Network Break 398: New Broadcom Trident Chip Supports Threat Analysis; Startup Challenges SD-WAN, MPLS

Take a Network Break! This week we cover a new Trident ASIC that can support threat analysis, the startup Graphiant goes after SD-WAN and MPLS, and Iranian-backed attackers are suspected of targeting the Albanian government. US ISPs walk away from their challenge to state privacy law, data center switch sales jumped in the second quarter of 2022, Apple chooses a satellite partner for emergency SMS service (it’s not Starlink), and the US state of Virginia reigns supreme in hyperscaler data center capacity. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: IP Fabric IP Fabric recently sponsored an EMA research report discussing “The Future of DC Network Automation” which revealed more than half of organizations that use manual data gathering processes feel it undermines their automation efforts. That’s where IP Fabric comes in. IP Fabric puts the right data in the hands of the people who need it. Download the full report now, for free, at ipfabric.io/packetpushers to help you as you brainstorm your network automation strategy! Show Links: Broadcom Ships Trident 4C, Industry’s Highest Performance Security Switch – Broadcom New Trident 4C ASIC Includes Real-Time Threat Analysis Option – Packet Pushers Graphiant Unveils Replacement For MPLS and SDWAN – Graphiant Likely Iranian Threat Actor Conducts Politically Motivated Disruptive Activity Against Albanian Government Organizations – Mandiant Internet service providers drop challenge of privacy law – AP Staggering 2Q Data Center Switch Sales Drive Market to Record Levels for the Quarter and First Half of the Year, According to Dell’Oro Group – Dell’Oro Group Cisco, Arista Drive Record Data Center Ethernet Switch Market – SDX Central IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Ethernet Switch and Router Trackers Show Growth Momentum Continuing in Second Quarter of 2022 – IDC Apple picks Globalstar for emergency satellite service on iPhone 14 – Reuters Virginia has more datacenter capacity than Europe or China – The Register Virginia Still Has More Hyperscale Data Center Capacity Than Either Europe or China – Synergy Research Group