Network Break 312: AWS Kneecapped By Kinesis; Linux Unlikely For Apple M1

Take a Network Break! This week we explore AWS’s pre-Thanksgiving outage and the lack of fallout, discuss a new AWS firewall service, and report on why Linus Torvalds isn’t holding his breath on seeing Linux run on Apple’s new M1 SoC. The British government accelerates the deadline for telcos to stop installing Huawei gear, and we dive into financial results from Palo Alto Networks, VMware, and Dell Technologies. Sponsor: Linode Get simple, affordable, accessible cloud computing. Linode’s Linux virtual machines let you develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Network Break Podcast. You can find all the details at linode.com/networkbreak. Tech Bytes: ThousandEyes Integrates Cloud Visibility Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with ThousandEyes about new capabilities including multi-service views, hybrid cloud visibility, and more. Show Links: Summary of the Amazon Kinesis Event in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region – AWS AWS admits to ‘severely impaired’ services in US-EAST-1, can’t even post updates to Service Health Dashboard – The Register AWS Network Firewall – New Managed Firewall Service in VPC – AWS Real World Technologies – Forums – Thread: Question to Torvalds – Real World Tech Linus Torvalds would like to use an M1 Mac for Linux, but…  – ZDNet Britain commits US$333 million to help carriers replace Huawei 5G – South China Morning Post That other controversial Chinese telco: The FCC rejects ZTE’s petition against its ‘national security threat’ designation – The Register Palo Alto Networks Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2021 Financial Results – Palo Alto Networks VMware Reports Fiscal Year 2021 Third Quarter Results – VMware Remote Work and Learn Solutions Drive Dell Technologies’ Third Quarter Fiscal 2021 Financial Results – Dell Technologies A Look Into Dell’s Debt – Benzinga