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

Take a Network Break! This week in IT news includes new capabilities in Cloudflare’s SASE offering, a Cloudflare outage, and the acquisition of Tempered Networks. The Linux Foundation launches a new project to create an open ecosystem around DPUs/IPUs/SmartNICs, we look into market issues that may be influencing silicon shortages, EU regulators may put a long hold on Broadcom’s proposed VMware acquisition, and an Enigma machine stolen from the Ukraine gets tracked down by open-source intelligence. Last but not least, from the “Silly Marketing Tricks” file, Mastercard drops an album on Spotify in which every track incorporates Mastercard’s “brand sound.” 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. Sponsor: Gluware Livestream Join the Packet Pushers and Gluware for a Livestream virtual event on June 28th. Gluware and customers will discuss how Gluware enables real-world network automation, and Gluware will discuss new capabilities. Sign up at packetpushers.net/live. Tech Bytes: Nokia  Stick around after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Nokia to discuss how its SR-Linux network OS supports streaming telemetry to give you an accurate and granular data on the state and health of your network devices. Show Notes: Cloudflare Expands Its Zero Trust Platform to Become the Only Cloud-Native Provider with Network Scale – Cloudflare Cloudflare outage on June 21, 2022 – Cloudflare Johnson Controls acquires Tempered Networks to bring zero trust cybersecurity to connected buildings worldwide – Johnson Controls Inc. Heavy Networking 574: Get HIP With Zero Trust And Tempered Networks (Sponsored) – Packet Pushers Tempered Networks Tempts Users With Free Remote Access Offering – Packet Pushers Startup Radar: Tempered Networks Uses Microsegmentation, Crypto & HIP To Secure Networks – Packet Pushers NVIDIA Accelerates Open Data Center Innovation – NVIDIA Blog Open Programmable Infrastructure Project – Linux Foundation Linux Foundation Announces Open Programmable Infrastructure Project to Drive Open Standards for New Class of Cloud Native Infrastructure – OPI