Network Break 357: Switchless Networking? Startup Rockport Says Yes; ISPs Monetize Customer Surveillance

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss how startup Rockport Networks brings switchless networking to the data center. Cisco releases new routing silicon in its Silicon One portfolio, and crows about Webex being used for the COP 26 climate summit. VMware and eero team up on a home Wi-Fi/SASE bundle, the FTC says ISPs are amassing large amounts of sensitive data about their customers and monetizing it, and Juniper sees revenues rise but net income fall in its latest financial results. Sponsor: Juniper Apstra We’re sponsored today by Juniper Networks’ Apstra. Apstra’s  Intent-Based solution simplifies the deployment, operations and management of your Data Center network from Day0 through Day2. It delivers automation and continuous validation of your data center network in multi-vendor environments. The result is savings on downstream costs and exponentially more value from your network investments. Find out more at juniper.net/packetpushers/apstra. Tech Bytes: Juniper Apstra After the news stay tuned for a Tech Bytes conversation where we talk with an IT solutions company that’s using Apstra internally to run its own data center network as well as for hosting customer environments. That episode is sponsored by Apstra. Show Links: Rockport Networks unveils switchless network to drive new era of innovation in data center performance – Rockport Networks Cisco Silicon One Enables the Best Routers – Cisco Cisco Silicon One’s Lead Continues Growing – Cisco Investor Relations – Cisco Partners with COP26 to Support a More Inclusive and Sustainable Future – Cisco VMware and eero, an Amazon Company, to Deliver Whole‑Home Wi‑Fi to Remote Workers ‑ VMware News American ISPs slammed for spying on their own subscribers – The Register A Look At What ISPs Know About You: Examining the Privacy Practices of Six Major Internet Service Providers – An FTC Staff Report (PDF) Juniper Networks Reports Preliminary Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results – Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, inc (JNPR) Q3 2021 Earnings Call Transcript – Motley Fool