Network Break 267: Equinix Buys Packet For Bare Metal; Google, Verizon Flirt With Privacy

Take a Network Break. Equinix acquires bare metal service provider Packet for an undisclosed amount, Google announces plans to phase out third-party cookies over the next two years, and Verizon releases a privacy-friendly search engine. A Senate proposal would spend $1 billion to drive 5G development in the United States, NetScout loses its long legal battle against Gartner, and we want your follow-up on whether vendor sponsorship of sports means anything to you. Sponsor: ThousandEyes Today’s sponsor is ThousandEyes gives you performance visibility from every user to every app over any network, both internal and external, so you can migrate to the cloud, troubleshoot faster and deliver exceptional user experiences. Sign up for a free account at thousandeyes.com/packetpushers and choose a free ThousandEyes t-shirt. Tech Bytes: ThousandEyes Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with ThousandEyes as we review some of the biggest outages from 2019, what caused them, and why Internet visibility is critical. Show Links: Equinix Acquires Packet for Bare Metal Edge Automation – Light Reading Ping, Power & Processors – Packet Equinix to Acquire Bare Metal Leader Packet – Equinix, Inc. Building a more private web: A path towards making third party cookies obsolete – Chromium Blog Google Chrome towards making third party cookies obsolete – Ethereal Mind Yahoo parent Verizon promises it won’t track you with OneSearch, its new privacy-focused search engine – The Verge Verizon Media launches privacy-focused search engine, OneSearch – Verizon Media Huawei in early talks with U.S. firms to license 5G platform – Huawei executive – Reuters Huawei’s latest US headache: Senate bill would spend US$1 billion on developing a 5G competitor – South China Morning Post Remember when Netscout got so upset at ‘challenger’ label in Gartner Magic Quadrant, it sued? Well, top court just ended all those shenanigans – The Register Cisco Announces Six Professional Golfers As Brand Ambassadors – ...