Network Break 329: Dell, VMware Consciously Uncouple; Aruba Networks Lives On The Edge

Take a Network Break! This week we examine Dell’s plans to spin off VMware for a healthy dose of cash, review Aruba Networks’ Atmosphere keynotes, and dive into NVIDIA announcements around SmartNICs/DPUs and an AI security framework. We also cover Microsoft’s $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition purveyor Nuance, multi-cloud networking startup Alkira’s availability on Azure, and the drought in Taiwan that’s pitting farmers against one of the world’s largest chipmakers. Sponsor: Alkira Livestream Join the Packet Pushers on April 22nd for our first-ever Livestream event with Alkira to learn about their networking as a service multi-cloud solution, which brings together networking, governance and security to connect users and workloads across multiple clouds. We’ll talk to customers, get a technical deep dive, and more. Sign up for free at packetpushers.net/livestream. Tech Bytes: AppNeta Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with AppNeta. We’ll explore how IT can optimize performance and support for a highly distributed workforce and develop a sustainable strategy for a Work From Anywhere reality. Show Links: VMware and Dell Technologies Reach Agreement Regarding Spin-Off – VMware VMware Spin-Off Investor Presentation – Dell Technologies Dell Stock Pops As VMware Spinoff Yields Big Tax-Free Special Cash Dividend – Investor’s Business Daily GS401: Embark on Your Edge Journey With WAN and Security Transformation – Aruba Networks’ David Hughes keynote via YouTube What Does Aruba Do With No SASE To Sell? It Changes The Conversation – Packet Pushers NVIDIA Extends Data Center Infrastructure Processing Roadmap with BlueField-3 – NVIDIA NVIDIA DOCA SDK – NVIDIA Developer Accelerating Solution Development with DOCA on NVIDIA BlueField DPUs – NVIDIA Developer Blog NVIDIA Launches Morpheus to Bring AI-Driven Automation to Cybersecurity Industry – NVIDIA Morpheus: AI Inferencing for Cybersecurity Pipelines [S33291] – #1 AI Conference – GPU Technology Conference – NVIDIA