Network Break 299: Cisco Acquires Audio Filter BabbleLabs; Apple Update Hits Facebook In The Ads - a podcast by Packet Pushers Interactive, LLC

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Take a Network Break! We start with listener follow-up on last-mile competition (or the lack thereof) in the United States, and the robustness of Meraki’s SD-WAN.
On the news front, Cisco acquires a set of machine-learning PhDs that came bundled in an audio company called BabbleLabs, a former Cisco employee is charged with the destruction of Cisco cloud assets, and the IETF re-forecasts its budget due to lost revenue from in-person meetings.
Facebook warns advertisers that a forthcoming Apple iOS update will hamstring its Audience Network offering; and we review financial results from HPE, VMware, and Nutanix.
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Show Links:
Cisco acquires BabbleLabs to help users control unwanted noise in meetings – HelpNet Security
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire BabbleLabs to Improve Video Meeting Experience – Cisco Systems
Ex-Cisco Employee Pleads Guilty to Deleting 16K Webex Teams Accounts – Threatpost
IETF Administration LLC 2020 Budget Reforecast – IETF
Preparing Our Partners for iOS 14 – Facebook
iOS 14 privacy settings will tank ad targeting business, Facebook warns – Ars Technica
HPE reports Q3 results – HPE
HPE finances tangled up by cabling concerns, but Q3 revenue and profit rose regardless – The Register
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