Take a Network Break!

Not everything is broken this week although some things definitely are looking grim. We consider how really dead data centers are according to Gartner, Cisco gobbles some more AI for Webex this time while HPE gets more AI-ish for Bluedata. GTT Communications is in trouble while ATT Bribery case highlights that big companies are dumb.

Its your weekly dose of snark, technology, corporate idiocy and virtual donuts. We love to present you with the 247th episode of Network Break.

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Is it worth banning 8chan? Casey Newton

A Technical Analysis of the Capital One Hack – CloudSploit – https://blog.cloudsploit.com/a-technical-analysis-of-the-capital-one-hack-a9b43d7c8aea  

Symantec Announces Sale of Enterprise Security Assets for $10.7 Billion to Broadcom – Symantec https://investor.symantec.com/About/Investors/press-releases/press-release-details/2019/Symantec-Announces-Sale-of-Enterprise-Security-Assets-for-107-Billion-to-Broadcom/default.aspx

When the chips are down, buy a software biz: Broadcom snaffles Symantec for $10.7bn – The Register https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/09/broadcom_buys_symantec_for_10bn/ 

Symantec Corporation (SYMC) CEO Rick Hill on Q1 2020 Results – Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha – https://seekingalpha.com/article/4283681-symantec-corporation-symc-ceo-rick-hill-q1-2020-results-earnings-call-transcript?part=single

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Voicea | The Network – https://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type=webcontent&articleId=2007901&utm_medium=RSS 

Turning Talk into Action…Voicea Technology a Gamechanger in Employee Experience – Cisco Blog – https://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco-collaboration-news-073119 

BlueData Software | HPE – https://www.hpe.com/us/en/solutions/bluedata.html 

The sun sets on the big-data era: HPE to acquire MapR’s assets – SiliconANGLE – https://siliconangle.com/2019/08/05/end-big-data-era-hpe-acquire-maprs-assets/ 

HPE exec: MapR’s troubles didn’t influence our decision to acquire – CRN –