Network Break 262: Extreme Announces Fabric Automation And New Switches; Google Rolls Out Smarter Cloud Networking

Take a Network Break! Extreme Networks announces new Fabric Automation software to make it easier to add and remove switches to a fabric, and also announced two new switches in its SLX line. Google acquires CloudSimple to make it easier to move vSphere workloads into Google Cloud, and Google also announced the beta release of new modules to simplify the management and monitoring of cloud networking. Vodafone selects Google Cloud on which to run a data analytics project, Microsoft announces support for DNS over HTTPS (DoH) to enable privacy in DNS queries, and Slack releases its network overlay technology as open-source software. And last but not least, HPE targets monolithic apps with its new HPE Container Platform, and Cisco undertakes an internal reorganization to address the growing role of cloud. One quick note: Greg is interested in creating a survey to tackle questions you’d be interested in asking. If you have suggestions, please leave them at packetpushers.net/fu/. Thanks! Sponsor: ThousandEyes ThousandEyes gives you performance visibility from every user to every app over any network, both internal and external, so you can migrate to the cloud, troubleshoot faster and deliver exceptional user experiences. Sign up for a free account at thousandeyes.com/packetpushers and choose a free ThousandEyes t-shirt. Sponsor: InterOptic InterOptic is your reliable data interconnect company. Stop paying OEM prices for optics, and get brand-equivalent transceivers at a fraction of the cost.  Find out more at Interoptic.com/packet-pushers. Tech Bytes: SolarWinds Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored conversation on Application Performance Monitoring with SolarWinds, including details on their SaaS-based suite of APM tools that include Web app and user experience monitoring and log analysis and management. Find out more at Solarwinds.com/packetpushers. Show Links: Extreme Fabric Automation (Datasheet) – Extreme Networks Extreme Networks Brings Simplicity to Data Center Operations with New Fabric Automation Capabilities – Extreme Networks Helping our customers migrate to the cloud: Google acquires CloudSimple – Google Vodafone Chooses Google Cloud as Strategic Cloud Platform for Infrastructure, Data Analytics, and Machine Learning – Vodafone Vodafone Puts Its Faith in Google Cloud for Big Data Analytics – Light Reading Google emits Network I...