Network Break 375: Aruba Networks Dives Into GreenLake; Okta Pins Incident On Outsourcer

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss how and why Aruba Networks is moving closer to HPE GreenLake and courting resellers with a new purchasing model for network gear, dig into problems at an OVH Cloud data center that hampered fire fighters’ efforts to put out a massive blaze, and discuss identity provider Okta’s response to a security incident that began with an outsourced employee. Cisco announces new capabilities across its Insight, UCS, and Hyperflex lines; and Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger asks the US Senate for tens of billions of dollars to build chip-making facilities in three US states. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: ITProTV Start or grow your IT career with online IT training from ITPro TV. Learn IT, pass your certs, and get a great job  Visit itpro.tv/NETWORKBREAK for 30% off all plans. Use promo code NETWORKBREAK at checkout and save 30% off all plans. Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks Stick around after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Palo Alto Networks. We talk about new SD-WAN integrations with Azure to streamline cloud access from branch locations. Show Links: Aruba Seeks To Entice Resellers With Modular ‘Network-In-A-Box’ Approach – Packet Pushers HPE GreenLake Edge-to-Cloud Platform Delivers Greater Choice and Simplicity with Unified Experience, New Cloud Services, and Expanded Partner Ecosystem – HPE OVHcloud fire report: SBG2 data center had wooden ceilings, no extinguisher, and no power cut-out – Data Centre Dynamics Okta says hundreds of companies impacted by security breach – TechCrunch DEV-0537 criminal actor targeting organizations for data exfiltration and destruction – Microsoft Security Blog Suspected Okta hackers arrested by British police – NBC Okta’s Investigation of the January 2022 Compromise – Okta Updated Okta Statement on LAPSUS$ – Okta Cisco Reveals New Cloud Software, Hardware and Operating Model to Accelerate Enterprises’ Hybrid Cloud Adoption – Cisco Systems Cisco accelerates h...