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

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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.”

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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

Diamond-Bluff/Diamond-Bluff – GitHub

Where The Real Chip Shortage Is – YouTube

Stellantis halts production at Rennes plant due to chip shortage – Reuters

Broadcom takeover of VMware could be derailed by EU antitrust probe – Ars Technica

Broadcom’s planned $69B VMWare deal may see long European antitrust review – Seeking Alpha

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Mastercard Launches Its First Ever Music Album: Priceless – Business Wire