Network Break 251: AWS Outage Is A Backup Reminder; What’s New At FutureNET?

Take a Network Break! Guest Ed Horley, co-host of the IPv6 Buzz podcast, stops by with a dozen virtual donuts and sharp commentary in today’s episode.
IDC reports that server sales slumped in the second quarter of 2019, IP transit prices are falling across the globe, and an AWS outage in the United States resulted in unrecoverable data loss for a very small number of customers.
Oracle warns of the risks of gratuitous AS path prepending, Microsoft requires a cloud migration company, and Commvault spends $225 million to buy a software-defined storage startup.
WeWork considers cutting the company’s valuation ahead of its IPO, and VMworld’s FutureNET mulls some big ideas in networking.
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Worldwide Server Market Revenue Declined 11.6% Year Over Year in the Second Quarter of 2019, According to IDC – Businesswire
The Inevitable Slowdown In Server Spending – Next Platform
Checking In: Yup. Price Erosion is Still Very Real. – Telegeography
AWS celebrates Labor Day weekend by roasting customer data in US-East-1 BBQ – The Register
Amazon AWS Outage Shows Data in the Cloud is Not Always Safe – Bleeping Computer
Excessive BGP AS Path Prepending is a Self-Inflicted Vulnerability – Oracle Internet Intelligence
Microsoft acquires Movere to help customers unlock cloud innovation with seamless migration tools – Microsoft
Handy, that: Microsoft inhales cloud migration outfit for undisclosed amount – The Register