Network Break 300: Cisco Mixes Microservices And SD-WAN; Broadcom Rolls Out Gen7 Fibre Channel Switches

Take a Network Break! We start with a quick acknowledgement of our 300th episode, and then dive into the week’s news. That includes a new Cisco initiative to incorporate microservices applications with SD-WAN, a CenturyLink outage, and multiple vulnerabilities in IOS-XR. Broadcom announces new Gen7 Fibre Channel switches, an IT director gets jail time for stealing and reselling Cisco switches from his employer, and SpaceX has launched more satellites for its orbiting broadband service while speed tests show there’s work to be done. Sponsor: VMware’s VMworld VMware’s VMworld takes place September 29th to October 1st as a live virtual event. Register now for keynotes, deep-dive technical sessions, and more at vmworld.com. Sponsor: TeamViewer In the age of remote work, how can distributed workforces keep their IT systems running smoothly while ensuring stability and security? TeamViewer Remote Management lets organizations of all sizes monitor business critical aspects of their IT, centralize important device information, patch vulnerabilities, and more. Learn more about TeamViewer Remote Management at teamviewer.com/networkbreak. Tech Bytes: NetMotion Software Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with NetMotion, where we discuss how to achieve secure remote access without compromising user experience. Show Links: Cloud-Native SD-WAN: The WAN Your Kubernetes Applications Deserve – Cisco Blogs Cloud-Native SD-WAN (CNWAN) – GitHub CenturyLink / Level 3 Outage Analysis – ThousandEyes August 30th 2020: Analysis of CenturyLink/Level(3) Outage – Cloudflare Blog Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion Vulnerabilities – Cisco Systems Broadcom launches first Gen 7 Fibre Channel switches – Blocks and Files Former IT director gets jail time for selling government’s Cisco gear on eBay – ZDNet SpaceX launches 12th Starlink mission, says users getting 100Mbps downloads – Ars Technica StarLink Speed Tests are Disappointing – POTs and PANs Starlink Speed Tests Are Disappointi...