Network Break 279: Cisco Acquires Fluidmesh; VMware NSX 3.0; MS Events Virtual Until July 2021

Take a Network Break! Grab a virtual donut, sit back and relax, and take a journey with us through Elysian fields of tech news analysis. We’ve got stories today on Cisco, VMware, a new PCAP appliance, and more! Headlines: Cisco has announced it will acquire Fluidmesh, a privately held company that specializes in wireless backhaul for industrial use cases. Cisco did not disclose the acquisition price. VMware has announced version 3.0 of NSX-T, its SDN software platform. The latest version includes NSX Federation, which allows you to create separate NSX domains within a data center, or from a data center to the public cloud. Startup Cato Networks has secured $77 million in a Series D funding round, bringing total investment in the cloud-based SD-WAN/security company to $202 million. It’s been 51 years since the first IETF RFC was published. The RFC describes some general agreements on how hosts and Interface Message Proccessors, which are proto-routers, would communicate. The 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium has put out a press release to announce it is rebranding to become the Ethernet Technology Consortium. It also announced an 800GbE spec. LiveAction has released a new packet capture appliance that can capture up to 40Gbps of packets. The appliance is the LiveCapture 3100, a 2RU appliance with options for 64 or 128TB storage capacity and 192 GB of memory. A Russian telecom provider redirected thousands of Internet traffic routes through its systems last week, affecting traffic from giants such as Google, Amazon, and Cloudflare. Following in the footsteps of other tech events, Microsoft has announced that all of its events will be online only until July 2021. Juniper Networks is extending the expiration date of its professional certifications by six months. Any certification that has expired or is set to expire between March 1st and September 30th of 2020 will automatically be extended by 6 months from its expiration date. Sponsor: InterOptic It’s time to take control of your optics purchases with InterOptic. You can purchase the same, if not better-performing optical transceivers, tested and designed by engineers who truly understand the specifications that are critical to your network–and at a fraction of typical OEM costs. Get more information at interoptic.com/packet-pushers. Tech Bytes: Silver Peak Join us after the news to hear how the country’s largest wholesale grocer is improving application performance and getting happier customers with SD-WAN from sponsor Silver Peak. Show Links: Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Fluidmesh Networks – Cisco Newsroom VMware Surpasses Major Virtual Cloud Network Milestones – VMware Newsfeed Cato Networks Secures $77 Million Investment in Largest Funding Round Yet – Cato Networks RFC 1 – Host Software – IETF 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium Rebrands to Ethernet Technology Consortium; Announces 800 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Specification – Ethernet Technology Consortium LiveAction Unveils New 40 Gig LiveCapture,