Network Break 415: WAN Update Severs Microsoft Cloud Services; Intel To Wind Down Network ASIC Biz

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss new capabilities in Juniper’s Astra data center automation software; a major Microsoft outage that affected Outlook, Teams, and more; and reports that Intel will discontinue selling the Tofino programmable ASIC. The US Justice Department and international law enforcement agencies partner on shutting down a ransomware site, Intel loses $661 million in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, and Microsoft anticipates customers will spend less on cloud computing going forward. Extreme Networks reports second quarter financial results and says farewell to its CFO, and Nokia sees significant growth in enterprise sales. Get links to all these stories below. Tech Bytes: Fortinet Stay tuned for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation about  security reconnaissance with sponsor Fortinet. We’ll drill into FortiRecon, a service that can provide critical information, personalized for your organization, about potential threats to company assets, employees, and customers Show Links: Juniper Apstra Customers Grew by More Than 170% in 2022. . . and We’re Just Getting Started – Juniper Networks Juniper Apstra Freeform Supports New Topologies, Protocols For Data Center Automation–With Caveats – Packet Pushers Azure status history – Microsoft Microsoft Outage Analysis: January 25, 2023 – ThousandEyes Global network outage hits Microsoft: Azure, Teams, Outlook all down – The Register Intel Sunsets Network Switch Biz, Kills RISC-V Pathfinder Program – Tom’s Hardware Network Communications and I/O Products by Intel – Intel U.S. says it ‘hacked the hackers’ to bring down ransomware gang, helping 300 victims – Reuters Ransomware profits drop 40% in 2022 as victims refuse to pay – Bleeping Computer Intel Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Financial Results – Intel Earnings Release FY23 Q2 – Microsoft Extreme Networks Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Results – Extreme Networks...