Network Break 370: Juniper Acquires NAC Startup; Intel Buys Semiconductor Foundry

Take a Network Break! We start with three acquisitions: Juniper buys WiteSand for Network Access Control (NAC), Intel acquires Tower Semiconductor to boost to its foundry business, and Akamai buys Linode to bring IaaS into its portfolio. Gigamon expands its Network Detection and Response (NDR) service by adding a year of data retention and playbooks to streamline investigations, Aviatrix adds Network Behavioral Analytics to its NaaS offering, and the Semiconductor Industry Association reports a record-breaking 1.15 trillion semicondcutors were shipped in 2021. Arista posts big gains in its quarterly and full-year financial results, Cisco makes a bid for SolarWinds, and Cisco quietly congratulates itself for having helped secure the Superbowl. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks To find out what’s next in SASE, sign up to watch Palo Alto Networks SASE Converge 2021, an on-demand webinar. You’ll hear from leading voices in networking and security, get details on the impact of SASE technology, and more. Sign up at www.saseconverge.paloaltonetworks.com. Tech Bytes: DriveNets Stay tuned for a Tech Bytes podcast with sponsor DriveNets. We talk about how your organization can adopt a hyperscale model in your network to do things like improve TCO, scale out capabilities and services, and get supply chain diversity. Show Links: US Agencies Say Russian Hackers Compromised Defense Contractors – WIRED Juniper Networks Announces Acquisition of WiteSand – Juniper Networks A Real NAC for AIOps – Juniper Networks Blogs Intel to Acquire Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 Billion – Intel Akamai To Acquire Linode to Provide Businesses with a Developer-friendly and Massively-distributed Platform to Build, Run and Secure Applications – Akamai Linode and Akamai – Linode Gigamon Introduces Playbooks, Plus A Full Year Of Data Retention, To Its NDR Service – Packet Pushers Gigamon ThreatINSIGHT 365-Day Data Retention Levels the Playing Field Against Adversaries’ Dwell Time Advantage – Gigamon Aviatrix Enhances Secure Cloud Networking with Network Behavior Analytics – Aviatrix Global Semiconductor Sales, Units Shipped Reach All-Time Highs in 2021 as Industry Ramps Up Production Amid Shortage...