Network Break 339: HPE Raises The Stakes On Its GreenLake Strategy; Windows 11 Injects Itself With Teams

Take a Network Break! This week we cover a raft of news from HPE’s Discover event. HPE is barreling ahead with its GreenLake hybrid cloud strategy by adding new features including a new cloud optimization platform called Lighthouse, a secure attestation plan dubbed Project Aurora, and an option to get CPU resources on a pay-by-use consumption model. Aruba Networks announced products including new switches, the addition of authentication capabilities to Aruba Central, and an IoT dashboard in Central. Microsoft announces Windows 11 with native Teams included, and takes a shot at Apple’s business model for in-app purchases. The US government says old-school security techniques could have thwarted leaks from SolarWinds’ compromised software, and a strange iOS bug can disable your iPhone’s Wi-Fi. VMware announces a fix for serious vulnerability in its Carbon Black security software, and Intel snaps up Stanford professor and influential startup founder Nick McKeown to run its Network and Edge group. Many thanks to guest analyst Tom Hollingsworth, who stepped in while Greg was away. Tom writes the excellent “The Networking Nerd” blog. He’s also an event lead for Tech Field Day and co-host of the GestaltIT Rundown podcast. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Securely enable remote workforce with Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access, cloud-delivered security that  protects all user and application traffic while ensuring an exceptional user experience. Get a virtual test drive at paloaltonetworks.com/resources/test-drives. Tech Bytes: Telia Carrier After the news we talk with sponsor Telia Carrier about their global IP backbone and the IP services it has available in the United States. We also dig into how Telia is upgrading its network for 400Gig. Show Links: Hewlett Packard Enterprise announces breakthrough HPE GreenLake cloud platform innovations spanning silicon, software and security to power edge-to-cloud era – HPE HPE Builds Lighthouse Platform On Greenlake Services – The Next Platform HPE Ezmeral Container Platform technical white paper – HPE Introducing Project Aurora: Enabling zero-trust security architectures from edge to cloud – HPE Aruba ESP Improves Network Agility for Organizations Adapting to New Business Realities – Aruba Microsoft just unveiled Windows 11: Here’s everything it announced – C...