Network Break 371: Arista Turns Campus Switch Into NDR Sensor; Mikrotik Puts A Router On A PCIe Card

Take a Network Break! This week we examine how Arista is turning a campus switch into a sensor for network detection and response, a new PCIe card from Mikrotik running router software, and a Dell/Marvell partnership on hardware acceleration for Open RAN gear. HPE taps startup Ayar Labs for silicon photonics, HPE jumps into the private 5G market with a new offering, and Cloudflare acquires an anti-phishing security startup to help secure its email service. Cisco and Dell report financial results, and an uptick in solar flare activity prompts a history lesson about the Carrington Event–a massive solar eruption that took down telegraph operations in 1859. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto We’re sponsored today by Palo Alto Networks. To find out what’s next in SASE, sign up to watch Palo Alto Networks SASE Converge 2021, an on-demand webinar. You’ll hear from leading voices in networking and security, get details on the impact of SASE technology, and more. Sign up at saseconverge.paloaltonetworks.com. Sponsor: Pluribus This episode is also sponsored in part byu Pluribus Networks. Pluribus invites you to attend a special video broadcast on March 16, 2022 to learn how they are delivering cloud networking. Sign up at pluribusnetworks.com/cloudnetworking. Tech Bytes: Fortinet: Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Fortinet about FortiGuard Labs‘ threat intelligence service, which analyzes billions of global security events daily to provide actionable information for network and security teams. Show Links: Arista Integrates Threat Detection and Response into the Cognitive Campus – Arista The Migration from Network Security to Secure Networks – Arista CCR2004-1G-2XS-PCIe – Mikrotik Dell Technologies Telecom Solutions Simplify and Accelerate Modern, Open Network Deployments – PR Newswire Accelerating Open RAN Performance – Dell HPE Taps Ayar Labs To Add Silicon Photonics To Slingshot Interconnect – The Next Platform Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Ayar Labs announce strategic collaboration and investment to develop next-generation data center architectures and networking with optical I/O – HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Extends Leadership in Enterprise Connectivity With Private 5G Offering – ...