Network Break 417: Zoom Chief Raises Bar For CEO Pay Cuts; Fortinet Rolls Out New Firewall Chips

Take a Network Break! On this week’s episode we discuss new chip hardware from Fortinet, Extreme integrating its SD-WAN into its network fabric, and Itential getting in deeper with ServiceNow for faster internal delivery of infrastructure. Anuta Networks adds active assurance (i.e. synthetic tests) to its ATOM orchestration platform, Cisco hosts Cisco Live EMEA in Amsterdam, and the US and UK governments sanction seven Russians affiliated with the Trickbot malware gang. A new round of tech companies are firing workers and Zoom’s CEO takes a 98% cut to his base salary to feel a tiny hint of the pain of laid-off workers. AWS will use natural-gas fuel cells to power a handful of data centers, Fortinet reports strong Q4 and full year financial results, and AMD grows its data center revenues by 44%. Get links to all these stories below for more details. Tech Bytes: Nokia Event Handler Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Byte. We talk with Nokia about a new automation feature, called Event Handler, in its SR-Linux network OS. Event Handler lets you automatically run scripts to fix problems when an event occurs. Show Links: Fortinet Announces A New System on Chip (SoC) For Its Firewall Appliances – Packet Pushers Fortinet Unveils New ASIC to Accelerate the Convergence of Networking and Security Across Every Network Edge – Fortinet Fortinet Secure Processors – Fortinet Extreme Extends Fabric to the Edge, Simplifies Operations and Improves Security with Enhanced SD-WAN Solution – Extreme Networks Itential Debuts ServiceNow Application to Enable Cloud-Like Service Delivery for Infrastructure Changes – Itential Itential ServiceNow App – Itential Anuta ATOM Active Service Assurance Accelerates Digital Transformation – Anuta Networks Harmonizing Networking and Security to Make SASE Easy – Cisco Cisco expands Cisco Intersight to EMEA for sovereignty and high performance – Cisco New Cisco Catalyst 9200CX Compact With HVDC, Cisco UPOE And mGig – Cisco Blogs U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group – Krebs on Security