Network Break 304: The VMworld 2020 Roundup; Arista Acquires Awake Security

Take a Network Break! Keith Townsend joins us as a guest analyst for today’s episode. We start with a couple of FUs on the programability of a Trident ASIC on a new Juniper switch, and on Cumulus and Broadcom. Then it’s ‘Apres VMworld, le deluge‘, in which we highlight several of the biggest announcements from VMware including Project Monterey, the SaltStack acquisition, and a new professional development track at the show. We also discuss whether virtual events have the same impact as live events, and then pivot to Juniper Networks’ acquisition of service assurance vendor Netrounds, and Arista’s acquisition of network detection and response company Awake Security. Arista also announces new capabilities for CloudVision and new wireless APs, Google joins LF Networking as a platinum member, the U.K. government dings Huawei for software quality, and the U.S. Labor Department offers $150 million for workforce training. Sponsor: Service Express Service Express is a leader in third-party data center maintenance. Lower your post-warranty support costs, take control of your hardware refresh cycle, and extend the life of your server, storage, and network equipment. Visit serviceexpress.com/packetpushers to learn how you can win a $100 Amazon gift card. Tech Bytes: NetMotion Software Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes podcast with NetMotion Software, where we discuss how NetMotion integrates the traditional remote access VPN with a software-defined perimeter and zero-trust access. Download the NetMotion SDP Report to see how a zero trust architecture could fit into your organization. Go to netmo.io/packetpushers to register and get your copy. Show Links: The CTO Advisor – Keith Townsend’s blog @CTOAdvisor – Keith Townsend on Twitter How to integrate packet core firewall in the user plane – Ericsson Project Monterey at VMworld 2020 – Ned In The Cloud (YouTube) vSphere arrives on ARM, but not for the reason most admins are thinking – Disco Posse VMware Unveils Project Monterey: Re-Imagining Hybrid Cloud Architecture to Support Next-Generation Applications – VMware Reinventing virtualization with the AWS Nitro System – All Things Distributed Advancing VMware’s Cloud Automation Capabilities with Intent to Acquire SaltStack – VMware