Network Break 385: VMware, Juniper Release New Security Tools; Judge Orders IBM To Pay BMC $1.6 Billion

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss new a new threat analytics product from VMware that hoovers up threat data from other VMware products, new security features from Juniper’s cloud-delivered security service, and a report from Morgan Stanley on why the big network vendors are chasing the enterprise campus. Forward Networks rolls out a new way to integrate third-party data into its network modeling software, a federal judge orders IBM to pay BMC $1.6 billion for poaching a mutual customer, data center switch sales nearly hit a record in the second quarter of 2022, and Ford’s hint that it may sell electric vehicles directly to customers may hint at a broader trend that’s not great for resellers. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Nokia We’re sponsored today by Nokia and its Digital Sandbox. Part of Nokia’s Fabric Services System software, the Digital Sandbox helps enable a continuous integration/continous delivery, or CI/CD framework, for network engineers. Find out more by listening to the Tech Bytes podcast published May 31st and go to nokia.ly/data-center-fabric Tech Bytes: Aruba Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking about Network as a Service with sponsor Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, including how Aruba defines NaaS, the market appetite for network as a service, customer examples, and more. Show Links: VMware Enhances Its Unique Lateral Security for Multi‑Cloud – VMware VMware Contexa – Security Threat Intelligence Cloud – VMware VMware Advances Its Anywhere Workspace Platform To Enable Intelligent, Proactive Security for All Employee Devices – VMware Juniper Networks Offers New Secure Edge CASB and DLP Capabilities to Simplify the SASE Experience – MarketWatch Security Director Cloud Is Juniper’s SASE Vision Board – Packet Pushers Morgan Stanley rates the rivals scrabbling for campus networking share (NASDAQ:CSCO) – Seeking Alpha Forward Networks 22.5 Release adds external sources to provide a powerful data aggregation layer for comprehensive testing and integration. – Forward Networks IBM told to pay BMC $1.6bn for stealing AT&T mainframe software account – Datacenter Dynamics IBM Has to Pay BMC $1.6 Billion for Poaching AT&T Account – Bloomberg Data Center Switch Sales Grew 16 Percent Year-over-Year in 1Q 2022,