Network Break 346: Extreme Gets SDWAN, Huawei Struggles and SpaceX Swarms
The world of virtual donuts is supply constrained. Extreme Networks finally gets SDWAN buying Ipanema from Infovista at a bargain price. Research firms that does the numbers Dell’oro pitches that Education and Government markets will be spending big on WiFi6E – we aren’t so sure that campus spending will be big just some spending but Dell’oro told us that government economic stimulus is the driver. Most will focus on distributed work. Huawei posted 29% revenue reduction as the trade sanctions impact their overall business. A reminder that political solutions are slow if you have to make plans. And in space networking, SpaceX acquires pico-satellite company Swarm for IOT networking. Sponsor: Nokia This week’s show is sponsored in part by Nokia. Did you know that Apple is using Nokia’s Data Center Fabric solution? If you want to know more, and learn about Nokia SR Linux and Fabric Services Platform for yourself, check out nokia.com/networks/dc-fabric Tech Bytes: NetScout Stay tuned for a Tech Bytes podcast where we look at how stateful firewalls and other devices are vulnerable to DDoS due to TCP state exhaustion attacks. Our sponsor is Netscout, we walk through how the attack works, and what can be done to mitigate it. Show Links: Juniper and ‘k2io’: https://www.k2io.com/juniper-and-k2-expand-partnership-for-cloud-workload-protection/ Link: – Extreme Networks – https://www.extremenetworks.com/whatsthedeal/ Link: Extreme announces intent to acquire Infovista’s Ipanema SD-WAN business – Extreme Networks – https://www.extremenetworks.com/extreme-networks-blog/extreme-announces-intent-to-acquire-infovistas-ipanema-sd-wan-business/ https://www.infovista.com/ipanema-sd-wan Link: Infovista acquires Empirix, extending its 5G Network Lifecycle Automation leadership | Infovista – https://www.infovista.com/press-release/infovista-acquires-empirix Link: Extreme Networks To Buy Ipanema SD-WAN For $73M – CRN https://www.crn.com/news/networking/extreme-networks-to-buy-ipanema-sd-wan-for-73m Link: 5-Year Forecast: WLAN Market, In the Right Place at the Right Time – Dell’Oro Group https://www.delloro.com/5-year-forecast-wlan-market-in-the-right-place-at-the-right-time/ Link: Huawei revenue drops 29% as its consumer growth engine stutters | Nasdaq – https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/huawei-revenue-drops-29-as-its-consumer-growth-engine-stutters-2021-08-06 Link: Git password authentication is shutting down | GitHub Changelog – https://github.blog/changelog/2021-08-12-git-password-authentication-is-shutting-down/ Token authentication requirements for Git operations – GitHub https://github.blog/2020-12-15-token-authentication-requirements-for-git-operations/#what-you-need-to-do-today Link: Our Technology – How Swarm works and what makes us unique | Swarm – https://swarm.