Network Break 408: Arista Launches Network Automation Pipeline; Palo Alto Targets Software Supply Chain Security

Take a Network Break! This week we cover a new continuous integration pipeline from Arista Networks to support network automation, Cisco’s intention to open a new silicon design center in Spain, and Apple spending $450 million to support emergency text messaging using satellites. We also cover Palo Alto Networks spending $195 million for Cider Security, which makes software to check the security and configurations of tools in your software development pipeline. We look at a spate of layoffs in tech, new investment in Infiniband, and quarterly financial results from Cisco and Palo Alto Networks. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: ITProTV Start or grow your IT career with online IT training from ITProTV. Learn IT, pass your certs, and get a great job! Visit itpro.tv/NETWORKBREAK for 30% off all plans. Use promo code NETWORKBREAK at checkout. Tech Bytes: VMware Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we explore an SD-WAN deployment. Our sponsor is VMware and we’re speaking with Coevolve, a VMware partner that worked with a customer in the automotive industry. This customer needed to share large CAD files between global sites, but its traditional MPLS WAN wasn’t cutting it. Adspot: Dell Livestream By the way, mark your calendar for December 13th for a Livestream event with the Packet Pushers and sponsor Dell Technologies on DPUs and the future of distributed infrastructure. We’ll have six short, informative sessions on topics including what network engineers need to know about DPUs, accelerating distributed workloads on DPUs, how VMware’s Project Monterey will affect infrastructure, and more. Sign up for this live, free event today. Show Links: Arista Delivers Continuous Integration Pipeline for Network as a Service Automation – Arista Networks CI-Based Cloud Network Automation – Arista Networks Cisco to Launch New Design Center in Spain for Next Generation Semiconductor Devices – Cisco Cisco to open new chip design center in Barcelona, Spain says – Reuters Cisco Opens Latest Co-Innovation Centre in Barcelona – Cisco Emergency SOS via satellite made possible by $450M Apple investment – Apple Apple Provides More Detail About Its Emergency SOS Service Coming Later this Month – MacStories Low Earth Orbit Satellites Wh...

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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 Greg Ferro and Drew Conry-Murray 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.