Network Break

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Network Break keeps you informed with fast, focused analysis of IT news, products, tech trends, and business outcomes. Blending sharp commentary with a touch of humor, hosts Drew Conry-Murray & Johna Till Johnson sift through the weekly landslide of press announcements, product launches, financial reports, and marketing decks to find the stories worth talking about. You come away with the information and context to make smart decisions in your organization and career ... all in the span of a (longish) coffee break.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Network Break episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Network Break for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Network Break episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Network Break 355: Azure Brags About DDoS Protection; Marvell Hitches Ride With Dent Network OS

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10/18/21 • 55 min

Today on the Network Break, we discuss Marvell's choice of the Dent network OS for its Prestera silicon, Microsoft shares details about how its Azure cloud service thwarted a 2.4Tbps DDoS attack, a researcher shares details on snooping data from a copper patch lead, and other tech tidbits.

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

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02/28/22 • 47 min

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, a Dell/Marvell partnership on hardware for Open RAN gear, Cisco and Dell financial results, potential equipment danger from solar flares, and more.

NB462: HPE Spends $14 Billion For Juniper Networks; Starlink Tests SMS Via Satellite

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01/15/24 • 47 min

Take a Network Break! On today’s show we spend most of the episode talking about HPE’s $14 billion bid for Juniper Networks. We discuss reasons for the deal, product overlap, potential upsides, challenges to integrating these two companies and their product lines, and more. We also talk about a successful test by Starlink to send... Read more »

Network Break 388: Cloudflare Diagnoses Widespread Outage; EU Pumps Brakes On Broadcom/VMware

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06/27/22 • 44 min

Today's Network Break podcast discusses new SASE features from Cloudflare, a Cloudflare outage and its post-mortem, why EU regulators want a closer look at Broadcom's proposed VMware acquisition, and more IT news.

Network Break 410: AWS Previews Secure Remote Access; Broadcom Promises Not To Raise VMware Prices

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12/05/22 • 51 min

On today's Network Break we discuss new AWS previews for secure remote access and for connecting applications and services across VPCs. We also discuss a serious outage at Hive Social, Open RAN 5G coming to fighter jets, a promise from Broadcom not to raise prices if the VMware acquisition goes through, and more IT news.

Network Break 411: Cisco Revamps Certification Schedules; FTC Says Game Over For Microsoft’s Activision Bid

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12/12/22 • 41 min

Take a Network Break! On today's episode we cover a new certification roadmap from Cisco, speculate on the future of corporate office space, and delve into an FTC lawsuit that aims to stop Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of game developer Activision. We also cover Broadcom financial results and space networking stories from Apple and SpaceX.

Network Break 412: IT Spending, ChatGPT, Cloud Repatriation And Other 2023 IT Speculations

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01/09/23 • 45 min

Take a Network Break! For our first show of 2023 we skip the news to spend some time speculating on technologies and trends that may influence IT and networking in the coming year, including the influence of AI, machine learning, and ChatGPT in tech; data center network automation; cloud repatriation; and more.

Network Break 413: 800G Switches, Intel’s Big Hopes For 4th-Gen CPUs, And Reading Cyber Insurance Fine Print

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01/16/23 • 40 min

Take a Network Break! This week's episode covers a bunch of tech news including Arista rolling out a heap of new switches, Intel pinning its comeback hopes on newly released Xeon CPUs, a serious exploit of a Fortinet SSL VPN vulnerability, Dell pulling away from China-made chips, and more.

Network Break 414: 230 Juniper Vulnerabilities, Should Cisco Patch An EOL Router, T-Mobile Takes Weeks To Spot Breach

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01/23/23 • 24 min

On today's Network Break podcast we cover a raft of Juniper vulnerabilities, whether Cisco should patch serious vulnerabilities in end-of-life products, a big T-Mobile breach, Avaya dealing with significant debt, sweeping rounds of layoffs, and more IT news.

NB482: HPE Launches Enterprise Private 5G; Arista Creates Agent for NVIDIA SmartNICs

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06/10/24 • -1 min

Take a Network Break! Johna fills in for Drew for a second week. We start with a follow-up on last week’s take on HPE and 5G. With this week’s HPE announcement that it’s launching Aruba Networking Enterprise Private 5G, we see that its offloading of OSS/BSS was to streamline, not a step away from its... Read more »

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How many episodes does Network Break have?

Network Break currently has 259 episodes available.

What topics does Network Break cover?

The podcast is about News, Markets, Tech, Tech News, Podcasts, Technology, Analysis and Networking.

What is the most popular episode on Network Break?

The episode title 'Network Break 384: Broadcom To Buy VMware; DuckDuckGo Slammed For Microsoft Tracking Deal' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Network Break?

The average episode length on Network Break is 48 minutes.

How often are episodes of Network Break released?

Episodes of Network Break are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of Network Break?

The first episode of Network Break was released on Aug 19, 2019.

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