Network Break 326: Cloudflare Announces New WAN Services; Intel’s Turnaround Roadmap

Take a Network Break! This week we cover Cloudflare’s new WAN and firewall services, discuss Pat Gelsinger’s first keynote at Intel CEO and his outline for Intel’s return to glory, and examine a partnership between Fortinet and Linksys. We also cover Slack’s attempt to replace email and its quick walk-back of a feature that made it easier for strangers to harass people, and ponder the $2.9 million NFT of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s first tweet. Plus we respond to listener FUs. Sponsor: PathSolutions PathSolutions’ TotalView automatically monitors all devices and interfaces in your entire infrastructure. The core offering includes all of the features needed to run a healthy network: Netflow, path mapping, diagramming, IPAM, network configuration automation, server monitoring and more. Visit www.PathSolutions.com to learn more about how to get Total Network Visibility on your network today. Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks After the news we have a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Palo Alto Networks on the newest capabilities of Prisma Access 2.0 for cloud-delivered security, zero trust access, and more. Show Links: Magic WAN & Magic Firewall: secure network connectivity as a service – Cloudflare Cloudflare’s New Magic WAN Is A Familiar Trick – Packet Pushers Intel Unleashed: Engineering the Future – Intel Intel Foundry Services – Intel Intel Unleashed, Gelsinger on Intel, IDM 2.0 – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Media Alert: Intel to Launch 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Portfolio – Intel Intel Decides To Engineer Its Fab-Filled Future After All – Next Platform Why is there a silicon chip shortage? 3 factors are to blame – Fast Company Linksys and Fortinet Announce Strategic Alliance to Deliver Enterprise-Grade Performance and Security for Work From Home Networks – Fortinet Slack quickly removes message invites in its new DM feature over harassment concerns – The Verge Beeples Purely Digital NFT-Based Work of Art Achieves $69.3 Million at Christies – Christies