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Today's Network Break covers a brand new network OS from SnapRoute, new features in VMware's SD-WAN appliances, Carbonite's acquisition of Webroot, Cisco and Arista financial results, and more tech news.

Take a Network Break! The startup SnapRoute has launched CN-NOS, a new network OS that runs Kubernetes under the covers. VMware introduces new features in its SD-WAN appliances, and Carbonite will acquire Webroot for $618.5 million.

Russia contemplates mechanisms to isolate the country’s network infrastructure in the event of a cyber-attack, and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission weighs a fine against Facebook related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

A pair of Oracle shareholders sue the company for alleged deceptive practices, and Cisco and Arista both post strong financial results.

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Show Links:

BiB 071: SnapRoute CN-NOS For Whitebox Focuses On Operators – Packet Pushers

SnapRoute CN-NOS Demonstration with Adam Casella – Networking Field Day

VMware SD-WAN Security and Cloud Integrations – Networking Field Day

Carbonite: Investors Do Not Like Webroot Deal – Seeking Alpha

Carbonite to Acquire Webroot, Creating a Leader in Endpoint Data Protection and Security – Carbonite

Ivan to be left alone: Russia preps to turn its internet into an intranet if West opens cyber-fire – The Register

IGP White Paper: Understanding Russia’s “National Internet” – Internet Governance Project

Indian Government Proposes Vast New Powers to Suppress Internet Content – CircleID

India Proposes Chinese-Style Internet Censorship – The New York Times

Today in our Future of Networking series I speak with Guido Appenzeller. He's been deeply involved in SDN and held key roles at Big Switch Networks and VMware, and now a new job at Yubico. We talk about the role of public cloud in IT, where the industry is with the adoption of "software-defined," the rise of whitebox, the P4 programming language, and more.

Welcome to Heavy Networking, a podcast on data networking that gets ‘heavy’ with the conversation.

Back in May 2011 I first met our guest, Guido Appenzeller, with a startup that was working on the idea of Software Defined Networking–a company called Big Switch Networks.

While OpenFlow didn’t work out the way we both thought it would, Big Switch Networks continues today, but in 2014 Guido joined his colleague from Stanford, Martin Casado, in the NSX business unit.

After four years at VMware leading and building the NSX business as CTO, he is leaving for new pastures. But before he gets there, we wanted to have a discussion about the future of networking.

We talk about the role of public cloud in IT, where the industry is with the adoption of “software-defined,” the rise of whitebox, the P4 programming language, and more.

We also find out about Guido’s new gig at Yubico.

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Guido Appenzeller on Twitter

Guido’s Blog

In today’s episode we spend time with some folks behind a wildly successful open source project called dbatools.

We discuss the challenges of creating, maintaining, and communicating on a technical project that has thus far received nearly 14,000 commits!

Our guests are Chrissy LeMaire, the creator of dbatools and a Systems Engineer; and Rob Sewell, Beard Twizzler and a contributor to dbatools.

We discuss:

* The what and why of dbatools

* Challenges of driving user adoption

* The difficulties of distributed collaboration

* Handling GitHub issues

* Constructing a project roadmap and vision

* Communicating with stakeholders

* More

Chrissy & Rob Are Working On A Book!

Another great thing about creating open source projects? Sometimes, you can write books about it! Chrissy and Rob forgot to mention that they are are currently working on dbatools for SQL Server in a Month of Lunches.

The MEAP (preview book) should be released within the next few months and the book is due out in early 2020.

Show Links:

dbatools.io

Chrissy LeMaire on Twitter

Rob Sewell on Twitter

Continuous Delivery for your Module to the PowerShell Gallery – Rob Sewell (via YouTube)

Easter egg!

In today’s episode we spend time with some folks behind a wildly successful open source project called dbatools.

We discuss the challenges of creating, maintaining, and communicating on a technical project that has thus far received nearly 14,000 commits!

Our guests are Chrissy LeMaire, the creator of dbatools and a Systems Engineer; and Rob Sewell, Beard Twizzler and a contributor to dbatools.

