Network Break 310: Kemp Acquires Flowmon; Networking Startup Isovalent Nabs $29 Million VC Bucks

Virtual donuts for everyone! This week’s Network Break podcast discusses a serious flaw with Aruba switches, Kemp acquires Flowmon to extend from load balancing into security and performance monitoring, and cloud-native networking startup Isovalent, which offers a supported version of the Cilium open source networking software, rakes in $29 million in VC investment. Extreme Networks takes on AWS Outposts by announcing its Extreme Cloud Appliance, Project Taara trials a free-space optics project in Kenya to deliver wireless broadband, and Cisco announces a tough quarter in its most recent financial results. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Linode You deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Go to linode.com/networkbreak to find out more and get $100 in free credit. Sponsor: Service Express Service Express are leaders 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: ZScaler Stay tuned after the news for a Tech Bytes podcast with sponsor Zscaler. We talk about how to prevent a ransomware attack against your organization. Show Links: Aruba warns of storage destruction flaw that bricks some switches – The Register AOS-CX 10.04.3031 Release Notes forthe Aruba 6300 and 6400 Switch Series – HPE Kemp Acquires Flowmon for Predictive Network Performance Monitoring and Network Detection and Response (NDR) – Kemp Investing in Isovalent – Andreessen Horowitz Google, Andreessen Horowitz lead $29M round for Linux kernel networking startup Isovalent – Silicon Angle eBPF – The Future of Networking & Security – Cilium Why We Switched To Cilium – MobilLabs Innovation at the Speed of Cloud – Extreme Networks Bringing light-speed internet to Sub-Saharan Africa – Project X (Alphabet) Design: When to choose Free Space Optics (Ethernet Lasers)? – EtherealMind