Network Break 382: Intel Charts DPU Roadmap; Juniper Brings Contrail SDN To Kubernetes

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss Intel’s roadmap for its Infrastructure Processing Units (IPUs), also known as DPUs and SmartNICs. We get more insight into Nokia’s deal to provide hardware for Azure, and examine why Juniper has extended its Contrail SDN platform to Kubernetes (hint: because of the cloud). Cisco is adding compelling new features to its wireless portfolio including a 3D wireless analyzer and on-demand packet captures, chat apps overtake email as the preferred business communication tool, and China’s zero-Covid policy has repercussions for the global supply chain. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Nokia We’re sponsored in part by Nokia and its Digital Sandbox, part of Nokia’s Fabric Services System for data center network automation. To get more details about how the Digital Sandbox enables intent-based networking, listen to the May 9th Tech Byte we recorded with Nokia and go to nokia.ly/fabric-services-system to learn more. Tech Bytes: Cloudflare Stick around after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Cloudflare about simplifying and securing your WAN architecture with Cloudflare’s MagicWAN, firewall, and its integrations with SD-WAN. Show Links: Intel Unveils Infrastructure Processing Unit Roadmap; 2nd Generation to Ship in 2022 – Intel (PDF) A Deeper Dive into Nokia’s Big Microsoft Win – Dell’Oro Group Nokia to supply data center switching portfolio for Microsoft’s data center networks – Nokia 7250 Interconnect Router – Nokia Contrail Networking – Now with Cloud-Native Capabilities – Juniper Juniper Extends Contrail To Kubernetes For Cloud-Native Virtual Networking – Packet Pushers Latest Innovations in Cisco DNA Software for Wireless – Cisco Elo Touch – 5Ghz Wireless (Channel Support?) – Michael McNamara Workplace Communications in 2022 and Beyond – Spiceworks Ziff Davis China Covid News: Shanghai Aims for No Community Spread by Mid-May – Bloomberg