Network Break 445: Juniper Pairs With ChatGPT, Microsoft To Unpair Teams In The EU

Take a Network Break! We start with some FU on why private 5G isn’t taking off, then pivot to the latest news. Juniper is adding ChatGPT to its Marvis virtual assistant to summarize technical docs, Palo Alto Networks courts MSPs with new provider-friendly SASE features, and a colo provider offers big juice for AI and HPC workloads. Microsoft attempts to head off potential EU anti-trust actions by unbundling Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365, Broadcom touts AI ASICs in its latest financial results, and VMware charts modest revenue growth in its Q2 report. Tech Bytes: AutoCon On today’s Tech Byte we talk to the Network Automation Forum about who they are and their upcoming inaugural conference, AutoCon 0, an independent conference on network automation happening November 13th and 14th, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. We speak with Chris Grundemann and Scott Robohn, the founders of Network Automation Forum and AutoCon 0. Show Links: Marvis, the Virtual Network Assistant (VNA), Now Integrates With ChatGPT – Juniper Networks Marvis Learns About Zoom User Experiences to Improve Network Performance – Juniper Networks Juniper Networks Enhancements to Marvis VNA: User Data, ChatGPT, and Marvis Actions – Mobility Field Day Palo Alto Networks Empowers MSPs with Prisma SASE Enhancements – Palo Alto Network High-Density Colocation – Digital Realty Microsoft announces changes to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 to address European competition concerns – Microsoft Microsoft to unbundle Teams from Office, seeks to avert EU antitrust fine – Reuters Broadcom Inc. Announces Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Results and Quarterly Dividend – Broadcom Broadcom boss dismisses notion China could derail VMware buy – The Register VMware Q2FY24 Earnings Press Release – VMware (PDF)