unveils Plan for Building Internet for the Next Decade of Digital Innovation – Cisco Systems Cisco Virtual Press Room (includes data sheets and videos from the announcement) – Cisco Systems Cisco 8000 Series Routers Data Sheet – Cisco Systems (PDF) Cisco Goes SONiC on New Networking Platforms – Cisco Systems Last Week In AWS – Corey Quinn AWS Wavelength – AWS New for AWS Transit Gateway – Build Global Networks and Centralize Monitoring Using Network Manager – AWS Amazon VPC Ingress Routing Makes it Easy to Insert Virtual Appliances in the Forwarding Path of VPC Traffic – Amazon