Network Break 249: VMware’s Buying Spree; Big Switch Doubles Down On Cloud Networking

Take a Network Break! VMware extends its buying spree to include Carbon Black and the startup Uhana, Big Switch Networks rolls out new products for hybrid and multi-cloud networking, and Google stops sharing Android data with mobile carriers.
Google, Mozilla, and Apple deny a Kazakhstan government digital certificate; Apple and Mozilla block Web tracking techniques; and Infoblox launches a cloud-based DDI for branch and remote offices.
Cisco rolls out its latest tranche of security patches, VMware announces Q2 earnings and scores a huge tax break, the FCC releases a detailed post-mortem on CenturyLink’s December 2018 outage, and Google pitches faster expiration of digital certificates.
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Tech Bytes: Big Switch Networks
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VMware, Inc.’s (VMW) CEO Patrick Gelsinger on Q2 2020 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha
VMware buys Carbon Black and Pivotal, valued together at $4.8 billion – CNBC
Breaking: VMware Announces Intent to Acquire Uhana – VMware
VMware To Add Uhana to Telecommunications Portfolio, Harnessing the Power of AI for Mobile Networks – VMware
Magyar Telekom’s AI Trial Success Baffles Engineers – Light Reading
Big Switch Powers Hybrid Cloud with VPCs Everywhere and Cloud-Based Management – Big Switch
Exclusive: Fearing data privacy issues, Google cuts some Android phone data for wireless carriers – Reuters
Protecting Chrome users in Kazakhstan – Google Online Security Blog