Intel made a couple of big moves this week. The first was the surprise news that they are exiting the server market. No, they aren’t giving up on Xeons and they are going to get Sapphire Rapids out the door. Instead, they are selling off their server integration business. The recipient of this windfall is MiTAC, an edge-to-cloud solutions provider and ODM partner of DSG. Intel is giving MiTAC the rights to manufacture existing designs. In addition, they announced the end of their Blockscale ASIC line which was used primarily by Bitcoin miners. Intel said that they are continuing to focus on IDM 2.0 operations. Stephen, we’ve talked a lot about Intel but the transformation seems to be accelerating!
0:46 – Solo.io Gloos a New Fabric
Solo.io announced a new addition to their Gloo platform this week. Gloo Fabric builds on to the existing platform with features like a unified control plane, multi-cloud networking management, and centralized policy management. Solo.io says that these new features are designed to solve the challenges of Cloud Native 2.0, such as zero trust service mesh, modern API management, and microservice clusters. Stephen, how can people use Solo.io in their cloud deployments?
Read More: Introducing Solo.io Gloo Fabric
4:16 – Western Digital Hackers Have the Goods
We covered the Western Digital breach two weeks ago on the Rundown but of course the stakes just got higher. The hackers responsible have said they made off with 10 TB of data, including customer data. They’re willing to forget all about it provided WD pays them a ransom of a “minimum of 8 figures”. In case you think the hackers are just bluffing they were able to provide proof to TechCrunch via a file signed with an internal WD security certificate. Tom, does this new information change your perspective on the attack?
Read More: Hackers claim vast access to Western Digital systems
7:32 – Emerson Acquires NI
Emerson announced last week that they’re picking up National Instruments, now known as NI, to add to their test and measurement solutions.Emerson is paying $60 per share, which values the deal at $8.2 billion. Emerson has been looking to buy NI for a while now, having made several bids before landing on the magic number to make the shareholders happy. The ultimate goal of Emerson’s CEO Lal Karsanbhai is to use this acquisition to turn the combined company in to a pure-play automation group. Stephen, what does this mean for Emerson’s competitors and for NI customers?
Read More: Emerson to Advance Global Automation Leadership Through Acquisition of NI
10:54 – Prosimo Launches Cloud-Native Networking Suite
Prosimo announced a new suite of full stack cloud-native networking solutions today. Visual Transit Builder allows teams to drag-and-drop network connections to on-board services and applications to speed deployment. Cloud Tracer gives your troubleshooting teams a visual way of identifying issues quickly and understanding how those issues impact other areas of your cloud environment. Lastly, the Adaptive Service Insertion solution makes it easy to deploy security policies without human error. Tom, you had the chance to talk to Prosimo this week. What do you think about these new tools?
Read More: Prosimo Launches Industry’s Only Cloud-Native Networking Suite To Accelerate Multi-Cloud Adoption
15:04 – Amazon’s Edge Gateway Goes to OCP
Amazon Web Services has contributed their edge gateway base station specification to the Open Compute Project. The gateway utilizes SONiC and DENT from the Linux Foundation to bridge the gap between cloud and edge, including OCP’s Open Edge servers. Does this blur the lines between cloud and edge?
18:49 – Intel’s Transformation Continues
Intel made a couple of big moves this week. The first was the surprise news that they are exiting the server market. No, they aren’t giving up on Xeons and they are going to get Sapphire Rapids out the door. Instead, they are selling off their server integration business. The recipient of this windfall is MiTAC, an edge-to-cloud solutions provider and ODM partner of DSG. Intel is giving MiTAC the rights to manufacture existing designs. In addition, they announced the end of their Blockscale ASIC line which was used primarily by Bitcoin miners. Intel said that they are continuing to focus on IDM 2.0 operations. Stephen, we’ve talked a lot about Intel but the transformation seems to be accelerating!
Read More: BREAKING Intel Exiting the Server Business Selling to MiTAC
Read More: Intel IFS and Arm Announce SoC Manufacturing Deal
Read More: Intel Discontinues Bitcoin-Mining Blockscale Chips, No Future Gens Announced
32:37 – The Weeks Ahead
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