Network Break

Network Break 245: VMware Buys Bitfusion for GPU Virtualization; Arrcus Scores $30 Million


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Take a Network Break! Greg Ferro is on vacation, so Ethan Banks and Phil Gervasi provide guest commentary and analysis.
VMware acquires Bitfusion, a startup that virtualizes GPUs, ASICs, and FPGAs; network OS startup Arrcus rakes in $3o million in a Series B and announces support for Jericho2 ASICs; and Kentik announces AIOps.
An IDC report predicts the SD-WAN market will hit $5.25 billion by 2023; Microsoft pours $1 billion into  OpenAI; the Federal Trade Commission levies a $5 billion fine against Facebook and ordered changes to the company’s privacy practices; and Juniper reports quarterly revenues of $1.1 billion.
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Tech Bytes: Silver Peak
Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Tennessee Oncology, a partner of OneOncology, a healthcare provider that’s using Silver Peak’s SD-WAN to boost performance and security of its WAN while segmenting critical application traffic such as electronic medical records and drug and lab systems.
Follow Up:
Follow Up On Network Break Here – Packet Pushers
7 Hardware & Firmware Hacks Highlighted at Black Hat 2017 – Dark Reading
Hacking iLO — take a moment to secure your servers – Avast Blog
iDRACula Vulnerability Impacts Millions of Legacy Dell EMC Servers – Serve The Home
The Missing Security Primer for Bare Metal Cloud Services – Eclypsium
Show Notes:
VMware acquires AI chip virtualization startup Bitfusion – Silicon Angle
VMware to Acquire Bitfusion – VMware vSphere Blog
Breaking: VMware Announces Intent to Acquire Bitfusion to Boost Support for Artificial Intelligence-based Applications – VMware
Arrcus Raises $30M Series B Funding Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners – Globe Newswire
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