We discuss:

* The what and why of dbatools

* Challenges of driving user adoption

* The difficulties of distributed collaboration

* Handling GitHub issues

* Constructing a project roadmap and vision

* Communicating with stakeholders

* More

Chrissy & Rob Are Working On A Book!

Another great thing about creating open source projects? Sometimes, you can write books about it! Chrissy and Rob forgot to mention that they are are currently working on dbatools for SQL Server in a Month of Lunches.

The MEAP (preview book) should be released within the next few months and the book is due out in early 2020.

Show Links:

dbatools.io

Chrissy LeMaire on Twitter

Rob Sewell on Twitter

Continuous Delivery for your Module to the PowerShell Gallery – Rob Sewell (via YouTube)

Easter egg!

Drew Conry-Murray & Ethan Banks were briefed by SnapRoute co-founders Adam Casella and Glenn Sullivan in February 2019. After a year plus of post-launch quiet, SnapRoute has re-emerged with a new focus and energy centered around a shiny new whitebox network operating system called CN-NOS.

In this briefing summary, we consider the following questions.

* Where has SnapRoute been for over a year?

* What is the new CN-NOS offering? (Hint: Kubernetes inside, and not just a plugin!)

* What sorts of customers are likely to be interested in the new CN-NOS?

* Where in the data center does it make sense to run?

* What chipsets are supported on what platforms?

* How do you buy SnapRoute CN-NOS?

Listen to our thoughts in the web audio player above, or subscribe to the Packet Pushers Briefings In Brief in your favorite podcast listening app. The Packet Pushers Network can be found on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and most other podcast directories.

Drew Conry-Murray & Ethan Banks were briefed by SnapRoute co-founders Adam Casella and Glenn Sullivan in February 2019. After a year plus of post-launch quiet, SnapRoute has re-emerged with a new focus and energy centered around a shiny new whitebox network operating system called CN-NOS.

In this briefing summary, we consider the following questions.

* Where has SnapRoute been for over a year?

* What is the new CN-NOS offering? (Hint: Kubernetes inside, and not just a plugin!)

* What sorts of customers are likely to be interested in the new CN-NOS?

* Where in the data center does it make sense to run?

* What chipsets are supported on what platforms?

* How do you buy SnapRoute CN-NOS?

Listen to our thoughts in the web audio player above, or subscribe to the Packet Pushers Briefings In Brief in your favorite podcast listening app. The Packet Pushers Network can be found on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and most other podcast directories.

Today's Network Break podcast analyzes Cisco's call for privacy legislation and CEO Chuck Robbins' assertion that privacy is a human right. We also dive into VMware's revamped recertification policy, a new Sprint/Meraki partnership, tactical Azure Stack hardware, and more tech news.

Take a Network Break! Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has stated that Cisco believes privacy is a human right. The CEO called for governments around the world to enact privacy legislation to protect consumers.

VMware revamps its recertification process, doing away with a requirement to recertify every two years. Will other vendors follow suit?

Sprint and Cisco partner on a Meraki managed service, Azure Stacks get tactical, and Dell EMC is rumored to be selling SecureWorks, its managed security services business.

Wells Fargo suffered a major outage in the US after a data center snafu, and Huawei pledges to spend 1.5 billion pounds to address security concerns raised by a British government report.

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Show Links:

Removing 2-year VCP Recertification Requirement – VMware Japan Education Blog

VMware Recertification Rollback FAQ – VMware (PDF)

Sprint Business Wi-Fi With Cisco Meraki Makes Networks Scalable, Smarter and Easier to Manage – Sprint

Advancing tactical edge scenarios with Dell EMC Tactical Microsoft Azure Stack and Azure Data Box family – Microsoft

Dell EMC is Taking Azure Stack to the Tactical Edge – Dell EMC

Exclusive: Dell explores sale of cybersecurity company SecureWorks – sources – Reuters

Wells Fargo? Well fscked at the moment: Data center up in smoke, bank website, app down – The Register

Updates on Restoring Services for Customers – Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo’s 20-month nightmare – CNN Money

Cisco Calls for Privacy to be Considered a Fundamental Human Right – Cisco Systems

Cisco Calls for Privacy to be Considered a Human Right – The Network