Network Break 309: Arista Rolls Out New Campus Switches; Financial Reporting Roundup

Take a Network Break! Guest commentator Johna Till Johnson, CEO of Nemertes Research, brings her analytical eye to this week’s tech news, which includes new Arista campus switches, a Dutch telco shutting down legacy TDM systems, and Google Chrome getting its own certificate store. Speaking of Google, some longtime users are suddenly being locked out of their Gmail accounts, Vodafone extends its commitment to OpenRAN, and a remote test proctoring company goes after a security researcher regarding critiques of the proctoring company’s browser plug-in. F5 Networks, Arista, and Gartner report their latest financial results, and the U.S. Justice Department moves seizes a bunch of Bitcoin. Sponsor: AppNeta Join the Packet Pushers and AppNeta for a live virtual event on Tuesday, November 10th, where we’ll tackle your top 5 performance pain points. Topics include getting remote worker visibility, navigating DIA connectivity, and more. Register now at appneta.com/pplive. Sponsor: Ping Plotter PingPlotter’s CloudConnect is remote network monitoring as it should be, without the typical multi-year contracts or SaaS bloat. Test internal and external endpoint connectivity and track performance metrics with a solution that deploys in minutes. Schedule a free 15-minute overview at pingplotter.com/packetpushers to see how CloudConnect makes remote IT suck less. Tech Bytes: Fortinet Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Fortinet customer Smile Brands. Smile Brands operates a network of dental offices in the United States, and the company is deploying SD-WAN and SD-Branch products from Fortinet to integrate connectivity and security. Fortinet is the sponsor of this Tech Byte. Show Links: Johna Till Johnson on LinkedIn KPN scrapping TDM interconnection Oct-21; extending other legacy shutdown dates; speeding up DSL-to-fibre process – Telegeography Arista Expands Cognitive Campus Portfolio for Enterprises – Arista The Arista 750 Series – Arista Chrome will soon have its own dedicated certificate root store – ZDNet Google users locked out after 15 years’ use – Business Insider Vodafone says Open RAN ready for prime time as Huawei is phased out in the UK – Technology Blog Proctorio used DMCA to take down a student’s critical tweets – TechCrunch