Network Break 332: Juniper Teases SASE Offering; IBM Gets Small With 2nm Chip

Take a Network Break! This week we cover Juniper’s release of Security Director Cloud, which the company is touting as the policy engine for a forthcoming SASE offering. We also discuss IBM’s groundbreaking 2nm chip announcement, and Itential’s new SaaS version of its network automation platform. Network management provider LiveAction acquires a security company, electricity outages in Texas cost chip manufacturers hundreds of millions of dollars, we discuss the possibility of the secondary market to address supply chain problems in networking, and Juniper Networks reports its Q1 financial results. Sponsor: CablesAndKits CablesAndKits are Experts in Awesome. We’re an award-winning IT equipment dealer with a focus on networking products from SFP Modules and Servers to Fiber and Rack hardware. Get your IT needs and Cisco related products at CablesAndKits.com. Mention PacketPushers for a free Cat8 cable and some free loot! Tech Bytes: Fortinet After the news, we talk with the White Family Auto Dealers on how they dropped their managed service provider in favor of operating their 19 dealerships themselves, with a little help from Fortinet’s branch, security, and SD-WAN products. Fortinet is the sponsor, but we talk to the auto dealer’s IT director and a system admin about the visibility and control they got from going DIY. Show Links: Juniper Networks Leans into SASE with Announcement of Juniper Security Director Cloud – Juniper Networks IBM Unveils World’s First 2 Nanometer Chip Technology, Opening a New Frontier for Semiconductors – IBM There’s Plenty Moore Room: IBM’s New 2nm CPU – YouTube IBM Creates First 2nm Chip – AnandTech Forward Networks and Itential Team Up to Deliver Seamless Closed-Loop Automation for Physical, Virtual and Cloud Networks – Itential Itential Extends Cloud-Native Network Automation Platform, Launches SaaS Offering for the Enterprise – Itential LiveAction Acquires CounterFlow AI to Expand Network Security Offerings – LiveAction Shutdown of Austin fab during freeze cost Samsung at least $268 million – Austin Statesman Lead times through the roof : r/networking – Reddit Cisco Refresh