Network Break 432: DriveNets Aims To Make Ethernet AI-Friendly; China Goes Eye-For-An-Eye With US Over Tech Bans

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss a new offering from DriveNets that aims to make Ethernet more suitable as a network fabric for AI workloads, why the EU slapped Meta with a $1.3 billion fine, and a new offering from Extreme Networks that lets you manage Extreme gear in the cloud or from on-prem with the same experience. China bans US-made Micron chips from its sensitive information infrastructure, Cisco launches a new learning platform called Cisco U., and a space networking startup called Astranis has successfully launched a satellite to provide broadband access to remote locations. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Your branch has changed. Your SD-WAN should, too. Join Palo Alto Networks to see how AI/ML is powering next-gen SD-WAN and SASE for the branch. SDxCentral and Palo Alto Networks are hosting an exclusive online event on May 24th so you can see how next-gen SD-WAN and SASE can help you modernize and secure your branches. Go to SDXcentral.com to get the link to this free event. Tech Bytes: Fortinet Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we pull back the covers on SASE, or Secure Access Service Edge. Fortinet is our sponsor. SASE is an agglomeration of multiple technologies including SD-WAN, and cloud-delivered security services such as application-aware firewalls, IPS, and Secure Web Gateway. Some SASE offerings also incorporate zero trust network access. One important concept to grasp around SASE is that it’s as much an architecture as it is a product. It requires planning and foresight to put the pieces together and operate them. We talk with Fortinet about the elements of its SASE offering and what a typical customer engagement with SASE looks like. Show Links: DriveNets Introduces Highest-Performance Ethernet Solution for AI Networking – DriveNets Aquila: A unified, low-latency fabric for datacenter networks – Google Research Arista Networking for AI Workloads – Network Field Day via YouTube Meta hit with record $1.3 bln fine over data transfers – Reuters Extreme Creates First Networking Cloud Continuum Delivering Flexibility, Cloud Sovereignty – Extreme Networks US ‘won’t tolerate’ China’s ban on Micron chips, commerce secretary says – Reuters China bans major chip maker Micron from key infrastructure projects – BBC News Welcome to Cisco U. – Cisco Blogs