Network Break 284: Dell Technologies Announces SONiC Distro; Microsoft Acquires Metaswitch Networks

Take a Network Break! On today’s show we cover Dell Technologies’ announcement of a supported SONiC network OS distro, a reminder from Mellanox that they’ve been supporting SONiC before it became cool, and Microsoft’s acquisition of Metaswitch Networks. VMware buys Kubernetes security platform Octarine and announces an integration deal with SIEM vendors, U.S. President Donald Trump extends a ban on U.S. companies buying products from Huawei or ZTE (but we can still sell them components), and Cisco reports a tough third quarter. Links to all these stories are below. Sponsor: Unimus Unimus is an easy to use Network Automation and Configuration Management solution. Find out more on how you can start automating your network in under 15 minutes at unimus.net/packetpushers. Show Links: Dell Technologies and SONiC: Open Source Networking That Checks All the Boxes – Direct2DellEMC Dell Technologies Delivers the Power of Open Source Networking to Help Automate and Simplify Data Centers – Dell Technologies Mellanox Integrated SONiC Open Networking Solution – NVIDIA Blog Microsoft has announced an agreement to acquire Metaswitch Networks – Metaswitch Networks Microsoft announces definitive agreement to acquire Metaswitch Networks, expanding approach to empower operators and partner with network equipment providers to deliver on promise of 5G – Microsoft Microsoft has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Affirmed Networks! – Affirmed Networks Microsoft announces agreement to acquire Affirmed Networks to deliver new opportunities for a global 5G ecosystem – The Official Microsoft Blog VMware to Acquire Octarine to Boost Kubernetes Runtime Security – The New Stack VMware Advances Intrinsic Security Strategy at Connect 2020 Announcing Intent to Acquire Octarine to Expand Workload Security Solution into Kubernetes and Creation of Next-Gen SOC Alliance – VMware