Network Break 423: Arista Woos Large Enterprises With New SD-WAN Router; Google Breaks Glass Enterprise

Take a Network Break! This week we cover Arista’s new WAN routers that get the company into the SD-WAN market, debate whether Aryaka targeting SMEs is a sign of problems or opportunity, and cover an update on the size of the SASE market. HPE acquires a startup for monitoring and managing cloud and on-prem infrastructure, Google gives up on Glass Enterprise Edition, and journalists in Ecuador are targeted with USB sticks that literally explode. Avaya declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy and touts millions in new capital, and Taiwan says it will build its own satellite broadband network to serve the country. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Join Palo Alto Networks for a virtual event where they’ll unveil what’s next in SASE, with the latest innovations in Prisma® SASE, ZTNA 2.0 and SD-WAN. See how these new capabilities help your customers consolidate multiple point products intoa single platform to reduce TCO. Learn how they will also help automate costly and complex IT operations and stop zero-day threats in real time. Sign up at https://start.paloaltonetworks.com/sase-signature-moment-2023.html. Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Palo Alto Networks about its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offering that integrates SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security, and why you might want to consider a single-vendor SASE option. Show Links: Arista Modernizes Routing in the Wide Area Network – Arista Arista 5000 Series – Arista Briefings In Brief 103: Arista Enters The SD-WAN Arena – Packet Pushers Aryaka’s Expanded SD-WAN and SASE Offerings Bring Simplicity and Affordability to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises – PR Newswire SASE Continues to Roll with Revenue up 34 Percent to Top $6 Billion in 2022, According to Dell’Oro Group – Dell’Oro Group Hewlett Packard Enterprise to acquire OpsRamp, advancing hybrid cloud leadership and expanding HPE GreenLake into IT Operations Management – HPE Google has discontinued the Glass Enterprise Edition – 9 to 5 Google Glass Enterprise Edition Announcement FAQ – Google Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him—it exploded in his face – Ars Technica

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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.