Network Break 399: Apstra Goes Freeform For DC Automation; Arista Launches Encryption-Friendly Routers
Take a Network Break! This week we cover new capabilities for data center automation in Juniper Apstra, new Arista routers, and why climate change risks should factor into your IT planning. The startup Veego is pitching an end user experience app to ISPs, the Google spin-out Aalyria looks to build networks using free-space optics, and Microsoft announces Azure Orbital Cloud Access that uses Starlink to connect remote sites to Azure. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Nokia Nokia’s open, extensible SR Linux network OS lets you build custom apps to help simplify data center network operations tasks. The SR Linux NetOps Development Kit, or NDK, provides documentation and examples to help you write apps quickly and easily. The NDK supports industry standards including YANG, gRPC, and gNMI. To find out more, listen to the Packet Pushers Tech Bytes episode with Nokia published September 6th, and then go to learn.srlinux.dev. Tech Bytes: Aruba Stick around for a Tech Bytes conversation with Aruba Networks on Wi-Fi 6E and the Automated Frequency Coordination database, which helps coordinate the use of new 6Ghz spectrum between licensed and unlicensed users. We’ll hear how Aruba participated in the first public demonstration of this database. Show Links: Juniper Apstra Freeform Supports New Topologies, Protocols For Data Center Automation–With Caveats – Packet Pushers Juniper Networks Announces Additional Versatility and Flexibility for Data Center Operations with Expansion to Apstra Software – Juniper Juniper Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 29 – Tech Field Day Arista Delivers Next Generation Cloud Routing – Arista Networks Arista 7280R3 Series – Arista Networks Extreme California heat knocks key Twitter data center offline – CNN Huge Fire Rips Through China Telecom Office Building – Yahoo Veego Introduces Self-Care Mobile App for Communication Service Providers and Their Internet Subscribers – AP News Aalyria Google spins out secret hi-speed telecom project called Aalyria – CNBC