Network Break 434: Cisco Licensing To Get Simpler, Bluecat Buys Again, Hashicorp Money Problems, and Itential Pops A Release

Take a Network Break: Drew is on holiday (again) and Ethan shows up. Who knew he was still around ? We start with FU, Cisco Live was underwhelming announcing a new focus simplicity and that customers hate their licensing, Bluecat spends again, Hashicorp gets a financial slapping, Itential ships a new version and Quantum Space Networking. Sponsor: Itential Itential simplifies automation across hybrid cloud network infrastructure. Their platform makes it easy for network teams to bring their own automation assets and scale their network automation efforts, so you can spend more time working on the things you like instead of the repetitive, tedious tasks. Find out more at itential.com/packetpushers Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks: On today’s sponsored Tech Bytes podcast, we talk with Rajesh Kari, Product Marketing Manager at Palo Alto Networks about how SD-WAN delivers flexible connections and application performance for your branch and remote locations.  Show Links: Link: Unleashing Innovation Starts with Unifying Experiences – Cisco Blogs – https://blogs.cisco.com/news/unleashing-innovation-starts-with-unifying-experiences Link: Let’s Go! at Cisco Live 2023: Cisco Unveils Industry-defining Innovations for a More Connected, Secure and Inclusive World – https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2023/m06/lets-go-at-cisco-live-2023.html “Cisco naming converging on Catalyst. Cisco Switching, Catalyst Routing, Catalyst Center, Catalyst SD-WAN #CiscoLive” Danial Dib – https://twitter.com/danieldibswe/status/1666145400024354816 Jonathan Cisco EVP Enterprise video on licensing and simplicity: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonathandavidson1_ciscolive-ugcPost-7072286252745588737-bPN9/ Nvidia Top500 Supercomputer Trends : https://nvdam.widen.net/s/xrksv8dqpb/top500-interconnect-trends-june2022 Link: HPE Slingshot Interconnect – Your HPC Networking Solution | HPE – https://www.hpe.com/us/en/compute/hpc/slingshot-interconnect.html Link: BlueCat acquires network infrastructure monitoring and automation platform Indeni – BlueCat https://bluecatnetworks.com/press/bluecat-acquires-network-infrastructure-monitoring-and-automation-platform-indeni/ Link: Higher Prices and Backlog Release Catapulted Data Center Switch Sales to a New Record Level in 1Q 2023, According to Dell’Oro Group – https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/higher-prices-and-backlog-release-catapulted-data-center-switch-sales-to-a-new-record-level-in-1q-2023-according-to-delloro-group-301839511.html Link: Cisco Showcases Vision to Simplify Networking and Securely Connect the World – https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2023/m06/cisco-showcases-vision-to-simplify-networking-and-securel...